The last home game of the season for the Edmonton Oil Kings and last opportunity for their 20 year olds to play in front of their home crowd came Saturday night. The Oil Kings (21-42-6-2) took on the Calgary Hitmen (24-36-9-2) in their final two games of the season in […]
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Blades man advantage team powers past Oil Kings
By Les Lazaruk What was dormant for three games came alive and was responsible for a badly-needed Saskatoon Blades’ victory Tuesday night. The bridge city bunch broke a string of 13 consecutive power play chances without scoring by notching four goals on seven opportunities in a wild and wooly […]
WHL recap (part one): Rassell nets 2 in Tigers victory; Raiders get key win
Medicine Hat 5 @Edmonton 2 Mark Rassell was sitting on 99 career WHL goals for four games. Since he got to 99 by scoring in three straight, it could have been that he was putting some added pressure on himself to hit that mark. He hit it in his fifth […]
Tri-City shuts out Edmonton
The Tri-City American’s (17-10-3-0) entered Rogers Place on Friday night to play the struggling Edmonton Oil Kings (7-22-3-0). Tri-City’s Jusso Vålimåki was not in the line-up for the World Juniors tournament. Patrick Dea made his return to Edmonton. The long-time Oil King goal keeper was picked up off waivers earlier […]
Hurricanes rally past Oil Kings with a 7-2 win
Day two of a home back-to-back stint the Edmonton Oil Kings faced the Lethbridge Hurricanes. The Oil Kings were coming off of a big win against Prince Albert in front of a sold out crown, while Lethbridge was also playing their second of a back-to-back, also coming off of a […]
Seattle take a close one in Edmonton 3-1
The 8-5-0-1 Seattle Thunderbirds made their way up the central swing to face off against the 5-8-2-0 Edmonton Oil Kings. Seattle started Edmonton native Matt Berlin while the 2001 rookie net minder Boston Bilous got the nod for Edmonton. Newly acquired Jantzen Leslie for the Oil Kings made his […]
Pats rally past the Oil Kings
The Memorial Cup hosting Regina Pats (8-6-2-0) took a trip west to Edmonton to face the Oil Kings (5-7-2-0). Both teams currently sit in a playoff spot in the Eastern conference. Travis Child and Max Paddock got the nods for their respective teams. Regina struck first around the midway point […]
Oil Kings update: start of the long haul
We’re now 12 games into the Edmonton oil Kings second full season at Rogers Place, and for the most part things have gone as planned for the young club. With a record of 4-6-2, Edmonton currently sits third in the Central with ten points, one up on Kootenay, and two […]
2017-18 season previews: Edmonton Oil Kings
(In our ongoing series, we preview the WHLs 22 teams in order of when the joined the league. We have reached the Edmonton Oil Kings) Edmonton Oil Kings (2016-17 record, 23-43-5-1 finished outside the playoffs) Who they lost from last year: The Oil Kings lost several players from the 2016-2017 season. […]
Edmonton Oil Kings: A look ahead
Edmonton Oil Kings main camp kicked off Monday, and after a perplexing offseason, including the departure of goaltender Patrick Dea and the addition of Travis Child. It’s clear that general manager Randy Hansch’s vision will now begin to play out in front of us. Child, a seasoned WHL vet and […]