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Weekend Sports Preview–May 5 & 6–WHL Playoffs,Stanley Cup Playoffs, NBA Playoffs, MLB, Kentucky Derby, World Hockey Chmpionships

Saturday, May 5th, 2012

Jordan Eberle (Wikimedia Commons)

Team Canada will have a chance to build off of their tight 3-2 victory over Slovakia yesterday when they face their American archrival nemesis this morning at the World Hockey Championships in Helsinki (TSN, 10am).

The Americans are coming off a commanding opening victory over France yesterday where they won 7-2.

Even though, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Devan Dubnyk and Jordan Eberle missed the playoffs for the Edmonton Oilers, this tournament could be valuable experience for them.

An American Oilers fans would be familiar with is defenceman Jeff Petry, who is joined on the American blueline with Jack Johnson, Alex Goligoski and Cam Fowler.

Here are the other events I’ll be watching this weekend:

Saturday–NHL Eastern Conference Semi-Final Game 4–New York Rangers @ Washington Capitals–10:30am–NBC–After coming off the longest game of the playoffs Wednesday night (game went into triple overtime), the Capitals will try to tie the series at two games apiece. Brad Richards continues to produce in the playoffs. The former Conn Smythe Trophy winner leads the Rangers in playoff scoring with nine points. For the Rangers to get by Washington however, they will need more from Artem Anisimov and Ruslan Fedotenko. They combined for 25 regular season goals, but only have a combined total of one goal in the playoffs.

Saturday–MLB–Arizona Diamondacks @ New York Mets–1:30pm–FOX–Despite only hitting .254 last season, Mets third baseman David Wright has got off to a great start in 2012, batting .395 with eight extra base hits. Last night J.J. Putz recorded his sixth save of the season as Arizona defeated the New York Mets 5-4. Arizona is 14-13 while the NY Mets are 13-13.

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Oilers dominate Blackhawks 9-2

Saturday, November 19th, 2011

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (Wikimedia Commons)

Apparently the Chicago Blackhawks are the best team in the Western Conference.

I guess the Edmonton Oilers or Calgary Flames didn’t get the memo.

On Saturday night, the Oilers started as the Flames left off Friday night, dominating the Blackhawks in every capacity possible.

For the first time since 1992, the Oilers scored nine times in a game, in an amazing 9-2 victory over Chicago at Rexall Place.

It will take me a little while to go through all the Oilers that dominated the game offensively. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins had five assists. Taylor Hall notched a hat trick. Tom Gilbert and Jordan Eberle each had a goal and three assists. Shawn Horcoff had a goal and two assists, and Jeff Petry had three assists.

The Oilers’ offensive explosion put a stop to the team’s four game losing streak and put them back into a playoff spot in the Western Conference at 10-7-2, tied with the St. Louis Blues for seventh.

The Oilers also had remarkable defensive performances from Theo Peckham and Petry, who were each a +5. With the long term ankle injuries to Cam Barker and Corey Potter, Peckham and Petry will be counted on substantially.

The next game for the Oilers is Monday in Dallas. Like the Oilers, the Stars have struggled lately after a quick start, and have lost five straight themselves. The loss of Alex Goligoski, who is out a month with a broken thumb, is a significant loss for the Stars.

Tags: alex goligoski, calgary flames, Chicago Blackhawks, dallas stars, Edmonton Oilers, jeff petry, jordan eberle, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, shawn horcoff, Taylor Hall, theo peckham, tom gilbert
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Kerrzy’s Notebook: D-Day Special

Monday, February 28th, 2011

Ahhhh, the NHL Trade Deadline.

Once a year you grace us with your presence, teasing us with the prospect of blockbuster deals and momentum shifting swaps all in the name of gearing up for the playoffs/next season (depending on how things have gone up to this point, of course).

It’s been kind of a funny lead up to the “big day” this time around with a number of fairly significant moves since early February, but you just never know what will happen! The aim of this feature will be to try and stay updated on the latest trades up to (and beyond) that 1pm deadline and provide a bit of my own insight into each move!

Let’s get right to it (despite several alarms set, I couldn’t actually get up before 10am this year)! (more…)

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