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For the second consecutive season, Bentley finds itself in the Atlantic Hockey championship game, this time with the title of defending champion and current regular-season champion. The last team to win both titles was RIT, two seasons ago.“I’ve seen some growth in this playoff run, some encouraging growth. I think our collective is growing, I think our ability to sustain a hard game for 60 minutes...
This year’s ECAC championship weekend looks a lot like last year’s — Cornell, Dartmouth and Clarkson have all returned to Lake Placid, looking to claim the coveted Whitelaw Cup.One usual suspect will not be in attendance — Quinnipiac, after being swept by J.F. Houle’s Golden Knights in the quarterfinals. Instead, Princeton takes the place of the Bobcats, making its first trip to Herb Brooks...
For the first time in three years, there will be a new Big Ten Tournament champion.In a rematch of last year’s championship game, where Michigan State downed Ohio State in double overtime, the Buckeyes were in another tight battle with the Spartans.But this time, the underdogs got the better of the defending back-to-back champs thanks to Felix Caron’s overtime winner 2 minutes, 36 seconds into...
For the second-straight year, the CCHA’s champion will be decided in a duel between Minnesota State and St. Thomas in Mankato, Minn.The championship scenario is almost a one-to-one recreation of the 2025 final, with the only difference being that the Tommies enter the game as the conference’s two-seed instead of being the three-seed like the previous championship game. And also, this year, if ...
It's not exactly a surprise that Bob Motzko is no longer the coach at Minnesota. After every recent season, there's been speculation he would retire.The school called Wednesday's move a "mutual" agreement.Coming one day after athletic director Mark Coyle fired women's coach Brad Frost, it does seem, however, that Motzko was squeezed out the door.It's a move that you can understand, on some level, ...
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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‘ trades at the deadline, the first few games for our new friends, a tough luck run of…
Connor Ingram is 4-0-1 in his last six starts, with a .898 save percentage and a 2.50 goals-against average for the Edmonton Oilers. In the last five games, his five-on-five save percentage is 15th best in the NHL. Those are average numbers, you might say. Said with different intonation: Hey, those are average numbers! I’m…
The 2026 trade deadline has come and gone. In total, the Edmonton Oilers traded three roster players in two separate trades. They acquired Colton Dach and Jason Dickinson from the Chicago Blackhawks, sending a 2027 top-12-protected first and Andrew Mangiapane in return. In December, the Oilers also thought they solved their goaltending situation, acquiring Tristan…
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When news broke that Leon Draisaitl would be out of the lineup for the remainder of the regular season, I think everyone in Oil Country went through their own mini stages of grief, before the reality set in that it would take a team-wide effort from the rest of the Edmonton Oilers to fill his…
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With leagues around the world either in the midst of, or gearing up for, playoff season, attention naturally begins to shift toward notable free agents. While additions from the European free-agent market don’t always pan out, as we saw with the Edmonton Oilers’ recent experiment with David Tomášek, it remains a low-cost, relatively low-risk avenue…
The Oilers have opened their four-game homestand with two wins. Edmonton held off a San Jose Sharks team desperate for points on Tuesday, with five different scorers finding the back of the net in a 5-3 victory. Dmitry Orlov opened the scoring for San Jose seven minutes into the first period, but the Oilers responded…
It’s been a while since we’ve broken out the Cap Court gimmick. The idea here is that we pick five players and try to figure out if they have bad contract from a team perspective. Too much money, too much term, that sort of thing. We make the case for and against, and find a few comparables to help us. Then we deliver a verdict. Nice and simple. Or at least it’s supposed to be. But now that the salary cap’s upper limit is growing again, and growing quickly, does anyone have a bad contract anym...
Despite beating the Predators on Sunday night, the big story from the evening was Leon Draisaitl leaving the game after a hit along the boards, which clearly left more damage than we might have initially anticipated. On Tuesday, the Oilers announced the former MVP would miss the remainder of the season with a lower-body injury….
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This season’s Hockey East Tournament may be one of the most exciting ones. Two of the four — Boston College and Merrimack — must win to make the NCAA Tournament, while the other — Connecticut and Massachusetts — need to one at least one game to have a shot.There may also be a new champion, since Merrimack and UConn have never won the league tournament. UMass won back-to-back titles in 2021...
The Hobey Baker Award Committee announced the 10 finalists for this year's top individual honor, now in its 46th year.The 10 were selected from a poll of all Division I head coaches. The winner is selected from a 30-person committee comprised of coaches, media and scouts.There is only one goaltender and one defenseman on the list. There is one player from Atlantic Hockey, two from the ECAC and none...
Minnesota will have a new coach next season, the school announced today, confirming an earlier CHN report.According to a statement, the school and Bob Motzko "have mutually agreed to part ways.""I want to thank Bob for leading our team for the last eight seasons. In addition to winning Big Ten titles, the team advanced to the Men's Frozen Four twice and played in the national championship game in ...
That’s now back-to-back wins for the Edmonton Oilers. On Tuesday night, the Oilers defeated the San Jose Sharks 5-3 on St. Patrick’s Day, giving them a seven-point lead over the young team. It also moved them into a tie for top spot in the Pacific Division, pending the outcome of the Vegas Golden Knights game….
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I don't think the man to the left needs an introduction as you probably recognize New Jersey Devils forward Jack Hughes thanks to his work done in Italy. You may remember him scoring the gold medal-winning goal against Canada in overtime to give the Americans their first finish atop the men's hockey podium since 1980 in Lake Placid. Obviously, that's a massive moment in international and US hockey history, and all of the important pieces from that game went to the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toront...
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 their first impressions of Edmonton’s new friends, the latest Oilers goalie drama, previewed Tuesday’s matchup against the Avalanche, and much more. We…
The Edmonton Oilers medical staff is earning their paycheque this season. I wrote on December 21 that this Edmonton Oilers season feels like a “year from hell.” A team with championship aspirations going through the tedious 82-game season, waiting until they can play for the only thing left to achieve, has been tested six ways to…