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The Winningest Franchise In Hockey
A very short time ago, the Edmonton Oilers were the losingest franchise in all of sports. Not only was the NHL team in last place, their AHL affiliate, the Springfield Falcons held up the bottom of the standings. Even the Oilers-owned junior team, the WHL's Edmonton Oil Kings, were in last place....
Phil Cornet's Hot Hands
Since we last checked in on Phil Cornet's wacky season, he's scored 3 more goals on just 7 shots, raising his previously insane .387 shooting percentage to the loftier .395, a number so outrageous even George Brett is jealous. Cornet has 15 goals on the season and sits alone in first place in the...
2011-12 AHL Ticket Prices
When Scott looked in on the attendance problems in Oklahoma City, the comments focused mostly on ticket prices at the Cox Center. A sampling of those comments show that the locals think the Barons lack affordable tickets, especially considering how new the Oklahoma City market is. I live in OKC...
A play-by-play scouting take on the new Habs arrivals
A couple weeks back, we looked at the Montreal Canadiens arrivals Brian Willsie and Mike Blunden. The Canadiens later dealt for Mark Mitera, a former first round draft pick of the Anaheim Ducks.Stats pages and a few reviews don't always paint a fair picture, so I decided to expand on it a bit more...
Is Theo Peckham One Injury Away From Becoming Doug Lynch?
There was a time when Doug Lynch was the second-best prospect in the Edmonton organization and one of the most sure-fire defensive prospects in the game. In Junior, Lynch played for the Red Deer Rebels during the Brent Sutter era. As a seventeen-year-old, he played on a team that finished the...
Kevin Prendergast Evaluation
Kevin Prendergast was a member of the Edmonton Oilers organization for two decades having joined the Oilers just after they won their fifth Stanley Cup in 1990. His background was in scouting - he had spent the seven previous seasons with the NHL's Central Scouting Bureau - and that's exactly the...
Oklahoma City AHL Announcement press conference video and Kevin Lowe radio interview
Edmonton held a press conference at the Cox Center to unveil their new partnership today. Click here to watch In advance of today's 4 P.M. CST announcement concerning the new AHL team in Oklahoma City, we've discovered an additional four domains, all registered to the same address that Prodigal...
UPDATE: Oklahoma City announcement Tuesday?
Sources indicate that the announcement about the Oilers new affiliation in Oklahoma City could come as early as Tuesday and early indications are that the name of the new franchise will be the Oklahoma City Oil Kings. Watch @okcoilkings on Twitter and www.okcoilkings.com for word of the...
Springfield separation official, Oklahoma City announcement coming soon
The end is near in Springfield as Bruce Landon announced that the Oilers were moving their affiliation to Oklahoma City. Now comes word that the Springfield separation is official and the worst-kept secret in the AHL SHOULD finally be announced next week some time. Prodigal Hockey could not be...
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