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Edmonton, Alta. \u2013 <\/strong>The Edmonton Oil Kings announced today that they have signed 2009-born forward Jonas Vanicek to a WHL Scholarship and Development Agreement.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are proud to welcome Jonas and his family to the Oil Kings organization,\u201d said Oil Kings President and General Manager Michael Chan. \u201cHe is an intelligent and skilled forward with the ability to make plays. We are looking forward to him joining our club in the fall after representing his country at the Hlinka Gretzky Cup.\u201d<\/p>\n

Vanicek was drafted in the first round, 56th<\/sup> overall in the 2026 CHL Import Draft back on June 30th<\/sup> by the Oil Kings.<\/p>\n

The 6\u2019, 168lbs forward from Decin, Czechia split last season with HC Energie Karlovy Vary at the U17 and U20 levels. In 10 games at the U17 level, Vanicek had 29 points in 10 games, while notching 20 points in 15 games with the U20 club.<\/p>\n

At the international level, Vanicek has played 12 games with Czechia\u2019s U17 team where he has eight points.<\/p>\n

–<\/p>\n

The Oil Kings are Edmonton\u2019s first choice for family fun with great seats for as low as $20.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Tickets for the Home Opener on September 20 are on sale NOW!<\/em><\/p>\n

Secure your seat today at oilkings.ca<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Edmonton, Alta. \u2013 The Edmonton Oil Kings announced today that they have signed 2009-born forward Jonas Vanicek to a WHL Scholarship and Development Agreement. \u201cWe are proud to welcome Jonas and his family to the Oil Kings organization,\u201d said Oil Kings President and General Manager Michael Chan. \u201cHe is an intelligent and skilled forward with…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":522,"featured_media":101629,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"article","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[832],"tags":[{"term_id":1092,"name":"Jonas Vanicek","slug":"jonas-vanicek","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1092,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":2,"filter":"raw","term_order":"0"},{"term_id":7,"name":"Edmonton Oil kings","slug":"edmonton-oil-kings","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":32,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":2313,"filter":"raw","term_order":"512"},{"term_id":434,"name":"player signing","slug":"player-signing","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":438,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":29,"filter":"raw","term_order":"828"}],"class_list":["post-101624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-article","tag-jonas-vanicek","tag-edmonton-oil-kings","tag-player-signing","category-832","description-off"],"acf":[],"featured_image":["https:\/\/media.chl.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/07\/22133858\/Vanicek-Signing-WEB.png",1110,708,false],"hide_from_app_feed":false,"video":false,"gallery":null,"ht_game_id":0,"target_video":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-oilkings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101624","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-oilkings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-oilkings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-oilkings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/522"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-oilkings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101624"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-oilkings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101624\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":101625,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-oilkings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101624\/revisions\/101625"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-oilkings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/101629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-oilkings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-oilkings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-oilkings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":101621,"date":"2026-07-22T11:01:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T17:01:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-oilkings\/?p=101621"},"modified":"2026-07-22T11:01:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T17:01:14","slug":"stroeder-named-to-team-canada-hlinka-gretzky-cup-training-camp-roster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-oilkings\/article\/stroeder-named-to-team-canada-hlinka-gretzky-cup-training-camp-roster","title":{"rendered":"Stroeder Named to Team Canada Hlinka Gretzky Cup Training Camp Roster"},"content":{"rendered":"

Edmonton, Alta. –\u00a0<\/strong>Hockey Canada announced today the 27 players that are set to take part in the National Men’s Summer Under-18 Team training camp next week ahead of the Hlinka Gretzky Cup.<\/p>\n

Oil Kings forward Kayden Stroeder is one of 15 forwards look to earn a spot on Team Canada’s roster. The 17-year-old out of Lanigan, Sask., played 55 games this past season for the Oil Kings, his first full WHL season. He scored 13 goals and added 19 assists for 32 points and was a +16 rating. Stroeder also shined in the playoffs, notching five points in six games.<\/p>\n

