A Taylor Hall Hat Trick Thursday at Rexall Place

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Taylor Hall recorded his fourth career hat trick, and now has 10 goals (along with 14 assists) on the season. The Oilers knocked off a big time team last night in the Colorado Avalanche who are 19-7 on the season. It was a win that moved the Oilers to 10-18-2 on the year.

Here they are:

Another Year of Hockey is Upon Us!

Back for another year of covering hockey sporadically at Hockey Night the Blog.

Taylor Hall is ranked as the 39th overall player in the NHL by GM's in the Top 50 Players in the NHL. He's entering his age 22 season (he'll turn 22 in November). This is the year that Hall has to stay healthy and the Oilers need to finally break through to the playoffs.

The Oilers kick things off tomorrow night at 10:00 PM ET. I'll be watching baseball; but I'll pop by here sporadically to update the blog.

Taylor Hall's Hat Trick on Hockey Night

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[CBC] [Edmonton Journal] [Hall Interview]

I haven't written in a long time, but Taylor Hall logged his first hat-trick of the season last night and the third of his career. It was the fastest hat-trick in Edmonton Oilers history. Hall got it in 7:53, besting the great one by several minutes. What a dominator Taylor Hall was tonight.

Here's #1
 
Top shelf for #2:

And the Power Play goal for the hat-trick:

This is the Oilers team that everyone thought they would be this year, finally. The Oilers got over .500 to 14-13-7 and beat a better team in the 19-10-6 Canucks. Taylor Hall beat Roberto Luongo three times on Hockey Night in Canada. Times are good right now for the Oilers who need a win badly on Wednesday night against the Flames to keep things going. The Oilers have won three games in a row and now sit one point back of St. Louis for the eighth and final playoff spot. Taylor Hall now cracks the top 15 in points with 11 goals and 23 assists in 31 games. He's making this his team.

Happy Hockey Season!

Today is the first day of the NHL season. Reading the Pro Hockey Talk predictions for the season, it doesn't seem as if they know that teams like the Edmonton Oilers and Tampa Bay Lightning even exist. These are two teams I look to make the jump in a big way this season.

A few of the writers on Puck Daddy actually have the Oilers in their top-8 teams in the Western Conference. The Lightning are found all over the board in the East prognostications.

No one from CBS Sports is too high on the Oil. The Edmonton Journal has the team in the playoffs.

Here are the five must-watch games of the day.

Happy NHL Season, everyone.

TSN's Top 50 Players in Hockey

Taylor Hall checks in right at number 50.

NHL Lockout Ends

Thank GOD.

Let's get this thing going.