Steve MacIntyre News

Rochester Americans captain Rory Fitzpatrick will undergo surgery to repair a hernia and expects to miss three to six weeks.

A year after the Florida Panthers lost tough-guy winger Steve MacIntyre on waivers to the Edmonton Oilers, they took him back.

Edmonton Oilers forward Steve MacIntyre. Photograph by: Ryan Jackson, edmontonjournal.com Ottawa a ' Edmonton Oilers slugger Steve MacIntyre's ticket to the NHL was punched with his clenched fists, and now the big guy may be rejoining the Florida Panthers.

Edmonton Oilers' Steve MacIntyre, left, fights with Calgary Flames' Brian McGrattan during the first period of an NHL hockey game against the Calgary Flames in Calgary, Alberta on Saturday, Oct.

The Edmonton Oilers have called up another reinforcement from the Springfield Falcons in the form of forward Ryan O'Marra for their game against the Ottawa Senators tonight.

Over the past couple of weeks, there has been an increase in the amount of typical rumor mill garbage that has surfaced about the Oilers.

Reddox stretches before a game. Photograph by: Larry Wong, The Journal, File, Edmonton Journal Liam Reddox doesn't score a lot of goals, but he's a straight shooter.

Forwards Liam Reddox and Ryan Potulny aren't riding in on white horses to save the day, only to help the ailing and struggling Edmonton Oilers' cause against the NHL's No.

Edmonton Oilers forward Robert Nilsson. Photograph by: Shaughn Butts, edmontonjournal.com Robert Nilsson now has to wait until Sunday until he can spit out the lingering bad taste of his last game, which is one period longer than most of his Edmonton Oilers mates following his third period benching against the New York Rangers.

He wasn't up to game speed, but that was what Fernando Pisani expected. Sidelined for the first 13 regular-season games with a strained back, the Oilers veteran slipped out with Ethan Moreau and Zack Stortini for Saturday's 2-0 loss against the Boston Bruins.

Everything lined up perfectly for Dustin Penner and the Edmonton Oilers on Thursday night.

With five players injured and two more out with the flu, Theo Peckham gets his chance to make an impression.

It will be like old times for the young guns. Oilers had coach Pat Quinn is sending out Robert Nilsson, Sam Gagner and Andrew Cogliano against the Detroit Red Wings tonight.

Edmonton Oilers' Steve MacIntyre, left, fights with Calgary Flames' Brian McGrattan during the first period of an NHL hockey game against the Calgary Flames in Calgary, Alberta on Saturday, Oct.

Nigel Dawes tallied twice, and Calgary scoring leader Rene Bourque had three points as the Flames cruised to a 5-2 home win Saturday night over an Oilers team decimated by injuries and illness.

Photograph by: Andy Clark, Reuters, Edmonton Journal Gilbert Brule didn't have the stomach for playing when the flu bug hit him for six days, but the centre dragged himself out of bed on Sunday to rejoin the Edmonton Oilers against the Vancouver Canucks.

The Calgary Flames' Fredrik Sjostrom had this scoring chance on Edmonton goalie Nikolai Khabibulin during the first period of theFlames vs Oilers game at the Pengrowth Saddledome in Calgary on Saturday, October 24, 2009.

The Oilers are on a roll -- 6-2-0-1 overall and 5-1 in their last six games -- as they arrive in Calgary fresh off a 6-4 comeback win over the Columbus Blue Jackets.

They were still talking about the battle royal between Steve MacIntyre and Brian McGrattan a day after the Edmonton and Calgary heavyweights pounded each other for 68 seconds Saturday night.

For the rest of the Edmonton Oilers it was the ninth game of the season, but for big Steve MacIntyre last night was the home opener.