Oilers vs Flames Season Opener | Ekholm Gets Three-Year Extension - October 8th, 2025 - Hour 1

Hockey is back, baby! The Oilers take the ice against the Flames in downtown E-Town to start their seasons, and the Viking, Mattias Ekholm, has signed a three-year extension to stay with the Oilers after this season!

Reid Wilkins and Jay Milne get into the lineups on both sides of the ice tonight, sharing their thoughts on the Oilers extending 35-year-old Mattias Ekholm. Wilkins was also down at Rogers Place for Oilers practice this morning. He gets into what he heard from the team interviews, what he saw on the ice, and so much more surrounding the orange and blue! All during, The Oil... Understood for GCL Diesel.

Within the hour, Reid has The Afternoon Headlines for 100.3 The BEAR, Jay's dishes out his Play of the Day for Play Alberta, sprinkling some cash on the Oilers, while the guys introduce the Off-Topic Topic for William Huff! The Hudson's Canada's Pub Mystery Athlete of the Game also makes its triumphant return.