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The Edmonton Oilers began as the Alberta Oilers in the World Hockey Association. The Oilers played in the WHA from 1972-73 until 1978-79...

Paul Coffey is one of just 20 players in National Hockey League history to play for nine or more teams during their career. It goes with...

There’s no question that the National Hockey League’s record books are dominated by Wayne Gretzky and Mario Lemieux. Between the two, th...

Denis Potvin was to be the next Bobby Orr when picked by the New York Islanders in the 1973 NHL Amateur Draft. Although not quite achiev...

1985-86 was the year the National Hockey League changed rules to try and keep the Edmonton Oilers from obliterating the league’s scoring r...

Arguably the best defenseman to ever play the game of hockey, Bobby Orr is a legend in NHL history. Orr played with the Boston Bruins an...

The James Norris Memorial Trophy has been awarded each National Hockey League season since 1953-54, honouring the league’s best defensem...

The St. Louis Blues entered the National Hockey League for the 1967-68 season, along with five other teams which doubled the NHL in size...

Believe it or not, there are actually some individual NHL records not owned by Wayne Gretzky. Of course, you have to look to categories ...

I can hear Hartford Whalers fans crying foul at the title of this article, already. Indeed, there were six Hockey Hall of Fame members t...