Eric Friesen
Eric Friesen is a freelance sports broadcaster and journalist in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Eric has diplomas in Broadcasting from Mount Royal University in Calgary and Sports Journalism from Centennial College in Toronto. A lifelong hockey fan, Eric has followed the Edmonton Oilers for more than 20 years. He cheers for the Oilers because of his hockey hero Wayne Gretzky, who played his more productive seasons in Oil Country.
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Oilers Could Benefit From Proposed Schedule
March 18th, 2020 After posting a strong 37-25-9 record through 71 games this season, the Edmonton Oilers expected to be preparing for a playoff run right now. Instead, the NHL paused the regular season indefinitely on Mar. 12 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Related: Coronavirus Hitting the Hockey World Hard – Updated Any hope of the NHL resuming...
Oilers Prospect Update: Bouchard, Lavoie and Konovalov
February 28th, 2020 The Edmonton Oilers are having arguably their best developmental season in more than three decades in 2019-20. Ethan Bear, Kailer Yamamoto, Caleb Jones, William Lagesson and Tyler Benson have all played games for the Oilers after spending the majority of last season with the Bakersfield Condors in the AHL. Related: Origins of Every...
Projecting Oilers' 2022 Olympics Participants
February 24th, 2020 The only hockey tournament in the world that can come close to rivaling the excitement of the Stanley Cup playoffs is the Winter Olympics. After participating in every Winter Olympics between 1998 and 2014, the NHL did not send its players to the 2018 Games in PyeongChang, South Korea. While there are still several important issues...
Edmonton Oilers' Individual Awards at Third Quarter of 2019-20
February 18th, 2020 The Edmonton Oilers left no doubt that they are a playoff team on Sunday with a huge 4-3, come-from-behind, overtime win on the road, despite missing several key players. Additionally, the team improved to 6-0-0 in the second-half of back-to-back games this season, which speaks to its outstanding resiliency. Edmonton Oilers celebrate...
Nugent-Hopkins Should Be an Oiler for Life
February 12th, 2020 Edmonton Oilers general manager Ken Holland has been busy cutting down on his offseason workload over the past month. Besides heading up the Oilers amateur and professional scouting meetings in Palm Springs, Holland has also signed Caleb Jones, Zack Kassian, Darnell Nurse and Joakim Nygard to contract extensions. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins,...
Oilers Prospect Update: Broberg, Skinner and McLeod
January 30th, 2020 After years of failing to draft and develop their own prospects beyond the first round, the Edmonton Oilers are finally on the right track. Ethan Bear, Caleb Jones and Kailer Yamamoto all graduated to the NHL this season, and they could be joined by the next group of Oilers prospects in the next year or two. Kailer Yamamoto, Edmonton...
