Edmonton Oilers forward fined thousands for elbowing

The National Hockey League’s Department of Player Safety announced Thursday that Edmonton Oilers forward Adam Erne has been fined $2,018.23, the maximum allowable under the collective bargaining agreement for elbowing Seattle Kraken forward Pierre-Edouard Bellemare.

The incident occurred in the third period when Erne attempted to deliver a hit on Bellemare but his elbow connected directly with his head. Erne was assessed a two-minute minor for an illegal check to the head.

Erne has suited up for seven games this season with the Oilers after signing a one-year, $775,000 contract last month. He was recently recalled from the Oilers’ AHL farm team the Bakersfield Condors where he has tallied one goal in four games.

Erne spent the last four seasons with the Detroit Red Wings, recording 27 goals and 35 assists for 62 points in 241 games. Drafted by the Tampa Bay Lightning in the second round of the 2013 NHL Entry Draft, Erne played 114 games for the Lightning over three seasons, scoring 13 goals and 14 assists for 27 points.

Born in New Haven, Connecticut, Erne grew up in North Brantford before moving to Los Angeles at the age of 13 to play for a California-based select hockey team. He was offered a scholarship to play NCAA hockey at Boston University but decided to opt for major junior and play for Quebec Remparts in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL).

In his final season with the Remparts in 2014-15, he was awarded the Guy Lafleur Trophy as the QMJHL’s most valuable player in the playoffs. He led his team to the President’s Cup Championship final, which they lost to the Rimouski Oceanic in seven games. In 22 playoff games, Erne had 21 goals and nine assists for 30 points.

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The Edmonton Oilers have extended their winning streak to 3 games after beating the Seattle Kraken tonight in overtime. The team was down 2 going into the 3rd period. Then the Evander Kane show started.

Going into tonight I thought that if the Edmonton Oilers were going to win it was going to be a tight game and I was right. The Oilers looked a lot like last year’s Oilers. They start with the lead, give the lead up then end up coming from behind and winning.

It was nice to see the fight in this team tonight. If this was game played earlier in the season I think this team would fold and just go through the motions. Tonight they proved that there may have been a change in mindset.

For the second time in as many games, the Oilers get a natural hat trick to help beat the Seattle Kraken. Last game Hyman scored three straight goals in the first period. Tonight Evander Kane was the one with the natty hatty.

I liked the Hyman one more because it put the team in a better position in the game, but you can’t complain about the excitement that surrounded the Kane hat trick tonight.

Right now when it comes to the Edmonton Oilers all that matters is points in the standings. With the terrible start to the season, the Oilers need to start making up ground. The last three games are nice, but they will need to keep this going.

With the 2 points tonight, the Edmonton Oilers are now only 6 points out of the second wildcard spot. With 67 games left in the regular season that should be a very capable gap to close and for the Oilers to catch.

The Edmonton Oilers now head out on a 4 game road trip. They are playing a couple of tough teams on this trip. If they can win 3 of the 4 games I would consider that a win. The road trip starts on Saturday against the Tampa Bay Lightning.