EDMONTON, AB - Sunday's Downtown Community Rink open scrimmage wasn't purely made for entertainment.
For Head Coach Dave Tippett, it was a key evaluation period, as the bench boss witnessed Team White crush Team Blue by a score of 7-1.
The coach came away impressed with a handful of players and noted how some elevated their stock after the scrimmage.
"You saw today, (Evan) Bouchard stepped out. (Colby) Cave stepped out," Tippett said.
"You got that next level of guys that pushed themselves ahead of other guys. That's what you're looking for. That's how you evaluate them. Now, they got to go to the next step. How far can they push up on the NHL guys?"
Bouchard notched four points, scoring two goals and two assists, while Cave tallied once in the scrimmage and again in the closing shootout.
Tippett decided to ice two lineups devoid of regular NHLers, using the scrimmage to gauge where some of the Oilers prospects and invites are ahead of the first pre-season match, which will be on Monday when the Oilers host the Winnipeg Jets at Rogers Place.
MAIN CAMP: Tippett puts stock in scrimmage
Oilers Head Coach Dave Tippett used Sunday's scrimmage to gauge the Main Camp participants ahead of Edmonton's first pre-season match
