Edmonton Oil Kings

For the first time in three years, the Western Hockey League has crowned a champion. The Edmonton Oil Kings clinched their third WHL Championship in modern ...

1995 – Kamloops Blazers* Edmonton’s first game is slated for Tuesday, June 21 versus the QMJHL Champion Shawinigan Cataractes. Fans in the Alberta capital were treated to another WHL Championship season two years later in 2014. The Oil Kings first captured the Ed Chynoweth Cup in 2012 after completing the regular season with a 50-15-3-4 record. Prokop landed in Edmonton from the rival Calgary Hitmen in mid-October and went on to enjoy a career year in his hometown. Edmonton completed the 2022 WHL Playoffs with a 16-3 record.

Jakub Demek and Kaiden Guhle provided the offence and Sebastian Cossa supplied shutout netminding as Edmonton won the best-of-seven WHL championship series 4-2.

Seattle won Game 5 in Edmonton 3-2 to extend the series to six games. The Edmonton Oil Kings are Western Hockey League champions — and Memorial Cup bound — following a series-clinching 2-0 victory over the visiting Seattle Thunderbirds on Monday night at Rogers Place. The Edmonton Oil Kings are Western Hockey League champions — and Memorial Cup bound — following a series-clinching 2-0 victory over the visiting Seattle Thunderbirds on Monday night at Rogers Place.

Jakub Demek and Kaiden Guhle scored, while goaltender Sebastian Cossa made 27 saves for the Oil Kings, who won their first WHL title since 2014.

The Oil Kings had been waiting three seasons to compete for league championship after the COVID-19 pandemic cancelled the 2020 and 2021 playoffs. Shortly after, the Oil Kings were assessed a too-many-men penalty, but Cossa made a number of big saves to help them kill it off. Edmonton did, however, get physical forward Jaxsen Wiebe back for Game 6. The Oil Kings extended their lead just under four minutes into the second period as Guhle sifted a shot from the blue line, which made its way through traffic and found the corner of the net. Milic was outstanding in the first period, making 20 saves as the Oil Kings outshot the Thunderbirds 21-4. He was able to get to a rebound in front of Milic off a tip attempt from Josh Williams and swept it into the net. “We’ve had a lot of these guys for four years now and they come to work and have a lot of fun every day,” Lauer said. We were ready tonight and it was great to see.” Seattle was the designated home team Monday and had last change. Prior to finally being put away, the Thunderbirds had been 6-0 facing elimination in the playoffs. “It’s hard to describe, we’ve been in a position to do this for the last couple of years and we’ve talked about it all year, how it’s Memorial Cup or bust, and we’re going,” said Oil Kings captain Jake Neighbours. “We knew what was coming tonight. Article content

Third league championship in 11 years for the Oil Kings who will now compete at the Memorial Cup in Saint John.

The Oil Kings will conclude the three-game round-robin on June 24 against the Ontario champion, which will be determined on Wednesday with Game 7 between Hamilton and Windsor. The Oil Kings lost just three games during their dominant post-season run and have punched their ticket to the Memorial Cup to be contested June 20-29 in Saint John, N.B. Between the pipes, Sebastian Cossa made 27 saves for his fifth shutout of the WHL playoffs.

The Edmonton Oil Kings are Western Hockey League champions — and Memorial Cup bound — following a series-clinching 2-0 victory over the visiting Seattle ...

1 hr ago It was done, she told CTV News, without her consent. 1 hr ago 1 hr ago 1 hr ago But she hopes that doing so will save another baby from dying the same way her son did. 1 hr ago 1 hr ago 1 hr ago 1 hr ago An 11-year-old Ontario boy has been found deceased in a river after wandering away from his home Sunday afternoon. Seattle won Game 5 in Edmonton 3-2 to extend the series to six games.

Edmonton will now advance to the Canadian Hockey League's (CHL) Memorial Cup, which is a playoff tournament between the WHL, Ontario Hockey League (OHL), and ...

DY The Oil Kings join the Shawinigan Cataractes, who won the QMJHL title, the host Saint John Sea Dogs, and the winner of the OHL’s Windsor Spitfires—Hamilton Bulldogs series, which will finish with a game seven tomorrow night. Last night, the Edmonton Oil Kings and Nashville Predators prospect Luke Prokop captured the team’s third ever Western Hockey League (WHL) championship.

As one of the best teams in the WHL the past three seasons, the Oil Kings had to wait out a pair of COVID-19 disrupted seasons before able to compete for a…

He scored the insurance goal Monday after Jakub Demek, a Vegas Golden Knights draft pick, gave the Oil Kings a first-period lead. Yet the Oil Kings were able to overcome the loss of Guenther with their impressively deep roster. “They’ve been in this spot a lot of times with their backs against the wall and they know how to play in a situation like this,” Cossa said. “These guys have been my brothers for the last four or five years and I love them to death.” “We’ve been in a position to do this the last few years and we talked about it all year that it was Memorial Cup or bust, and now we’re going; I’m so happy,” said Oil Kings captain Jake Neighbours. “I don’t think you’re ever going to see many junior teams like this, with this many talented players. Hill went all in this year in an effort to help his team win, making a number of key acquisitions to supplement an already strong core.