John Muckler, a former NHL coach and executive who was a part of five Stanley Cup winning teams with the Edmonton Oilers, has died at age 86.
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John Muckler, former Oilers coach and Stanley Cup champion, dies at 86
Monday, January 4th, 2021 ‘Promising’ start to health protocols for world junior hockey championship, health official says
Tuesday, November 17th, 2020
Canada's deputy chief of public health says the initial health and safety protocols proposed for the upcoming word junior hockey championship in Edmonton look "promising."
Historical sex offence charges laid against former Edmonton track coach
Tuesday, November 10th, 2020
A former Edmonton Olympic Track and Field Club coach has been charged with historical sex offences against five teen males dating back to the mid-1970s, Edmonton police said Tuesday night.
Beloved Edmonton sports figure Joey Moss dies at age 57
Monday, October 26th, 2020
Joey Moss, who worked as a locker room attendant with the Edmonton Oilers and Edmonton Football Team for decades, has died at age 57.
Edmonton Paralympian pleads for return of stolen bikes
Tuesday, September 1st, 2020
An Edmonton-based Paralympic track star has been sidelined by the theft of her two training bikes.
Is today the day? Edmonton anticipates NHL hub city announcement
Friday, July 10th, 2020
It's an announcement that has been anticipated for weeks: the NHL officially declaring its plan to resume the season and have Edmonton host games at Rogers Place as one of two hub cities.
New charity honours memory of Oilers forward Colby Cave
Tuesday, April 14th, 2020
Edmonton Oilers chairman Bob Nicholson remembers Colby Cave as a tireless worker on the ice and in the community.
For more than 24 hours, long-distance racer ran laps inside Alberta town’s coffee shop
Tuesday, April 7th, 2020
A 32-year-old man in Valleyview, Alta. was among several thousand runners around the world who competed in the Quarantine Backyard Ultra this weekend.
Edmonton man keeps ‘even keel’ during Beijing quarantine, 54 days in isolation
Monday, March 30th, 2020
Throughout his career, playing minor hockey in 13 countries, Rory Rawlyk has come to expect brushes with disaster.
‘Sadness, tears, shock’: Alberta athletes and coaches react to Arctic Winter Games cancellation
Monday, March 9th, 2020
Athletes and sports organizers in northern Alberta said they’re feeling devastated after this year’s Arctic Winter Games were cancelled due to coronavirus.