EDMONTON, AB - The Oilers mixed it up on Tuesday at practice, taking advantage of both the fact they have a world class facility available to them with two sheets of ice at their disposal while also having a coaching staff with a breadth of experience and familiarity.
At Rogers Place main ice, the forwards worked through a pace heavy practice with the focus centred around moving with the puck on their stick, while the defenders went to the Downtown Community Arena where they had a heavy empasis on puck movement and stick checking.
"I thought we had a good day today. I thought it was, as I said, a lot of puck touches," Head Coach Jay Woodcroft said about the dual sessions. "We worked on our puck confidence and by splitting them up, we're able to work at the same time on different ice surfaces, working on completely different things that are apropos to each position."
BLOG: Oilers split things up at Thursday's practice
The Oilers forwards and defencemen worked on different sheets of ice at practice as Jay Woodcroft searches for early season consistency from his team