Actually they were one of 12 teams to start in the World Hockey Association in 1972 as the Alberta Oilers. In 1973 they changed to Edmonton. The moved to the NHL in 1979.
Wayne Gretzky played 10 seasons with the Edmonton Oilers (1978-79 to 1987-88) before being traded to the Los Angeles Kings.
The Texans franchise replaced the Houston Oilers, who moved to Tennessee and became the Titans.
The Oilers wanted a new stadium in Houston, and when Tennessee offered to build one, they took the offer. Houston subsequently built Reliant Stadium and the Houston Texans were founded.
The New York Islanders won four Stanley cups in that period before being defeated in the 1985 Stanley cup finals by Wayne Gretzsky and the Edmonton Oilers.
Memphis got the shaft. Nashville wasn't considered for expansion before the Oilers moved there. It was always Memphis. Of course the Oilers didn't get much support from Memphis when they were in Memphis. Memphis fans felt robbed because they knew the stay in Memphis was only temporary.
The Cowboys won five games and lost three to the Oilers before the Houston franchise moved and became the Tennessee Titans. The Cowboys and the Titans are 2-and-2 in their four meetings so far.
In 1795, Fort Edmonton was established on the north bank of the river, as a major trading post for the Hudson's Bay Company. It was named after Edmonton, London, the home town of HBC deputy governor Sir James Winter Lake.
$200 million in February 2008. Katz originally offered $145 million, then $185 million, then $188 million before his offer of $200 million was accepted by the EIG (Edmonton Investors Group).
Wayne Gretzky started playing major junior hockey for thePeterborough Petes in the 1976-77 season in the OMHL (Now OHL) and the Sault Ste. Marie Grehounds in the 1977-78 season. He then singed a 7 year contract worth $1.75 million US with the Indianapolis Racers of the WHA when he was 17 the next season. The Racers where a struggling franchise always losing money, so he was traded to the Edmonton Oilers. The Season of 1979-80, the Edmonton Oilers where expanded into the NHL along with teams like the Winnipeg Jets and the Quebec Nordiques.At the End of the 1987-88 season, the Oilers traded Gretzky to the Los Angeles Kings were he would play for 7.5 seasons, before being traded off to the St. Louis Blues during the 1995-96 season. At the end of that season he signed with the New York Rangers where he retired 3 years later after the 1998-99 season.
They moved from Houston to Tennessee before the 1997 season and in 1997 they were the Tennessee Oilers. At the start of the 1999 season they officially became the Tennessee Titans.
while on the l.a kings he wore his 99 number, before that he wore his 99 while playing for the Edmonton oilers in Canada. his first number was 11, when he was 10. after that his professional number has been 99.
The Titans were once the Houston Oilers. The Titans play in Nashville.