{"id":529044,"date":"2026-03-09T15:22:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T15:22:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/529044\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T15:22:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T15:22:07","slug":"star-wears-oilers-award-oil-worker-equipment-to-player-of-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/529044\/","title":{"rendered":"Star Wears: Oilers award oil worker equipment to player of game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to Star Wears, where our Short Shifts squad will highlight each participating\u00a0NHL team\u2019s unique and creative way to honor their player of the game after each victory, handing them a token of appreciation that usually lasts at least one season, and sometimes takes on a life of its own.<\/p>\n<p>Items: Oil worker pump jack piece and safety vest<\/p>\n<p>Origin Story: The Oilers had given out vests of different varieties in years past, but this year coach Kris Knoblauch\u00a0switched up the tradition. The pump jack was added for the player who &#8220;made something happen&#8221; to change the game, while the vest goes to the player who made the biggest &#8220;blue collar&#8221; effort, like blocking a shot at a key time, winning battles in the corners or standing out defensively.<\/p>\n<p>City\/Team connection (dubious or otherwise): This is an easy one, since the team&#8217;s nickname is the Oilers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Welcome to Star Wears, where our Short Shifts squad will highlight each participating\u00a0NHL team\u2019s unique and creative way&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":529045,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[556],"tags":[64,63,575,85],"class_list":["post-529044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529044","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=529044"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529044\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/529045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=529044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=529044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=529044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}