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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2009The Team Today Archives - MULTIMEDIA Arsene arrives in Atlanta AUDIO INTERVIEWS Dean Arsene Patrick O'Sullivan Photo of the Day Injury Report ARSENE ARRIVES CHORNEY DEPARTS departed for Edmonton today from Atlanta to get a medical assessment on his ankle. After leaving practice yesterday early due to an injury after a blocked shot, Patrick O'Sullivan was ba college football schedule ck on the ice today. -It's part of the game, I guess. Nothing too serious, I'll be able to play tomorrow and that's pretty much it.- -I'd call it a bruised foot. It's hockey so stuff like that happens.- He skated with Sam Gagner THRASHERS TOMORROW The Oilers had an opportunity to do some pre-scouting on Friday night when they watched the Atlanta Thrashers face the Los Angeles Kings. college football schedule The Thrashers laid a beating on L.A., winning 7-0. -Everything they touched turned to silver. They reminded me of Rumpelstilskin last night,- joked Quinn. . The blueliner also talked about having the last couple of days to practice together as a team and the benefits that came with that. he said. With the injury to Grebeshkov, Smid will be called upon to play some bigger minutes and perhaps some college football schedule power play time depending if Souray returns tomorrow or not. -I feel bad for Grebber, we're going to really miss him,- Smid continued. -I think I'm getting more and more minutes that really helps.- Compounding the situation, Smid is sitll not quite 100% after a second bout with the flu. -It's getting better and better every day. I would say the breathing is the biggest issue. My energy level is college football schedule getting back too so I should be okay for the next couple of days.- Author: Marc Ciampa, with files from Bob Stauffer FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2009The Team Today Archives - MULTIMEDIA AUDIO INTERVIEWS Shortly after the Oilers arrived at the Thrashers' practice facility in the Atlanta suburbs, GM Steve Tambellini addressed the media outside the rink, providing an update on illnesses and injurie college football schedule s within the club. Of all the updates he delivered, the most current involved forward Fernando Pisani, who flew home earlier in the day due to complications with colitis. -He'll go see his doctor back in Edmonton,- Tambellini explained. -I'm not sure what the next steps are for him, but his time away I would determine to be indefinite at this point.- Pisani's teammates were supportive of the ailin college football schedule g veteran. -He's had a tough go and you can see the last couple weeks he hasn't been feeling 100%. You could see it in his face,- Sheldon Souray remembered. -But I think this time it's different. It's obviously not as severe. However he needs to deal with it. It's a matter of life and just your overall health.- TAMBY'S UPDATES After suffering a knee injury in Wednesday's game in Buffalo, Denis Gr college football schedule ebeshkov will be out until at least the end of the month. -Grebby looks like he'll be a few weeks for sure with an MCL sprain, but we'll probably know better after this week,- Tambellini said. Jean-Francois Jacques Tambellini did not have any new information on Jacques, who has been out with back issues since the beginning of the month. -Kenny (Lowe, Oilers Athletic Therapist) has told me tha college football schedule t he's not as stiff, a little bit more flexibility than what he's had the last little while, so hopefully he's soon. We miss him.- Ryan Stone According to Tambellini, another player who is making improvements is Ryan Stone still out due to a sore ankle, Tambellini admitted that the team may call up a defenceman from Springfield. -It's something that you can't control,- he said. -There's some diff college football schedule erent things happening but you have to deal with it. We've dealt with a lot in this past month though.- Potentially adding to the injury issues, Patrick O'Sullivan left practice early. There is no news on his status. HORCOFF READY declared himself ready to play on Sunday. -I'm going to play on for sure,- he stated.-I think I was kind of close last game, but still the extra four days would be bene college football schedule ficial. Like I said, I'm feeling better and better every day. I'll be ready to go.- Author: Jen Sharpe | edmontonoilers.com MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2009The Team Today Archives - VIDEO INTERVIEWS Sheldon Souray - Pat Quinn in Ottawa The Oilers left Denver bright and early Monday morning, arriving in Canada's Capital city by 3pm. The team headed straight to the rink for an off-day practice, which college football schedule started out with a creative drill orchestrated by veterans Steve Staios and Ethan Moreau. Gathered at center ice, the players all switched sticks and played two games of shinny shooting the opposite way. Mike Comrie impressed the media with his ability to play right handed, while most of the other players looked slightly clumsy and awkward. Although the lighthearted stick work display was t college football schedule aking it to the extreme, the Oilers have been no strangers to changes of other kinds this season. Illness and injury have impacted almost a dozen players on the team, and Monday was no different. After being hit a few times Sunday night in Colorado -- including once in the face by the puck -- young defenceman Taylor Chorney and Sheldon Souray As for Souray, he said that he's happy to be skat college football schedule ing with the team again. -It felt good. It takes a little while to get back and get your timing and start seeing things ... I'm just happy to get out there and get a little bit of rhythm and see where I'm at. -I've still got a ways to go before I get in game shape, but it's just a big lift emotionally and mentally to get back out there.