Stroeder has also already represented his country, at the 2025 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge where he won silver. He had six points in five games at the tournament.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Oil Kings Assistant Coach and Manager of Player Development Kyle Chipchura will be an Assistant Coach for Team Canada at the Hlinka Gretzky Cup.<\/p>\n

The training camp runs from July 27 to August 1 in Edmonton before the rosters is finalized ahead of the tournament which will run from August 3 to August 8 in Edmonton and Red Deer.<\/p>\n

–<\/p>\n

The Oil Kings are Edmonton\u2019s first choice for family fun with great seats for as low as $20.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Tickets for the Home Opener on September 20 are on sale NOW!<\/em><\/p>\n

Secure your seat today at oilkings.ca<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Edmonton, Alta. –\u00a0Hockey Canada announced today the 27 players that are set to take part in the National Men’s Summer Under-18 Team training camp next week ahead of the Hlinka Gretzky Cup. Oil Kings forward Kayden Stroeder is one of 15 forwards look to earn a spot on Team Canada’s roster. The 17-year-old out of…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":522,"featured_media":101622,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"article","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[832],"tags":[{"term_id":888,"name":"Kayden Stroeder","slug":"kayden-stroeder","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":888,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":22,"filter":"raw","term_order":"201"},{"term_id":7,"name":"Edmonton Oil kings","slug":"edmonton-oil-kings","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":32,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":2313,"filter":"raw","term_order":"512"},{"term_id":199,"name":"hlinka gretzky cup","slug":"hlinka-gretzky-cup","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":201,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":8,"filter":"raw","term_order":"605"},{"term_id":485,"name":"team canada","slug":"team-canada","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":489,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":14,"filter":"raw","term_order":"950"}],"class_list":["post-101621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-article","tag-kayden-stroeder","tag-edmonton-oil-kings","tag-hlinka-gretzky-cup","tag-team-canada","category-832","description-off"],"acf":[],"featured_image":["https:\/\/media.chl.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/07\/22083533\/DEV_3706-scaled.jpg",2560,1707,false],"hide_from_app_feed":false,"video":false,"gallery":null,"ht_game_id":0,"target_video":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-oilkings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101621","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-oilkings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-oilkings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-oilkings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/522"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-oilkings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101621"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-oilkings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101621\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":101626,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-oilkings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101621\/revisions\/101626"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-oilkings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/101622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-oilkings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-oilkings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-oilkings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":101611,"date":"2026-07-21T10:59:34","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T16:59:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-oilkings\/?p=101611"},"modified":"2026-07-21T11:02:26","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T17:02:26","slug":"oil-kings-announce-schedule-change-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-oilkings\/article\/oil-kings-announce-schedule-change-5","title":{"rendered":"Oil Kings Announce Schedule Change"},"content":{"rendered":"

Edmonton, Alta. –\u00a0<\/strong>The Edmonton Oil Kings and the Western Hockey League announced today the following schedule change.<\/p>\n

The game originally schedule between the Edmonton Oil Kings and Brandon Wheat Kings at Rogers Place on Friday, November 27 will now take place on Saturday, November 28 at Rogers Place at 6 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n

For the full 2026\/2027 Regular Season Schedule click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

–<\/p>\n

The Oil Kings are Edmonton\u2019s first choice for family fun with great season seats for as low as $9 per-game for an entire season of thrilling WHL action!<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

