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Robin Brownlee (16 August 1958 – 11 January 2024) was a Canadian ice hockey journalist and radio host. [1] [2] He covered the Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey League for the Edmonton Journal and the Edmonton Sun from 1989 to 2007 and later for Canadian Press and NHL.com.
John Short (January 31, 1937 – January 11, 2024) was a Canadian sports journalist and broadcaster. [1] [2] He wrote a column for the Edmonton Sun.Short had formerly worked for the Canadian Press, Edmonton Journal, as well as the Edmonton Oilers as public relations director.
On June 20, 2024, Powley died in a motorcycle crash in Edmonton, at the age of 27. [31] [29] In November 2024, the Foot Soldiers, the supporters group of Cavalry FC (who previously were the supporters group of the Calgary Foothills, Powley's former club), renamed their player of the year trophy the Dylon Powley Memorial Trophy, in honour of ...
Bruce Saville (born December 5, 1944) is a Canadian businessman and philanthropist who currently lives in Edmonton, Alberta. [3] He is former shareholder of the Edmonton Oilers before the Edmonton Investors Group was sold. [4]
On January 13, 2021, the Edmonton Oilers opened the 2020–21 season with a video tribute and by wearing Moss's name on the back of their jerseys during the warmup. [17] In advance of the 2021–22 season , the Oilers announced that they would play Ritchie Valens ' " La Bamba ", Moss's favourite song, after every home team victory at Rogers Place.
Eric Thomas Upton (April 29, 1953 – May 23, 2024) was a Canadian professional football player who was an offensive lineman for the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He was named a CFL Western All-Star in 1979 and was a part of five Grey Cup championship teams with the Eskimos.
Bill Matheson (April 26, 1926 – September 19, 2006) was a Canadian radio talk show host and weathercaster born in Lethbridge, Alberta, who was a television weather presenter with ITV (now Global Edmonton) in Edmonton. In 1995, his colleagues voted him the best weathercaster in the world.
Hall was born on August 19, 1934 [1] [2] in Toronto, Ontario. [3] His father was a lawyer, who died when Hall was 9, and his mother a nurse. [4] Hall got his first broadcasting job at the age of 19, after moving to Edmonton, at CKUA where he did news, a jazz show, and sports. [4]