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SATURDAY, JANUARY 9, 2010The Team Today Archives - VIDEO INTERVIEWS Comments from Lubomir Visonvsky, Jason Strudwick, Sam Gagner and Associate Coach Tom RenneyMike Comrie injury update Tom Renney Jason Strudwick Lubomir Visnovsky Sam Gagner Mike Comrie Oilers play some 3-on-3 Prior to the Oilers taking the ice on the second of day of Oilers Mini-Camp, Mike Comrie Defenceman Lub england football omir Visnovsky had an interesting observation on the Mini-Camp, remarking that the team's approach is for this to be a whole new season starting this Tuesday against the Nashville Predators. feels he's ready to go for Tuesday. -I feel very good. The coach gave me time for my recovery and my ankle is okay. Every practice I feel better and better.- Associate Coach Tom Renney STRUDWICK SHINES I england football N THREE-ON-THREE If there were three stars announced following the three-on-three scrimmage, the first star would have been defenceman Jason Strudwick -It's a really fun game. I love playing it, I've been playing it a long time and I know some ways to cheat and get open,- Strudwick remarked. -Maybe that's the deal. You just take the pressure off and let him go play and he's an offensive wun england football derkind. He was unbelievable out there, don't tell him I said that though,- joked Sam Gagner-Too bad we couldn't come out with the win.- MARATHON SESSION MULTIMEDIA AUDIO INTERVIEWS Sheldon Souray Bryan Pitton Oilers practice at Rexall Place The Oilers' four-day gap between games was originally scheduled for a team-buildingspan> but with only one win in their last 12 games, the club went back t england football o basics Friday afternoon in the first of two intense days of -mini-camp.- After a lengthy video session, the team took to the ice at 12:30 and skated for an hour, focusing on one-on-one and two-on-one battles. Zambonis then resurfaced the ice, and the players reported back for round two which concluded in a bag skate. In the locker room at the end of the day, it was clear that both players and england football coaches are focused on the task at hand: turning things around quickly to salvage the season. said. -What we get from this is hopefully get a clean slate and just review the stuff that's been hurting us these past few games.- -I don't think anybody would be feeling too good if we were down south enjoying ourselves right now when other teams are getting better,- added. -We're where we're at an england football d we need to be getting better, so we'll use these days to our advantage. We'll keep a good attitude and keep it light these two days, and come Sunday, Monday, Tuesday it's back to work.- Head Coach Pat Quinn seemed pleased with what he saw from his troops Friday. -They worked hard. There's lots about this team that I can't complain about -- their work habits seem pretty good, in general on pra england football ctice days our spirits seem fine, it's just during hockey games when we seem to get down on ourselves badly and make those horrendous, individual sort of mistakes that change the results from what you plan on.- This weekend's mission is to - -I've always believe in practice. When you rehearse for success then you've got a chance for succes,- Quinn said. THE LIFE OF BRYAN keeps his eye on england football the puck during Friday's mini-camp at Rexall Place. (Photo by Steve Taylor | edmontonoilers.com) One man who is learning a lot about Oilers practices is goalie Bryan Pitton back to Springfield this weekend so he could get a few games in with the Falcons, and as a result, the club recalled Pitton from the ECHL's Stockton Thunder for the third time this season. -I'm starting to feel a little m england football ore comfortable, but I've still got the jitters whenever I show up to the rink and when I'm on the ice,- the young goalie said. -It's just excitement. You waited your whole life to be here and now that you're finally here it's a dream come true. It's nice practicing and sitting on the bench but I think the dream will come true once I actually get into a game. I'm not sure if that's going to happen england football but I got to bed every night and pray that it does.- The closest PItton has come to playing in the NHL was January 2 in San Jose, when he backed up Jeff Deslauriers -But so far it's been fun, I've been enjoying the ride, and hopefully it goes a bit longer than the last few times. OILERS vs BLUE JACKETS: The Other Side: Rick Nash, Raffi Torres - Head Coach Ken Hitchcock Watch video hi england football ghlights Columbus post-game video interviews with Rick Nash, Mathieu Garon and head coach Ken Hitchcock GAME PHOTO GALLERY Dustin Penner, Robert Nilsson skating on the top line, and recent returnee Ryan Stone and Lubomir Visnovsky, who missed two games due to an ankle injury, rotated into the morning's drills, but Head Coach Pat Quinn later said that he will not play in the game. On the other h england football and, fellow defenceman Ales Hemsky and top goaltender After starting seven consecutive games, goalie Devan Dubnyk gets the start in net. In his first career NHL start December 21 vs. St Louis, Dubnyk allowed seven goals on 26 shots, a game he says didn't go -how I'd imagined it.