2026-27 Season Seats are on sale now!<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Head to\u00a0OilKings.ca<\/a>\u00a0to secure your seat today!<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Edmonton, Alta. –\u00a0The Edmonton Oil Kings and the Western Hockey League announced today the following schedule change. The game originally schedule between the Edmonton Oil Kings and Brandon Wheat Kings at Rogers Place on Friday, November 27 will now take place on Saturday, November 28 at Rogers Place at 6 p.m. For the full 2026\/2027…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":522,"featured_media":101615,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"article","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[832],"tags":[{"term_id":1096,"name":"schedule change","slug":"schedule-change","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1096,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":1,"filter":"raw","term_order":"0"},{"term_id":281,"name":"brandon wheat kings","slug":"brandon-wheat-kings","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":284,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":81,"filter":"raw","term_order":"389"},{"term_id":7,"name":"Edmonton Oil kings","slug":"edmonton-oil-kings","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":32,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":2313,"filter":"raw","term_order":"512"},{"term_id":196,"name":"western hockey league","slug":"western-hockey-league","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":198,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":55,"filter":"raw","term_order":"1010"}],"class_list":["post-101611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-article","tag-schedule-change","tag-brandon-wheat-kings","tag-edmonton-oil-kings","tag-western-hockey-league","category-832","description-off"],"acf":[],"featured_image":["https:\/\/media.chl.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/07\/21091451\/Game-Change-WEB.png",1920,1080,false],"hide_from_app_feed":false,"video":false,"gallery":null,"ht_game_id":0,"target_video":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-oilkings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-oilkings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-oilkings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-oilkings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/522"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-oilkings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101611"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-oilkings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101611\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":101614,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-oilkings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101611\/revisions\/101614"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-oilkings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/101615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-oilkings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-oilkings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-oilkings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":101587,"date":"2026-07-20T09:30:42","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T15:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-oilkings\/?p=101587"},"modified":"2026-07-20T10:54:31","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T16:54:31","slug":"oil-kings-announce-staffing-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-oilkings\/article\/oil-kings-announce-staffing-change","title":{"rendered":"Oil Kings Announce Staffing Change"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Edmonton, Alta. \u2013 <\/strong>The Edmonton Oil Kings announced today a change made in the Hockey Operations Department.<\/p>\n

Video Coach and Manager of Hockey Operations Adam Filmon has accepted a position in Hockey Canada’s Program of Excellence as Manager of Video and Analytics, and will not return to the Oil Kings. Filmon was with the team for the past two seasons.<\/p>\n

“We’d like to thank Adam for his passion and dedication over the past two seasons” said President and General Manager Michael Chan. “He has made meaningful contributions as a member of the coaching staff and has been centtral in helping integrate data and analytics into our everyday coaching, player development, and scouting processes. We wish him all the best as he continues his hockey career” added Chan.<\/p>\n

\u2013<\/p>\n

The Oil Kings are Edmonton\u2019s first choice for family fun with great season seats for as low as $9 per-game for an entire season of thrilling WHL action!<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

2026-27 Season Seats are on sale now!<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Head to\u00a0OilKings.ca<\/a> to secure your seat today!<\/span><\/i>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Edmonton, Alta. \u2013 The Edmonton Oil Kings announced today a change made in the Hockey Operations Department. Video Coach and Manager of Hockey Operations Adam Filmon has accepted a position in Hockey Canada’s Program of Excellence as Manager of Video and Analytics, and will not return to the Oil Kings. Filmon was with the team…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":466,"featured_media":101588,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"article","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[832],"tags":false,"class_list":["post-101587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-article","category-832","description-off"],"acf":[],"featured_image":["https:\/\/media.chl.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/07\/19172529\/DEV_2885.jpg",2000,1600,false],"hide_from_app_feed":false,"video":false,"gallery":null,"ht_game_id":0,"target_video":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-oilkings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101587","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-oilkings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-oilkings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-oilkings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/466"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-oilkings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101587"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-oilkings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101587\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":101600,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-oilkings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101587\/revisions\/101600"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-oilkings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/101588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-oilkings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-oilkings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-oilkings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":101583,"date":"2026-07-17T10:05:33","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T16:05:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-oilkings\/?p=101583"},"modified":"2026-07-22T10:05:38","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T16:05:38","slug":"oil-kings-2026-home-opener-on-sale-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-oilkings\/article\/oil-kings-2026-home-opener-on-sale-now","title":{"rendered":"Oil Kings 2026 Home Opener On Sale Now!"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Edmonton, Alta. \u2013 <\/strong>As the 2026\/27 WHL season approaches, it’s time to secure your tickets for the Edmonton Oil Kings Home Opener!<\/p>\n

