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Taylor Hall needs one goal to match his career-high of 27; says he's looking forward to World Championships.

— Jack Michaels (@EdmontonJack) April 8, 2016

A couple days after it was announced that Connor McDavid would be playing for Team Canada at the World Championship, word now from Jack Michaels that he'll be joined in Russia by Taylor Hall. This will the third time in four years that Hall has joined Team Canada at the Worlds. He was part of the team that won gold last year.

Joined Adrienne Pan on CBC News Edmonton to talk about the last game at Rexall Place and what the Oilers need to do this summer. (Starts at 10:45)

Bright and early this morning, Ryan Batty was on CBC radio in Edmonton to talk about the final Oilers game at Rexall Place. If you were lucky enough to still be asleep at 7AM this morning, here's you chance to catchup on what you missed.

It was reported earlier today that Andrej Sekera would be respresenting Slovakia at the World Championship, now we know that he'll be joined at the tournament by another memeber of the Oilers, Connor McDavid, who will be there as a member of Team Canada. McDavid last represented Canada at the 2015 World Junior Championship, a team that he won a gold medal with. Following the Worlds he'll play for Team North America at the 2016 World Cup of Hockey.

Andrej Sekera heading to World championships for Slovakia this year.

— Ryan Rishaug (@TSNRyanRishaug) April 5, 2016

The Oilers might only have two more games to play this season but, as reported by TSN's Ryan Rishaug, Andrej Sekera's season will last a little longer, as he is set to suit up for Slovakia at the upcoming World Championship. The World Championships will be held in Russia beginning on May 6, 2016. This will be Sekera's sixth time representing his country at the Worlds; he's also represented the Slovaks at the Olympics on two occasions. And before returning to Edmonton this fall he will skate with Team Europe during the 2016 World Cup of Hockey.

Congrats to @cmcdavid97 on being named Rookie of the Month for March! https://t.co/faY4RQodll pic.twitter.com/XewR5B0giN

— NHL (@NHL) April 1, 2016

October ✓
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March ✓ In months that he's been healthy, Connor McDavid is now three for three when it comes to being named the NHL's Rookie of the Month. McDavid led all rookies in points last month with 11 assists and 16 points in 15 games.

FIRST STAR: @ctalbot33 went 3-0-0 last week for the @EdmontonOilers with a 0.65 GAA, .981 SV% and one shutout. pic.twitter.com/ostwKlWCvT

— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) March 7, 2016

Last week Cam Talbot won all three of his starts and turned aside 105 of the 107 shots directed his way - that's a 0.981 save percentage for those who don't want to do the math. Those numbers were good enough for the NHL to name him their first star of the week. Congratulations, Cam.

Joined Adrienne Pan on CBC News in Edmonton last night to talk about the Oilers and the trade deadline. Fun experience being on TV and getting a behind-the-scenes tour of a news broadcast. Clip starts around 6:20.

Connor McDavid (@cmcdavid97) has been named the Rookie of the Month for February. https://t.co/GfSEmcHSF0 pic.twitter.com/2i8IeeQr73

— NHL (@NHL) March 1, 2016

I guess that five goals and 12 assists in 14 games is good. At least good enough to get Connor McDavid named the NHL's Rookie of the Month for the second time this season. For those keeping track at home, he's played two full months this season and won both times.

We've got jersey numbers for the new #Oilers players! @patmaroon will wear 19, @ACracknell24 will wear 22 and @PardyAdam will wear 6.

— Edmonton Oilers (@EdmontonOilers) March 1, 2016

Patrick Maroon gets Justin Schultz's number 19. So I guess we're not going to retire Schultz's jersey. How quickly we all forget just how big his influence on this franchise was.

Sportsnet is reporting that the Oilers will play outdoors next season in Winnipeg. And because people have looked at temperatures in Winnipeg, the game will be played in October. Should be fun.