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Taylor Hall Improving, Rewarded With All-Star Trip

Taylor Hall continues to make the adjustment to the NHL from junior look easy. The Edmonton Oilers rookie carved another early inroad on his path to superstardom Tuesday as he was invited to participate in the NHL's SuperSkills Competition during All-Star weekend in Raleigh, N.C. "It's definitely been a big change,...

Jeff Tambellini Flourishes While Playing With Hometown Canucks

After struggling to stick at two NHL waystops, Jeff Tambellini is looking right at home with his hometown team. Since Tambellini was recalled from Manitoba of the AHL on Nov. 24, the Vancouver Canucks have won six of eight games. Meanwhile, Tambellini, a 26-year-old native of the Vancouver suburb of Pitt Meadows, B.C.,...

Taylor Hall to Wear Kevin Lowe's No. 4 as Oilers Pin Hopes on Rookies

There's a sense of excitement surrounding the Edmonton Oilers as the opening of training camp nears and it's certainly been awhile since anybody got excited about the storied NHL team. The Oilers have cleaned house after finishing last season as the worst team in the NHL, and there's a sense of renewal as the franchise...

2010-11 Edmonton Oilers Season Preview: Back to the Drawing Board

Location doesn't matter to most professional sports franchises. It's not quite the same in Edmonton. While it's fair to say that a prideful player will go wherever it takes to play in the NHL, Edmonton is behind the eight ball when it comes to their location. Their closest neighbor is rival Calgary, 175 miles away, and...

Tambellini's Seventh-Round Choice a Coincidence? We Think Not

The late rounds of the NHL entry draft became more critical than usual this year for three of Canada's six clubs. The Vancouver Canucks, Calgary Flames, and Ottawa Senators had all traded away their first and second-round positions and had to wait until the third round to make a pick. Toronto was supposed to wait that...

Steve Tambellini News From the Web

05/19/12 Weekend Update: Coaching Change Source: The Copper & Blue The longer it took to make an announcement, the more sure we were becoming that Edmonton Oilers ' head coach Tom Renney would not be back behind the bench for the upcoming season.
05/18/12 Edmonton Oilers: Implications of the Tom Renney... Source: Bleacher Report On Thursday evening, the Edmonton Oilers general manager Steve Tambellini came out to say that the Oilers organization had decided not to sign head coach Tom Renney to another contract.
04/28/12 Oilers haven't made coaching decision yet - Tom Renney... Source: Rotoworld.com Brent Sutter, who recently parted ways with the Calgary Flames, has emerged as a potential replacement.
04/27/12 Oilers Organizational Development Plan - An... Source: The Copper & Blue Of course, this got me thinking about what a more detailed General Manager's plan may actually look like and what specifically would be included in a plan for the Oilers.
04/21/12 Saturday Night Hockey Points Source: Kukla's Korner The possibilities of Tim Thomas, Roberto Luongo, Rick Nash and Jarome Iginla being available, and that's just the beginning. â¢

Background on Steve Tambellini

Steven Anthony Tambellini (born May 14, 1958) is a former NHL player and is currently the general manager for the Edmonton Oilers hockey franchise in Edmonton, Alberta.

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