- THE MONTH OF MOVEMBER CONTINUES is struggling to show college football schedule any growth, while Zack Stortini are neck-and-neck in the cheesy category. Recent callups Liam Reddox VIEW THE GALLERY WATCH THE MOVEMBER EPISODE OF THE LINK SUPPORT THE CAUSE Author: Jen Sharpe | edmontonoilers.com SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2009The Team Today Archives - VIDEO INTERVIEWS Liam Reddox, Ryan Potulny, Patrick O'Sullivan - Pat Quinn in Colorado Liam Reddox Pat Quinn and R college football schedule yan Potulny were already dressed and ready to skate when the team arrived. Due to various injuries, Ales Hemsky, and Jean-Francois Jacques , Sam Gagner, and Robert Nilsson formed line number two. Reddox filled the right spot with Andrew Cogliano. Denis Grebeshkov and Tom Gilbert and Steve Staios, and Taylor Chorney is on the trip but continues to suffer from flu-like symptoms and did not college football schedule skate. Sheldon Souray Reddox and Potulny said they were both surprised about being called up from the team's AHL affiliate in Springfield. -I was definitely surprised when Coach (Rob) Daum called me into the office,- Reddox said. -I've had sort of a slow start down there so it wasn't something I was expecting.- -I found out last night after our game that they had some guys injured up here college football schedule and some guys are sick and things aren't going the way they want them to up here, so hopefully I can come up here and shake things up a little bit,- Potulny added. -I felt good down there (in Springfield). I'd like to offensively get going a little better, but I'm just playing a solid game and things will come. You can't grip your stick too hard. I'm not too worried about it -- I know that thi college football schedule ngs will happen.- The Falcons are 6-5-2-1 through 14 games so far this season. Potulny has three goals and eight points, while Reddox has posted three goals and four points. PISANI CUTS PRACTICE SHORT BYE BYE ALBERTA MULTIMEDIA AUDIO INTERVIEWS Steve Staios Fernando Pisani The Oilers met for one last practice as they prepare for their long upcoming road trip starting in Denver on Sunday college football schedule night. Khabibulin earned a much needed day off for rest today but will start the road trip off against the Avalanche. With the Oilers dropping six of their last seven games, most players would agree that this road trip is coming at a good time. -Sometimes it works in your favor when you get on the road. When you can get the guys together and get more of a positive energy surrounding our team,- college football schedule said Captain Ethan Moreau. -It's worked to our advantage in the past and hopefully that's the case.- The Oilers will aim on getting back to the basics and as Quinn said today. -Go in with the tools you have and win the battle that way. That's what we have to do, we have to figure that part out.- -It's been a rough couple games here the last little while. It'll be nice to get back on the road and college football schedule just get back to a simple game and making sure we do the little things well and do them right,- Fernando Pisani said. -At home you try to get too fancy and too cute. That's not necessarily the best way to play. You have to get ugly goals and have to get the dirty goals and throw pucks at the net and hope for the best.- (shoulder), Ales Hemsky (sick), J-F Jacques (back) plus Sheldon Souray - Mar college football schedule cPouliot. -We've been trying to figure out who's going and who's not going,- said Pat Quinn. -Apparently Horcoff maybe, for the middle of the trip to get some practices and Souray might come along to get some practices. Those things are being decided today.- -Smid is apparently stronger today as far as his illness is concerned,- Quinn said. -Possibly he'll go but maybe not for the first game. J college football schedule acques I don't even know on him, we'll have to find out where he is. Hemsky could be day to day. We have to figure out what's going on there too. He's having a little trouble with his shoulder. Stone is not coming on this trip.- -We had nine names that we were listing off this morning trying to figure out whether their going to be with us or not with us. I guess we'll see who shows up at the pl college football schedule ane tomorrow,- said Coach Quinn.Author: Kristi Hennessy | edmontonoilers.com Author: Jen Sharpe | edmontonoilers.com college football schedule
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