Oilers lose Battle of Alberta 6-2 to Flames

[Event Summary]

[Cult of Hockey] [Edmonton Journal] [NHL.com]

In Saturday night’s dismal 6-2 loss to Calgary, what the fans were glued to, above all, was the passion and competitive fire of winger Taylor Hall, and not merely because of that raccoon-like shiner on his left eye.

Even as the seconds were ticking away in the third period of the club’s latest loss, there was Hall on his knees in the Oilers net, trying to stop a shot by Lee Stempniak, who buried the puck in the empty net for his third goal of the game.

Hall cursed, picked himself up, skated back to the Oilers bench, broke his stick and hollered at no one in particular and the whole team in general something to the effect of  “Why don’t we have a goalie?”

Oh boy. The Oilers better turn things around and start developing a winning culture at all costs here soon.