{"id":101522,"date":"2021-02-21T08:36:03","date_gmt":"2021-02-21T13:36:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=101522"},"modified":"2022-03-14T14:41:40","modified_gmt":"2022-03-14T18:41:40","slug":"edmonton-oilers-slater-koekkoek-collarbone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2021\/02\/21\/edmonton-oilers-slater-koekkoek-collarbone\/","title":{"rendered":"Edmonton Oilers Slater Koekkoek Out With Broken Collarbone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/oilers\/\" target=\"_self\">Edmonton Oilers<\/a> announced that they will be without <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/k\/koekksl01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Slater Koekkoek<\/a> indefinitely as the defenceman will be out with a broken collarbone. Koekkoek sustained the injury during the club&#8217;s 7-1 beatdown of the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/flames\/\" target=\"_self\">Calgary Flames<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/FriedgeHNIC\/status\/1363537622761627650<\/p>\n<h2>Slater Koekkoek Out With Collarbone Injury<\/h2>\n<p>Koekkoek sustained the injury in the first two minutes of the contest on Saturday night. He was the recipient of a massive hit from Flames forward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/bennesa01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sam Bennett<\/a> at centre ice. Koekkoek slowly got to his feet and went straight to the dressing room. He did not return to the game. Bennett received a two-minute minor for interference for the hit on Koekkoek. After the Oilers scored on the ensuing powerplay, Bennett had to answer for his actions as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/k\/khairju01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jujhar Khaira<\/a> dropped the gloves with Bennett right off the faceoff.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Massive Hit From Sam Bennett Sends Slater Koekkoek To The Dressing Room\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/egRvKACX1Ps?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In 17 games this season, Koekkoek has registered one goal while averaging 12:55 of ice time per game for the Oilers. He was signed to a one-year deal by the Oilers on December 26th.<\/p>\n<p>Koekkoek was originally drafted in the first round, 10th overall by the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/lightning\/\" target=\"_self\">Tampa Bay Lightning<\/a> in the 2012 NHL Entry Draft.<\/p>\n<h3>Oilers Defence Takes a Hit<\/h3>\n<p>With Koekkoek out, the Oilers are down yet another defenceman. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/bearet01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ethan Bear<\/a> is currently on the injured reserve, however, may soon make his return to the lineup. His return can&#8217;t come fast enough as the Oilers&#8217; defence is pretty lacklustre as it is. Koekkoek had been occupying a spot on the Oilers&#8217; third pairing next to rookie <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/bouchev01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Evan Bouchard<\/a>. However, we will most likely see Bear jump back into the top-six upon his return with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/r\/russekr01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kris Russell<\/a> moving down next to Bouchard. In nine games this season, Bear has registered two assists while averaging 20:28 minutes of ice time.<\/p>\n<p>The Oilers&#8217; next game will be on Tuesday night when they open a two-game set in Vancouver against the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/canucks\/\" target=\"_self\">Vancouver Canucks<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>[pickup_prop id=&#8221;4228&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"oNao5jlOR9l5yCjGPXStlg\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.ca\/detail\/1231112445\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'oNao5jlOR9l5yCjGPXStlg',sig:'0GtifueUre902Zj2C4n7kgoRk-mMCtxuMoDTW2p0HJc=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1231112445',caption: true ,tld:'ca',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Edmonton Oilers announced that they will be without Slater Koekkoek indefinitely as the defenceman will be out with a broken collarbone. Koekkoek sustained the injury during the club&#8217;s 7-1 beatdown of the Calgary Flames. https:\/\/twitter.com\/FriedgeHNIC\/status\/1363537622761627650 Slater Koekkoek Out With Collarbone Injury Koekkoek sustained the injury in the first two minutes of the contest on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2506,"featured_media":101529,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[34,23,4547,4548],"tags":[138,5774,2377,1576,3873],"class_list":["post-101522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-oilers","category-hockey","category-nhl","tag-edmonton-oilers","tag-edmonton-oilers-news","tag-ethan-bear","tag-injury","tag-slater-koekkoek"],"modified_by":"Michael Kovacs, ADMIN","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101522","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2506"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101522"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101522\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/101529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}