Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index The Alberta Oilers, an American NHL hockey team, are now known as the Edmonton Oilers. They were called the Alberta Oilers because they had played in both Edmonton and Calgary and because Alberta produces much oil, but they eventually changed their name to the Edmonton Oilers. This was their Inagural Season in 1972-1973, their first season in the World Hockey Association, which is now defunct. The Oilers then went on to play in the NHL after the WHA had to merge with the NHL. The Edmonton Oilers went on to become the most successful franchise in NHL history after signing Wayne Gretzky, argueably the greatest hockey player ever, along with Mark Messier, Jari Kurri, Paul Coffey, Grant Fuhr and Andy Moog, winning 5 Stanley Cups from 1984 to 1990 in sports. This article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by fixing it. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.