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@edmoilkings
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Mitchell Miller had an incredible season last year and rumors were that NCAA teams were interested.
Should he be banned for life for what he did as a 14-year-old or should he be given another chance?
I decided to contact Joni Meyer-Crothers and ask her. We traded emails.../1
joni meyer-crothers, the mother of miller's victim, wrote a letter in 2020 saying that miller never apologized to the victim and continued to torment him years after being found guilty. absolutely disgraceful move by the bruins
Chicago was able to to move 38-year-old Duncan Keith to a team in exchange for a decent prospect and a 3rd round pick.
10 days later...
Philly pays a team a 2nd + a 7th to take 28-year-old Shayne Gostisbehere?
Keith is older, more expensive and was less productive.
/3
After seeing the news today, I have reached out to her again to see if there has been a development in the last 5 months. I expect she's been swamped with messages and emails though.
If the victim and his family aren't satisfied, I don't know that anyone else should be.
I, for one, hope Pierre McGuire is hired to be a GM in the NHL one day soon. I don't know if he'll be brilliant or a disaster but my curiosity factor would be through the roof.
/2
... in June of 2022 and she was VERY clear that nothing had changed (since Phoenix drafted and then dropped him and so did North Dakota) and that there was never a personal apology, only a court ordered statement.
That was June 2022.
I don’t think I have ever felt worse after a Canadian win. Feel terrible for a USA squad that should have pulled off the upset if not for no review at the end.
#TimeExpired
#HlinkaGretzkyCup
@BrittMcHenry
We knew before she was born that our daughter would need extensive cardiac surgeries. She had several by the age of 3. We basically lived at
@StolleryKids
.
20 years later, she has daily prescriptions and check ups.
All we’ve paid for out of pocket is parking.
Lucky to be 🇨🇦
Problem solved thanks to the incredible generosity of
@ArrKannRV
who are loaning a trailer for my wife's entire 2-month isolation.
Quite honestly, we were blown away by the gesture. I hope more companies are following this sort of example and helping if/where/how they can. 👍
Does anyone know of any Edmonton/area RV or trailer dealers that are offering discounts to front line workers? My wife is heading back into hospital for the next 2 months and we don't have a garage she can isolate in. Normal RV rental seems to be about $12-14K so...not practical.
A young man's family and friends are grieving and you decide to take the opportunity to spout some conspiracy theory bullshit?
You are an awful human being. Have some compassion and ask yourself what you think you are doing. RIP Abakar Kazbekov
#BeBetter
#Kazbekov
Feels to me that Mailloux not being at prospect camp or main camp is more about avoiding the massive distraction that would create for the organization than an actual “tough love,/discipline decision” for the player.
I don’t normally watch the NHL so I could be wrong (tell me if I am) but is Klim Kostin the player the Oilers and their fans expected Jesse Puljujarvi to be?
Big, physical, strong, makes plays, helmet fits, skates well, scores.
Fair? Great trade (so far) for Ken Holland.
@CSECRKerr
@OnsideWithJouni
A story no one would believe, but then you have the photo evidence to prove it. What was it like to play with a legend and Wayne?
Before the
@EdmOilKings
game tonight.
For those who don’t know, there is a massive Ukrainian population in and around Edmonton and this province.
#Ukraine
Congratulations to Vince Loschiavo on his time in the WHL. 3 teams over his 5 year Western Hockey League career and saved his best for last here in Edmonton with the Oil Kings.
I interviewed this player in late July for The Pipeline Show, mentioning it on Twitter. A NHL scout contacted me and asked me how the interview went and how the player handled questions on this topic. To my embarrassment, I had no idea this had happened and so it never came...
@Lowetide
@TheAthleticNHL
I recently told a scout about the growing buzz in Edmonton around Broberg at 8th overall.
“That would be the most Oilers pick ever”
He didn’t mean it as a compliment.
"takes a run"
Good Lord. I don't see Tkachuk even take a single stride. He glides and doesn't get out of the way but, is that a surprise? Why would he? He's headed to his own bench.
I think Marner will be OK.
OK.
I've been covering junior hockey for basically two decades now. I've seen a lot and, although I'm not a scout, I think I have an educated opinion.
If Josh Ravensbergen isn't the top ranked goalie for
#2025NHLDraft
then I want to see who is because he's unbelievable.
Brother took me to the Oilers game last night, got to see RNH, Draisaitl, Bear, Khaira, Russell, Lucic, Rattie; lots of WHL alum. His seats are about $200/game. I told him for the cost of 4 NHL games he could have got WHL season seats and watched the same guys for the last decade
Reminder for all those players who don't get selected in the WHL draft this week:
Neither was Arshdeep Bains.
The
@Rebelshockey
forward played 5 seasons in
@TheWHL
, went unchosen in the NHL draft too then led the 'Dub in scoring this year.
He's now a Vancouver Canuck.
