Gene Principe
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This is
@PredsNHL
coach Peter Laviolette. The Team had a bet if they won the first two games of the trip thru Western Canada he would wear this..and that's no bull.
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The support continues.
@EdmontonOilers
Todd McLellan and
@NHLFlames
Glen Gulutzan have arrived bearing gifts to visit injured kids from
#HumboldtBroncos
bus crash.
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Jesse it's
@Jpuljujarvi
@FlyYEG
headed to Ottawa for working visa. He hopes to join
@Canes
on Monday in Mtl. Many well wishes, we'll miss you and thanks from
@EdmontonOilers
fans.
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This from
@EdmontonOilers
GM Ken Holland on
@evanderkane
He has a deep cut on his wrist. He was stabilized and has gone to the hospital. Kane will have surgery on his wrist. He will be OK.
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"They pay me a hundred million dollars. If I stop playing like that(going to the net) I'm going to have to give Daryl his money back. I'm not going to stop playing like that"
@cmcdavid97
@EdmontonOilers
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Tom go for a walk, a bike ride, enjoy your family. Don't spend the day trying to make me look bad. I can do that myself. Maybe find another Engel. Enjoy the game..
Tried to find the clip where
@Sportsnet
's
@DougMaclean
ripped
@GenePrincipe
's puns, questioning how anyone could find them funny. Admired him for not being his cheerleader. Likely 5-7 years ago. Might have referred to his props and costumes too. Anyone help on that?
#Oilers
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This was just over a year ago on his birthday. Now news that he's gone. What a life he lived. All those
@EdmontonOilers
legends and Joey was one of them.
#RIPJoey
When you talk about
@EdmontonOilers
personnel past or present hard not to think of this guy. Happy 56th to Joey. He tried to Mosscle me out of the photo.
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Me recording
@AM34
@Marner93
and them recording me
@MapleLeafs
@EdmontonOilers
on
@Sportsnet
6pm MT pregame shows 5:30 MT
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After this moment with
@EdmontonOilers
@m_dan25
son Ben. He went into the room with the team..great job making this boy enjoy the best night of his life..
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Nice touch by
@TBLightning
coach Jon Cooper who after a tough loss went to
@EdmontonOilers
room to check on
@evanderkane
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I dont know if I always believe in karma or destiny or anything that predicts what will happen. However when I arrived in Dallas for
@EdmontonOilers
game 5 in
@NHL
West Final this was my hotel room number
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Exciting moment for some members of
@EdmOilKings
as
@penguins
Sidney Crosby stops by for a chat before tonight's meeting with
@cmcdavid97
@EdmontonOilers
on
@Sportsnet
8pm MT
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I think we all just witnessed
@cmcdavid97
best ever
@EdmontonOilers
assist. I'm happy to be corrected..
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The
@EdmontonOilers
just sang 'Happy Birthday' to Jesse Puljujarvi at the end of practice. He turned 23 today..
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Always enjoyed being around Zack Kassian. Funny and very popular
@EdmontonOilers
Always had his teamates back but most importantly straightened out his life. He's a husband/father of two and now an
@ArizonaCoyotes
. Best of luck Zack
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Nice work by
@Sportsnet
crew
@cmcdavid97
was going 40.9 km's an hour on 2nd goal. Means he couldn't legally skate in school/playground zone
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Owen and Me. Hockey Game Crashers. He must have got a
Hall Pass for
@NHL
game 7 between
@EdmontonOilers
@canuck
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When asked by
@SportsnetSpec
about his play/success lately and whether it's his best hockey. Here was
@EdmontonOilers
Leon Drasaitl's answer."Well I don't know some people said I couldn't even run my own line."
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What an OT hero looks like as
@cmcdavid97
leaves the ice after
@EdmontonOilers
advance to
@NHL
conference final? Off camera someone said "About time you do something"
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Baby boy named Beau and seven pounds four ounces(74) born in January 14. Chloe and baby are doing great. Congratulations to
@EdmontonOilers
Stuart Skinner
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It's a business but
@tysonbarrie
is one of the best people you'll ever meet. Very nice, friendly and pretty darn good hockey player BUT to get something you have to give something up. All the best in Nashville.
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Really nice to see Zack Kassian
@RogersPlace
. He had a great playoff for
@EdmontonOilers
in 2017. Only thing missing are the post season sideburns.
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The puck for
@EdmontonOilers
@ZachHyman
50th goal. Couldnt happen to a nicer, hardworking, talented guy. Congratulations.
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Meet George Blinik who is the emergency goalie for
@EdmontonOilers
after Jack Campbell took a puck in the nose. Blinik is 27 years old, played div 3 hockey and would wear 40 if necessary..
