Shawn Horcoff News Archives

Vladimir Sobotka did his best work in the third period after a frustrating middle frame.

On one side of the ice stood the Boston Bruins, a team that for some scary reason, hadna t won a game on Halloween since 1985.

Pat Quinn, if you didn't know better, could have been viewed as a genius last night.

What looked like an easy win quickly turned into a nail-biter for the Edmonton Oilers.

Well, it was a helluva season while it lasted, wasn't it? For nine games they were the new improved Edmonton Oilers under Pat Quinn.

Poor play cost Red Wings netminder Chris Osgood time on the ice last regular season.

Halloween isn't until Saturday, so it wasn't ghosts doing all the booing last night -- it was a sold-out crowd, afraid they might be watching The Return of the Living Dead.

Oilers blanked by Avalanche Colorado Avalanche goalie Craig Anderson makes a save on a shot by Edmonton Oilers left wing Dustin Penner during second-period NHL hockey action in Edmonton on October 27, 2009.

Flames' Jarome Iginla, left, has failed to register a point in two games versus Shawn Horcoff, right, and the Oilers this season.

The Copper and Blue were black and blue after Sunday's game at the Honda Center because the hits just kept coming from the Anaheim Ducks.

The Columbus Blue Jackets will resume their four-game road trip tonight against the Edmonton Oilers at Rexall Place, and they'll be doing it against a roster that has been shuffled around.

Within every Cinderella story, there is usually a wicked step-sister. With every up, their is a down.

If Dustin Penner hadn't already put two difficult seasons behind him in his first eight games with the Edmonton Oilers this season, he did it in Thursday's 6-4 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets.

It's not a secret that the Oilers could use a bona-fide goal scoring first line left winger.

Breaking up is hard to do, but staying together was getting hard to watch. So head coach Pat Quinn is going with the lesser of two evils and splitting up Shawn Horcoff and Ales Hemsky.

Nikolai Khabibulin makes a save against the Canucks during first period action at Rexall Place on Monday.

Up to this point, he's being outscored by Jason Strudwick, Ladislav Smid, Ryan Stone and 10 other teammates.

There is a raging debate online in the Edmonton Oilers' fanbase and it even caught the attention of freelance Oilers reporter Robin Brownlee .

What if some of this is for real? Nobody wants to say it might be because, well, it's just not cool in a real hockey city where the team has missed the playoffs three straight seasons.

The puck hasn't even dropped yet and the Edmonton Oilers are already shorthanded.

Edmonton Oilers new head coach Pat Quinn behind the bench during National Hockey League game action against the Calgary Flames at Rexall Place in Edmonton October 3, 2009.

Last year, after four games, the Edmonton Oilers were undefeated. They were a team picked to click and they were 4-0. Only one problem.

Chicago Blackhawks center Patrick Sharp has at least one point in all five games this season and will try to keep the streak going Wednesday night versus the Edmonton Oilers at the United Center.

Others have boldly gone before him, heading out on a pre-season limb to predict a victorious season.

Zack Stortini scores in a 6-1 Oilers win on Monday night. Zack Stortini scored two of Edmonton's four first-period goals to lead the Oilers to a 6-1 victory over the Nashville Predators on Monday night.

Coach Pat Quinn has no complaints about the way the Oilers have been filling the opposition nets.

The Edmonton Oilers wanted to make a point. Instead, they only managed to muster a point after they let a 2-0 lead slip away and wound up with a 4-3 shootout loss to the Calgary Flames on Thursday at Rexall Place.

Nigel Dawes and Olli Jokinen scored in the shootout to give the Calgary Flames their second comeback victory in Edmonton this season, a 4-3 victory over the Oilers on Thursday night.

Ales Hemsky blocked a shot in Detroit. On purpose. Raffi Torres has found a niche on a checking line.

Scratch defenceman Steve Staios from the Edmonton Oilers lineup. The veteran will be kept out of Thursday's tilt against the Calgary Flames to ensure that he does not take another hit to the head.

Oilers head coach Pat Quinn directs the bench like a general on Tuesday night. While Edmonton beat Dallas 5-4 in a shootout, Quinn's analysis of his club's play wasn't all peaches and cream.

When you're 66 years old and haven't had an NHL regular-season coaching victory in three years, when you finally get one, you'd kind of like to have it framed.

DAL EDM 3:39 0 1 5:48 1 1 DAL EDM 5:57 2 1 6:35 2 2 11:57 3 2 18:06 3 3 DAL EDM 1:25 4 3 6:52 4 4 OT DAL EDM No scoring this period 4 4 Shootout Summary Shootout period ready Start of Shootout period Shootout attempt by Sam Gagner SAVED by Marty Turco Shootout attempt by Brad Richards SAVED by Nikolai Khabibulin Shootout attempt by Patrick ...

Shawn Horcoff is one veteran focused on erasing negatives from last year. Photograph by: Chris Schwarz, The Journal, File, Edmonton Journal If the Edmonton Oilers make the playoffs, and it seems they have a reasonable shot, they will not arrive on the backs of Andrew Cogliano, Sam Gagner, Tom Gilbert and Robert Nilsson.

The idea was to find a common cause, a purpose, a motto that the Edmonton Oilers could build upon.

Oilers general manager Steve Tambellini likes the fact newcomer Nikolai Khabibulin, shown here, is in tremendous condition and has a history of helping young goalies.

Dustin Penner apparently lost just enough weight to fit under the radar. Because the six-foot-four winger has been as anonymous as an Oiler his size could manage in a hockey-besotted community like Edmonton during training camp, a time when every line combination is dissected, each utterance from the coach heeded as if delivered on the mount.

While coach Pat Quinn is preaching patience, Oilers fans will have high expectations when their team opens the season against the Calgary Flames in Edmonton on Saturday.

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