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Ryan O'Marra didn't get a chance to take the warm-up for his first NHL game, arriving just in time for the puck drop.

EDMONTON a ' The Edmonton Oilers have signed defenceman Tom Gilbert to a six-year, $24-million US contract.

The Edmonton Oilers have called up another reinforcement from the Springfield Falcons in the form of forward Ryan O'Marra for their game against the Ottawa Senators tonight.

Edmonton Oilers' slugger Steve MacIntyre will be taking his brand of "fistic" justice back to the Florida Panthers after they claimed him off waivers today.

Andrew Cogliano #13 of the Edmonton Oilers celebrates his third period goal against the Colorado Avalanche during NHL action at the Pepsi Center on Nov.

Fans and media have known for years that Liam Reddox has several strikes against him in his bid to become a full-time major-league hockey player.

The Edmonton Oilers need to find an identity, rediscover their scoring touch and win games.

The Edmonton Oilers are clearly a hockey team in big, big trouble. And next comes double trouble.

Edmonton Oilers forward Shawn Horcoff. Photograph by: Shaughn Butts, edmontonjournal.com GAME TIME RANGERS at OILERS 7:30 p.m., Thursday 630 CHED, Pay per view EDMONTON a ' Shawn Horcoff was hit with the flu, but managed to play through it.

Patrick O'Sullivan of the Edmonton Oilers is stopped in the first period of Monday's NHL game at Nassau Coliseum by New York Islanders goaltender Dwayne Roloson.

It could be worse -- head coach Pat Quinn could be in charge of a chaotic and woefully unprepared immunization program that shrugs its shoulders while children and pregnant woman are shoved aside by a stampede of selfish adults.

Shawn Horcoff #10 of the Edmonton Oilers is surrounded by members of the New York Islanders at the Nassau Coliseum on Nov.

The Edmonton Oilers must all be at Witt's end. The Oilers stumbled to 1-5 in their last six outings after they were spanked 3-1 by the New York Islanders on Monday at Nassau Veterans' Memorial Coliseum.

Steve Tambellini doesn't know whether to shed tears of joy, or sorrow. His son, Jeff, has six goals in the last five games.

Rumors have circulated that Anaheim might be looking for a bit more scoring punch to help kick-start the struggling Ducks.

Zdeno Chara, the Boston Bruins control tower, was all business. Armed with his 65-inch Easton stick, the six-foot-nine defenceman negated the Edmonton Oilers top line so efficiently that head coach Pat Quinn even tried separating Ales Hemsky and Dustin Penner to try giving one of his two point-getters some room.

EDMONTON a ' Ladislav Smid, who contracted the H1N1 virus about two weeks ago, may have passed the swine flu along to his Edmonton Oilers teammates, but he didn't know he had it until Tuesday.

The Detroit Red Wings packed their Purell as they arrived in Edmonton feeling a wee bit better about themselves thanks to a 5-4 victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday, but the Wings still sit 12th in the Western Conference standings with 10 points in 10 games thanks to a 4-4-1-and-1 record.

One of the most important things that Edmonton Oilers Sam Gagner and Robert Nilsson will to do to prevent the spread of the H1N1 flu is to simply not share water bottles.

Craig Anderson stopped 25 shots for his second shutout of the season, leading the Colorado Avalanche to a 3-0 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday night.