| The Edmonton Oilers is a a professional
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| | light of the great strength and the
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| ice hockey team located in Edmonton,
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| | unbeatable performances of the Oilers
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| Alberta, Canada. They enjoy playing in
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| | during this period, The Experts concluded
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| the National Hockey League (NHL). The
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| | the Oilers as one of the best Sports Team
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| Oilers efficiently supervised the 2006-07
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| | both in the history of NHL and in the
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| NHL ( season as the defending Western
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| | history of other Sports. This statement
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| Conference Champions.
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| | is witnessed by a Sporting News poll
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| Alberta Oilers was the founding Member
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| | recently in February 2006 when the
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| who united the World Hockey Association
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| | 1987-88 Oilers were listed as one of the
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| in 1972 and Bill Hunter was the real
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| | top-five teams from the last 120 years.
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| Owner of the Team. Hunter was also the
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| | Regarding the Uniform of Edmonton Oilers,
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| Owner of Edmonton Oil Kings. He
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| | The design consisted on the conventional
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| endeavoured in getting professional
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| | colors of blue and orange in 1972. Later
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| Hockey to Edmonton but all his efforts
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| | on, the change in the design of the
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| ended in smoke after the rejection by
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| | Uniform was observed. However, The Orange
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| NHL.
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| | remained the dominant color and blue used
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| Edmonton Oilers was named Albera Oilers
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| | for the trimming. In the season of 1972
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| in the beginning. The reason of this
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| | season for at least first few games, the
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| naming was their plan to split their home
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| | word 'ALBERTA' was written on the uniform
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| games between Edmonton and Calgary after
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| | instead of player names. When it was
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| the Calgary Broncos folded. However, For
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| | evident that the team would play
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| diverse reasons, most probably financial
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| | exclusively in Edmonton, the player names
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| or maybe the possibility of letting
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| | replaced the word "ALBERTA" Whereas the
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| easier expansion of either the NHL or WHA
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| | jerseys featured the player numbers high
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| to Calgary, Edmonton Oilers played all of
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| | on the shoulders instead of on the upper
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| its games in Edmonton, thus changed their
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| | sleeve.
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| name to imitate this the following year.
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| | In 1975-1976 , the change in the jersey's
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| The Team could not produce the high
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| | design was also observed. The bluer base
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| performances in their early games. Even
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| | was replaced with orange trim with some
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| though, the team players starting getting
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| | minor differences. The logo that
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| popularity and were much welcomed by
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| | presented on programs and promotional
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| their fans. Amongst the early star
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| | material continued to be the same; but
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| players were defenseman and team captain
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| | the logo that featured on the home jersey
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| Al Hamilton, star goaltender Dave Dryden,
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| | had a white oil drop, on a dark orange
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| and forwards Blair McDonald and Bill
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| | field, along with the team name written
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| Flett. There was a great improvement
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| | in deep blue. The jersey design which had
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| observed in 1978, when the new owner
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| | the orange printed logo led to the
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| Peter Pocklington decided and carried out
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| | misconception of attributing it to the
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| one of the greatest trades in hockey
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| | entire history of the WHA Oilers. In
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| history, getting an already-aspiring
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| | almost all other sides, the jerseys were
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| superstar Wayne Gretzky plus goaltender
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| | similar to the dynasty-era form that it
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| Eddie Mio and forward Peter Driscoll,
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| | is known throughout the hockey world.
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| from the Indianapolis Racers for a token
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| | The most popular look of Jersey was seen
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| sum. Gretzky's first and only WHA season,
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| | in 1979 when Edmonton Oilers rushed to
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| 1978-79, saw the Oilers accelerated to
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| | the NHL. In the new Look of Jersey,the
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| the top of the WHA standings, stamping a
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| | substitute logos were removed. The basic
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| league-best 48-30-2 record. It is
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| | design stayed untouched till 1996, when
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| important to mention here that that
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| | the blue and orange were replaced by
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| Edmonton's regular season victory did not
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| | midnight blue and copper. Besides this
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| interpret into a championship, as they
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| | other changes done to the jersey at that
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| fell to the rival Winnipeg Jets in the
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| | time were the deletion of the orange
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| Avco World Trophy Final. Young Oilers
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| | shoulder bar and cuffs from the away
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| enforcer Dave Semenko gained the last
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| | jersey, plus the addition of the "rigger"
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| goal in WHA history late in the third
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| | alternate logo to the end of the shoulder
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| period of the final game.
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| | bar on the home jersey, and also the
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| The team moved on its progress and it
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| | equivalent position on the road jersey.
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| joined the NHL for the 1979-80 seasons
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| | After a year, the shoulder bars were
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| along with fellow WHA teams Hartford
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| | discarded from the home jersey too,
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| Whalers, Quebec Nordiques, and the Jets.
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| | making the Oilers' sweater a modern look.
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| Out of all these four teams, Edmonton
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| | There was a controversy over the
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| continued with its name and location
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| | introduction of the third jersey
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| whereas the Nordiques changed their name
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| | containing a logo designed by Spawn
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| to the Colorado Avalanche in 1995, the
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| | creator and Oilers co-owner, Todd
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| Jets became the Phoenix Coyotes in 1996,
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| | McFarlane. This move created negative
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| and the Whalers became the Carolina
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| | reactions to other teams' designs in
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| Hurricanes in 1997.
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| | 2001. Both the "rigger" logo and
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| The Edmonton Oilers enjoyed the peak of
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| | McFarlane's "Blades" logo were always
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| their performances as a mighty team when
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| | seen with contempt because it seemed to
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| the great players like Wayne Gretzky,
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| | meant to symbolize elements of the
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| Mark Messier, Jari Kurri, Paul Coffey,
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| | Oilers' past, whereas the navy, silver,
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| Glenn Anderson, Grant Fuhr, and Kevin
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| | and white design is usually considered a
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| Lowe were the part of the team. This team
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| | success, there are no inclinations for it
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| is believed to be the strongest team in
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| | to become the basis for the team's
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| the hockey history and they successfully
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| | primary jerseys, as it has been done
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| showed their domination of the NHL
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| | formally by the Dallas Stars and San Jose
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| towards the mid-to-late 1980s. In the
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| | Sharks.
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