List of Edmonton Oilers (WHA) players
This is a complete list of players for the Edmonton Oilers of the World Hockey Association (WHA). It includes players that have played at least one regular season or playoff game for the Edmonton Oilers (or the Alberta Oilers, as they were known in their inaugural season) as a franchise in the World Hockey Association between 1972 and 1979.
A total of 130 skaters and 14 goalies played for the Oilers in the seven seasons between 1972–73 and 1978–79. Of those, 16 also played for the Oilers after they joined the National Hockey League for the 1979–80 NHL season.
The skater with the most games as a WHA Oiler is Al Hamilton, with 455 (he also scored the most points, with 311). The goaltender with the most games as a WHA Oiler is Dave Dryden, with 197 (he also registered the most wins, with 94). There are 6 players who only played a single game as an Oiler during these years, and one player who never played a regular season game (participated in 2 playoff games).
Four ex-Oilers from the WHA era were later elected into the Hockey Hall of Fame: Jacques Plante (1978), Norm Ullman (1982), and Wayne Gretzky (1999) as players, and Glen Sather (1997) in the builder category.
Key[]
Also played with the Oilers in the NHL.
|
|
|
Goaltenders[]
Name | Nat | Seasons | Regular Season | Playoffs | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
GP | W | L | T | SO | GAA | SV% | GP | W | L | SO | GAA | SV% | |||
Broderick, Ken | 1976–1978 | 49 | 20 | 23 | 1 | 4 | 3.77 | .865 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3.40 | n/a | |
Brown, Ken | 1972–1973 1974–1975 |
52 | 21 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 3.58 | .892 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Doyle, Gary | 1973–1974 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.00 | .895 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Dryden, Dave | 1975–1979 | 197 | 94 | 87 | 9 | 7 | 3.42 | .883 | 18 | 6 | 11 | 0 | n/a | n/a | |
Kamppuri, Hannu | 1978–1979 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.67 | .792 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Levasseur, Louis | 1976–1977 | 21 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 4.35 | .866 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4.50 | n/a | |
McLeod, Don | 1977–1978 | 33 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3.55 | .864 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4.64 | n/a | |
Mio, Eddie | 1978–1979 | 22 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 3.99 | .853 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.00 | n/a | |
Norris, Jack | 1972–1974 | 117 | 51 | 53 | 4 | 3 | 3.13 | .901 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | n/a | n/a | |
Plante, Jacques | 1974–1975 | 40 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 3.32 | .890 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Turnbull, Frank | 1975–1976 1977–1978 |
4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5.42 | .831 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Walsh, Ed | 1978–1979 | 22 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3.75 | .836 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Wilkie, Ian | 1973–1974 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.11 | .930 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.85 | n/a | |
Worthy, Chris | 1973–1976 | 81 | 27 | 39 | 4 | 3 | 3.97 | .885 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | n/a | n/a |
Skaters[]
Name | Nat | Pos | Seasons | Regular Season | Playoffs | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
GP | G | A | P | PIM | GP | G | A | P | PIM | ||||
Ahrens, Chris | D | 1977–1978 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | |
Alexander, Claire | D | 1978–1979 | 54 | 8 | 23 | 31 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | |
Anderson, Ron | RW | 1972–1974 | 92 | 19 | 17 | 36 | 49 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Antonovich, Mike | C | 1976–1977 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | |
Arndt, Danny | LW | 1976–1977 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | |
Bailey, "Ace" | LW | 1978–1979 | 38 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
Baird, Ken | D | 1972–1978 | 276 | 77 | 92 | 169 | 467 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 29 | |
Barrie, Doug | D | 1972–1977 | 350 | 37 | 122 | 159 | 620 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 53 | |
Beaton, Frank | LW | 1976–1977 | 68 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 274 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 21 | |
Benzelock, Jim | RW | 1972–1973 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | |
Berry, Doug | C | 1978–1979 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | |
Blanchette, Bernie | RW | 1972–1973 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | |
Boddy, Gregg | D | 1976–1977 | 46 | 1 | 17 | 18 | 41 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 14 | |
Buchanan, Ron | C | 1974–1975 | 22 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | |
Busniuk, Ron | C | 1976–1978 | 88 | 4 | 20 | 24 | 240 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 55 | |
Butters, Bill | D | 1976–1977 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 17 | — | — | — | — | — | |
Callighen, Brett | LW | 1976–1979 | 180 | 60 | 85 | 145 | 239 | 23 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 38 | |
Campbell, Bryan | C | 1976–1978 | 119 | 19 | 55 | 74 | 30 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |
Carleton, Wayne | C | 1975–1976 | 26 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
Carlin, Brian | LW | 1972–1974 | 70 | 13 | 22 | 35 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Carlson, Jack | LW | 1975–1976 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
