At long, long last, NHL hockey is set to resume. Edmonton Oilers players and hopefuls conducted a preliminary on-ice session sans coaches at NAIT Arena on Sunday, before camp formally gets underway on Monday. And a short one it will be, with the NHL regular season set to get underway in 9 days time on Jan 13, ten months to the day from the first Oilers game to be cancelled due to COVID last March. That’s a long time between regular season games, with just four disappointing play-in games last August to break the monotony of no hockey at all. Read More
