7,428 Grant Fuhr, Edmonton, Toronto, Buffalo, St. Louis
Not to mention some records abosolutely smashed by Oiler players. We have had
many fine hockey players to play for the Edmonton Oilers since they joined the league.
They did how ever go through a rebuilding period after there dynasty years, the Oilers
missed the playoffs for four straight years untill the 1997 playoffs when they
beat the Dallas Stars in overtime, in the 7th game. Much thanks to Curtis Joseph's
marvilous save. And Todd Marchants beautiful goal to put the Oil past the Stars,
but unfortunatly they could not get past the Avalanch. The roles were reversed
in the 1998 playoffs, when the Oilers met the Avalanch in the first round. And once
again the series came to a 7th game, this was after the Oilers were down 3-1 in
the series and it looked like it was over but the Cardiac Kids from Edmonton wouldn't
give up, and they came back to tie the series and take it to a seventh game. This
game they totally dominated and beat the Avs 4-0 with Curtis Joseph getting another shut out!
They then met the Stars which they couldn't quite handle this year, and lost in 5 games.
Next year right boys?
During the playoffs the team was also dealing with financial
problems, current owner Peter Pocklington had put the Oilers, Bull Dogs, and Trappers
up for sale, due to financial troubles. And it looked like yet another Canadian
team was going to head south of the border, Les Alexander an investor from Houston
was extremly interested in buying the Oilers but a consordium of local owners, came up with the
minimum $70 million to buy the Oil. Thanks guys! So one more Canadian team stays
in the league for the time being.
The Oilers have a good strong, fast skating team. We can't wait for next season
to see what the Cardiac Kids will do!! GOOD LUCK BOYS!
YEAH GO REM!!!!!
CUJO!
YA YOU GET HIM RONNIE!!!
OILER NICKNAMES!
- Kelly Buchberger
"Bucky"
- Boyd Devereaux
"The Kid"
- Mike Grier
"Rosie"
- Janne Niinimaa
"Spaz"
- Georges Laraque
"Big George"
- Mats Lindgren
"The Swedish Sensation"
- Kevin Lowe
"Grandpa Lowe"
- Todd Marchant
"Richie" from Happy Days
- Dean McAmmond
"Deano"
- Boris Mironov
"Bo Bo"
- Rem Murray
Rem "The Gem" Murray
- Ryan Smyth
"Smittie"
- Doug Weight
"Dougie", Weighter
- Steve Passmore
"free willy"
DOUGIE WEIGHT
DEAM MCAMMOND A SPEEDY SCORER!
ANOTHER SPEEDY GUY!
HERE'S ANOTHER OF CUJO, THE BEST GOALIE IN THE WORLD
YEAH DEANO, DAMNED AVS!!!
Other Oiler Classic's (Favorites):
Wayne Gretzky
"The Great One"
Jari Kurri
"The Flying Finn"
Finnish Flash [The Original]
Gretzky and Kurri
"The Dynamic Duo"
Mark Messier
"The Moose"
Glen Anderson
"Mork"
Dave Semenko
"Cement Head"
Esa Tikkanen
"The Pest"
S. Smith & Beukeboom
"The Twin Towers"
Adam Graves
"Gravy"
Grant Fuhr
"Co-Co"
Ron, Ken & Kevin
The "Loilers"
Zdeno Ciger
"Zee"
Glen Sather
"Slats"
Peter Pocklington
"Peter Puck"
Bryan Marchment
"Mush"
- Curtis Joseph
"CuJo"
- Andrei Kovalenko
"The Russian Tank"
CUJO, JUST PLAIN ROCKS!
AND HERE'S BUCKY,
THE ONLY TEAM HE HAS EVER PLAYED FOR IS EDMONTON!
ANOTHER ONE OF CUJO, WE'LL MISS HIM IN EDMONTON!!!!
MAN SATHER IS A GENIUS!!
YEAH SMITTIE THE GRITTY FORWARD!!
DEVEREAUX, A GREAT PLAYER AND HE'S NOT EVEN 20!
MAJOR CHANGES IN THE NHL
Step One: League-Wide Rule Changes
1. Notorious "trapping" coaches must start and complete
the game
under a
"wicked Molson buzz".
2. Defensemen must count to "five mississippi" before
defending
an onrushing attacker.
3. A goalie entering the game with a goals per game
average of
less
than 2.00 will have the water in his bottle replaced
with
Nyquil.
4. During game play, all defensemen on the team which is
leading
must
switch from regulation hockey sticks to the short
plastic ones
used
in high school gym hockey.
5. A defenseman may not come in contact with the puck
carrier
until said
defenseman deciphers the square root of the puck
carrier's
number, and
proceeds to shout that number to one of the linesmen.
6. Any player who accumulates more than 2 restraining
fouls in
one game
receives 6 weeks in the County Jail. "What're ya in
for?"
"Holding the
stick."
7. Any goals scored by a goalie will count as 5 instead
of the
traditional 1, thus
encouraging the goalies to leave the crease and join the
play.
8. In the event of a 0-0 tie in the third period, the
standard
overhead arena
lighting will be replaced with strobe lights.
