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"Eleven to nil for bloody Hartford"

Today in history: the record-breaking, Stanley Cup-bound Edmonton Oilers fall 11-0 to the sad sack Hartford Whalers to end what remains the worst road trip in franchise history.

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The team that wouldn't die - the 1987 Philadelphia Flyers

Oilers - Flyers preview: Memories of happier times, when these two clubs met in one of the greatest of Stanley Cup Finals in the spring of 1987.

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"Happy birthday, Wayne": the 21-year, personal services contract

Rememebering Wayne Gretzky's 18th birthday party, and the 21-year personal services contract he signed at centre ice before the game that night. Both the contract and Wayne himself would have a major effect on the future course of the sport.

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Have pads, will travel: the remarkable career of Fred Brathwaite

Peripatetic puckstopper: Remembering Fred Brathwaite, whose 12-team, 4-country professional career got its start right here in Edmonton.

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Historically speaking, how Bad are the current Oilers?

Historically speaking, how Bad are the Oilers? Currently ranked 29th in the NHL, the Oilers have never before finished in the bottom 3 of the NHL.

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2009 NHLer of the Year: Martin Brodeur

A review of the remarkable career of Martin Brodeur and the many career goaltending records he broke in 2009.

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Revenge of the minnows

Revenge of the minnows: Remembering Slovakia's greatest hockey moment, the 2002 World Senior Men's Championships.

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Evolution of a record

Analyzing era effects on the NHL career shutouts record currently shared by Terry Sawchuk and Martin Brodeur.

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Sawchuk

Personal memories and a career retrospective of Terry Sawchuk, the talented, troubled goaltender whose seemingly unassailable record of 103 shutouts was equalled by Martin Brodeur this week.

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Who owns the record for fewest shots on goal in a season?

Corsi don't concern them, it's the group of men with the fewest shots in a single season in NHL history

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