Carlson, Steve | C | 1978–1979 | 73 | 18 | 22 | 40 | 50 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | |
Carlyle, Steve | D | 1972–1976 | 218 | 11 | 59 | 70 | 109 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
Chipperfield, Ron | C | 1977–1979 | 135 | 65 | 89 | 154 | 95 | 18 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 8 | |
Climie, Ron | LW | 1973–1975 | 125 | 53 | 63 | 116 | 37 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Colborne, Howie | LW | 1973–1974 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | |
Connelly, Wayne | RW | 1976–1977 | 38 | 13 | 15 | 28 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
Cote, Roger | D | 1972–1974 | 119 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 80 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Cross, Jim | D | 1977–1978 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | |
Cunningham, Gary | D | 1973–1974 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | |
Deadmarsh, Butch | LW | 1977–1978 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 32 | — | — | — | — | — | |
DeMarco, Ab | D | 1977–1978 | 47 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Driscoll, Peter | LW | 1978–1979 | 69 | 17 | 23 | 40 | 115 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |
Evo, Bill | LW | 1975–1976 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | |
Falkenberg, Bob | D | 1972–1974 1977–1978 |
157 | 9 | 37 | 46 | 76 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 14 | |
Ferguson, Norm | C | 1977–1978 | 71 | 26 | 21 | 47 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Fisher, John | C | 1972–1973 | 40 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | |
Fitchner, Bob | C | 1973–1974 | 31 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | |
Flett, Bill | RW | 1976–1979 | 195 | 103 | 84 | 187 | 68 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 4 | |
Fonteyne, Val | LW | 1972–1974 | 149 | 16 | 45 | 61 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Fortunato, Joe | LW | 1976–1977 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | |
George, Wes | LW | 1978–1979 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | |
Gilmore, Tom | RW | 1973–1975 | 131 | 31 | 42 | 73 | 248 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 15 | |
Goldsworthy, Bill | RW | 1978–1979 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 | |
Gretzky, Wayne | C | 1978–1979 | 72 | 43 | 61 | 104 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 2 | |
Guite, Pierre | LW | 1977–1979 | 72 | 13 | 22 | 35 | 79 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 20 | |
Gustafsson, Bengt | RW | 1978–1979 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |
Hall, Del | LW | 1977–1978 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | |
Hamilton, Al | D | 1972–1979 | 455 | 53 | 258 | 311 | 492 | 27 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 31 | |
Harker, Derek | D | 1972–1973 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | |
Harrison, Jim | C | 1972–1974 | 113 | 63 | 92 | 155 | 192 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Herriman, Don | LW | 1974–1975 | 33 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | |
Hicke, Bill | RW | 1972–1973 | 73 | 14 | 24 | 38 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Holland, Jerry | LW | 1977–1978 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | |
Hornung, Larry | D | 1976–1977 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | |
Hughes, John | D | 1978–1979 | 41 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 82 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 35 | |
Hunter, Dave | LW | 1978–1979 | 72 | 7 | 25 | 32 | 134 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 42 | |
Hurley, Paul | D | 1975–1976 | 26 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Inkpen, Dave | D | 1977–1978 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | |
Jarry, Pierre | RW | 1977–1978 | 18 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
Joyal, Eddie | C | 1972–1976 | 239 | 57 | 55 | 112 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
Kassian, Dennis | LW | 1972–1973 | 50 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
Kennett, Murray | D | 1974–1976 | 78 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 31 | — | — | — | — | — | |
Kerslake, Doug | RW | 1974–1976 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | |
Ketter, Kerry | D | 1975–1976 | 48 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | |
Kirk, Gavin | C | 1976–1977 | 52 | 8 | 28 | 36 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
Krake, Skip | C | 1975–1976 | 41 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 55 | — | — | — | — | — | |
Laframboise, Pete | LW | 1976–1977 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | |
Laing, Bill | C | 1974–1976 | 96 | 10 | 16 | 26 | 99 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
Langevin, Dave | D | 1976–1979 | 216 | 19 | 59 | 78 | 260 | 23 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 44 | |
Lloyd, Owen | D | 1977–1978 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | |
Long, Barry | D | 1974–1977 | 158 | 30 | 73 | 103 | 184 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
Lunde, Len | LW | 1973–1974 | 72 | 26 | 22 | 48 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
MacDonald, Blair | RW | 1973–1976 1977–1979 |
339 | 118 | 124 | 242 | 111 | 23 | 13 | 13 | 26 | 8 | |
MacGregor, Bruce | C | 1974–1976 | 135 | 37 | 38 | 75 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
MacGregor, Gary | C | 1977–1978 | 37 | 11 | 2 | 13 | 29 | — | — | — | — | — | |
Mayer, Jim | D | 1978–1979 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | |
McAneeley, Bob | LW | 1972–1974 1975–1976 |
174 | 29 | 34 | 63 | 133 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
