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Nuge Week: A tribute to Oilers’ Ryan Nugent-Hopkins ahead of his 1000th NHL game
Every once in a while, a moment pops up through the chaos of an NHL season, and you realize you’ve been watching the same player your entire adult life. For many Oilers fans around our fair city, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins is that guy. As I write this today, my man is knocking on the door of…
Flashback Friday: Looking at the Oilers’ two most recent trades with Canucks
On Saturday, the Edmonton Oilers head on a brief road trip to take on the Vancouver Canucks. The two Western Conference Canadian teams have a shared history. Mark Messier has been the captain of both teams and they’ve played a handful of postseason matchups against one another, the most recent being in 2024. If we’re…
NHL News: Rangers entering ‘retool’ mode, won’t offer contract to pending UFA Panarin
It’s only the middle of January, but the New York Rangers are already looking to put the 2025-26 season behind them and turn their attention to the future. A future without Artemi Panarin, it appears. According to Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman, the struggling Blueshirts don’t plan to offer the star winger a contract extension as the…
Today In NHL History - Ott's Shootout No Goal
On January 16th in 2010, Dallas Stars forward Steve Ott was stopped on his first ever shootout attempt by Detroit Red Wings goaltender Jimmy Howard. Despite an emphatic no goal call by perfectly positioned referee Rob Martell, the ruling was reversed by the NHL on video review. Appalled by the call, Red Wings coach Mike Babcock exclaimed "The video replay showed the puck didn't go in the net, I
Sending Connor Ingram to the AHL would be the wrong decision for the Oilers
For a team that has needed consistent goaltending, it sure would be a poor decision for the Edmonton Oilers to send Connor Ingram down. With Tristan Jarry being activated off the long-term injured reserve this week, the Oilers have three goaltenders on the roster, with Calvin Pickard being the third. Obviously, Jarry is going nowhere,…
‘I already kind of forget what it was like in Edmonton’: Penguins’ Stuart Skinner talks life after trade
It’s been over a month since the Stuart Skinner era ended for the Edmonton Oilers, after he was dealt to the Pittsburgh Penguins in a mid-December exchange that saw the acquisition of Tristan Jarry. In an interview with The Hockey News’ Kelsey Surmacz published Wednesday, Skinner opened up about the trade and his transition to…
The Day After 48.0: Late power-play opportunity key for Islanders in shutout win over Oilers
Sometimes, all you need is one. That was the case on Thursday evening in Edmonton for the visiting New York Islanders, as star goaltender Ilya Sorokin turned aside all 35 shots that the Oilers threw his way for a 1-0 victory. On a night where the Oilers did almost everything right, one mistake proved to…
Oilers goalie’d in shutout loss, Connor Ingram rules, and the end of Connor McDavid’s point streak
After falling to the Predators in overtime on Tuesday, the Oilers were back at home to close out their season series against the New York Islanders. The Islanders took the first round back in October, and if our boys were going to repay the favour, they would need to execute a whole lot better than…
Winnipeg Jets Morning Papers: Today’s Hockey Headlines | Jan 16, 2026
A daily roundup of Winnipeg Jets, Manitoba Moose coverage — all the pro hockey news that matters in Manitoba and beyond.
Celebrate recycled coaches by taking our "Who Didn't He Coach For?" quiz
NHL teams sure do love to recycle coaches. Sure, you can always make the case for somebody with a fresh set of eyes and a different, maybe even more modern approach. But when a GM is choosing the hire that could make or break his team’s chances, the temptation to go with an experienced hand who’s been around the league will always be there. We saw that this week in Columbus, where the Blue Jackets moved on from Dean Evason . They replaced him with 71-year-old veteran Rick Bowness , who’s been ...
ASU Receives Commitment From High-Scoring WHL Defenseman
Arizona State added to its future blue line on Thursday, as the Sun Devils received a commitment from Jonas Woo...
This Week in College Hockey: Jan. 15, 2026
There’s been plenty of discussion this week at the annual NCAA Convention about off-ice rules and regulations — and more specifically, what the next version of the transfer landscape should look like...
Zacher Credits New Calm For Emergence as Elite Goaltender
When Lawton Zacher was around five-years-old, his older brother just needed someone to shoot on. “It was not pretty,” Zacher quipped. Now, Zacher has become a Mike Richter Award semifinalist, a Walter Brown Award semifinalist, and a Hobey Baker Award nominee – and he is far from finished with what might be his best season yet...
