Ryan Smyth to join Edmonton Rush during...

EDMONTON — When the Edmonton Rush trot out for their final regular season game, they’ll do so with a much different mission than they have in games past. Their contest Friday against the Vancouver Stealth won’t have any bearing on Edmonton’...

Edmonton Oil Kings’ Dysin Mayo, right, hits Medicine Hat Tigers Blake Penner during WHL playoff action on April 18, 2014, at Rexall Place.

Edmonton Oil Kings’ win pushes Medicine...

MEDICINE HAT — Once again, goaltending proved to be the deciding factor in this spring’s Edmonton Oil Kings-Medicine Hat Tigers playoff series. Unlike Tuesday night’s affair, however — a close affair won by the host Tigers — puck ...

Edmonton Oilers prospect defenceman Dillon Simpson, a 2011 draft pick by the team who is the son of former Oilers Craig, signed an entry-level contract with the team on April 22, 2014.

Edmonton Oilers prospect Dillon Simpson...

After the negotiations were finally done, tying Dillon Simpson to a three-year entry-level contract, the Edmonton Oilers’ draft pick had another decision to make. Should he join the Oklahoma City Barons at this late juncture, or, remain at the University...

St. Louis, O’Reilly and Marleau named...

NEW YORK — Reigning Lady Byng Trophy winner Martin St. Louis is among the finalists for the award this year.

Colorado Avalanche defenseman Tyson Barrie, right, leaves the ice after getting injured on a hit by Minnesota Wild left wing Matt Cooke during the second period of Game 3 of an NHL hockey first-round playoff series in St. Paul, Minn., Monday, April 21, 2014. The Wild won 1-0 in overtime.

Wild’s Matt Cooke faces in-person hearing...

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Tyson Barrie will miss the rest of the opening round of the NHL playoffs and possibly more. It appears Matt Cooke will, too.

MORE NEWS

TOP COLUMNS

Chancery Hall is currently an office building for city workers, but it could be redeveloped as a hotel or condo development when the city consolidates staff in a planned new office building on 101 St. and 104th Ave.

Simons: New tower a win for Daryl Katz — and, just maybe, for downtown

Back in September 2012, when negotiations around the proposed new downtown arena were at their ugliest, Edmontonians learned that Daryl Katz was refusing to sign the deal, unless city council promised...

Edmonton Oilers winger David Perron and Buffalo Sabres’ Jamie McBain turn to chase the puck during a National Hockey League game at the First Niagara Center in Buffalo, N.Y., on Feb. 3, 2014.

MacKinnon: Oilers tweak forward lines in attempt to get more offence

At a cursory glance, and certainly by their current standards, the Edmonton Oilers are on a roll. They have won four of their last five games, including victories over big, heavy teams like the Vancouver...

Edmonton Oilers forward David Perron, left, and Buffalo Sabres defenceman Jamie McBain chase the puck during NHL action at Buffalo’s First Niagara Center on Monday, Feb. 3, 2014.

Secondary scorers showing up for Edmonton Oilers

Obviously, there are many components of success that are either regularly missing from the Edmonton Oilers’ collective game or only available in spurts. One item on the long list is balanced scoring...

Edmonton Oilers goalie Ben Scrivens manages to keep the puck out of the net as San Jose Sharks forward Eriah Hayes tries to make a play while seated on the ice at Rexall Place during the Oilers’ 3-0 win Jan. 29, 2014.

MacKinnon: ‘Hopefully, I don’t have to see that again’: Eakins

When the 59-shot pummelling by the San Jose Sharks was over, his team stunningly improbable 3-0 winners by virtue of a record-setting goaltending effort, Edmonton Oilers head coach Dallas Eakins waited...

Edmonton Oilers goalie Ilya Bryzgalov watches a rolling puck that Rob Klinkhammer of the Phoenix Coyotes can’t control during National Hockey League action at Rexall Place on Friday, Jan. 24, 2014.

MacKinnon: Oilers season feels like a grim voyage with a damaged boat

If the movie, All is Lost, comes to your mind watching the Edmonton Oilers play out the 29-game string this disappointing season, you may not be alone. For those who haven’t seen it, this is the...

Kevin Lowe talks to media about the sale of the Edmonton Oilers to Daryl Katz.

MacKinnon: Lowe ebb for Oilers, but give it time

There is real wit, some of it delightful, embedded in Twitter, a truly democratic forum, when it’s on its best behaviour. Take the dude who runs that phoney Craig MacTavish account (@FakeOilersGM...

Daryl Katz, left, and Bob Black, executive vice-president of sports and entertainment for the Katz Group during a break at the open discussion of the downtown arena projectat city hall in July 2010.

MacKinnon: Daryl Katz’s open letter, closed mind

EDMONTON — Owner Daryl Katz says he shares your pain, Oilers fans, but on close reading of his open letter on Monday, he makes no apology that the NHL club’s bottom-feeding plight is as chronically...

Scoreboard

4/24/2014 12:43:55 PM

8:00 PM	1	2	3	ot	score

Detroit	-	-	-	-
Boston	-	-	-	-

9:30 PM	1	2	3	ot	score

Minnesota	-	-	-	-
Colorado	-	-	-	-

10:30 PM	1	2	3	ot	score

Los Angeles	-	-	-	-
San Jose	-	-	-	-

Was Cooke decision a surprise...

TOP STORIES