The final episode of Oil Change follows the Edmonton Oilers through the last month of the 2011-12 NHL season. The young Oilers know they will not make the playoffs, but with head coach Tom Renney cracking the whip they’re determined to finish strong, earn respect around the league for their talent and work ethic, and lay important groundwork on the road to becoming a playoff team next season. Highlights of this episode include the Oilers’ second straight victory over Calgary, a raucous Battle of Alberta at Rexall Place that hurts the Flames’ own flickering chances of securing a spot in the playoffs. From there the Oilers take to the road, capturing seven of eight possible points against Nashville, Tampa Bay, Florida and Columbus in an impressive swing through the American southeast. A victory over Nashville is highlighted by veteran Ales Hemsky’s very first NHL hat trick.
This episode of Oil Change will follow the Oilers through the 2012 NHL trade deadline. Oil Change is right there with Tambellini and his management team as the deals go down in the Oilers war room with cameras rolling when intense, last-minute negotiations between Tambellini and the brass of other teams go down. We'll also follow the fall out of those trades on the team. ****Oil Change, Aquila Productions’ popular and critically-acclaimed documentary series about the Oilers’ quest to go from bottom feeder to championship contender comes to Citytv this year. Using state-of-the -art, high-definition video cameras and audio-recording equipment, the Aquila follow the team closely on the ice at practice and during the heat of games, in the dressing room, training rooms and coaches’ offices before and after games, away from the rink at home, out in the local community and on the road around the league.
The fourth episode of Oil Change is about a long, cold winter’s stretch of tough games. There is a very good chance that those games after Christmas through January will make or break the Oilers’ chances of getting into the playoffs. And they will also certainly help inform management’s decisions about what to do, or not do, with the NHL’s trade deadline fast approaching.Although the Oilers’ game to game play and win-loss record remain paramount, this episode, airing when it does near the start of the festive season, also gives us a chance to get to know some of the players a little bit better away from the rink – perhaps decorating a Christmas tree, shopping for their kids or making community appearances. ****Oil Change, Aquila Productions’ popular and critically-acclaimed documentary series about the Oilers’ quest to go from bottom feeder to championship contender comes to Citytv this year.
Although the Oilers’ game to game play and win-loss record remain paramount, this episode, airing when it does near the start of the festive season, also gives us a chance to get to know some of the players a little bit better away from the rink – perhaps decorating a Christmas tree, shopping for their kids or making community appearances. Oil Change, Aquila Productions’ popular and critically-acclaimed documentary series about the Oilers’ quest to go from bottom feeder to championship contender comes to Citytv this year. Using state-of-the -art, high-definition video cameras and audio-recording equipment, the Aquila follow the team closely on the ice at practice and during the heat of games, in the dressing room, training rooms and coaches’ offices before and after games, away from the rink at home, out in the local community and on the road around the league.
Episode two of Oil Change picks up the Oilers on the first big road trip of the year. They will barely be a dozen games into the season then, too soon to know how good (or bad) they might be, but this first long road trip of the year could deliver a critical bonding experience for an emerging young team.Will this be the trip that bonds this band of brothers? Only time will tell.
The Edmonton Oilers make their move from the bottom of the league by selecting the 1st overall draft pick in Minnesota. The first episode of Oil Change looks at the Edmonton Oilers as they make their move from the bottom of the league by selecting the 1st overall draft pick in Minnesota. We go inside the boardroom with the management team as they sign new free agents . Then we go to training Camp to see who will crack the regular season roster. The episode ends with the season opener against Pittsburgh.