The Oil Kings announced today that tickets for the club’s 2026 Home Opener against the Calgary Hitmen are now on sale with great seats starting at only $20!<\/p>\n

CLICK HERE TO BUY NOW!\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The club will kick off their home campaign and carnival fun with the best Family Fun Edmonton has to offer on Sunday, September 20th at 4p.m..<\/p>\n

Back by popular demand, every Sunday<\/strong>\u00a0will again be a\u00a0Family Fun Sunday<\/strong> featuring bouncy castles, face painters, balloon artists and a post-game autograph session with select Oil Kings players!<\/p>\n

This will be the fourth time that the Oil Kings will play the Hitmen in the Home Opener. Edmonton is 2-1-0-0 in the previous three home openers against Calgary, and overall, the Oil Kings are 11-7-1-0 all-time in home openers, and have also won the previous two.<\/p>\n

A full schedule of promotional nights and giveaways will be released in the coming weeks. Fans can look forward to more theme nights, more giveaways and more family fun than ever before.<\/p>\n

The Oil Kings will open their season the night before in Red Deer on Saturday, September 19 to take on the Rebels.<\/p>\n

\u2013<\/p>\n

The Oil Kings are Edmonton\u2019s first choice for family fun with great season seats for as low as $9 per-game for an entire season of thrilling WHL action!<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

2026-27 Season Seats are on sale now!<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Head to\u00a0OilKings.ca<\/a> to secure your seat today!<\/span><\/i>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Edmonton, Alta. \u2013 As the 2026\/27 WHL season approaches, it’s time to secure your tickets for the Edmonton Oil Kings Home Opener! The Oil Kings announced today that tickets for the club’s 2026 Home Opener against the Calgary Hitmen are now on sale with great seats starting at only $20! CLICK HERE TO BUY NOW!\u00a0…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":466,"featured_media":101584,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"article","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[832],"tags":[{"term_id":12,"name":"Calgary Hitmen","slug":"calgary-hitmen","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":213,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":186,"filter":"raw","term_order":"402"},{"term_id":7,"name":"Edmonton Oil kings","slug":"edmonton-oil-kings","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":32,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":2313,"filter":"raw","term_order":"512"},{"term_id":712,"name":"home opener","slug":"home-opener","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":716,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":7,"filter":"raw","term_order":"615"}],"class_list":["post-101583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-article","tag-calgary-hitmen","tag-edmonton-oil-kings","tag-home-opener","category-832","description-off"],"acf":[],"featured_image":["https:\/\/media.chl.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/07\/16163424\/Home-Opener-ON-SALE-WEB-.png",1920,1080,false],"hide_from_app_feed":false,"video":false,"gallery":null,"ht_game_id":1023096,"target_video":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-oilkings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101583","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-oilkings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-oilkings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-oilkings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/466"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-oilkings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101583"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-oilkings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101583\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":101628,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-oilkings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101583\/revisions\/101628"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-oilkings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/101584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-oilkings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-oilkings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-oilkings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":101577,"date":"2026-07-14T11:05:25","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T17:05:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-oilkings\/?p=101577"},"modified":"2026-07-14T08:20:52","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T14:20:52","slug":"three-oil-kings-prospects-named-to-world-under-17-challenge-camp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-oilkings\/article\/three-oil-kings-prospects-named-to-world-under-17-challenge-camp","title":{"rendered":"Three Oil Kings Prospects Named to World Under-17 Challenge Camp"},"content":{"rendered":"

Edmonton, Alta. –\u00a0<\/strong>A trio of Edmonton Oil Kings prospects will be in Oakville, Ont. this week at Hockey Canada’s World Under-17 Hockey Challenge development camp.<\/p>\n

2010-born defencemen Holden Wouters and Chris Kokkoris, as well as 2010-born forward Cole Landreville will look to earn a spot on one of Team Canada’s two rosters for the tournament.<\/p>\n

Wouters, originally the second-overall selection at the 2025 WHL Prospects Draft, played this season with St. George’s U18 Prep scoring 22 points in 28 games, plus three more in five playoff games. Wouters also played two games with the Oil Kings during the 2025\/2026 season.<\/p>\n

