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The Oilers Octane was the cheerleading team for the Edmonton Oilers. The team was the first cheer squad for a Canadian NHL franchise. [ 198 ] 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.
Just hours before the deadline for the Houston group to close, the Edmonton Investors Group, a consortium of 37 Edmonton-based owners, raised the funds to purchase the team from Pocklington, vowing to keep the Oilers in Edmonton. The Oilers received support in this endeavour from the NHL, which had already seen two Canadian teams (the Nordiques ...
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.
Wayne Gretzky, considered by many to be the greatest ice hockey player ever, played with the Edmonton Oilers from 1979 to 1988. The Edmonton Oilers fell in the Stanley Cup Finals playing the Carolina Hurricanes in seven games in the 2006 Stanley Cup Finals. Despite losing, they were the first eighth-seeded team to make it that far, and nearly ...
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The Flames became the first team in the modern era of the NHL to defeat all three division winners en route to the Stanley Cup Finals. [11] [12] The next Stanley Cup Finals, (played in 2006 due to the NHL lock-out of 2004–05) saw the Edmonton Oilers fall in seven games to the Carolina Hurricanes. The Oilers became the first eighth seed in NHL ...
Ryan McLeod had a goal and an assist as the Edmonton Oilers rallied past the slumping Toronto Maple Leafs 4-2 on Tuesday night for their franchise-record 11th consecutive victory. Leon Draisaitl ...
Ice District is a $2.5 billion mixed-use sports and entertainment district being developed on 10 hectares (25 acres) of land in Downtown Edmonton and a portion of the neighbourhood of Central McDougall. Its main attraction is Rogers Place, the home arena of the Edmonton Oilers professional ice hockey team. When completed the area will be Canada ...