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OIL SPILLS VIDEOS IN FOCUS: Looking on the Bright Side AUDIO INTERVIEWS Head Coach Tom Renney Colin Fraser Taylor Hall Ryan Whitney Jim Vandermeer RELATED ITEMS Oilers vs. Wild RecapOilers This Week The Edmonton Oilers have brought a new attitude to the 2010-11 season; an attitude of enjoyment, pride, and fun to a locker room that didn't see much of that a season espn nfl ago. Today's practice at Rexall Place was another stone in the wall of change. After suffering their third consecutive defeat one night ago to the visiting Minnesota Wild, the mood around the rink wasn't exactly a highly spirited atmosphere. MOVING FORWARD RUSH HALF-HOUR The lines were the same as last night, although there was one notable change on the blueline. Young defender Theo Peckha espn nfl m nursed a minor hand injury he suffered last night, meaning veteran Jason Strudwick Jim Vandermeer agreed that the increased practice time has helped, but game-action has proven to be the true test, where the Oilers did have some positives to take from last night. -The day before the game in practice, we really worked on faceoffs; getting five guys involved, making a bigger battle in the f espn nfl aceoff circle and it definitely paid off last night.- However, Vandermeer was also quick to caution that there was still room for improvement. -They really took it to us on the powerplay and we knew we couldn't give them as many opportunities as the last time we played them, and we didn't do that. So those are some key areas that we've worked on in practice, made mental notes of it, and it d espn nfl efinitely improved from last game against them.- Fellow blueliner Ryan Whitney One night removed from his best game of the season and in the NHL for the Oilers, Taylor Hall Zack Stortini After having a difficult first two shifts of the game where the fourth line was scored against on both, Zack Stortini rode the pine for the rest of the night. Colin Fraser received a misconduct penalty espn nfl . Head Coach Tom Renney was blunt with his answer on the decision, but insists it was the right move to maintain the flow to the game and to accurately send a message to the players. -It wasn't a lack of energy. It was a little bit of missed assignments and maybe reading the wrong cues. You need to get a message across. It was their turn and it won't be the last time that happens to somebody. T espn nfl here seemed to be a really good flow with three (lines).- Colin Fraser Edmonton wraps up a quick two-game homestand tomorrow night when the San Jose Sharks roll into Rexall Place. There are still single and standing room tickets available for tomorrow night, so act quickly before they sell out! In the latest edition of our fan question series, Amanda of Edmonton submitted this question for A espn nfl ndrew Cogliano AMANDA: How do you deal with all the fan attention? It must get crazy sometimes. What's the weirdest fan encounter you've had? -I think you just have to turn a blind eye to it. There's some fans in different cities that heckle and want to get under your skin, but I think you've got to be professional and find a way to stay away from that. For me, I haven't had any bad experiences w espn nfl hich is a good thing; but the only thing I can think of is that there's a guy in LA that sits behind the bench every game, he's always yelling at players, and it's pretty funny. At some point you have to laugh it off and turn a blind eye like I said. It's good when you're in the community that you have fans, and kids especially, that look up to guys like us; and when they come up for autographs espn nfl I'm more than happy to sign things and talk about the season and the team. In a city like Edmonton, there's great fans and great people here and like I said, there's just fan support for sure.- Fill out the form on the right to submit a question for one of the Oilers. We will ask one of the submitted questions after the next practice and will post the answer in the next Team Today. Author: Rya espn nfl n Dittrick | edmontonoilers.com, with files from Bob Stauffer - Tom Gazzola THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21 OILERS VS. WILD AUDIO INTERVIEWS Andrew Cogliano Shawn Horcoff Assistant Coach Steve Smith HEADLINES Paajarvi - Horcoff - Eberle Jones - Fraser - Stortini Andrew Cogliano and Gilbert Brule It's been a week since the Oilers last played the Wild, and the club is gunning espn nfl for a better outcome. In the game in Minnesota, the Oilers surrendered four power-play goals, helping the Wild become the top power-play unit in the league. Renney said discipline will be key tonight. -Often times at home, there's a tendency to try to do the extraordinary, and with that comes frustration at times, and with frustration comes penalties,- he explained. -There's a domino effect espn nfl there in terms of the discipline. I think that might be the common denominator with respect to our success at home here moving forward.- Assistant Coach Steve Smith is looking forward to the contest, especially since the club hasn't played since last Saturday. -It has been pretty difficult to get into any kind of a game rhythm at this point in time, and we are excited about getting back espn nfl in front of our fans again tonight and, quite frankly, excited about getting back at the Minnesota Wild,- he said. -There's a little bit of a revenge factor going on right now. Their power-play was pretty spectacular last game and our penalty killing struggled a little bit, so we look forward to getting back at it tonight.- Captain Shawn Horcoff Despite benefiting from five more power- espn nfl plays and tallying 11 more shots than their opponents, the Oilers were unable to battle back from an early 2-0 deficit and lost 4-2 to the Wild Thursday night. Ales Hemsky scored Edmonton's first two goals, while rookie Taylor Hall finished with 21 saves in the loss. Under the Scope Author: Jen Sharpe | edmontonoilers.com, with files from Tom Gazzola OIL SPILLS VIDEO INTERVIEWS IN espn nfl FOCUS: Line Juggling AUDIO INTERVIEWS Gilbert Brule Jordan Eberle Ladislav Smid Tom Renney HEADLINES manned the left wing with Shawn Horcoff, while Taylor Hall and Gilbert Brule Yesterday Renney told media not to read too much into the new lines, and today he hinted that the current combinations should stick for tomorrow's game vs. Minnesota. -[Tuesday's practice] was mayb espn nfl e a different venue, a couple days off, just a little different look at the practice through different combinations of people,- he said. -There's a chance today that that's what we would go into tomorrow night with based on what you saw.- PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT? can see both sides of the argument. -We have a lot of new faces and it's good to kind of work on things in practice, but it's proba espn nfl bly a double-edged sword,- the rookie said. -At this time of year, you want to play games and then maybe at the end of the year, when you have a lot of games in a row, you probably want to mix in a day off or a practice. -But you can't complain obviously. The schedule's going to get pretty rough here, so it's good to rest up.- WELL RESTED VS. WILD in Minnesota thinks specialty teams will be key espn nfl in the upcoming rematch at Rexall Place. -You could see in Minnesota, they scored on their power-play four times and that pretty much decided the game, so we'll have to be really solid on our PK, stay out of the box, and be good on our power-play, and on five-on-five hopefully we'll get some goals as well,- the defenceman said. Brule added the team will need to put forth a consistent effort espn nfl . -I thought we had a couple decent periods in Minnesota, but we have to put a full 60 together here,- he said. GET TICKETS FOR MINNESOTA GAME RALLY CALL Author: Jen Sharpe | edmontonoilers.com, with files from Bob Stauffer - Tom Gazzola espn nfl
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