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Edmonton Oilers
The team is located in Edmonton, Alta. and their home matches are played at Rexall Place, an arena with a total capacity of 16,839.The first man in the club structure is Steve Tambellini managers, and the person who is responsable with the rooster trainings is Craig MacTavish coach.The youth teams are Springfield Falcons from AHL and Stockton Thunder from ECHL.Edmonton Oilers succeded to won the most important trophy in NHL for 5 times, in 1984,1985,1987,1988 and 1990.The team were founded in 1972 with the Alberta Oilers name, participating in WHA.In 1973 they changed the name in Edmonton Oilers but until 1979 they are participated in WHA,when they joined in NHL.The retired jersey numbers are 3-Al Hamilton, 11-Mark Messier, 17-Jari Kurri, 31-Grant Fuhr, 77-Paul Coffey, 99-Wayne Gretzky.
The complete list of the 2008/2009 season players:
Goalies: Dwayne Roloson, Mathieu Garon, Jeff Drouin-Deslaurie
Defensemen: Lubomir Visnovsky, Sheldon Souray, Ladislav Smid, Jason Strudwick, Taylor Chorney, Tom Gilbert, Steve Staios, Denis Grebeshkov, Mathieu Roy, Jesse Dudas
Left Wings: Erik Cole, Dustin Penner, Robert Nilsson, Ethan Moreau, Jean-Francois Jacques
Centers: Shawn Horcoff, Sam Gagner, Andrew Cogliano, Kyle Brodziak, Marc-Antoine Pouliot, Gilbert Brule, Rob Schremp
Right Wings: Ales Hemsky, Fernando Pisani, Zack Stortini, Kelly Czuy
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