The Rebels have called up 16-year old forward Arshdeep Bains from
@vwhawks
for the weekend. He is currently the leading scorer in the BCMML with 57 points.
#RDR
Congratulations to
@EdmOilKings
netminder Sebastian Cossa (
@SebastianCossa
) who earns a 39-save shutout in his first ever WHL start.
Oil Kings dump Winnipeg 7-0.
#WHL
If you had of told me ten days ago that 2 games into
#worldjuniors
, Sebastian Cossa would not have played a game, I would have been a bit surprised.
The fact that he hasn’t even dressed as the back up? Wow.
Call me biased all you want.
I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve wanted to express an opinion but did a terrible job of verbalizing it and completely messed up the original thought. It made sense in my head.
I’m guessing that’s what happened with Don Cherry.
Intent good, terrible delivery?
Just had this sent my way by former
@EdmOilKings
@Fozzy1six
in regard to the ongoing hazing discussion in regard to the CHL/WHL. This was unsolicited by me, he sent it on his own.
Stick tap to
@MJWARRIORS
forward Tristan Langan who ends his
#WHL
career with a 53-goal, 113 point campaign. He spent his entire tenure in the league with the Warriors.
#UFAtarget
Hockey fans, this is Jake Neighbours and he is well worth the price of admission.
In 5 months: $200 a ticket
Right NOW: $21
Game 2
@EdmOilKings
VS
@Rebelshockey
#WHL
Support junior and college hockey.
👀 UPDATE: With 8416 in attendance earlier today, just shy of 55K fans (54,931) came out to support the
@EdmOilKings
over the course of their five home games in the month of February.
#WHL
The NHL's
@ArizonaCoyotes
would need 11 straight sellouts to top that.
Attendance numbers for the last four
@EdmOilKings
home games:
Feb 2: 9018
Feb 17: 9764
Feb 19: 12,370
Feb 21: 15,363
👀Over 46K fans this month.
Edmonton has had less that 5K only twice since October 17th. There are just 5 home games left on the schedule.
#WHL
It’s almost 3 years since I lost my radio airtime, and therefore most of my sponsors, and The Pipeline Show went 100% podcast.
If not for my
@Patreon
Patrons stepping up then, and continuing to support my work, TPS would have died back in 2017.
(Link in bio)
#ThankYouPatrons
3-0 Giants.
Zack Ostapchuk gets tossed after the goal for "a gesture" to the crowd. Didn't appear on the video so no idea what it was but guessing not family friendly.
This is unacceptable and simply gross.
Ethan Bear is a high quality person and is playing every day in the top hockey league on the planet. That some "fans" have behaved like this is revolting.
BE BETTER THAN THIS
Would we all agree that this 🇺🇸🇨🇦 game would be 50 times better if it was indoors? Hopefully we see a do over after the round robin when guys aren’t stickhandling, skating and passing through snow banks.
#WJC2018
TSN 1260 was the birthplace of The Pipeline Show back in 2006. It was there that I got to work with so many terrific people. Some, like
@DuckMillard
@CoreyGraham
@MarcMajeau
and I have been gone a while but many are suddenly free agents after today's news. I feel for them all.
1) They're teens and they're pumped.
2) Is it disrespectful? Probably a little.
3) I don't see any coaches. I bet they would have stopped it.
4) If you're a 🇨🇦 player and you don't like it, file it away, win next year and remember not to do it then.
5) Rivalries are AWESOME
Congratulations to
@TSoustal
on a terrific
#WHL
career. Most of it spent with the
@Kelowna_Rockets
(including winning a league title in 2015) followed by personal records in his final season as a member of the
@EdmOilKings
. 👍🏽
If Coach's Corner continues with a new coach, one person that is currently available (I think) that could make a good one:
Craig MacTavish
Well spoken and can be entertaining as well as informative.
One of the drafted players on the
@SeattleTbirds
roster is
#NYR
6th round pick, Matthew Rempe who checks in at 6'9 and 240 lbs.
@NYRangers
Seen here during the Christmas break near his home town of Calgary.
Game 1 in a few hours.
@AndrewPeard
and I will have the call for you out of town fans at but if you are a local, you better get to the rink.
Be the home ice advantage - BE LOUD!
There are 15 players drafted from 15 different NHL teams in this series.
Pet Peeve: Team accounts that refer to players only by their nickname.
Not everyone seeing your tweet is a fanboy/girl of your team. I'm not taking the time to go to another website, look up your roster and try to figure out who "Ox" or "Zipper" is.
#BeBetter
Trey Fix-Wolansky hits the 💯 point plateau with a snipe tonight. Only the 2nd Oil King to reach 100 in a season, first since Michael St. Croix (105) in 2011-12
@EdmOilKings
#WHL
The best part of the Super Dave bit for me was "genuine Saskatchewan seal skin bindings". For some, the joke was "seal skin" and how politically incorrect that would be.
The joke is actually that Saskatchewan, being one of two landlocked provinces in Canada, has no seals.