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As
@EdmontonOilers
Ken Holland walked to his media availability he went right by
@89SGagner
a player he had traded hours before. Sam didn't look the other way but instead said hello to Ken. Ken said hello back. Sam's always been a classy kid. Ken a classy person and GM.
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Leon Draisaitl is
@NHL
#ArtRoss
#Hart
Trophy winner.
However he hasn't been happy with his game during
@StanleyCup
final. Today at practice he wasnt going to take a 'pass' on attempting to get better.
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"I love being an Oiler more than anything".
@EdmontonOilers
Leon Draisaitl on his contract status
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Here's
@cmcdavid97
on
@EdmontonOilers
Pride Night on Saturday.
"We strongly believe hockey is for everyone and strongly support Pride night. I'm looking forward to it"
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At customs in
@FlyYYC
. Border security asks where I'm going. I say Anaheim for hockey. He laughs says "I think half of Edm is headed there"
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60 years of marriage celebrated tonight by my parents Franco and Gina Principe. Congratulations(auguri) for making it that many decades.
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I'm trying to ketchup with this guy. I'd relish the opportunity to meet him post game.
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"That was a nice goal. It felt bigger than a game in November. It's up there with some of my other goals. I get paid to do that kind of stuff. It's my job"
@EdmontonOilers
@cmcdavid97
on 5-5 goal
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I know some of my dad jokes might Urk-el you but great to meet and interview
@jaleelwhite
. Big
@EdmontonOilers
fan. Favorite is
@evanderkane
.
#FamilyMatters
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Start/finish/in between and post run celebration after running the
@Edm_Marathon
. Wow what an experience that took 4:30:42. Congrats to all who took part and the volunteers. Running out of things to say.
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"I wanted
@evanderkane
to know that the
@EdmontonOilers
coaching staff have his back and so do the players" Jay Woodcroft.
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Jesse it's
@jpuljujarvi
@FlyYEG
to Toronto/Ottawa. He has some visa work to do and plans on joining
@Canes
in Montreal on Monday. Many well wishes and thanks for everything from
@EdmontonOilers
fans.
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From
@EdmontonOilers
Jay Woodcroft on OT goal
"I thought it's a play where the greatest player in the world is 2 feet away and his arm comes up because it hit a high stick. I'm going to go with the greatest player in the world"(paraphrase)
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During a driving spring snowstorm these two are trying to 'duck' for cover. Life in this city isn't all it's 'quack'ed up to be..
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"It wasn't good enough all year. We did our best to stay in the fight. It's been an insane season. Coach/GM change. My frustration level is really really high. I'm not happy about it. We have a lot of crap to figure out"
@EdmontonOilers
@cmcdavid97
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My 89 year old father just called. He feels bad for
@Canucks
Thatcher Demko because he's been so busy. He asked if I could get Demko's number so he could call him to make sure he's ok. I told him Demko's fine..
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Zach H-ats-man does it again. 4th career hat trick. 3rd this season for
@EdmontonOilers
winger..
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Here's
@EdmontonOilers
Mike Smith on the long range goal "I can laugh now. I don't think there has been a time in my career where I lost a puck and had no idea where it went."
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I'm walking by
@RogersPlace
Chairman's Club. 16 year old Graydon/15 year old Chris ask for photo. I say yes. They say "excuse me could you take a photo for us?"to a gentleman. He says no problem. It was former
@EdmontonOilers
@HockeyHallFamer
Glenn Anderson.
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Ethan Bear about having his name in Cree on an
@EdmontonOilers
jersey.
"It's very honourable to the players before me and the young Indigenous kids to follow me. I wore it with pride."
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"We would love to turn this around for the city and the fans. We want to do it for us but also for them"
@EdmontonOilers
Leon Draisaitl
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He scored
@NHL
cup winning goal and Conference final winning goal. Sounding like Artturi Lekhonen will be signing an extension with
@Avalanche
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It was 13 years ago tomorrow that
@RNH_93
was drafted by
@EdmontonOilers
as noted by head coach Kris Knoblauch. They could celebrate the anniversary with
@NHL
@StanleyCup
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"He is a legend in St. Louis. We talked a little at the faceoff. He asked me three times are you sure you sure you want to go? I said yes Pat I'm sure" from
@EdmontonOilers
Klim Kostin on his fight with
@patmaroon
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There are many reasons for
@EdmontonOilers
to appreciate
@ZachHyman
but here's another one. He spends time with Dylan Holloway working on protecting the puck and work along the boards.
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"I had dinner with the guy last night but I have a job to do. I'll text him after the game and hang with him this summer. I love him to death."
