Oklahoma City Barons It Is, After All

by Derek Zona on May 19, 2010 11:00 AM MDT in News

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We were not amused by Prodigal Hockey's ruse and thought all along that it would be the Oklahoma City Barons. Oilfield Hockey's investigatory skills pay off once again and three hours ahead of the official announcement today, he's discovered the team banner at the official AHL website:

via theahl.com

So welcome the Oklahoma City Barons to the AHL and to the Oiler franchise. If you're not following @OilFieldHockey on Twitter and you're not reading Oil Field Hockey each day, you should be. It was Oil Field Hockey's initial discovery of the Barons crest and logo (I found the shoulder patch by piggy-backing off of his searches). It was also Oil Field Hockey's idea to do the domain name searches that found the names being considered in the first place. We spent a couple of evenings doing reverse lookups and reverse registrar searches on google. He's a wonderful investigative blogger and I have no doubt that he'll keep the Oilers and Prodigal Hockey on the up and up in Oklahoma City.

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Well now I don’t have to drive downtown to the presser.

If we don't get our sauce, we ain't watching the game!

by Mike @ MHH on May 19, 2010 2:40 PM MDT reply actions

I’m here to help.

Editor of The Copper & Blue, and leader of The Cult Of Hartikainen.

by Derek Zona on May 19, 2010 2:50 PM MDT up reply actions

That’s not what I heard.

If we don't get our sauce, we ain't watching the game!

by Mike @ MHH on May 19, 2010 4:03 PM MDT up reply actions

Outstanding detective work on this whole OKC thing, Derek.

Writer for The Copper & Blue and primary shareholder of Zorg Industries

"Never be ashamed of who you are" -- Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg

by Bruce McCurdy on May 19, 2010 7:56 PM MDT reply actions

Check us out

http://www.thebaronsblog.com

ozman51

by SLBD on May 20, 2010 8:21 AM MDT reply actions

SLBD – I’ve got no issues with you showing off your shiny new site, but rather than just a spammish comment, maybe you could write a little bit about who you are and what your site will be about?

Editor of The Copper & Blue, and leader of The Cult Of Hartikainen.

by Derek Zona on May 20, 2010 5:52 PM MDT up reply actions

OilFieldHockey.com is Awesome!

Great job recognizing a real detective. He’s a great guy. Did you guys see his video(s) of the press conference?

by Smokin' Ray on May 20, 2010 10:19 PM MDT reply actions

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