opening night Stories - SB Nation
Game On ... for real, finally
On the ninth day of the NHL season, and the fourth day since pucks started dropping for keeps in rinks all over North America, tonight the Oilers become the 30th and last NHL team to play a real game...
Anniversaries I: A special time
As the Oilers celebrate their 30th anniversary (sic) season, this is as good a year as any to reflect on our local franchise's storied past. Hey, it's not like we old geezers need much of a reason to ...
Hockey's Back!
Hostilities RenewedThe Battle of Ontario kicks off the 2006-2007 season tonight at the ACC. This game, and the return matchup tomorrow, will be used as a touchstone for the media, Leafs Nation, and th...
Formidable Opponent
My pal sent me the following in an e-mail and I figured that it would make a nice guest piece since he has chosen to highlight some of the lowlights of last night's game with no regard to all of the, ...
Splitting the Difference
Photo Credit: David Sherman/NBAE/Getty Images "What do I think of Love now? I can only think how lucky we are not to be stuck with Mayo, who debuted with a 5-for-20 (including 0-for-7 on thr...
Q/A - AtTheHive.com
Can you feel it? Opening Night is right around the corner. As we sit on the eve of the 2008/2009 season, in our hands we hold hope and optimism. Anything can happen. We are a completely differen...
Moving Towards Opening Night
While the makeup of the Leafs, especially the defence, is still very much in the air they at least know that they will be facing Martin Gerber on Wednesday night. Emery is out injured as he continues ...
[Open Thread] Game One: San Jose Sharks at Edmonton Oilers
So drop the puck already! Poor Devin Setoguchi. All set to make his NHL debut in front of family and friends... and he's out with an ankle injury. Jeremy Roenick will fill ...
2008 Opening Night of Anaheim
On opening night, everything except the game itself was great! We got to the stadium early and noticed that the Angels switched copiers since their exhibition games last week... Then we saw fans f...
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