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NHL Regular Season Hockey makes its return to Rexall Place tonight for the first time in almost 18 months as the Edmonton Oilers (0-0-0) open up the 2005-06 season against the Colorado Avalanche (0-0-0). AVALANCHE TO WATCH: RW Ales Hemsky Edmonton: Milan Hejduk (knee) is out. FAST FACTS: "That was 18 months of inactivity there. It was very exciting to get back out there and compete. Playing go football bowl games lf for the whole lockout, you don't get to compete like that." -- Avalanche winger Brad May after playing his first pre-season game in front of the home crowd at the Pepsi Center in Denver. LAST MEETING: The Oilers host the Vancouver Canucks this Saturday at 8:00 p.m. The club then embarks on a short two-game trip out to California where they will meet the Los Angeles Kings and Anaheim Mighty Duck football bowl games s Tuesday and Wednesday respectively. football bowl games
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