Edmonton Oilers timeline
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Indianapolis Racers Trade Wayne Gretzky to Edmonton Oilers
Gretzky only played eight games for Indianapolis. The Racers were losing $40,000 per game. Skalbania told Gretzky he would be moved, offering him a... Read more
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Wayne Gretzky Scores First Point of his Career in NHL Debut
After the World Hockey Association folded in 1979, the Edmonton Oilers and three other teams joined the NHL. Gretzky's success in the WHA carried... Read more
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Edmonton Oilers win Stanley Cup
The 1984 Stanley Cup Final was contested by the Edmonton Oilers and the then-defending champion New York Islanders. Edmonton was making their... Read more
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Edmonton Oilers win Stanley Cup
The 1985 Stanley Cup Finals was played between the defending champion Edmonton Oilers in their third-straight Finals appearance and the... Read more
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Edmonton Oilers win Stanley Cup
The 1987 Stanley Cup Final was played between the Edmonton Oilers and the Philadelphia Flyers. The Oilers would win the series 4–3, for their third... Read more
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Edmonton Oilers won Stanley Cup
The 1988 Stanley Cup Finals was between the Edmonton Oilers and Boston Bruins. The Oilers would win the series 4–0 in five games. Game four was... Read more
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Wayne Gretzky is Traded to the Los Angeles Kings
Two hours after the Oilers won the Stanley Cup in 1988, Wayne learned from his father that the Oilers were planning to deal him to another team.... Read more
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Edmonton Oilers win Stanley Cup
In the 1990 Stanley Cup Final, the Edmonton Oilers defeated the Boston Bruins four games to one. For the Oilers, it was their fifth Cup win in... Read more
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Carolina Hurricanes Win 2006 Stanley Cup Finals
The 2006 Stanley Cup Finals was the 2006 edition of the final series of the National Hockey League's Stanley Cup playoffs. The best of seven series... Read more
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Boston Bruins defeat Edmonton Oilers, 1-0
EDMONTON, Alberta - The waiting was long, full of shots, and brimming with frustration. Whenever the Bruins put something on net - 15 shots in the... Read more
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Edmonton Oilers defeat Minnesota Wild, 5-2
EDMONTON, ALBERTA - With such a depleted lineup, it's hard to imagine the Wild skating better. Frankly, it's hard to imagine the Wild playing... Read more
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Boston Bruins defeat Edmonton Oilers, 2-0
Fitting that the Bruins' best line scored both goals in the third period. First, Vladimir Sobotka ragged the puck around the boards on Theo... Read more
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New York Rangers defeat Edmonton Oilers, 4-2
This isn't going to be a homecoming for Tom Renney, and for now, that's just fine with him. The Rangers begin a three-city swing through Western... Read more
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Minnesota Wild defeat Edmonton Oilers, 3-1
Niklas Backstrom, the Wild player most affected by last week's equipment fire, wore his third chest protector in three games Wednesday... Read more
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Minnesota Wild defeat Edmonton Oilers, 4-2
In Guillaume Latendresse's mind, Josh Harding might have saved the game and the Wild's season. Harding, riddled with a painful hip injury the... Read more
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Edmonton Oilers defeat Minnesota Wild, 2-1
TORONTO - Minnesota Wild forward Derek Boogaard has been suspended for delivering a knee hit on Edmonton forward Ryan Jones. The NHL announced... Read more
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Minnesota Wild defeat Edmonton Oilers, 4-2
Andrew Ebbett, James Sheppard and Kyle Brodziak might be reading the tea leaves. One day after the Wild acquired a center via the college route... Read more
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Edmonton Oilers defeat Minnesota Wild, 4-1
EDMONTON, ALBERTA - Rookie Cody Almond played his fifth NHL game during Monday's 4-1 loss to the Oilers, and even though there are only two games... Read more
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Minnesota Wild defeat Edmonton Oilers, 4-2
There was a reasonably large delegation of family and friends in attendance when home- stater Matt Cullen made his official home debut for the Wild... Read more
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Minnesota Wild defeat Edmonton Oilers, 4-2
EDMONTON, ALBERTA - There've been better Oilers -- maybe Gretzky and Messier, perhaps Kurri and Coffey. But last year when the Wild needed to... Read more