Oilers can’t get anything past Ilya Sorokin as Islanders pick up 1-0 road win: Recap, Reaction, and Highlights
There’s nothing more boring than a game against the New York Islanders. That was the fate of the Edmonton Oilers on Thursday evening. After 60 minutes of “action”, the Oilers fell 1-0 to Ilya Sorokin. Let’s take a look at what happened. The lone goal came with about six minutes left in the game on…
Winnipeg Jets shake off slow start, steamroll Minnesota Wild for fourth straight win
Recap of the game.
The Oilers have to stop tinkering with their bottom-six
The Edmonton Oilers may have figured out their ideal lines ahead of the 2026 trade deadline. After Adam Henrique went down with an injury on January 6th, Oilers head coach Kris Knoblauch put together a makeshift third line of Isaac Howard, Jack Roslovic, and Matthew Savoie. In that time, the Oilers have also seemingly figured…
Condors forward Quinn Hutson named to 2026 AHL All-Star Classic
On Thursday, top Edmonton Oilers prospect and Bakersfield Condors winger Quinn Hutson was selected to participate in the 2026 AHL All-Star Classic. It’s the second consecutive season the Condors have had a rookie selected, with Matthew Savoie part of last year’s special edition game. Feeling like an All Star⭐️
GDB 48.0: McDavid and Draisaitl vs. Schaefer and Sorokin (7 PM, SN1)
Matthew Schaefer is the youngest player in the NHL at 18 years and 132 days old, yet he’s one of the most exciting players in the league. The young New York Islanders defenceman’s skating has been compared to Bobby Orr and Paul Coffey. He’s been incredibly smooth as he navigates the icy NHL landscape for…
Winnipeg Jets prospect Thomas Milic chosen to represent the Moose at 2026 AHL All-Star game
Another feather in the cap of the BC product.
She's Undeniably Qualified
I know there are hockey traditionalists who still think that Jessica Campbell being on an NHL bench is, in some way, wrong, but she made it to where she is on merit, skill, and knowledge. She is one of many women who took part in the NHLCA Female Coaches Program, and it led to her landing a job with the AHL's Coachella Valley Firebirds where the team found immense success under head coach Dan Bylsma and assistant coach Jessica Campbell. Campbell will tell you that her time with the Firebirds w...
The Hockey Show - Episode 695
The Hockey Show , Canada's only campus-produced radio show that strictly talks hockey, is back at the cozy confines of the UMFM studios tonight where our hosts will be ready to welcome in a guest who is looking to run the table next week with his team in an effort to win a gold medal! The 2026 Female World Sport School Challenge is happening from January 22-25 at the Hockey For All Centre in west Winnipeg, and the Balmoral Hall Blazers are hosting the event this year as it's going to a smaller...
Oilers trade targets: Injuries to Rangers, Flyers goalies could open door to trade with Edmonton
The Edmonton Oilers have a problem. They’re pressed up tight to the salary cap, and while they’ve been able to manoeuvre by activating Jake Walman and Tristan Jarry from the Long-Term Injured Reserve by placing an injured Adam Henrique there, they won’t be able to do that forever. In fact, when the time comes to…
Scenes From Morning Skate: Ingram starts over Pickard against Islanders
Kris Knoblauch chose Connor Ingram over Calvin Pickard for tonight’s game, and the message is becoming clearer: Ingram’s earned his spot, at least for now. We all know the Edmonton Oilers can only carry three goaltenders for so long before someone has to head to Bakersfield. Tonight, the only place Pickard is going is the…
Pre-Scout: Islanders visit Oilers amid season-long road trip
This is the second straight time the Edmonton Oilers host a team that just lost to the Winnipeg Jets. The New York Islanders make their annual pilgrimage to Edmonton following a 5-4 loss, as they glide across the continent on a season-long road trip. The group upfront took the blame, despite coming back from three…
Today In NHL History - Malkin Boards Mitchell
On January 16th in 2010, Evgeni Malkin of the Pittsburgh Penguins shoved defenseman Willie Mitchell head first into the boards with his team trailing by four goals with 7 minutes to play. Mitchell sustained a concussion on the play forcing him to miss the remaining 105 days (46 games) of the Vancouver Canucks season and jeopardizing his off-season free agent value. Malkin, meanwhile, received