EDMONTON, AB - In the case of the Oilers, desperate times calls for desperate hockey.
On Friday, Oilers Head Coach Ken Hitchcock spoke to his team's defeat to the Devils and his players' ability to heighten intensity when playing afraid - a feeling for the Oilers bench boss that wasn't prominent enough on Wednesday.
"I think just having some urgency is really important," Hitchcock said. "At this point of the year there should never be a game where you're not urgent, but for whatever reason that happened and it's in the past now. You have to try to find a way to move forward. There should be no shortage of urgency coming into this game."
BLOG: Desperation levels increase
Oilers players and coaches believe the club must return to playing desperate hockey ahead of a vital three-game road trip that begins Saturday in Arizona
