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MONDAY, JANUARY 4, 2010The Team Today Archives - VIDEO INTERVIEWS Patrick O'Sullivan, Gilbert Brule - Head Coach Pat Quinn after practice. Patrick O'Sullivan Gilbert Brule Pat Quinn After arriving home from their Calgary-San Jose road trip very early Sunday morning, the Oilers took the rest of the day off and were back on the ice Monday morning at 10am. -It's been a tough road, especially t gaelic football he last two or three weeks we've been in tough and it seems like everyone's a little tense,- Gilbert Brule O'SULLIVAN REMEMBERS WORLD JUNIORS Author: Jen Sharpe | edmontonoilers.com FRIDAY, JANUARY 1, 2010The Team Today Archives - VIDEO INTERVIEWS Tom Gilbert Sheldon Souray Bryan Pitton Pat Quinn PHOTO OF THE DAY Oilers land in San Jose The Oilers were up bright and early New Year's Da gaelic football y and cleared tight security in Calgary before boarding the charter to San Jose. Because Devan Dubnyk joined the NHL team on the ice when they arrived at HP Pavilion. Pitton had a short commute: the Oilers' ECHL affiliate, the Stockton Thunder, are located just over an hour northwest of San Jose. -Right away, I looked at the schedule and I knew that they were playing in San Jose Saturday night gaelic football ... so I was pretty excited to finally get a game in,- Pitton said. -Last time (during first call-up in mid-December) I only got a practice. I was hoping to get a game, but it will be pretty cool to sit on the bench this time.- In 17 games with the Thunder this season, Pitton has posted a 7-8-1 record and .912 SV%. The club is three games below .500 with a 13-16-2 record. -It seems like we'r gaelic football e the kind of team that wins four in a row and loses four in a row,- the goalie explained. -We really haven't found our identity yet, but for me and [fellow Thunder goalie Andrew Perugini] we've both been doing pretty well and I'm just happy I can get up here for a little bit.- Pitton was the last man off the ice Friday afternoon and looks forward to honing his skills against NHL shooters while gaelic football he's with the Oilers. -If you give these guys the littlest bit in net, they're going to pick it,- Pitton said after practice. -Everyone can shoot the puck real hard once you get to professional, but these guys, they can put the puck where they want it, so if I'm not square, if I'm not centred, they can make me look pretty bad. But knowing the chances that I might get up here again, I'm just go gaelic football ing to keep working hard down in Stockton and hopefully get as many games as I can because you'd rather play than practice.- TIME TO STEP IT UP Although Pitton is pleased with his current situation, the same cannot be said for the rest of the Oilers. The club has won only one game in the past nine and sits at the bottom of the Western Conference. Saturday night's battle vs. the Sharks will t gaelic football est the team's ability to keep their New Year's resolutions and step up their play. -We're fighting a bit to find our game and to find a way out of this little hole we've dug ourselves,- Sheldon Souray ) -Our game against them was a really good game the last time we played,- Quinn recalled. -We executed well that night -- it shows we're capable of doing it, but we need to do it longer and gaelic football harder. And when you're facing this kind of opposition, with the number of really top players that they have, that gets people's attention. -I don't care who we play, whether it's Calgary, a very good team, or whether it's this team that we're going to face tomorrow, the tops in our conference ... You have to execute, and you have to execute with some smarts, and we're not smart.- According gaelic football to Souray, the time for reflection is over. -I think our theme right now is we're into a new year and we're just going to start fresh and look at it like it's a new season for us. There's no sense in looking behind because you're going to be pretty frustrated with what you see that we've accomplished so far.- MULTIMEDIA Lubomir Visnovsky Fernando Pisani Shawn Horcoff Pat Quinn QUINN TALKS ABOU gaelic football T FORMER TORONTO TEAM LUBOMIR VISNOVSKY NAMED TO SLOVAKIAN OLYMPIC TEAM PISANI PRACTICES WITH THE TEAM gaelic football
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