Double Dip! OKCBarons vs Moose & Oilers vs Blues

Welcome to the Double Game Day, LIVE TweetCast of the

Edmonton Oilers vs St. Louis Blues 

and

Oklahoma City Barons vs Manitoba Moose.

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OKC Barons vs Manitoba Moose
6:30pm MT Start

GAME STATS

GAME PREVIEW

BARONS ROSTER

MEDIA KIT

Listen to game HERE!

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Edmonton Oilers vs St. Louis Blues
8:00pm MT Start

GAME PREVIEW

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Oklahoma City Barons (13-8-1-2) at Manitoba Moose (12-7-0-3)

6:30pm MT Start

&

St. Louis Blues (12-9-3) at Edmonton Oilers (9-12-4) 
8:00pm MT Start

This LIVE TweetCast is brought to you by

OilersJambalaya.com and OilFieldHockey.com

OKC Barons Lose In Shootout 3-2 / Video Hightlights

The OKC Barons lost last night to the Manitoba Moose in a shootout. Good game but a sad ending. I hate it when teams lose in the shootout.

FINAL SCORE 3-2

The Wayne Gretzky Assist Leader Award

I had an idea a while back in April about creating an Assist Leader award and to call it the Wayne Gretzky award.

After getting all too excited that this may take off (I do that a lot), it didn't go like I had hoped at all. I went to some of the local press for help/questions with this and was told by most that I was wasting my time. One had said that the NHL has considered renaming a trophy after Gretzky anyways, so this isn't a new concept.

Well... I'm not talking about renaming an existing trophy like the Hart or the Art Ross as that MSM suggested. I'm talking about making a brand new trophy all together. One that makes sense for today's NHL.

I truly believe the NHL needs an assist leader trophy for the guys that get unrecognized. Those players matter and arguably, if there wasn't an assist, there would never be many goals.

It's hard to argue who the best goal scorer is. Howe? Lemieux? Hull? Gretzky? It's hard to argue who's the greatest player of all time. Same 4 guys plus Orr? But it sure isn't hard to figure out who the greatest passer was. That's clearly, Wayne Gretzky. Hands down.

He owns the NHL record of 1,962 career assists (including playoffs, he has a total of 2,222 assists). He has the highest assists per regular season game percentage with 1.321 per game. (1,962 assists in 1,485 games). In 1985/86, Gretzky had an NHL record 163 assists in one season (he had 11 more assists in the playoffs that year too). In 1990/91 he made the record for most consecutive assists with 48 assists in 23 straight games. To this day no other player has beaten that streak. He's tied with Billy Taylor for most assists in one single game with 7 assists. That 7 assist game happened in his first NHL season. Gretzky has a league best 270 playoff assists. There is at least another dozen or so assist records that Gretzky can call his own that I am not listing here. He's the assist king. You can't argue that.

He owns multiple records (see above). He's had his number 99 retired league wide. He was labeled the Great One. And yet no NHL trophy in his honor?

So you know what? I'm going to "waste my time". I'm going to tell the world that this needs to happen. I believe it's the right thing to do. If you do to, please sign this petition. I don't know if any amount of signatures will do anything to help this, but I'm going to try. Gretzky would never give up. Either should I.

**SIGN THE PETITION HERE**

-Written by Smokin' Ray Burnt-

Moose Hunting Tweetcast: OKC Barons v. Manitoba Moose

Barons Game Day Information Center

• * Barons are on a 2 game losing streak, after losing to Texas 5-2 on Tuesday.
• * All-Star Voting begins on Dec 7th at noon(EST), so vote for every Baron.
• * Martin Gerber is back with the team, and could start tonight for the Barons.
• * Tonight's Officials are Referee Mark Lemelin and Linesmen Darrell Surminski & Clint Joyes.

Listen to the Live Broadcast here!


Barons Home Media Kit in pdf form
Barons Roster in pdf form

Barons Game 24 Preview; Moose Hunt Commence

Away: Oklahoma City Barons (13-8-2), 4th in the Western Division; Last Game: 5-2 Loss to Texas
Home: Manitoba Moose (11-7-3), 5th in the Northern Division; Last Game: 6-3 Loss to Milwaukee

Quick News and Notes
-This is the first of 4 meetings between the two teams this year.
-The Moose and the Barons are both coming off of 2 game losing streaks.
-Martin Gerber is returning from his stint in Edmonton. He should be the starter tonight.
-JDD started 6 straight games for the Barons going 3-2-0-1. He was pulled after the 1st period in their last game against Texas after letting in 3 goals.
-Belle is tied for 7th in points among defensemen with 15. Petry is tied for 11th with 14.
-Omark is tied for 11th in points overall with 23.
-Hartikainen is tied for 1st in PP goals among rookies with 5.
-Reddox is tied for 1st in SH goals overall with 3.
-OKC PP: 24/131 (18.3%) 13th in the league; MTB PP: 15/117 (12.8%) 27th in the league.
-OKC PK: 99/112 (88.4%) 3rd in the league; MTB PK: 80/95 (84.2%) 10th in the league.

The Barons look to come back to end their losing streak after a split with Lake Erie and a loss in Texas. Ryan O'Marra has stayed out of the lineup the last few games and still remains questionable. Petiot continues to be injured from his lower body injury. OKC fans may remember the Moose. Sebastien Centomo was called up to the Moose a couple times when he played for the Blazers. Alexandre Giroux continues to try to break out of his scoring slump. Puck drop is at 7:30. The game will be broadcast on 96.1 KXY. As always, you can follow myself(@AHLBarons) and Scott(@OilFieldHockey) as we tweet about the game.

-Written by Eric Rodgers-