"Oilers Goals" 1988 Playoffs vs Jets (1st Round)

Edmonton Oilers Goal Highlights vs Winnipeg Jets 1988 Semi Final 
(Edmonton won series 4-1)

Pokey and The Bandit

Winnipeg Jets 1986-1988

Eldon "Pokey" Reddick 

and

Daniel "The Bandit" Berthiaume

Hockey Magazine of the Week

Inside Sports 1988-89 Hockey Preview

October 1988

Today In NHL History (December 31st)

December 31st 1988

Mario Lemieux of the Pittsburgh Penguins scores 5 goals 5 ways in an 8-6 defeat of the New Jersey Devils.  
He scored even strength, power play, penalty shot, short handed and empty net, he also added 3 assist for 8 points total in the game.

Today in NHL Hockey History (November 23rd)

November 23rd 1988

Wayne Gretzky of the LA Kings scores his in a game against the Detroit Red Wings at Joe Louis Arena.

1987 and 1988 Jack Adams Trophy

Jacque Demers is to date the first and only coach to win back to back Jack Adams Trophies as NHL Coach of the Year.  He won the 1987 and 1988 Awards as head coach of the Detroit Redwings.   In these 2 seasons he guided the Red Wings to consecutive Campbell Conference Finals appearances but lost both to eventual Stanley Cup champion Edmonton Oilers.

WE LOVE HOCKEY!

Mike Modano

 #1 overall draft pick of the 1988 NHL Entry Draft.

 by the Minnesota North Stars.

Today in Hockey History (May 26th)

May 26th 1988

The Edmonton Oilers win their 4th Stanley Cup in 5 years and unbeknownst to anyone at the time it would be the last Stanley Cup win for "The Great One" Way Gretzky.  

Gretzky would win the Conn Smythe Trophy as Playoff MVP 

(his 2nd) in what became his last game as a member of the Edmonton Oilers.

Today in Hockey History - November 23rd

courtesy Hookedonhockeymagazine.com

November 23, 1929 – Boston defenseman Eddie Shore set an NHL record by…recording five fighting majors. That’s good for 25 minutes, nearly half the game, which the Bruins won 4-3 over the Maroons. Apparently that was legal back then, but current NHL rules state that a player who engages in three fights in one game is automatically ejected. I’m sure they’d want to leave anyway with all the bruises and cuts they’d suffer, so I’m not sure how Shore managed to endure five fights. A few months later, he was actually challenged to a boxing match by baseball player Art Shires. Who knew that a baseball player in the 30s wanted to play hockey?

November 23, 1977 – The Kings celebrated their 300^th win in franchise history by setting a team record for the four fastest goals, scoring in a span of just 2:21 in the first in an 8-3 win over the visiting Blackhawks. Just a fun night all around for the home team.

November 23, 1980 – Obviously upset at their defeated three years ago, the Blackhawks set a team record of their own by scoring 11 goals in a home game against the Whalers, the most in their own building in their 54-year history. Hartford scored just three, making for an 11-3 blowout.

November 23, 1982 – Neal Broten and Steve Payne each scored hat tricks for the North Stars…but ended up tying the Islanders 8-8. Not one, but two players recorded a hat trick, and Minnesota couldn’t come up with the win! That’s both frustrating for those guys and embarrassing for the defense.

November 23, 1988 – Wayne Gretzky scored a goal and five assists to become the fifth player in NHL history to score 600 goals, as the Kings won 8-3 at Detroit. Gordie Howe, Phil Esposito, Marcel Dionne, and Bobby Hull had done it before, but none of them came close to reaching that milestone in the 718 games it took Wayne (and he had also hit 900 assists). Exactly three years later, he’d pick up his 49^th career hat trick. Good day to be Wayne.

November 23, 1991 – The Rangers Brian Leetch began a team-record 17-game point scoring streak as New York beat the Blues 3-0. I’d like to take this time to remind you that Leetch was a defenseman (which is impressive for him as it is slightly embarrassing for the rest of the Rangers forwards throughout history). Mike Richter also recorded his first shutout in the win.

1988 NHL Entry Draft

The first 2 picks of the 1988 NHL Entry Draft

#1 - Mike Modano - Minnesota North Stars

#2 Trevor Linden - Vancouver Canucks

A King's Ransom

Today in 1988 the sports world was rocked by the trade of "The Great One" Wayne Gretzky from the Edmonton Oilers (who he led to 4 Stanley Cup wins in 5 tries) to the Los Angeles Kings.   He would take or drag the Kings to the top of the league and the 1993 Stanley Cup Final but Canada's national hero was going to try and bring hockey to the sunshine state.

The ESPN 30 for 30 documentary "A King's Ransom" takes an in depth look at this momentous day in hockey history.

Flyers / Oilers '87 Finals Game 7 Highlight Video