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National Post
2 days ago
- Sport
- National Post
Injured Zach Hyman ready to support Oilers during Stanley Cup Final run
Zach Hyman met the media the morning of Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final wearing a cast from right hand to elbow, trying to put a happy face on a sad situation. Article content 'The wrist was dislocated, some ligaments, some breaks,' said the Edmonton Oilers winger, who had surgery the day after he took a hit in the open ice from Mason Marchment in Game 4 of the Dallas series. Article content Article content 'I knew it wasn't good when I got hit. I felt my wrist go on me. As a player you know when things don't feel right,' said Hyman, who hopes to be ready for training camp in September after rehab, but that's then, this is now. Article content Article content 'Even then, you think you can maybe play through it, but when I saw the doctors, I realized I needed surgery. I couldn't play through it. Maybe I was a little delusional.' Article content 'In the moment, you're emotional. You're not completely grasping it until you get your head around it and you realize there are things in life you can't control,' said Hyman, who was leading the NHL playoffs in hits with 109 when the innocuous collision with Marchment KO'd him. Article content Hyman's teammates Facetimed him after they beat Dallas, which floored him. Article content 'It meant the world to me,' he said. Article content 'I wasn't expecting it. I was sitting on my couch with my wife and mother-in-law. To be honest, I was crying. It was pretty emotional. You feel so much a part of the team when they're doing that, at that moment,' said Hyman, who also was cheered by an embrace from McDavid in the dressing room after he was hurt, between periods. Article content 'I was just sitting in the kitchen, not eating. I knew then I was done. He gave me a big hug. That's when I broke down. Yeah, it meant a lot,' he said. Article content Article content Hyman will still be around the team in the playoffs and travelling to Florida for Games 3 and 4 and maybe Game 6, if necessary, but the closest Hyman will get to being a participant in this rematch with the Panthers will be reading out the Oilers starting lineup in the dressing room some night, although coach Kris Knoblauch said it wouldn't be a Game 1 motivation tool here, that he will stick with Connor Brown because they're winning when Brown does it. Article content 'Superstition,' said Knoblauch. Article content Brown was injured then, out with concussion symptoms, and he hid in a cupboard in the Oilers dressing room for 20 minutes while warm-up was going on before Game 4 of the Dallas series, and popped out to call out the names against the Stars. Equipment man Brad Harrison gave Brown the starting lineup via text to Brown's phone and he memorized the names.
Washington Post
2 days ago
- General
- Washington Post
Oilers' Hyman says his right wrist was dislocated late last round, knocking him out of the playoffs
EDMONTON, Alberta — Zach Hyman said Wednesday his right wrist got dislocated late last round, an injury that is sidelining one of the Edmonton Oilers' most valuable forwards for the Stanley Cup Final against the Florida Panthers. Hyman sported a brace on his right arm after undergoing surgery last week to repair the damage caused by a hit from Dallas' Mason Marchment in Game 4 of the Western Conference final.
Toronto Sun
28-05-2025
- Sport
- Toronto Sun
Zach Hyman 'likely done' for remainder of playoffs for Edmonton Oilers
'Not having him? It's massive ... he's a huge piece, a key piece ... He grinds, he does the little things right. He's a leader in our room.' Edmonton Oilers forward Zach Hyman was injured in the first period of Game 4 of the Western Conference Final against the Dallas Stars and didn't return. The Oilers winger was injured after being hit by Stars forward Mason Marchment. Photo by Sam Hodde / Getty Images Edmonton Oilers winger Zach Hyman's playoff ride is probably over, one win from another trip to the Stanley Cup Final. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. 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Last year he scored 70 goals (54 in regular-season) and numerous , important, bit goals (16) in the playoffs,' said Knoblauch. Indeed, Hyman's finger-prints are all over the Oiler game plan nightly, just as Ryan Nugent-Hopkins are. Hyman, who has five goals an 11 points, plays right side on the top line with Connor McDavid, he's on the powerplay as a net-front guy, sharing it with Corey Perry, and, this spring, he's been killing penalties with McDavid on their third forward unit. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. The Hyman sour-note follows on the heels of another to third-line right winger Connor Brown, who missed Game 4 because he may have a concussion after he was steam-rolled by Dallas defenceman Alex Petrovic in Game 3 in Edmonton. So the Oilers may not be losing many games, 11-2 since opening the playoffs with two straight losses in Los Angeles, but now they are losing bodies as they lead the Stars 3-1. Hyman and Marchment came together in the neutral zone halfway through the opening period. Hyman, who is 15 hits behind Blake Coleman's all-time best 126 (Tampa Bay, 2020) in a playoff season, immediately dropped his stick after the drive-by. He skated to the bench and hustled down the tunnel, under the stands. Certainly Hyman not returning in game after being hurt was a red-flag for a guy who has big pain threshold. Remember he took a deflected Evan Bouchard slap shot in the face in December and came back against Florida wearing a full visor after his mangled nose was reset. So while Hyman was outside the Oilers dressing room post-game to congratulate his teammates after the nail-biter, Hyman was hiding his pain. Your noon-hour look at what's happening in Toronto and beyond. