thetwolinepass.com - 1/30/2009
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So not only did the Oilers drop a 10-2 decision to Buffalo the other night, but they also would prefer it if you didn’t write songs that make this point repeatedly.
After that hilarious eight-goal loss, Calgary’s radio station, the FAN960 produced a parody version of The ...
totalprosports.com - 1/28/2009
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Total Pro Sports - The Edmonton Eskimos lost
to the Buffalo Bills 10-2 on Tuesday night...if this...
was an actual scoreline there would be nothing to worry about, but unfortunately it was the Oilers that lost to the Sabres. Mentally the Oilers were still on holidays as they were able to do ...
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Oilers Forgot All Star Break Was Over
sports.yahoo.com - 1/31/2009
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Puck Headlines: Oilers shut down wicked radio parody song
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Puck Headlines: Oilers shut down wicked radio parody song
Puck Daddy —
... ), Allan Watt, the Oilers vice-president of communications and broadcasting, protested behind the scenes on the basis that the song used clips from Oilers broadcasts. FAN 960 is an NHL rights holder and therefore can use the audio, but bowed to a League request to take the song off its Web site and keep it off the air. Two-Line Pass has more. ...
Puck Headlines: Could mononucleosis alter playoff, rookie races?
Puck Daddy —
... forward! [Let's Go Sabres] • Will the players and the NHL work together to "ease" the salary cap and allow more movement at the trade deadline? [Boston Globe, fourth headline] • Dustin Penner is called one of "biggest and most expensive floaters this side of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade" after getting benched and yanked off the top line for the Edmonton Oilers over the weekend. Well, at least they took care of that parody song. [Edmonton Sun] • A little late, but Jay Feaster's take on ...
“A Debacle Of Monumental Proportions”
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... a week ago yesterday, inspiring the creative (cough) minds at Calgary’s The Fan 960 to reinterpret the Kinks’ “Lola” in the fashion displayed above. According to The Two Line Pass, an Oilers exec tried to strongarm an Edmonton station into pulling the song from their airwaves (apparently, the Calgary broadcaster had previously agreed to do so). “Which, of course, proves that not only are the Oilers an horrendously bad team, they also can’t take a joke. What a bunch of clowns.” ...
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