Edmonton Oilers

The Edmonton Oilers are a professional ice hockey team based in Edmonton, Alberta, and a member of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference in the National Hockey League. The club was founded in 1971 by W. D. Hunter and Charles Allard and began play in 1972 as one of the twelve founding franchises of the World Hockey Association, first as the Alberta Oilers and then under its present name. It joined the NHL in 1979 through the NHL and WHA merger. After joining the league the Oilers won the Stanley Cup five times, in 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988 and 1990, and the team plays at Rogers Place, which opened in 2016. Its rivalry with the Calgary Flames is known as the Battle of Alberta.