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On May 17th in 1995, Gino Odjick of the Vancouver Canucks attacked all five St. Louis Blues skaters in the third period of Game 6 of the Western Conference Quarterfinals in response to Glenn Anderson spearing Pavel Bure in the eye earlier in the previous game. The Canucks lost the game that night 8-2 but won the series 4-3. That's today in NHL history. * See also Today In NHL History - Gino
On May 15th in 2007, Anaheim Ducks notorious blueliner Chris Pronger delivered a vicious elbow to the head of Detroit Red Wings forward Tomas Holmstrom midway through Game 3 of the Western Conference Final. Pronger escaped penalty on the play but was subsequently suspended one game for the infraction. Defensive partner Rob Niedermayer collected a five minute boarding major for his role in
On May 14th in 1987, heavyweight Ed Hospodar of the Philadelphia Flyers incited a pregame brawl at the Forum attacking Montreal Canadiens sophomore Claude Lemieux prior to Game 6 of the Wales Conference Final. Tiring of Lemieux and Shayne Corson's superstitious ritual of firing a puck into the opponent's empty net at the end of the warmup skate, Hospodar and Chico Resch returned to the ice to
On May 14th in 1994, Toronto Maple Leafs blueliner Sylvain Lefebvre scored an own goal with 3 seconds remaining in Game 7 of the Western Conference Semifinal against the San Jose Sharks when his clearing attempt struck teammate Peter Zezel and deflected past Felix Potvin. Luckily for Lefebvre, the Leafs led 4-1 prior to the miscue and held on to win Game 7 by a score of 4-2, advancing to the
On May 11th in 1989, Philadelphia Flyers ferocious goalie Ron Hextall attacked Montreal Canadiens defenseman Chris Chelios after play was whistled offside trailing 4-2 with 1:37 left in Game 6 of the Wales Conference Finals. The 1987 Vezina and Conn Smythe winner come single season goaltender penalty minute record holder (113 minutes in 1989) pounced in response to Chelios' unpenalized elbow on
On May 11th in 2010, Vancouver Canucks oft-injured blueliner Sami Salo skated in Game 6 of the Western Conference Semifinals despite catching a slapshot squarely in the family jewels two evenings earlier courtesy of Chicago Blackhawks Norris winner Duncan Keith. The Finn's miraculous return resulted in the well-deserved raucous chant "Balls of Steel", audible at the 1:00 mark of the video below.
On May 10th in 1970, Bobby Orr scored the overtime marker in Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Finals giving the Boston Bruins a 4-3 win and their first Stanley Cup in 29 years, sweeping Scotty Bowman's St. Louis Blues. The image of Orr flying through the air with his arms raised after being tripped by defenseman Noel Picard at the moment the goal was scored is arguably the most famous and recognized
On May 10th in 2009, Carolina Hurricanes forward Scott Walker sucker-punched Boston Bruins blueliner Aaron Ward down 4-0 with three minutes remaining in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Semifinal. Walker was penalized 17 minutes and assessed a $2,500 fine but amazingly escaped suspension despite Rules 46.12 and 46.22 mandating such for instigating a fight with 5 minutes to play. Ward didn't miss
On May 10th in 1998, Chris Pronger caught a slapshot in the chest courtesy of Detroit Red Wings defenseman Dmitri Mironov causing the St. Louis Blues blueliner to suffer an acute heart attack, with his team down 4-1 with 16 minutes remaining in Game 2 of the Western Conference Semifinal. Further footage may be found at the 3:35 mark of the video below. Pronger recovered from the freak incident,
People don't talk about them enough, but Canadian rock band Chilliwack had a pile of hits in their career that put them on the music map for a while. One of those songs that gained them both commercial and critical success was "Whatcha Gonna Do (When I'm Gone)" off their tenth studio album, Opus X , in 1982. The song hit #41 on the Billboard charts in the US, and producers Bill Henderson and Brian MacLeod received the Juno Award for "Producer of the Year" for their work on the song. This artic...
It’s time to dig into this week’s Letters to the Editor. Want to join in the fun? Details about how to reach out are at the bottom of the article. Kent Johnson, come on down The Oilers should target Kent Johnson. He’d be a bit of a reclamation project, but putting him next to Draisaitl…
For the first time in the 2026 IIHF World Championship, Canada had a day off. However, there were still Edmonton Oilers players in action, as Isaac Howard’s United States took on Great Britain in the early game, Mattias Ekholm’s Sweden took on Denmark in the afternoon game, and Josh Samanski’s Germany took on Latvia in…
Shoutout to my friends in the northeast corner of the province, blanketed by a dump of snow on Friday, putting a big wet damper on the May long weekend. So it goes for many Albertans, invited to ignore hockey for a while with the idea of summer around the corner, only to be thronged violently…
If the Edmonton Oilers wind up successful in their attempts to court Bruce Cassidy for their now-vacant head coaching position, there might be one player who isn’t too happy to see his arrival. Trent Frederic. It’s easy to assume that Frederic would be happy, given he played his first 100-odd NHL games under his tutelage…
Welcome to Oilersnation’s annual player review series, where we dive into the Edmonton Oilers season player by player. We’ll look back at the season that was, what kind of impact each player had, and what we could see from them next season. You can read about the analytics behind my analysis here. When the Edmonton Oilers claimed…
Lots to discuss with the Saskatchewan product after his first pro season.
With two years remaining on Connor McDavid’s contract, this will be the most important off‑season in the McDavid and Draisaitl era for the Edmonton Oilers. There is no doubt the team needs to make meaningful changes, and their recent decision to fire Kris Knoblauch shows the organization is willing to do so. But whether that…
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We are onto the fourth part of my offseason kickoff series here at Oilersnation, where I look at the five storylines that will define this summer for the Edmonton Oilers. The earlier parts were more foundational questions about the coaching staff, the team’s ability to create cap space, and their philosophy on getting younger. Today,…
There is zero obligation for anyone to like the Vegas Golden Knights or John Tortorella when it comes to one's hockey allegiances. I get that Tortorella's antics often rub people the wrong way, and there are a lot of hockey fans who simply don't like how the Golden Knights conduct business in general. They seem to enjoy embracing the villain role when it comes to a lot of what they do, and maybe that's because they aren't afraid to push the envelope in a lot of situations. With the Golden Knig...
Welcome to Oilersnation’s annual player review series, where we dive into the Edmonton Oilers season player by player. We’ll look back at the season that was, what kind of impact each player had, and what we could see from them next season. You can read about the analytics behind my analysis here. The date is October 8,…
Active and former Edmonton Oilers players continue to find success at the ongoing 2026 IIF World Championship. Only two players were in action Saturday morning, as Canada faced Italy in its second game of the tournament. Representing Canada, both Evan Bouchard and Darnell Nurse had solid games. Let’s take a look at what happened on…
The Edmonton Oilers’ first-round exit to the Anaheim Ducks was certainly disappointing, but I recently wrote that there were some silver linings to an otherwise unfulfilled season. One of them was the growth of Vasily Podkolzin. Podkolzin was a physical menace in the regular season, leading the team with 242 hits and six fights, both…
A controversial decision from Vegas Golden Knights head coach John Tortorella resulted in a forfeit of their 2026 second-round draft pick, and the coach was fined $100,000. The Golden Knights will forfeit a second-round pick in the 2026 NHL Draft due to "flagrant violations" of the NHL’s playoff media regulations following Game 6 against the…
Guests: Jim Toth of 680 CJOB and Jets prospect Brayden Yager.