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| Bid to purchase Oilers accepted |
NHL Hockey |
02/05/2008 |
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| Edmonton, AB (MySportsbook) - An official bid to purchase the Edmonton Oilers has been accepted. According to TSN Canada, Daryl Katz's offer to buy the franchise has been given the green light by all members of the Edmonton Investors Group LP, which currently owns the club. The transaction, of course, will not become final until it is approved by the NHL. Katz is a billionaire from Edmonton who gained his wealth from the pharmacy business and is president of the Katz Group, which already owns the naming rig |
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| Oilers sold to Edmonton billionaire Daryl Katz for about $200 million |
NHL Hockey |
02/05/2008 |
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EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) -The Edmonton Oilers have a new owner, pending approval from the NHL. The 34-member Edmonton Investors Group agreed Tuesday to sell 100 per cent of its shares to local pharmacy billionaire Daryl Katz in a deal worth about $200 million. ``This is a terrific level of support that will enable us to move forward with the process of securing NHL approval and conclude this transaction,'' said Katz in a news release. League approval can take anywhere from six weeks to two months. Kat |
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| Garon and Oilers blank Flames |
NHL Hockey |
02/05/2008 |
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| Edmonton, AB (MySportsbook) - Mathieu Garon stopped all 24 shots he faced as the Edmonton Oilers routed the Calgary Flames, 5-0, at Rexall Place. Rookie Sam Gagner posted a goal and an assist for the Oilers, who had dropped six of eight coming in. Curtis Joseph got his first action of the season and allowed five goals on 28 shots for Calgary, which has lost two in a row. The 40-year-old started the 2007-08 campaign without a team, but was signed by Calgary last month. Edmonton opened the scoring 6:24 into t |
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| Edmonton Oilers forward Shawn Horcoff out for season with shoulder injury |
NHL Hockey |
02/04/2008 |
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EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) -Edmonton Oilers center Shawn Horcoff will miss the rest of the season with a torn labrum in his left shoulder. The 29-year-old forward, who leads the team with 50 points in 53 games this season, aggravated the injury when fell awkwardly at the NHL All-Star game in Atlanta on Jan. 27. ``I tweaked it three times before that already this season,'' Horcoff said. ``Each time you do it, it gets worse. ``That's the thing that scared me the most. It was just a harmless play. I got clip |
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| Flames head to Edmonton |
NHL Hockey |
02/04/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Calgary Flames will try to get back in the win column tonight, when they visit the Edmonton Oilers for a Northwest Division battle at Rexall Place. Calgary will have Curtis Joseph in goal for the first time tonight, as the 40- year-old veteran gets the start. Joseph went 18-31-2 with a 3.19 goals against average and .893 save percentage in 58 games with Phoenix this year. He started the 2007-08 campaign without a team, but was signed by Calgary last month. Joseph has 446 career wins in |
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| Oilers' Horcoff to have season-ending surgery |
NHL Hockey |
02/04/2008 |
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| Edmonton, AB (MySportsbook) - Edmonton Oilers center Shawn Horcoff will have surgery on his left shoulder later this week and will be out for the remainder of the season. Horcoff has been bothered with a shoulder injury all season and re-injured his shoulder at the 2008 NHL All-Star Game in Atlanta on January 27. He played in Edmonton's first game following the All-Star break, but missed the last game against the Dallas Stars on February 1. In 53 games this season, Horcoff leads the Oilers with 21 goals and |
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| Columbus Blue Jackets |
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02/02/2008 |
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| Acquired defenseman Dick Tarnstrom from the Edmonton Oilers in exchange for forward Curtis Glencross. |
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| Oilers activate Sanderson from IR |
NHL Hockey |
02/01/2008 |
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| Edmonton, AB (MySportsbook) - The Edmonton Oilers activated forward Geoff Sanderson from injured reserve Friday. The 36-year-old sat out the Oilers' last six contests with a lower back sprain. Sanderson already spent one other stint on IR this season, missing seven games from December 2-13 after he suffered a back injury during Edmonton's 5-1 triumph over Anaheim on November 30. In 32 games this season, Sanderson has recorded only two goals and nine points. |
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| Blue Jackets acquire veteran defenseman Tarnstrom |
NHL Hockey |
02/01/2008 |
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| Columbus, OH (MySportsbook) - The Columbus Blue Jackets acquired defenseman Dick Tarnstrom from the Edmonton Oilers in exchange for left wing Curtis Glencross Friday. Tarnstrom, 33, has appeared in 287 career NHL games, registering 33 goals and 98 assists for 131 points with the Oilers, Pittsburgh Penguins and New York Islanders. In 29 games with Edmonton this season, Tarnstrom collected one goal and four assists. Glencross joined the Blue Jackets last season following a trade with the Anaheim Ducks. He col |
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| Oilers' Souray placed on IR again |
NHL Hockey |
01/30/2008 |
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| Edmonton, AB (MySportsbook) - The Edmonton Oilers placed defenseman Sheldon Souray on injured reserve Wednesday with a left shoulder injury. Souray aggravated an existing shoulder problem in Edmonton's January 24 game against the Florida Panthers, and the backliner missed the Oilers' game Tuesday in San Jose. The original injury was a separated left shoulder caused by a fight with Vancouver's Byron Ritchie on October 13. That setback cost Souray nearly two months of the season. A native of Elk Point, Albert |
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