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The Oilers have finally reached the best part of the pre-season schedule, home and home dates with the "Red Team".

Game one will be played on Thursday, September 21 at the squashed beer can dome and game two will be played on Saturday, September 23 at the Rex.

Although it is pre-season, you can guarantee that the boys will be looking to send a message to our hated rivals to the south. The Oil are a pretty confident bunch right now and I predict that they will continue to have success, this may mean a 2-0 sweep of the series or a split, either way it will continue to build the chemestry in the locker room.

Lets sit back, kick up our feet, grab a brewski & catch the action on the radio or internet. These are going to be great games. Lets toast to a double A$$ kicking (hopefully).

Game 4 - The Oil battled hard to come back from a 2-0 defeceit in the first period. Markannen held the fort in the second and third periods, giving Shawn Horcoff the opportunity to score the game winner in OT for a 4-3 final score.

The goal scorers were, Pouliot, Thoresen, Stoll (unassisted) & Horcoff (unassisted), with the assists going to, Thoresen, Schremp & Almtorp.

Click the following link to read the official press release and game summary.

http://www.edmontonoilers.com/gameday/010029/

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The Oilers take on the Phoenix Coyotes tonight at Rexall in game 3 of the pre-season schedule.

The Oilers played another solid game earning themselves their third straight win of the pre-season, stretching their record to 3-0. The boys opened up a 3-0 lead and coasted to a 3-1 win over the visiting Coyotes.

The goal scorers were Schremp, Torres & Petersen, with the assists going to Hemsky (2), Sykora (2), Thoresen, & Sestito.

Click the following link to read the Oilers official press release and game summary. . .

http://www.edmontonoilers.com/gameday/010014/

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The Oilers returned home to Rexall Place on the heals of their exciting win last night against the Phoenix Coyotes, they faced the Florida Panthers in the second game of the 2006-07 pre-season.

The Oilers pulled out a gritty 2-1 win which saw Smytty score the game winner on a beauty cross crease pass from Horcs in the third period.

I was able to be at this game with my son (Tyler 11), thanks to my good buddy Fernando not being able to use his tickets. So a BIG thanks goes out to NANDO for the tickets !Tyler and I were hoping to see the likes of Lupul, Sykora, Schremp, Mikhnov, Pouliot etc. Of this list only Schremp and Pouliot were dressed (thats pre-season for ya) but we had a great time watching some of the kids do their thing. Shremp was an animal all night, he made some unbelievable seeing eye cross ice passes (ala Chris Pronger) and played strong all over the ice, including some PP time. This guy is going to be a real gem, mark my words.

The goal scorers were Gilbert (1) & Smyth (1), with assists going to Schremp (1), Petterson (2), Horcoff (1) & Pisani (1).

Click the following link to read the Oilers official press release and game summary. . .

http://www.edmontonoilers.com/gameday/010007/

PS: Since I brought up my buddy Fernando, first of all he is a member of this blog, but most importantly he is a "chaser" (autograph chaser) and has an unbelievable collection of autographed sports memorabelia which he sells on E-Bay. If you would like an autographed picture, lithograph, McFarlane figure, puck, bobble head, whatever, of your favorite athlete that is either an Oiler, Eskimo, or visiting athlete, check out his E-Bay auctions by clicking the following link. . .

http://search.ebay.ca/_W0QQfgtpZ1QQfrppZ25QQsassZrockyQ2dmountainQ2dcollectibles

You can also find a link to his E-Bay page in the Members Links section on the right side of the blog.

All of Fernando's graphs are guaranteed authentic (I am one of his biggest clients, I will post a photo to show some of the gems I have purchased from him) and if there is a certain athlete or anyone else that may be in Edmonton that you would be interested in contact Fernando through his E-Bay page.

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The Oilers roll into Winnipeg Manitoba tonight to open up the 2006-07 pre-season schedule against the Phoenix Coyotes. Tonights game will be played in the new state of the art MTS Centre in downtown Winnipeg. The Oilers team was split up into two teams, one was sent to Winnipeg and the other will be playing at home for the right to hoist the Joey Moss Cup.

Here are the lineups for tonights tilt. . .

Edmonton Oilers

1 Devan Dubnyk G
5 Ladislav Smid D
8 Alexei Mikhnov LW
14 Raffi Torres LW
15 Joffrey Lupul RW
16 Jarret Stoll C
18 Ethan Moreau LW
19 Marty Reasoner C
21 Jason Smith D
24 Steve Staios D
25 Jan Hejda D
26 Brad Winchester LW
28 Patrick Thoresen C
29 Daniel Tjarnqvist D
38 Jeff Deslauriers G
40 Danny Syvret D
41 Jean-Francois Jacques LW
45 Toby Petersen C
58 Vyacheslav Trukhno LW
79 Stephane Goulet RW

Phoenix Coyotes

8 Joe Callahan D
11 Owen Nolan RW
12 Patrick Fischer LW
16 Bryan Helmer D
19 Shane Doan RW
20 Fredrik Sjostrom RW
23 Don MacLean C
26 Joel Perrault C
34 Daniel Winnik C
37 Georges Laraque RW
39 Martin Hanzel C
44 Nick Boynton D
53 Derek Morris D
55 Ed Jovanovski D
76 Travis Roche D
88 Peter Mueller C
89 Mike Comrie C
90 Enver Lisin RW

UPDATE: When the dust settled following this game the Oilers ended up winning 5-0 on huge performances by Dubnyk (shut-out), Mikhnov (1 goal, 2 assists), Stoll (2 goals) & Reasoner (3 assists). Excellent start to what is shaping up to be an exciting year in Oil Country !

