Edmonton Oil Kings

2022 - 6 - 12

Seattle Thunderbirds again proving tough to eliminate in WHL playoffs (Edmonton Journal)

The stage was set for the Edmonton Oil Kings to claim the Western Hockey League championship at Rogers Place on Saturday.

Guenther, an Arizona Coyotes first-round pick, who has 13 goals and 21 points in 16 playoff games, was injured in Game 3 when hit into the boards by Thunderbirds forward Lukas Svejkovsky. Going into Game 5, the Oil Kings were 3-0 when they had an opportunity to wrap up the series. But I liked our third period, we had a lot of pushback in the third period, but we just ran out of time.” For their part, the Oil Kings are looking forward to another crack at clinching a championship. “We like this arena, it’s real nice, so I think it’ll be good,” smiled Rempe. “It’s just another chapter in the story that’s going on for us. The Thunderbirds are 6-0 facing elimination this playoff season, proving to be an incredibly tough out.

Oil Kings look to book Memorial Cup ticket vs. Thunderbirds (TSN)

The road to the 2022 Memorial Cup tournament continues as the Edmonton Oil Kings look to wrap up the Western Hockey League Final against the Seattle ...

The game can be seen LIVE on TSN4, the TSN App and TSN Direct at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT. The road to the 2022 Memorial Cup tournament continues as the Edmonton Oil Kings look to wrap up the Western Hockey League Final against the Seattle Thunderbirds. The game can be seen LIVE on TSN4, the TSN App and TSN Direct at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT. The road to the 2022 Memorial Cup tournament continues as the Edmonton Oil Kings look to wrap up the Western Hockey League Final against the Seattle Thunderbirds.

Edmonton Oil Kings' comeback bid falls short in 3-2 loss to Seattle ... (Globalnews.ca)

The Oil Kings got off to a quick start, but the Thunderbirds roared back with three unanswered goals and hung on to win 3-2.

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Thunderbirds stay alive in Western Hockey League championship ... (The Seattle Times)

The T-birds took the lead for good on a second-period power-play goal by Matthew Rempe in an eventual 3-2 victory over the Oil Kings, who lead the series ...

Edmonton native Lucas Ciona slammed home a rebound 2:21 into the third period to provide the Thunderbirds needed insurance. The Oil Kings had chances to extend their lead that period but T-birds goalie Thomas Milic came up huge, including his foiling of a short-handed breakaway chance midway through. “No panic from our group, we’ve been in this situation before,” Thunderbirds coach Matt O’Dette said after his team’s eighth playoff road win enabled it to improve to 6-0 when facing elimination this postseason.

Seattle Thunderbirds spoil championship party for Edmonton Oil Kings (Edmonton Sun)

The Thunderbirds are 6-0 facing elimination this playoff season, proving to be an incredibly tough out.

T-Birds extend WHL final with 3-2 win over Oil Kings (CTV Edmonton)

The Seattle Thunderbirds are no strangers to erasing series deficits in the Western Hockey League playoffs this year. And they're doing their best to make ...

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