Posts About "Bill Ranford"

Top 3 All-Time Oilers Goalies

December 18th, 2017 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 shots, and 200 pound players barreling into them. They're quirky, and unique, but no team can get by without a good one. The Edmonton Oilers had the...

Talbot Digging for Oiler Records

January 3rd, 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 a workhorse for the Oilers playing in 34 of the 38 games the team has played this season. He's on pace to play 73 games for the Oilers this season...

When The Northlands Coliseum Closes on the Oilers

December 17th, 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 team to team depending on their winning streak. My career spans from St. Louis (because of Brett Hull), Vancouver (between 1989 to 1995-ish), Toronto (don't ask me how or why - okay, I liked...

Edmonton Oilers All-Time Roster

July 27th, 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 and fans and management alike are taking some time to catch their breath before their next move. In watching current budding...

Odd streak to end with Luongo?

June 13th, 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 the article that was written when the Vancouver Canucks were up on the Boston Bruins, three games to two. Since then we've kept the jersey numbers of Stanley Cup winning goalies...