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. Please try again This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Knoblauch moved his forward chess pieces around the board expertly for the last two and a half periods, with players farther down the lineup like Kasperi Kapanen and Viktor Arvidsson, in for Brown, stepping up. But, they are now down two of their top three right-wingers. What do they do for Game 5 in Dallas? They could potentially go 11 and 7, bring defenceman Mattias Ekholm back for his first game in over six weeks — they have been winning so haven't needed him even as he's gotten healthier — and go a forward short. In Game 4, Leon Draisaitl played over eight minutes in the third as Knoblauch kept throwing him out there, up a goal in the nail-biter until the empty-netters by Kapanen and Adam Henrique. Right now, the extra healthy forwards are left-winger Jeff Skinner, who played the first game of playoffs in Los Angeles but that's all, centre Derek Ryan and winger Max Jones, who haven't dressed in post-season. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. So, it's an issue. The Oilers overcame the injury to Hyman in Game 4, shutting the door in the third period, holding the Stars to just four shots — the second straight playoff game they've done that. They got the win in the highly-entertaining game because goalie Stu Skinner saved them in the first 20 minutes with his 16 stops but the Hyman loss looms large. 'Not having him? It's massive… he's a huge piece, a key piece. After every period, he's never too high, never too low. He is a cliché. He grinds, he does the little things right. He's a leader in our room,' said Skinner. Nugent-Hopkins, who the first NHL player in 35 years to record multiple points in the first four games of a Conference Final, is a leader, too. But, Hyman has brought something black and blue to the playoff stage with all those hits. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. 'You've seen his physicality, it's important to our game,' said Nugent-Hopkins 'We're going to need it from other people filling the gap, obviously, in however many games we have left and we'll wait to see about Zach. Everybody wants to step up, everybody's chomping at the bit to get out there. Tonight, it felt like we were doing this for Zach, getting the job done for him.' Hyman is on the first line with Connor McDavid and Nugent-Hopkins, their best player in this series (nine points in four games). He also alternates net-front on the power play with Corey Perry, who scored there in Game 4 and also is on the third forward pair on the penalty kill with McDavid. 'He means everything to us, he's a workhorse, a dog on a bone on the puck. The way he was forechecking and hitting and finishing like he was in Game 3, that's Zach Hyman,' said Perry. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. So we'll see what Knoblauch's plan is for Game 5 Thursday. The Oilers defence corps have been terrific, but maybe they finally give Ekholm a seat at the table after not playing since April 11 and go with seven D and 11 forwards. Or maybe they bring Jeff Skinner into the picture? He would seem to have a leg up on Ryan or Jones. 'Going into the third period I had the luxury of double-shifting Leon. The conversation with him was 'get prepared to play a lot of minutes,'' said Knoblauch. 'Podkolzin, Kapanen, (Mattias) Janmark picked up where they left off earlier in the playoff run. (Trent) Frederic is new to us and starting to contribute. Everybody stepped up and the defence also did a very good job moving the pucks out so we didn't have to be in the defensive zone, as much.' This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Draisaitl came away very impressed. 'I thought we dealt with it well (no Hyman). Guys farther down the lineup had elevated minutes. Arvy, Kappy they stuck out. They were really good,' he said. Pivotal face-off win The Oilers were badly beaten in the face-off circle (Oilers won just 39 per cent) in the game but Draisaitl won a pivotal draw in the Oilers end to help set up the Kapanen goal with two and a half minutes left. 'I certainly felt I was struggling a bit on the face-off dot (9-9). They're a good face-off team, they have righty-lefty everywhere and that helps a lot, but there were numerous little plays on that (empty-net) goal. It's like a domino effect,' said Draisaitl. 'Nurse with a really good pick, Kulak with good patience and a high flip, a great read by Kapanen. Just a lot of smart hockey plays and a big goal for us.' This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Oilers forward Evander Kane also missed the last five or six minutes of the second period, leaving the bench for an undisclosed reason, but the winer was back for the third, and played four minutes. Bouchard gave a cheeky slash to the same left foot of Roope Hintz, the same foot that Nurse whacked in Game 2 which had Hintz in a foul verbal mood. Hintz missed Game 3 but played 17 minutes and was 10-5 on face-offs Tuesday. The Stars have never come back from a 3-1 playoff series deficit. Perry now has 60 playoff goals. He's tied for fourth (Brad Marchand) among active players with Alex Ovechkin (77), Sidney Crosby (71) and Evgeni Malkin (67), top three. Read More Bookmark our website and support our journalism: Don't miss the news you need to know — add and to your bookmarks and sign up for our newsletters. You can also support our journalism by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribers gain unlimited access to The Edmonton Journal, Edmonton Sun, National Post, and 13 other Canadian news sites. The Edmonton Journal | The Edmonton Sun Canada Music Editorial Cartoons Tennis Crime