9. At the referee's discretion, "bonus pucks" may be
added to
game play
at any time.
10. In the event that a team is caught playing the
"neutral-zone
trap"
or any other oppressive system of defense, all five
players on
the ice from
the offending team are penalized 2 minutes each for
"Boredom",
awarding the
other team with a 2 minute, "5-on-none" power play. The
referee
signifies
this penalty to the off-ice officials by making the
international sign for
"sleep": Placing both of his palms together at shoulder
height,
then tilting
his head to rest on his clasped hands.
Step Two: Team-By-Team Changes On a team-by-team basis,
these
are plans that each franchise should
consider to raise
their attendance.
Anaheim Mighty Ducks - Players are required to change
their
jersey names to
recognized Walt Disney characters such as, "Pluto",
"Goofy",
ot;Grumpy",
"Sneezy", "Cinderella" and "Dumbo".
Boston Bruins - All the Sam Adams you can drink for $10!
Any fan
wearing the
traditional Bostonian uniform of work boots, blue jeans,
turtleneck sweater
and baseball cap only pays $5.
Buffalo Sabres - Will change the team name to the
Buffalo Wet
T-Shirt Contest
Tonite! just so they can finally attract some attention
from the
rest of the
league.
Calgary Flames - Both the players and the fans will now
wear
paper bags
with cut-out eye and mouth holes so no one will
recognize them.
Carolina Hurricanes - Tractor pulls during the first
intermission, dirt bike
racing during the second.
Chicago Blackhawks - One fan per game gets to select a
team
identity and
the Blackhawks must play under the chosen identity for
that
game.
Colorado Avalanche - All Avalanche management and their
wives
will appear at
games wearing barrels or potato sacks while holding tin
cups.
They will
then proceed to walk around the arena and hand out
little cards
which say,
"We are now destitute because we wanted you, our darling
fans,
to keep
your number one center, Joe Sakic. We hope you
appreciate the
effort,
enjoy the game, and God Bless".
Dallas Stars - The players will now wear football
helmets in
place of hockey
helmets, and a regulation NFL football will replace the
puck for
home
games.
Detroit Red Wings - Arena name change from "Joe Louis
Arena" to
"Claude
Lemieux Sucks Arena"
Edmonton Oilers - Players required to wear "Classic
Oiler"
jerseys with
legendary Oiler names and numbers on the back instead of
their
own.
Florida Panthers - Fans will now be permitted to throw
whatever
objects
they bring with them on to the ice.
Los Angeles Kings - Plan on folding the team and turning
the
arena into
a trendy nightclub.
Montreal Canadiens - Management promises to acquire
every player
in the
league with a French-Canadian name.
New Jersey Devils - Any fan caught uttering a complaint
against
The
Royal Order of the New Jersey Devils or it's management
will be
traded to Edmonton or San Jose.
New York Islanders - Remote tropical island getaway
theme. Fake
palm trees
scattered about the arena, sounds of waves and seagulls
broadcast over
the PA system. Every fan receives a flower lei upon
entering.
New York Rangers - Center ice scoreboard now solely
devoted to
the latest
NYSE and NASDAQ stock quotes. The team's name will also
be
changed to
RnGr +3-1/4.
Ottawa Senators - Frequent "Hall of Fame" games pitting
early-90's
Senators greats against original 1920's Ottawa Senators
players.
Philadelphia Flyers - "Play Goal For Us 2-Nite!" fan
lottery
before every
home game. Also, clips of Philadelphia's cultural icon,
Rocky
Balboa,
played on the scoreboard every 5 minutes to get the fans
"psyched up".
Phoenix Coyotes - Every fan over eighteen receives a
copy of the
"Tommy
and Pamela Lee" home video on entry.
Pittsburgh Penguins - In the spirit of the Penguins
"colorful"
play-by-play
announcer, rented mules will actually be beaten at
center-ice
after each
Jagr goal.
San Jose Sharks - No plans are being considered. They've
already
been
packing them in for years despite having lousy teams.
St. Louis Blues - A color photo of Mike Keenan, smiling,
will be
placed in
every urinal before game time.
Tampa Bay Lightning - One lucky fan per game will be
struck by
actual
lightning generated by the center-ice scoreboard.
Toronto Maple Leafs - Plan on separating from the rest
of the
"American-ized"
NHL and forming their own league in which The Toronto
Maple
Leafs will
play the Toronto Maple Leafs every night.
Vancouver Canucks - Bricks and tire irons handed out to
each fan
as
they exit to aid them in their post-game riots.
Washington Capitals - Any fan who can explain the
concept of
off-sides
or a delayed penalty receives two free season tickets
for next
year.
Step 3: The NHL Anthem until my changes are implemented,
this
anthem is to be sung to the tune of "Oh,
Canada" before
every NHL game.
"Oh, N-H-L
A TV friendly brand
True corporate love
We are now in Fox's command
With glowing pucks
We will soon devise
Three new teams in Mississippi
Expand far and wide Oh, N-H-L
Scoring the lowest since 1950
God keep our game
On national TV
Oh, N-H-L
We will ruin our game for a fee
Ohhhh N-H-L
We will ruin our game for a feeeee!"
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