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Top 3 All-Time Oilers Goalies

THW Archives | April 5, 2022

Goaltending: hockey’s most precarious and polarizing position. The masked men often take the blame when the team loses, and receive little credit when they win. They face 100 MPH slap…

5 Oilers Greats Who Deserve to Be Honored

Brian Swane | September 23, 2021

On Monday, Sept. 20, the Edmonton Oilers announced that Kevin Lowe’s No. 4 will be raised to the rafters of Rogers Place before their game against the New York Rangers…

5 Backup Goalies Who Shined in the 1980s

Scott Blair | December 18, 2020

The NHL has had quite a few backup goalies go on to great careers. Many of them backed up legends or future Hall of Famers and eventually had great careers…

Oilers’ Forgotten Greats: Bill Ranford

Preston Hodgkinson | December 8, 2020

Almost every NHL franchise has a way of honouring their greatest players. The most popular is through jersey retirement. This honour, which raises a player’s number to the rafters, thus…

Talbot Digging for Oiler Records

Shane Sander | January 3, 2017

The Edmonton Oilers have had a tumultuous goaltending past, but the present seems to be stabilizing with the emergence of Cam Talbot. The 29-year-old has shouldered the load and become…

When The Northlands Coliseum Closes on the Oilers

Peter Chau | December 17, 2013

To those who know me, I wasn’t originally a Canucks fan. To a fault, I will admit that I am a bandwagon jumper. Yes, I am guilty of  jumping from…

Edmonton Oilers All-Time Roster

Carl Maloney | July 27, 2012

With the Edmonton Oilers previous season well over, and the upcoming season months (hopefully) away, Oiler fans are sitting, awaiting the next big Oiler news. They have had an eventful offseason already…

Odd streak to end with Luongo?

Jason Kurylo | June 13, 2011

  Roberto Luongo came within one win of being the first #1 goaltender since 1976 to win a Stanley Cup while also wearing the number 1 on his back. Here’s…

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