CBC
28-05-2025
- Entertainment
- CBC
Edmonton Oilers claim Game 4 win over Stars but lose workhorse winger Zach Hyman
Social Sharing Zach Hyman has lowered the boom on opponents all spring. The workhorse winger for the Edmonton Oilers led the NHL — by a wide margin — with 109 playoff hits entering Tuesday night. Hyman found himself on the receiving end early in Game 4 of the NHL's Western Conference final. It didn't look good. Hyman left midway through the first period of Edmonton's 4-1 victory over Dallas that gave the Oilers a 3-1 lead in the best-of-seven series after taking a glancing hit from Stars winger Mason Marchment coming out of the defensive zone. The 32-year-old dropped his stick, clearly favouring his right arm, and made a beeline for the bench before heading down the tunnel to Edmonton's locker room with the team's medical staff. Oilers head coach Kris Knoblauch didn't have an update post-game following a result that moved his group within one win of another trip to the Stanley Cup final. WATCH | Hyman sidelined after Game 4 hit: Oilers take a 3-1 series lead, but may be without Zach Hyman 8 hours ago Duration 1:59 The Oilers win Game 4 at Rogers Place over the Dallas Stars by a score of 4-1. Edmonton has a chance to close out the series in Texas and head to the Stanley Cup Final for the second year in a row. But as Travis McEwan reports, the team could be doing it without Zach Hyman. "Everyone stepped up," he added. "Go through the lineup I liked how everyone just played a little bit better." Knoblauch distributed Hyman's minutes among his forward depth, with both Trent Frederic and Corey Perry seeing time on superstar captain Connor McDavid's wing through two periods. Edmonton's bench boss then leaned heavily on Leon Draisaitl in the third by double-shifting the big centre as Edmonton squeezed the life out of Dallas with a front-foot approach. "You're not just going to make that up," Draisaitl, who had a goal and an assist, said of Hyman's absence. "But collectively, I think we have what it takes to make up for it." Hyman started the night at Rogers Place with 27 more post-season hits than Florida Panthers centre Sam Bennett — No. 2 on the list — to go along with five goals and six assists. 'A big loss' The 32-year-old Toronto native, who added two more hits to his tally before exiting Tuesday, scored 54 times last season before adding 16 more in the playoffs as part of the Oilers' run to the final, where they lost to the Florida Panthers in seven games. A free-agent signing in the summer of 2021 after six campaigns with the Maple Leafs, Hyman registered 27 goals and 17 assists for 44 points across 73 games in 2024-25. "It's a big loss," said Edmonton forward Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, who had another two assists to give him nine points in the series. "He's a big part of our team, on and off the ice, the way he does things. You've seen his physicality. "It's important to our game, but other guys have already stepped up and tried to fill that gap." WATCH | Do Oilers fans know hockey jargon? Do Oilers fans know hockey jargon? 11 hours ago Duration 2:49 The Oilers more than doubled the Stars with 50 hits Tuesday. Vasily Podkolzin led the way with eight, while Kasperi Kapanen added seven. Knoblauch also pointed to the reunited line of Podkolzin, Mattias Janmark and Viktor Arvidsson helping to pick up the slack. "I thought we dealt with it good," Draisaitl said. "The guys that were maybe a little further down the lineup, obviously got their minutes elevated a little bit." Edmonton, which has weathered the storm on the back end in these playoffs with the soon-to-be-healthy blueliner Mattias Ekholm sidelined, was already dealing with one injury up front after Connor Brown took a huge hit in Sunday's big 6-1 victory in Game 3. The Oilers could elect to go with 11 forwards and seven defencemen in Game 5 on Thursday night if their two injured wingers can't go and Ekholm is ready. "He's a huge piece, a key piece," Edmonton goaltender Stuart Skinner, who put in another outstanding effort with 28 saves, said of Hyman. "He is a cliche. He is a hard-worker, he grinds, he does the little things right, and on top of that, he's an amazing human being. Perry, who at age 40 has seen a lot of hockey, said Hyman is "a dog-on-the-bone" for Edmonton. "He wants the puck," said the 2007 Cup champ with Anaheim. "If he doesn't have it, he's chasing it down. That's Zach Hyman hockey." The Oilers had to do without his relentless approach in Game 4. How long that lasts will come into better focus before the team boards a plane Wednesday just 60 minutes from another appearance in the final. "Guys are ready to step up," Nugent-Hopkins said. "Everybody's just chomping at the bit to get out there. "Part of it felt like we were doing it for Zach."
Washington Post
28-05-2025
- Health
- Washington Post
Oilers' Zach Hyman leaves Game 4 after hit from Stars' Mason Marchment
EDMONTON, Alberta — Oilers winger Zach Hyman suffered an upper-body injury against the Stars in Game 4 of the NHL's Western Conference final on Tuesday night. Hyman took a glancing hit from Dallas forward Mason Marchment in the first period and dropped his stick, favoring his right arm, before heading straight down the tunnel to Edmonton's locker room.
