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The history of the Edmonton Oilers dates back to 1972, when the team was established as a professional ice hockey team based in Edmonton, Alberta.The team originally played in the World Hockey Association (WHA), before joining the National Hockey League (NHL) in 1979.
Peter Pocklington was known among North American hockey fans as "Peter Puck", an entrepreneur from oil-rich Alberta who was also the owner of the National Hockey League (NHL)'s Edmonton Oilers. He earned the enmity of many Canadians when he sold hockey's greatest player, Wayne Gretzky , to the Los Angeles Kings .
The EIG were the key players for keeping the Edmonton Oilers in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada long term by purchasing the team from then-owner Peter Pocklington for C$107 million ($184 million in 2023 Canadian dollars [1]) and preventing the team from being moved by being purchased for US$90 million ($168 million in 2023 American dollars [2]) or C ...
The Oilers Octane was the cheerleading team for the Edmonton Oilers. The team was the first cheer squad for a Canadian NHL franchise. [ 198 ] The debut of the cheer-leading team received a mixed reaction from the Edmonton community, including petitions to keep cheerleading out of the sport of hockey in Canada.
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Daryl Katz was born in 1961 in Edmonton, Alberta. [1] His father was a pharmacist who founded Value Drug Mart in Edmonton in the 1970s. [2] Katz attended the Jewish day school, the Edmonton Talmud Torah during his elementary years and then graduated from Jasper Place High School.
Edmonton Oilers owner Daryl Katz denies an allegation he paid an underage ballerina at least $75,000 for "sexual favors," a claim made in a civil action filed