And quite honestly, I'd be bringing Benson to camp regardless. By no means a lock to make the team, he's done enough since his return to deserve the look, in my opinion.
I don't work for the team and I don't get a commission or anything but when I see the
@EdmOilKings
season ticket prices, I have a hard time believing that there is a better deal in junior hockey.
$299/season ($8.79/game) on the ends.
$399/season ($11.74/game) for center ice !?!
I feel bad for all the players, coaches and staff involved at the 🇨🇦 U20 camp in Red Deer.
I feel extra bad for Dylan Holloway who now can't play for either the Badgers OR Canada until close to the original date that Tony Granato had hoped to send him to Red Deer.
Attendance numbers for the last four
@EdmOilKings
home games:
Feb 2: 9018
Feb 17: 9764
Feb 19: 12,370
Feb 21: 15,363
👀Over 46K fans this month.
Edmonton has had less that 5K only twice since October 17th. There are just 5 home games left on the schedule.
#WHL
"He never runs away from it. He owns it." his last coach is quoted at the end of the article.
To this day, more than 3 months later, I have not heard back from the player nor his agent. Sounds like I'm not the only one. (see
@JDylanBurke
's timeline today)
/end
This time of year is meant for happiness, community, kindness and family. For many people, it's also a reminder of sorrow, loss and depression. If you're one who struggles at times like this, know that you are not alone and there are people trained to listen to you.
✌🏼️Peace
How can you not get excited for someone as universally respected and liked as Cam Moon?
Proud that he's a regular guest of The Pipeline Show, fortunate to have had the opportunity to share a broadcast booth and lucky to call him my friend.
🌜👍🏽🎙️
Vinnie "Big Goals" Loschiavo scores in overtime and sends the
@EdmOilKings
on to round 2 of the
#WHLPlayoffs
. Trey Fix-Wolansky with the assist on the goal.
Kudos to
@_SoySauce_
Finished his WHL career, gave pro hockey a run and now makes the decision to use his WHL scholarship package. Soy gets 5 years of free tuition and books + an outstanding
@USPORTSca
program.
The AHL, ECHL or Europe will still be there in 4-5 years. BE SMART
GBH🐻🏒
Golden Bears Hockey adds top recruit Tyler Soy to roster for 2019.
Soy spent parts of 6 seasons with the
@victoriaroyals
of the WHL, and is their franchise scoring leader with 327 career points.
📝:
Show Announcement: there will either be no episode this week or it will be abbreviated.
My 79-year-old mom collapsed on Mother’s Day and so I have gone to Cold Lake to be with her. She’s home now and OK but we’re a bit shaken by it all.
Show stuff will wait until I get home.
Just confirmed with a NHL head amateur scout what I was saying earlier. Both Thomas Milic and Tomas Suchanek ARE still draft eligible.
Players who go undrafted CAN be signed after a draft but it's a small window - Draft to Oct 1st + they have to invite that player to Sept camp.
Terrific game yesterday. Fans that were there were great but they could use another 5000K to get that playoff atmosphere going. Come on Edmonton. Are you a hockey city or just a NHL town?
Congratulations to the
@EdmOilKings
for capturing their 3rd WHL Championship in 11 years.
Considering how strong the team has been since 2019's conference final but having nothing to show for it (thanks COVID), I am very happy for the players and the organization tonight.
1/
An All-Access season pass to watch every team play every game online costs just $79.99? Well done
@TheAHL
.
Here's hoping
@TheWHL
@OHLHockey
@QMJHL
adjust their season pass prices to match instead of the hundreds it has been costing.
The same thing that Logan Stankoven, Conner Roulette, Connor Bedard and Sebastian Cossa do.
In a few years you'll pay hundreds of dollars a night to watch these guys play or you can pay a fraction of that to see them right NOW.
Support junior & college hockey.
#ThePipelineShow
...the worst and it was described to us as extremely unlikely that she would survive. But she has and is now recovering here in Edmonton.
When I'm not physically in the ICU, my mind is. So I'm really not thinking about the show until things settle.
❤️ + 🫂 your family.
Trey Fix-Wolanksy has 195 career points as an
@EdmOilKings
, that's 6th all-time for the franchise (current edition). When he hits the 200-point plateau he will be 4th having moved by Brett Pollock (199 pts) and Henrik Samuelsson (198 pts).
#PreGameNotes
@BlueJacketsNHL
"The WHL is a lower scoring league because it's more defensive with tighter checking and less skill".
Sure it is.
7 of the top 10 scorers in the country
#WHL
100-point players this year:
#WHL
- 10
#OHL
- 5
#QMJHL
- 1
I think these temporary WHL re-brandings over the last couple of years have been terrific and fun for the fans. Also proving to be hot merchandise sellers.
Who did it best? What would you like to see your local team do?
Congratulations to Andrew Fyten who lived up to his name and led by example over his 4-years in the WHL including a championship season with the Broncos in 2018.