So close, yet so far. This was the story of the Edmonton Oilers in 2023-24 season as they lost in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup final against the Florida Panthers and fell short.

Five Finnish defensemen played in the NHL in 1989-90: Numminen, Lumme, Ruotsalainen, Siren and Gronstrand. Of those five, the ...

The Winnipeg Jets, Toronto Maple Leafs, Winnipeg Jets and Edmonton Oilers are currently among the ... That was before Wayne Gretzky’s 1988 trade to the Los Angeles Kings. It was before the ...

Winnipeg Jets Alumni coach Tom McVie picks Teemu Selanne (13) to take the penalty shot as Ab McDonald listens in against the Edmonton Oilers at Investors Group ... as the league’s outstanding coach in ...

The Edmonton Oilers in the mid-1990s were something ... In the NHL, he scored two goals and 11 points in 53 games. In 1988-89, he spent the majority of the season in the IHL, scoring 21 goals ...

Paul Maurice continues to climb the ranks. In defeating the Chicago Blackhawks by a 5-1 score Saturday, the Florida Panthers ...

Led by “The Great One” Wayne Gretzky, the Canadian outfit won four Stanley Cups from 1983 to 1988 ... Winnipeg Jets and the Vegas Golden Knights. The Golden Knights are also above the Oilers in first ...

McVie, also a longtime member of the Boston Bruins organization, died Sunday at his home in Vancouver, Wash., said a Bruins spokesman citing McVie’s family. Born June 6, 1935, the native of Trail, B.C ...

In 1988, the Oilers defeated the Winnipeg Jets (four games to one), swept the ... Born Jan. 8, 1961 in Edmonton, Alberta, Messier has an older brother and two sisters. One of them, Mary-Kay ...

YOU CAN’T DO THAT CONNOR: Connor McDavid got suspended three games for losing his cool at the end of an Edmonton loss last Saturday night ... without Bettman, the Oilers, Jets and Flames would not be ...

Gretzky scored three goals and added two assists on Jan. 20, 1982, to lead the Edmonton Oilers to an 8-6 win over ... Penguins’ 7-3 loss at the Winnipeg Jets. He needed just 44 games to hit ...

In 1972, when the Edmonton Oilers entered the World Hockey Association, the entry free was $25,000. When Peter Pocklington cajoled, threatened and bought his WHA Oilers (and star forward Wayne ...