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The history of the Edmonton Oilers dates back to 1972, when the team was established as a professional ice hockey team based in Edmonton, Alberta. The team originally played in the World Hockey Association (WHA), before joining the National Hockey League (NHL) in 1979. The team played its first season in 1972–73 as one of 12 founding ...
The Oilers Octane was the cheerleading team for the Edmonton Oilers. The team was the first cheer squad for a Canadian NHL franchise. [ 197 ] The debut of the cheer-leading team received a mixed reaction from the Edmonton community, including petitions to keep cheerleading out of the sport of hockey in Canada.
The Edmonton Oilers began as a charter member of the World Hockey Association (WHA) in 1972, and were known as the Alberta Oilers for their first season after their Calgary counterparts were unable to play. [1] The Oilers were a middle of the road team, failing to win a single playoff series until their seventh, and final, season in the WHA.
Once arguably the greatest team in the NHL, the Edmonton Oilers have been down on their luck for a long time. In 2006, the team climbed their way to the Stanley Cup finals with the hopes of ...
The Oilers selected Connor McDavid first overall in the 2015 NHL Entry Draft. Ales Hemsky led the team in scoring points for four seasons, from 2005–06 to 2008–09. The statue of Wayne Gretzky outside Rogers Place commemorates the Oilers' Stanley Cup victories and the all-time Oiler leader for regular season goals, assists and points and playoff assists and points.
A victory for the Oilers would not only end Canada’s decades-long Stanley Cup drought, but make Edmonton the second team – the first being the Toronto Maple Leafs in 1942 – to win the ...
October 1984 became the first calendar month in Oilers history where the team did not record a single loss. January 2010 became the first calendar month in Oilers history where the team did not record a single win. Longest consecutive goal streak: Dave Lumley, 12 (15 goals, 13 assists; November 21 - December 16, 1981).
Former [8] Oilers head coach, Craig MacTavish, played for the team from 1985 to 1994. He was a member of the 1987, 1988, and 1990 Stanley Cup winning teams, and he was team captain from 1992 to 1994. As of the 2023–24 season, he ranks second in the number of Oilers games coached. The current head coach is Kris Knoblauch.