Game Summary:
| Oilers: | Canucks: | |
| (1) Goal: Ondrus, Assists: Whitney & Vande Velde (2) Goal: Vande Velde, Assists: Whitney & Ondrus | ||
| (3) Goal: D. Sedin, Assists: H. Sedin & Edler (4) Goal: Peter Schaefer, Unassisteed | ||
| (5) Goal: Stewart, Assists: Whitney & Shawn Horcoff | ||
Our Thoughts: Stunning to say the least. I'm sure no one expected the Oilers to out-battle the Nucks. They were all over them all game, simple as that. They weren't fancy, they played a simple gritty game. They stayed discipline throughout the whole game, but yet played a physical aggresive game. That being said we still played defensivley sound and didn't make any major errors that caused goals against. A solid game by this whole Oiler roster.
Orange= Player of the Game
Red= Goat of the Game
Jim Vandermeer: He played a solid, but not impressive game. Threw his body around, and played well in his own end, but seemed a step behind the play today.
Ryan Whitney: He was the M.V.P of the game. He looked like a magician out there and was flat out impressive. Every pass he made was tape to tape (especially the Stewart pass) and looked in mid season form. Kudos to him, and hopefully he can stay consistent throughout the year.
Shawn Horcoff: Who is this guy? because it sure as hell wasn't the 2009-2010 Shawn Horcoff. Was the fastest guy on the ice and had pep in his step. They youth movement is rubbing off on the old guys.
Alex Giroux: Giroux didn't stand out, but showed toughness that may buy him a bottom 6 spot if a top 6 spot isn't available. His scoring touch around the net seemed shakey at best, but was involved in alot of the play.
Jordan Eberle: As we said in the pre-game, Eberle would preform to his abilites. He fed Horc a couple of gimmies that Shawn couldn't finish. He was getting pushed around but wasn't afraid to get in the dirty areas. Overall we were generally impressed by him.
Brad Moran: Were going to give Moran the goat of the game. Denoted by the red! He was the only Oiler that we could honestly say that looked out of place that game. He will do well in the AHL.
Ben Ondrus: There will be a battle between him and Jones for a roster spot. And the vet is making a strong case for himself. He seemed to be a leader out there and if he doesn't make the show, he will be the C in the AHL.
Steve Macintyre: Mac's skating has improved, and you can tell he is trying to be more aggresive. He was finishing all his hits. Some seemed to be borderline interference there were that late. But that's good to see that out of our tough guy.
Gregory Stewart: Like Ondrus and Jones, it will be a battle with J.F Jacques and Stewart for a roster spot. A GWG is not that bad, especially a snipe top geno. He was crashing and banging. Good stuff from this guy.
Taylor Chorney: He was mediocre at best. Got pushed around and gave the puck up in his own end. Improved since last year, but will be cut very soon.
Ryan O'Marra: I think O'Marra will be the 4th line centre in 2 years time. He skates well but isn't well conditioned. He stood up for Colin Macdonald when he was cross checked from behind. That's what management is looking for out of this kid.
Zack Stortini: You know what you're going to get out of Strotini. It was a typical hard working night for him. But we could see him not making the squad this year due to all the competition.
Theo Peckham: He had a very good game, especially his first pass out of the zone. He has added some skills that he didn't have in his repetuare last year. Was physical and improved skating drastically. Should make the team this year.
Chris Vande Velde: He really stood out tonight. That wholeline was great. I'd like to see them play another game together and see if they can keep up to that pace.
Teemu Hartikainen: I was expecting more out him, but he is still young and inexperinced so i'm sure management saw this coming. He will get another game to show his stuff.
Jeff Petry: Was not expecting a preformance like that. If scouts are comparing this guy to Tom Poti they are sipping some wacked out kool-aid. He looked like Gilbert out there with the pass and was the smoothest skater. Very, very, very smart with the puck and could push for a spot. If he wins the 7th spot, he will be spent down to season rather than rot on the bench.
Martin Gerber: Outplayed Dubnyk and if Khabby is going to miss some games our guess is Gerber will be the starter. Didn't play in the NHL last year, but you wouldn't notice it.
Devan Dubnyk: He had a rough night. Seemed shaky and lacked confidence. This might be the break J.D.D needed to get back ahead of Dubnyk on the depth chart. The balls in Dubnyk's court though, as the backup job is his to loose.
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