Click the following link to read the gameday press release and game summary. . .

http://www.edmontonoilers.com/gameday/010003/

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Is this the year that Rob Schremp finally cracks the Oilers lineup and gets his first shot in the show?

Rob has the skills, he just needed to mature a bit, so he was sent down for another year in the minors. Rob wanted to prove that he deserves to be in the "show"and after putting up a league-leading 57 goals and 145 points in only 57 games in the minors last year, the experts are saying that he did just that.

This guy is amazing, if he can keep his head on straight and is given a chance with the big club he will put up some big numbers.

I for one am hoping that he cracks the lineup, just imagine this potent offence with yet another sniper. Add Schremp's name to the list of Hemsky, Lupul, Sykora, Smyth, Pisani, Horcoff, Torres & Stoll (just to name a few) and you have a pretty damn good recipe for success.

Lets sit back and enjoy the pre-season "Schremp Show", cause it is only a preview of what is to come.

Click the link below to read the complete Oilers news release on Schremp. . .

http://www.edmontonoilers.com/news/index.php?id=706

A side note. . .

Due to the traffic jam that is the Oilers offence this year, the word is that there is only one slot open for Schremp, Pouliot, and Mikhnov on this years team (atleast to start the year). So the great pre-season debate begins, who will earn this spot?

What do you guys think?

This battle will be fun to watch as the pre-season comes to a close and we prepare for another Stanley Cup run.

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Jatec Fantasy Hockey was officially launched on Sept 1, 2006.

I have created two custom leagues in the Yahoo Fantasy Sports network, they are called. . .

Jatec Fantasy Hockey 1

Jatec Fantasy Hockey 2

These leagues are reserved for employee's of Jatec Electric and their friends. The leagues hold 20 teams each and will fill up fast, so join NOW! You can join one or both of the leagues and if you know a fellow employee of Jatec or a friend that would like to join send their email addresses to me at . . .

edmoilrsfan@shaw.ca

Click the following link to go to the Yahoo Fantasy Sports homepage. . .

http://fantasysports.yahoo.com/

I can create up to two more custom leagues, so if we get too many people joining or you guys would like to have more than two leagues, I will start more.

You don't have to be an expert fantasy hockey pooler to play in these pools. They are extremely easy to play and alot of fun.

So don't be shy, join us for some Jatec Fantasy Hockey action, you never know you could walk away the WINNER !

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The 2006-07 NHL season is right around the corner and that means it's time to start planning for Fantasy Hockey Pools.

I will be finding the best of the best Fantasy Pools and posting links in this post. If you know of any great pools that are not included here please contact me and I will ensure that there are added.

A few of the pools that I am looking at are . . .

NHL Fantasy Hockey http://www.nhl.com/fantasy/index.html

Yahoo Fantasy Hockey http://www.fantasysports.yahoo.com/hockey
* UPDATE: I have created two leagues on Yahoo, they are called Jatec Fantasy Hockey 1 & Jatec Fantasy Hockey 2. These leagues are reserved for employee's of Jatec Electric and their friends and family. The leagues hold 20 teams and will fill up fast, so join NOW!

FSN (Fantasy Sports Network) http://www.fantasysportsnetwork.com/hockey/

* Some of these pools are not up and running quite yet, so check back later.

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The Oilers have announced their Minor League affiliates for the upcoming season, including five American Hockey League teams and the Stockton (California) Thunder of the ECHL.

Click here to read the Official Press Release.

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Every Oilers fan should know about the best sports radio station known to man, the Team 1260 in Edmonton.

They provide the die hard sports fan with up to the minute coverage of your favorite sport. But deep down they are like the rest of us EdmOilersFan's. I for one can not wait for the hockey season to fire up again so that I can enjoy listening to the boys disecting everything Oilers.

So be sure to listen to them on the radio every chance you get or listen live on their website right now.

Click here to visit the Team 1260 website and be sure to sign up as a Teammate !

Post your comments, let us know what you think of the Team 1260. Spread the word, tell everyone you know about these boys.

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What have you heard on trade rumours?

Who would you like to see the Oilers trade for or sign (free agents)?

Who would you like to see the Oilers get rid of (current roster)?

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Joffrey Lupul & Petr Sykora will help the Oilers fill the nets this year, but will it make up for any weakness on the blue line?

If the Oilers can score an average of 3-4 goals per game, then Rolly and our current "D" will do just fine.

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The Pronger debate is still as hot as ever. . .

Why did he want out of Edmonton?

Why did he leave with only a pathetic explanation heard on the Team 1260, does he owe the fans that spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on his merchandise more?

Will the Oilers be able to make it to the promised land without the bonified horse on the back end?

Will the Amaheim Ducks now be the favorite in the west?

How do you feel about these questions and any others that you may have.

Don't get me wrong, I am fine with him leaving, I am happy with what we got in return, it's just that lingering feeling you get when someone punts you in the junk.

Share your thoughts on Pronger here.

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