7 h. ago Nightmare on Oilers Street as Panthers plunge a dagger into Edmonton

If all the first periods in this Stanley Cup Final were pieced together to make a bad horror movie — Panther Mauling I: Bleeding The Oil — Edmonton would be the clueless teenagers at summer camp and Florida would be the guy in the mask waiting to plunge home another machete. Saturday’s win in Game […]

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7 h. ago Player grades: Florida Panthers dead puck Edmonton Oilers to death in 5

After four high-flying games in the Stanley Cup Final, the Florida Panthers played their best smothering, dead puck game, throttling the Edmonton Oilers at most every turn in a 5-2 win. It was the lowest event hockey game of the year for Edmonton, hardly any Grade A shots at all. One big difference in the […]

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14 h. ago Calvin Pickard puts perfect playoff record on the line in crucial Stanley Cup Final start for Edmonton Oilers

After pulling the Edmonton Oilers out of the fire in Game 4, goalie Calvin Pickard is getting the nod to make the first Stanley Cup Final start of his career in Game 5. Pickard was sent in to relieve Stuart Skinner after the Oilers fell behind 3-0 in the first period of Thursday’s game, making […]

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17 h. ago Oilers go with undefeated ace in goal for Game 5, bring back top point scoring winger

This in from play-by-play announcer Jack Michaels of Sporsnet, news that Calvin Pickard will start in Game 5 for the Edmonton Oilers. “Pickard starts Game 5.” So far in the playoffs, Pickard has a record of seven wins and no losses. He was the hero, coming in when the Oilers were down by three and […]

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26 h. ago 'Pure garbage': Panthers fanbase rants about Skinner hold, say it proves refs biased against Florida

Florida fans and commentators are crying foul just now about the refereeing in Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final. When I first heard the complaints I admit I was mystified, but there was clearly a storm out of Florida over an alleged holding infraction by Oilers forward Jeff Skinner. Panthers fans claimed the penalty […]

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41 h. ago Why are fewer Canadians travelling to Florida for the Stanley Cup Final?

WATCH BELOW: Postmedia’s Rob Wong speaks with Postmedia features writer, Steven Sandor from the Stanley Cup Final in Florida. Steven talks about why there are fewer Canadians heading to Sunrise for this year’s Stanley Cup Final, what the atmosphere in the state is like during the series and roller hockey culture in Miami.

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42 h. ago "Calm down everyone': Florida Panthers country reacts to historic Stanley Cup Final collapse

Florida Panthers hockey country is disgusted and down, but not out. In fact, the more sober fans and commentators from Ratland are quietly confident their team can rebound — and with good reason. Florida has brought its best game more often than the Oilers in this Stanley Cup Final. Still, there was plenty of outrage […]

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42 h. ago 'Not the ref's fault': Florida Panthers country reacts to historic Stanley Cup Final collapse in Game 4

Florida Panthers hockey country is disgusted and down, but not out. In fact, the more sober fans and commentators from Ratland are quietly confident their team can rebound — and with good reason. Florida has brought its best game more often than the Oilers in this Stanley Cup Final. As Panthers commentator TJ Peterson of […]

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42 h. ago ‘As clutch as it gets’: Leon Draisaitl steps up again for Oilers in Stanley Cup final

The 29-year-old German now has 11 goals and 21 assists for 32 points in 20 playoff games this spring.

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42 h. ago Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce take in Game 4 of Stanley Cup final between Oilers and Panthers

The pair was shown on the television broadcast during the first period of the game.

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43 h. ago Calvin Pickard again steps up for Edmonton Oilers at crunch time

The 33-year-old has bailed the Oilers out before this spring.

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54 h. ago Edmonton Oilers rise from the dead, breathe life into Stanley Cup Final

Once again, the Edmonton Oilers were pushed to the edge of a deep, dark abyss, one backward step away from another unimaginable plunge. In other words, they had the Florida Panthers right where they wanted them. A team that’s made a living out of coming back from the dead responded Thursday with its greatest, and […]

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55 h. ago Swift, Kelce rub elbows with Gretzky during Game 4 of Stanley Cup final

SUNRISE, Fla. — There was bad blood at Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final between the Edmonton Oilers and Florida Panthers. And not just on the ice. Pop superstar Taylor Swift and boyfriend Travis Kelce were among the celebrities who flocked to Amerant Bank Arena on Thursday to watch Game 4 of the final […]

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64 h. ago Carney, Smith won’t attend Game 5 of Stanley Cup final: Alberta premier’s office

Smith extended an invitation last week for Carney to join her for Game 5 of the Stanley Cup final.

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65 h. ago Stanley Cup final: Stuart Skinner to be Oilers’ Game 4 starter, Jeff Skinner, Troy Stecher to play

Edmonton Oilers head coach Kris Knoblauch is making two lineup changes with his team down 2-1 to the Florida Panthers in the best-of-seven title series.

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68 h. ago Oilers fan from Down Under lands in Florida, then Edmonton for Cup final

Shane Pask flew from Australia to Sunrise for Game 4, then will be flying and busing to Edmonton for Game 5

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3 d. ago Thursday's letters: Stanley Cup final officiating needs cleanup

This is an enthusiastic shout-out for our Edmonton Oilers! Of course, we want them to win the Stanley Cup. It’s our time. But what is happening on the ice? A list of what is not called during the finals by the referees is shocking: goalie interference; too many men on the ice; high sticking; tripping, […]

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3 d. ago In the shadow of the Stanley Cup Final, the quest for the Stucky Cup, Miami Roller Hockey's greatest prize

As the Edmonton Oilers and Florida Panthers duke it out on the ice, in Miami, a diverse community of hockey enthusiasts take their favourite game to the pavement

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3 d. ago Will the Edmonton Oilers be able to exorcise their Stanley Cup demons?

If Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final was a slasher movie, then the Edmonton Oilers are about to return to the scene of the crime. And if Game 4 on Thursday at Amerant Bank Arena doesn’t contain a wholesale plot twist and the Florida Panthers end up taking a 3-1 series lead, well, let’s […]

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3 d. ago Knoblauch contemplating tweaks to Oilers’ lineup for Game 4 of Stanley Cup final

The Oilers could mix things up for Game 4 of the Stanley Cup final.

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