Remembering Duncan Keith’s Final Season With the Edmonton Oilers
On Tuesday (June 24), the Hockey Hall of Fame announced its 2025 class. Among those who will be inducted during the annual ceremony in November are a quartet of former…
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Edmonton Oilers’ 5 Best Draft Classes Since 2010
When the NHL season is over, the NHL Draft is next on the agenda for the league, and teams prepare to welcome the next wave of young talent to their…
LA Kings History: Bernie Nicholls’ Unforgettable 70-Goal, 150-Point Season
Bernie Nicholls was always a great player for the Los Angeles Kings. In his first seven seasons with the franchise (1981-82 to 1987-88), he posted a stat line of 230…
3 Times the Edmonton Oilers Drafted an All-Star in the Third Round
The 2025 NHL Draft got underway around dinnertime on Friday, June 27, but Edmonton Oilers fans had to wait until lunch on Saturday before they had anything to sink their…
Maple Leafs Fans Continuing Love Affair with Felix Potvin
When my son Jim was a youngster, as a thing to do together we started to collect hockey cards. Because I taught at the University of Alberta and lived in…
‘Brass Bonanza’ – The Sound of Hockey
I remember the first time I heard “Brass Bonanza.” It was while I was playing NHL 94 on my Sega Genesis, something I wasted a lot of time doing as…
Rangers Goalie Igor Shesterkin Was Robbed of Winning the Hart Trophy In 2021-22
The good news? The 2025 NHL Draft is coming up, and following it is the free agency frenzy. The bad news? The dog days of summer are upon us. It…
Nolan Patrick’s Injury-Defined Career
*Editor’s Note: This article was updated to reflect the news that Nolan Patrick has not officially retired At just 26 years of age, forward Nolan Patrick’s NHL career seems like…
Edmonton Oilers’ 2006 Stanley Cup Run – A Look Back
Expectations weren’t very high for the Edmonton Oilers coming into 2005-06 campaign – they looked like they were fairly average, but nothing special. At the beginning of the season, there…
Ron Francis Trade Tree: Hartford Whalers to Pittsburgh Penguins
Some of the best NHL trade trees show when history is made. The Wayne Gretzky trade tree shows the growth of hockey in the United States as the best player…