After having two weeks of incredible to hockey watch where television viewers weren't bombarded by sports betting commercials and digitals advertisements all over the boards, it was back to NHL hockey tonight where if it can be sold, it will be. While the action on the ice will once again make us wish for a third line that boasts Sidney Crosby and Nick Suzuki, the advertising was particularly noticeable this evening after having streamed a vast number of Olympic hockey games where advertising ...
The Edmonton Oilers are back, and so are their problems. In the team’s first game following the three-week Olympic break, the Oilers surrendered three separate leads, including two different two-goal cushions, in a 6-5 loss to the Anaheim Ducks. Edmonton has now dropped four straight games dating back to late January, allowing 22 goals during…
The New Jersey Devils are a team in limbo. For the past four seasons, they’ve flipped between looking like a good team and being a mediocre team. In 2022-23, they finished with a 52-22-8 record, knocking off the New York Rangers in the first round. Due to goaltending struggles, they missed the 2024 playoffs, but…
It’s been three weeks since we last watched our beloved Oilers do their thing, and it goes without saying that our last memories before the break weren’t exactly sparkling or overly positive. Edmonton lost back-to-back games to Toronto and Calgary in horrifying fashion, which meant Wednesday’s matchup with the Ducks had an extra layer of…
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Alabama's club program drew more than 3,000 fans to the Iron Cup game this past week. The Crimson Tide has one of the very many successful club programs in the south (most SEC schools have solid club programs). As no surprise, some immediately speculated that Alabama Division I hockey could be on the horizon. A CHN reader sent me a message through X on Wednesday laying out the case for the program...
Recap of the game.
The Olympic break is over, and it’s crunch time for the Edmonton Oilers. On Wednesday evening, the Oilers returned for the first time since February 4th, falling 6-5 to the Anaheim Ducks in what was an entertaining, albeit winnable, game. Let’s take a look at what happened in this one. The Oilers came out of…
Recap of the game.
It’s been another wild week around here with the Oilers rollercoaster making another loop, and I’ve got a fresh episode of Better Lait Than Never ready to recap it all. On today’s podcast, I talked about the Oilers‘ return to the ice, the gold medal loss, the upcoming NHL trade deadline, and much more. I…
Connor McDavid faced questions about the Olympic experience and whether he thought winning the Stanley Cup or Olympic gold medal would be this difficult before Wednesday’s game against the Anaheim Ducks. The Edmonton Oilers captain faced the media for the first time since returning to the team, upon confirmation of being in the lineup. He…
Here comes the cavalry. Connor McDavid was shot out of a cannon heading onto the ice at Wednesday’s morning skate, and will likely suit up tonight against the Anaheim Ducks. Edmonton Oilers head coach Kris Knoblauch wouldn’t confirm 100 per cent exactly, but all indications are that the captain will suit up. “It’s nice knowing…
You might recognize the player to the left if you're a Winnipeg Jets fan. That's CJ Suess who skated for both the Jets and the AHL's Manitoba Moose in his career before deciding to take his talents overseas to Germany this past season where he signed with the Dresden Eislöwen . There was no doubt that this was going to be a tough season for the Eislöwen as they had been promoted from the DEL2 last season to play in the Penny DEL this season against some of the German superpowers like Berlin, M...
The NHL returns from a three-week Olympic break tonight with eight games and the Edmonton Oilers and Anaheim Ducks will be the nightcap. The race for home ice advantage and playoff spots in all four divisions will be electric with 23 teams vying for 16 playoff spots. Some of those 23 teams could opt to…
NHL hockey is back. For those like me who consumed as much Olympic hockey is possible, I’m bracing myself for a um… change in pace. Nonetheless, the Edmonton Oilers kick off the stretch run of their season late tonight, squaring off with an Anaheim Ducks team nipping at their heels in the Pacific Division standings….
A look at the projected lineups and pre-game interviews.
Adam Henrique has scored 20+ goals seven times. He’s scored at least 11 goals in each of his first 14 NHL seasons, but he struggled with only two goals in 43 games before a broken finger forced him to sit out the previous 15 games. Henrique will be activated from LTI after this morning’s skate…
With the Olympics in the rearview mirror, we’re back to… what was it again? That league with all the teams and the six-month season? Right, the NHL, that was it. The NHL is back. Feel the excitement. But while the Olympic tournament is over and some of us might be eager to move on , now might be a good time to wonder about whether the NHL could learn something from how the tournament was structured. No, I don’t mean using 3-on-3 overtime to settle championships – fans around the world seem to ...
Here’s a phrase we haven’t said for a while: it’s an Edmonton Oilers gameday. After three weeks between contests, the Oilers begin a massive roadtrip in western California on Wednesday night, beginning with the Anaheim Ducks. It’s a stretch of three games in four days against division opponents (Anaheim, Los Angeles, San Jose) who are all…
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The NCAA Tournament is almost here, and Boston College is sitting on the edge.Right now the Eagles are 12th in the NPI. While this is better than where BC ranked midway through the season, it’s still shaky ground and not high enough to guarantee an at-large bid with four games left in the regular season and the Hockey East Tournament.This means BC’s best chance at the NCAA Tournament is through...
With just two weekends left in the regular season, teams in Hockey East are getting ready for their final push before playoffs. But there’s something different this year: Hockey East is in danger of only having one team make the NCAA Tournament.But how did Hockey East get here?There’s a myth in college hockey: Don’t look at the NPI until January. While the standings will change considerably ...
It’s Tuesday afternoon, and there’s a fresh episode of Oilersnation Radio set, which means the boys were back in the studio to recap the week that was. On today’s episode, the guys discussed Team Canada vs. Team Czechia, Connor McDavid’s success at the games, the State of the Nation survey results, and much more. We…
Leon Draisaitl said what he said: from top to bottom, the Edmonton Oilers have to be better in this last stretch of the regular season. The German Olympian spoke to team media for the first time after rejoining the team, skating in his first practice in Anaheim ahead of the Oilers’ clash with the Ducks…
I'm not American nor will I ever be one, but the citizens of the country connected to Canada had a lot to celebrate over the last few days with their men's and women's Olympic teams capturing gold medals at the Milano-Cortina Olympics. Americans should be proud of these men and women, but it seems one man was not as proud of the women as much as he was of the men after "joking" with the men's team via a phone call that "I do believe I probably would be impeached" if he didn't invite them to th...