Edmonton Oilers

Shots 30-25 Edmonton— Regan Bartel (@Reganrant) November 21, 2015 Leon Draisaitl, Soustal's teammate last year on Kelowna, is off to a hot start and making the Edmonton Oilers a little more comfortable without Connor McDavid in the lineup. After a tumultous season where Draisaitl was kept in Edmonton for half a season, then returned to junior where he subsequently joined a new franchise, Draisaitl can settle into Edmonton long-term. With Taylor Hall on one…

The Calgary Flames have been in the National Hockey League since 1980. They won the Stanley Cup in 1989, the trophy for being champions of the league. Hockey is considered to be “Canada’s Game” as it is the most popular sport among Canadians. The Flames are one of the seven Canadian franchises in the NHL. They are part of one of the biggest rivalries in the NHL, which is the battle of Alberta. The Flames have nine players currently in the hockey hall of fame. The Calgary Flames generated 430…

creases, everyone cheering, I was at home because of this. The Canadian National Anthem played, and I had to sing along. Then, my idol, Gordie Howe, came out and went to congratulate me on what I have accomplished. Thinking back on it, if the Oilers chose not to trade me on that season in 1988, my hockey career would have been drastically…

Gretzky would continue to dominate his competitors as he climbed the hockey hierarchy. For a short time, he even played for the Indianapolis Racers of the former WHL before being traded to the Edmonton Oilers. When the WHL folded, Edmonton was absorbed into the NHL and from that point on, the NHL was never the same. (Bio) 1. Wayne Gretzky played 20 seasons in the National Hockey League, from 1979 to 1999, during which he was rostered on four teams. He was given…

http://hockey And his team, the Edmonton Oilers, had a fanbase of “17,319 fans in the 1985-86 season”, the team with the 2nd best fanbase in the NHL. This evidence shows that Wayne Gretzky’s skill brought popularity and a fanbase to the hockey community and built it up. Furthermore, Wayne Gretzky was a top-tier hockey player with lots of talent. He was the best of the best, he could beat anybody and everybody else on the…

Wayne Gretzky was born in Brantford, Ontario, Canada on January 26, 1961. He began skating at a very early age. According to “Wayne Gretzky Biography,” “he learned to skate on the Ninth River near his grandfather's farm in Canning, Ontario, and at public rinks on weekends. But it was the rink his father built for him behind the little house on Varadi Avenue in Brantford that became known as the birthplace of his skating skills.” Gretzky was only six years old when he began his first year in…

Peter Pocklington, a Canadian entrepreneur and politician who formerly owned the Edmonton Oilers had a perception of how to be successful in business. Most of this Laws coined by Pocklington has influenced leadership in business in a whole. Although, he is a convicted felon, we still cannot take away how some of his laws has made one analyze business in general. Pocklington was able to redefine what is possible, his perception of what is possible goes beyond the norm. What we can learn from his…

the NHL? No, but they soon will be. On paper, the Jets are the best team in the current NHL, but in the first couple of games, to start the off the year, the only problem the Jets are having is communication. On October, 9th the Jets beat the Edmonton Oilers 5-2, that was the game where I knew they were back on track. Why did the Winnipeg Jets look like a kid learning how to tie their shoes in the first two games? There is a simple explanation, The Jets are trying to make teams overlook…

Gary Bettman, the National Hockey League commissioner, said that the NHL will not be participating in the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games. The NHL has been going to the Olympics since 1998. Many fans and players are upset and, even angry at the NHL for not sending their players to one of the greatest hockey tournaments in the world. Some cons for the ban are. There was a poll in Canada to see if people were with Gary Bettman or against the decision. 62% of the people said that they did…

traded and began playing for the Edmonton Oilers.(“Wayne”)He had gotten another offer from the England Whalers that he did not accept.(Gretzky & Reilly 31)This was the start of Wayne’s NHL career. The first four games Wayne had played in flew by and by the fifth game, he had finally got his first goal.(Gretzky & Reilly 47)Not only did he help the Oilers get points throughout the season, he also lead them to four Stanley Cup championships.(“Wayne”)After being with the Oilers for quite awhile…