McAneeley, Ted | D | 1975–1976 | 79 | 2 | 17 | 19 | 71 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
McCrimmon, Jim | D | 1973–1975 | 109 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 156 | — | — | — | — | — | |
McKay, Ray | D | 1974–1975 1977–1978 |
83 | 9 | 24 | 33 | 51 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
McKenzie, Brian | C | 1973–1974 | 78 | 18 | 20 | 38 | 66 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
McMullin, Dale | LW | 1977–1978 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | |
Merrell, Barry | RW | 1976–1977 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | |
Micheletti, Joe | D | 1977–1979 | 128 | 28 | 67 | 95 | 141 | 18 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 6 | |
Miller, Warren | RW | 1977–1978 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | |
Morris, Bill | C | 1974–1975 | 36 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | |
Morris, Peter | LW | 1975–1977 | 78 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |
Morris, Rick | LW | 1975–1978 | 117 | 30 | 33 | 63 | 135 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | |
Muloin, Wayne | D | 1975–1976 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Neilson, Jim | D | 1978–1979 | 35 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | |
Nevin, Bob | RW | 1976–1977 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | |
Patenaude, "Rusty" | RW | 1972–1977 | 355 | 136 | 112 | 248 | 297 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 26 | |
Patrick, Glenn | D | 1976–1977 | 23 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 62 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Patterson, Dennis | D | 1976–1977 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | |
Peacosh, Gene | C | 1976–1977 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | |
Perkins, Ross | C | 1972–1975 | 225 | 44 | 93 | 137 | 95 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | |
Pinder, Gerry | RW | 1977–1978 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | |
Prentice, Bill | D | 1976–1977 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | |
Primeau, Kevin | RW | 1977–1978 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
Rogers, John | RW | 1975–1976 | 44 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 34 | — | — | — | — | — | |
Rogers, Mike | C | 1974–1976 | 122 | 47 | 63 | 110 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | |
Rota, Randy | LW | 1976–1978 | 93 | 17 | 28 | 45 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 4 | |
Russell, Bob | C | 1975–1977 | 115 | 20 | 24 | 44 | 60 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Sandbeck, Cal | D | 1977–1979 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 41 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |
Sather, Glen | LW | 1976–1977 | 81 | 19 | 34 | 53 | 77 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
Scharf, Ted | RW | 1976–1977 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | |
Schraefel, Jim | C | 1973–1974 | 34 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | |
Semenko, Dave | LW | 1977–1979 | 142 | 16 | 20 | 36 | 298 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 37 | |
Sheehan, Bobby | C | 1973–1975 | 87 | 20 | 42 | 62 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | |
Sheehy, Tim | RW | 1974–1977 | 138 | 57 | 59 | 116 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | |
Shmyr, Paul | D | 1977–1979 | 160 | 17 | 79 | 96 | 219 | 18 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 34 | |
Siltanen, Risto | D | 1978–1979 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 4 | |
Simpson, Tom | RW | 1976–1977 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | |
Sobchuk, Dennis | C | 1977–1979 | 87 | 32 | 40 | 72 | 35 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 8 | |
Spring, Dan | C | 1975–1976 | 75 | 12 | 11 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
St. Sauveur, Claude | C | 1976–1977 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Stewart, Paul | LW | 1976–1977 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | |
Tajcnar, Rudy | D | 1978–1979 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | |
Topolnisky, Craig | D | 1977–1978 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | |
Troy, Jim | RW | 1977–1978 | 47 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 124 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ullman, Norm | C | 1975–1977 | 144 | 47 | 83 | 130 | 40 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | |
Wall, Bob | D | 1972–1974 | 152 | 22 | 60 | 82 | 66 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | |
Walters, Ron | C | 1972–1973 | 78 | 28 | 26 | 54 | 37 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Weir, Stan | C | 1978–1979 | 68 | 31 | 30 | 61 | 20 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | |
Widing, Juha | C | 1977–1978 | 71 | 18 | 24 | 42 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
Wilkins, Barry | D | 1976–1977 | 51 | 4 | 24 | 28 | 75 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Williams, "Butch" | RW | 1976–1977 | 29 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | |
Zuk, Wayne | C | 1973–1974 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | |
Zuke, Mike | C | 1977–1978 | 71 | 23 | 34 | 57 | 47 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
References[]
- "All-time roster for the Edmonton Oilers of the WHA". hockeydb.com. Retrieved 2008-05-06.
- "All-time roster for the Alberta Oilers of the WHA". hockeydb.com. Retrieved 2008-05-06.
- "WHA Oilers Page - All Time Player Index A-K". "The Home of the Oilers". Retrieved 2008-05-06.
- "WHA Oilers Page - All Time Player Index L-Z". "The Home of the Oilers". Retrieved 2008-05-06.
- Edmonton Oilers (WHA) players
- Lists of WHA players
- Edmonton Oilers lists