Kokkoris, the eighth-overall pick in the 2025 WHL Prospects Draft, played this season with Yale Hockey Academy’s U18 Prep club where had 15 points in 18 games, along with three more in three playoff games. Kokkoris also spent some time with the Oil Kings this past season, playing in a pair of games.<\/p>\n

Landreville spent this season with Pilot Mound Hockey Academy’s U18 Prep squad. He was originally the 25th overall selection in the 2025 WHL prospects Draft and had 34 points in 23 games for Pilot Mound this season. Landreville also played three regular season games for the Oil Kings, scoring once. He also played in one playoff game this season for Edmonton.<\/p>\n

The development camp runs in Oakville from July 17 to 21, while the tournament takes place from November 1 to 7.<\/p>\n

Oil Kings Assistant Coach and Manager of Player Development Kyle Chipchura will be an Assistant Coach for Team White<\/a> at the event.<\/p>\n

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Edmonton, Alta. –\u00a0A trio of Edmonton Oil Kings prospects will be in Oakville, Ont. this week at Hockey Canada’s World Under-17 Hockey Challenge development camp. 2010-born defencemen Holden Wouters and Chris Kokkoris, as well as 2010-born forward Cole Landreville will look to earn a spot on one of Team Canada’s two rosters for the tournament.…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":522,"featured_media":101578,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"article","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[832],"tags":[{"term_id":993,"name":"Cole Landreville","slug":"cole-landreville","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":993,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":9,"filter":"raw","term_order":"91"},{"term_id":989,"name":"Holden Wouters","slug":"holden-wouters","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":989,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":10,"filter":"raw","term_order":"99"},{"term_id":990,"name":"Christopher Kokkoris","slug":"christopher-kokkoris","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":990,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":8,"filter":"raw","term_order":"100"},{"term_id":198,"name":"hockey canada","slug":"hockey-canada","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":200,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":25,"filter":"raw","term_order":"606"},{"term_id":260,"name":"world under-17 hockey challenge","slug":"world-under-17-hockey-challenge","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":263,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":9,"filter":"raw","term_order":"1052"}],"class_list":["post-101577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-article","tag-cole-landreville","tag-holden-wouters","tag-christopher-kokkoris","tag-hockey-canada","tag-world-under-17-hockey-challenge","category-832","description-off"],"acf":[],"featured_image":["https:\/\/media.chl.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/07\/14082032\/Three-Players-9.png",1107,708,false],"hide_from_app_feed":false,"video":false,"gallery":null,"ht_game_id":0,"target_video":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-oilkings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101577","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-oilkings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-oilkings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-oilkings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/522"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-oilkings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101577"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-oilkings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101577\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":101579,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-oilkings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101577\/revisions\/101579"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-oilkings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/101578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-oilkings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-oilkings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-oilkings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":101558,"date":"2026-07-09T11:22:59","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T17:22:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-oilkings\/?p=101558"},"modified":"2026-07-09T13:50:03","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T19:50:03","slug":"chipchura-named-to-team-canada-white-coaching-staff-for-under-17-hockey-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-oilkings\/article\/chipchura-named-to-team-canada-white-coaching-staff-for-under-17-hockey-challenge","title":{"rendered":"Chipchura Named to Team Canada White Coaching Staff for Under-17 Hockey Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"

Edmonton, Alta. –\u00a0<\/strong>Edmonton Oil Kings Assistant Coach and Manager of Player Development Kyle Chipchura is set to represent Team Canada twice before the calendar turns to 2027.<\/p>\n

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Another one! \ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udde6\u26aa\ufe0f<\/p>\n

Oil Kings Assistant Coach and Manager of Player Development, Kyle Chipchura has been named Assistant Coach of Canada White for the 2026 U17 World Challenge. Chipchura won a silver medal as an assistant with Canada White at the 2025 U17 World Challenge! \ud83d\udc51\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/jWmuEn8twC<\/a><\/p>\n

— Edmonton Oil Kings (@EdmOilKings) July 9, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n