@EdmontonOilers
@zkassian9
on scrap with
@StLouisBlues
@patmaroon
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"He's the greatest player to ever play in my books".
@EdmontonOilers
Leon Draisaitl on
@cmcdavid97
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"When he walked into the room there was a big cheer for him(
@kailer_yamamoto
) because he's the little engine that could." Jay Woodcroft.
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The
@EdmontonOilers
once had the 'Bulin' Wall play for them. Tonight it's the 'Berlin' Wall.
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Do you believe in miracles? Yes I do because I got a photo with Al Michaels. He met
@cmcdavid97
pregame and told him he was a big fan. He also said pass onto the Connor that the
@EdmontonOilers
captain is the best player he's seen since
@WayneGretzky
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Craig that's not very nice. You need some "Stanger management"
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I'm the next but not the last to wish
@ctalbot33
@kellytrain
the best after the trade. First class Cam comes to mind when describing the netminder. Who knows
@EdmontonOilers
were one goalie interference call away from something that could have been very special in 2017.
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"We're showing the hockey world we are not just a one man team. Of course our team is still better with Connor on it. That's not a secret."
@EdmontonOilers
Leon Draisaitl.
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A happy 50th to
@630CHED
/
@Sportsnet
West play by play
@EdmontonJack
He is the Jack of all trades and Master on one. Happy birthday buddy.
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The newest
@EdmontonOilers
@ZachHyman
paid his own way to Edmonton last week. Wanted to see the city, the neighborhoods. Talk to the team/staff face to face
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A photo sent to me as the community in
@citynb
welcomes back the Cave family. Heartwarming and heartbreaking all at the same time.
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When Corey Perry was asked about signing with
@EdmontonOilers
"When you have a 6 year old kid you tend to follow Connor McDavid and the Edmonton Oilers"
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This just happened between
@evanderkane
and
@patmaroon
at the end of warm up. First meeting. Nice to see it..
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"If that's a call(penalty) then there should have been six called on Connor. That was a soft call"
@EdmontonOilers
Dave Tippett on
@cmcdavid97
OT penalty vs
@AnaheimDucks
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Got a tip trying to 100% verify but I'm being told
@NHLFlames
have traded James Neal to
@EdmontonOilers
for
@27MilanLucic
. May be other players involved. If I'm wrong my apologies to Neal/Lucic and the teams..
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Arrived in Vegas hopped in a cab. He asks what I'm doing in town. I respond here for
@EdmontonOilers
. He says they've had a great start. Don't they have a couple of stars? Yes they do and some nights it almost seems not "fare' to rest of
@NHL
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I wasn't great at geometry. There are acute, obtuse, right angles and bad angles or Draisangles. Unbelievable where
@EdmontonOilers
scores from.
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Gives you an idea of how many
@EdmontonOilers
fans are at Mullet Arena with reaction to
@ZachHyman
goal on pp
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I said take a picture with me or "No More Mr. Nice Guy'. He'll be doing the opening puck drop for
@EdmontonOilers
@ArizonaCoyotes
on
@hockeynight
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What a four goal 3rd period comeback by
@EdmontonOilers
vs
@NYRangers
sounds and looks like. They came Holloway back with Dylan getting his first
@NHL
goal.
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We'll see if they can make it a package deal and Puljujarvi the trigger.
Wherever and whenever jesse gets traded.. can we package
@GenePrincipe
with him? I dont know if I can handle another season of puns.
#sorrygene
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Great to see
@68Jagr
pregame. Asked for selfie and he didnt mullet over. Said yes. Another all time great in the building alongside
@EdmontonOilers
McDavid/
@penguins
Crosby
@EdmontonJack
@LouDeBrusk
1pm ET on
@Sportsnet
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It was mentioned on our last broadcast that Cody and his wife Jamie had a baby girl named Sawyer Stella. With
@NHL
playoffs starting both grandmother's have arrived and
@EdmontonOilers
defenceman has moved into the basement.
#teamwork
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When asked by
@NHLbyMatty
what
@EdmontonOilers
Leon Draisaitl would do if he ended up 3 on 3 on the ice
@nhl
all-star game with
@TKACHUKycheese_
"I'd probably get off".
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He get's asked about himself and the first thing
@EdmontonOilers
@cmcdavid97
talks about is the return of
@kailer_yamamoto
to the lineup.
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Took photo of
@EdmontonOilers
Leon Draisaitl/Marco Sturm January 18, 2016 in Florida. April 26, 2021 and Leon passes Marco as all time leading German scorer. It's been the Perfect Sturm for Draisaitl.
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"He's such a good hockey player. He doesn't get the amount of recognition he deserves".
@EdmontonOilers
Leon Draisaitl on RNH
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