- -We made him nervous too,- Quinn admitted. -That night we didn't start well -- it was probably our worst outing. We england football didn't even do what we wanted to accomlish: we wanted to give Dubnyk a game and Deslauriers a rest, and I'm sure Deslauriers was just sitting on the bench thinking 'Oh no, I've gotta go back in there.' -But we're comfortable and ready to go. Dubnyk looks to be by those first game jitters and hopefully we start better in front of him.- -That game's done. It's good to get the first one out of england football the way,- Dubnyk added -I feel fine and I'm excited to get another chance.- BLUE JACKETS 4 - OILERS 2 Much like in Tuesday's game vs. Phoenix, the Oilers battled back twice to tie the Blue Jackets Thursday night, but when the visitors took a two-goal lead, the home team ran out of time. Two late powerplays and an empty net couldn't push the game into sudden death, and the Oilers finished 60 england football minutes with a 4-2 loss. Sam Gagner scored Edmonton's two goals, while Author: Jen Sharpe | edmontonoilers.com WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6, 2010The Team Today Archives - VIDEO INTERVIEWS Patrick O'Sullivan, Ryan Potulny and Tom Gilbert on their country's big Gold Medal win Andrew Cogliano, Shawn Horcoff, Ryan Potulny - Pat Quinn Andrew Cogliano Tom Gilbert Shawn Horcoff Patrick O'Sullivan england football Ryan Potulny Pat Quinn The Oilers took to the Rexall Place ice Wednesday at noon and skated for about an hour. Notable absentees were Steve Staios, Ryan Stone. -[Staios] got wacked last night and today he went to be medically checked,- Head Coach Pat Quinn told the media after practice. -Everything seems to be alright, other than he's sore.- With Staios questionable for Thursday's game vs. the england football Blue Jackets, Quinn was asked about the Oilers defensive contingent. -We'll be down to five if Steve can't go, unless Lubomir (Visnovsky) is ready. Apparently he skated well this morning,- Quinn said. According to the coach, Stone suffered a knee injury last night and is taking a -'let's be cautious here' day.- As for Jacques, it was a sore wrist that kept him off the ice. -He's been stru england football ggling with a bad wrist, and yesterday they decided that rest would be important,- Quinn explained. -That's not why we didn't dress him yesterday, because I didn't learn about it until I came to the rink last night, but apparently he's been having trouble with his wrist and so today was a day that they wanted to keep him right off.- Near the end of practice, Robert Nilsson crumbled to the ice b england football ut after a few moments, headed to the bench under his own power with one eye closed. -Nilsson got poked in the eye,- Quinn said. -It doesn't look to be anything of a problem, but somehow a stick went up under his visor in that little drill.- EBERLE TO EDMONTON? 's final goal in the 2010 World Junior Hockey Championships vs. Team USA made him Canada's all-time leading scorer in the annual england football tournament. With the World Junior Hockey Championships still fresh in everyone's mind, tournament star and Oilers prospect Jordan Eberle OILERS vs COYOTES: AT THE MORNING SKATE MULTIMEDIA The Other Side: Shane Doan, Robert Lang - Head Coach Dave Tippett Patrick O'Sullivan, Sheldon Souray, Sam Gagner, Denis Grebeshkov - Pat Quinn on the game Dustin Pennerspan>Shawn Horcoffspan>Patrick O' england football Sullivanspan>Fernando Pisani appeared on the team's third line alongside Sam Gagner. Tonight's game will mark Pisani's first contest since November 15, when his ulcerative colitis flared up and took him out of the line-up. The Oilers forward is happy to be back. -I feel really good out there and I'm just looking forward to getting back in the game situation,- Pisani said after the skate. -I' england football ve been working hard the last two-and-a-half, three weeks just getting my strength back up, and been practicing a lot now, so I feel confident enough to play.- Fernando in, J-F out Jean-Francois Jacques will be the odd-man-out tonight vs. Phoenix. When asked about the decision, Head Coach Pat Quinn said it was a combination of factors. -I love the way he tries, but I think he's been tryin england football g to force some things, turnovers up the boards and things of that nature. But I could have picked some guys. He's just a young guy, got no points in the last little while. -It certainly isn't because I'm disappointed in him,- Quinn explained. -He won't be totally left aside at all.- Injury Updates Nikolai Khabibulin According to Quinn, the Oilers goalie is nearing the end of an eight-wee england football k window of assessment. If the player is not on the road to recovery at that point, surgery may be an option. -Obviously, he's the athlete here and he's got decisions to make about what the next steps are. And one of the next steps is surgery.- : COYOTES 5 - OILERS 4 (OT) The Oilers found themselves down two goals twice, but quick comebacks paid off on both occasions and eventually res england football ulted in overtime. But a penalty to recent returnee Gilbert Brule, Denis Grebeshkov - Jeff Deslauriers stopped 25 shots in the overtime loss. READ MORE Author: Jen Sharpe | edmontonoilers.com Author: Jen Sharpe | edmontonoilers.com england football
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