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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2009The Team Today Archives - VIDEO INTERVIEWS Nikolai Khabibulin The Oilers took to the ice at Millenium Place this morning after the rewarding 5-4 shootout win over the Dallas Stars last night at Rexall Place. Jeff Deslauriers They started practice with a lot of energy and worked on picking up the puck behind their own net and breaking out into the opponents end. They football tickets also worked on their speed up the sides and taking shots from the top of the circle. They ran plays down low, behind the net and worked on winning crucial board battles. , Steve Staios, Sheldon Souray -Today was a result of a few guys missing. When we came to practice there were a couple more that I didn't anticipate so we sort of mix-bagged it to give people a chance to work with someone else. football tickets - When Mike Comrie arrived at Oilers training camp this morning, he found that his familiar number - 89 - was taken by new teammate Sam Gagner. In its place, Comrie is wearing number 91. The number was assigned by the Oilers and Comrie could potentially change it at some point before the regular season begins. He has no interest in Gagner's 89 but did wear 39 in junior and college. That number is football tickets currently being worn by Chris Minard. --> OILERS HIT THE ICE TO GET READY FOR STARS MULTIMEDIA AUDIO INTERVIEWS Marc Pouliot After having an off-ice workout day yesterday, the Oilers took to the ice for a long practice at 10:00 am this morning. Ethan Moreau did not skate today due to a flare up in his ankle that has been bothering him in the past couple days. The Oilers dressed seven defens football tickets emen including Steve Staios with Sheldon Souray, Lubomir Visnovsky together with Ladislav Smid switching off. Skating together on the top line was J-F Jacques, Shawn Horcoff. In what appeared to be the second line, the coaches had Ryan Stone , Gilbert Brule together while Robert Nilsson, Sam Gagner created the forth line. Steve MacIntyre playing with Dustin Penner Marc Pouliot got a head football tickets start on the ice to see how his injury was coming along. Pouliot remains on the IR list and has not played since September 24th against Tampa Bay. -I felt pretty good out there, I skated with Steve Serdachny, power skating coach then I jumped into practice and it went pretty well so I'm pretty happy.- Pouliot said after practice. -Its my first practice with the team, its day to day and I don football tickets 't think I'll play tomorrow. I feel good though so hopefully by the end of the week. We'll see tomorrow.-Author: Kristi Hennessy | edmontonoilers.com OILERS TAKE PART IN OFF-ICE WORKOUT MULTIMEDIA Pat Quinn chats in the dressing room AUDIO INTERVIEWS Pat Quinn Gilbert Brule The Oilers did not take to the ice today, instead they took part in an off-ice workout as well as a team meeting. -We football tickets play every second day other than today and we were looking for spots where we could give them a break,- said head coach Pat Quinn. -We decided we didn't want to do a full day away so we brought them in to do some dryland.- Quinn was reluctant to give the team the entire day off, noting that training was important - particularly at this time of year. -We wanted to target some areas during the s football tickets eason that we're on top of so in April we're not 'de-trained' due to a lack of certain areas of training.- Overall, Quinn was happy with the team's performance on Saturday but did acknowledge there was still a lot of work to do. -We played a pretty good hockey team there and we competed hard. Those are the intangible things you do like,- he said. -On the four goals we let in, we were directly r football tickets esponsible for each of them going into our night.- , as unfortunate as it was for Oilers fans, was nothing new to coach Pat Quinn. When asked for a similar occurance, he didn't even have to dip that far back into the memory bank. -In the Spengler Cup, I was with Canada's team and we were outplaying the host-team (HC Davos in the final game badly but we were doing the same thing. We allowed two football tickets weak goals on a five-on-five basis and HIGH PRAISE FOR GAGNER After starting Saturday's game on the fourth line, Oilers pivot Sam Gagner REAL MEN WEAR PLAID For the second straight day, head coach Pat Quinn was rocking the plaid shirt (see Exhibit A): Author: Marc Ciampa | edmontonoilers.com SEASON-OPENER EVE MULTIMEDIA Ethan Moreau at Friday's practice. VIDEO INTERVIEWS Shawn Horc football tickets off, Denis Grebeshkov - Patrick O'Sullivan on tomorrow's season opener Denis Grebeshkov Pat Quinn CAPTAIN RECOVERED After missing Thursday's practice due to an inflamed ankle, many assumed Ethan Moreau would miss the season opener vs. the Flames. But said. -He brings a lot to this line-up, on and off the ice, and he's obviously our leader. He got a little bit of a freaky injury there, but football tickets it looks like he'll be okay and ready to go.- When asked about Moreau's return and role with the club, Head Coach Pat Quinn praised the defensive forward for his contributions. -Captains are character guys. Should they be your best player? I've never thought that way. -Ethan is a guy that has been here a long time, he's established his worth as a hockey player. Has he been a 40, 30, 25 goal football tickets scorer? I don't think so very often, but does he show up every night, use his skills, is he a leader by example, does he care about his teammates? Those are the issues that make good captains in my opinion, not how many points they get on a given night,- Quinn said. When Mike Comrie arrived at Oilers training camp this morning, he found that his familiar number - 89 - was taken by new teammate football tickets Sam Gagner. In its place, Comrie is wearing number 91. The number was assigned by the Oilers and Comrie could potentially change it at some point before the regular season begins. He has no interest in Gagner's 89 but did wear 39 in junior and college. That number is currently being worn by Chris Minard. --> QUESTIONS FOR QUINN MULTIMEDIA AUDIO INTERVIEWS Mike Comrie Pat Quinn NOD TO NILSSON football tickets The Oilers' roster is over-stocked heading into Saturday's season-opener vs. Calgary, and the status of -bubble- player Robert Nilsson was among the first questions posed to Quinn after practice. - owning the position as Oilers starting goaltender, Quinn was questioned about his confidence in back-up Jeff Deslauriers MAGIC WANDS - MEASURING STICKS -When you're trying to learn new things, football tickets it's not only just explaining, drawing on the board, and getting it set up, even showing video,- Quinn explained. -It's taking it into the practice and then repeating it, and doing it consistently until it becomes part of your game. And that's what we're trying to do now is getting it into their minds through the drills, and I know from having been around a long time, that that is a process that football tickets you have to work on every day. -There is no magic wand here,- the coach emphasized. -We need 22 guys to accept what we're trying to do and make a commitment to that. So all these things don't come easily because we have 22 different guys -- some are thinking about themselves, some are thinking about their ice time. We've got to get them so they're thinking about their team, their teammates, and wh football tickets at we're trying to accomplish together. Author: Jen Sharpe | edmontonoilers.comO'SULLIVAN ON THE TOP LINE football tickets
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