Great Oilers Moment #7

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7. 1988 Stanley Cup Win

The Oilers already had 3 cups to their name and had won it the previous season. To get to the finals, they first disposed of the Jets in 5 games, but then found themselves matched up against the President’s Trophy winners, the Calgary Flames. The Flames had amassed an impressive 48-23-9 record, however, they surrendered almost as quickly as the Netherlands as it only took the Oilers 6 days to send the Flames back down the highway. From there, they took out the Detroit Red Wings in 5 games and then came up against the 4th best team in the league, the Boston Bruins. The Oilers won the first 3 games of the series convincingly, by a combined score of 12-6. In Game 4, the game was tied 3-3 in the 2nd period. The old Boston Garden was such a piece of shit that the wiring and breakers in the building failed, plunging it into darkness. The game was rescheduled to be played at Northlands, and the Oilers won it by a score of 6-3. Their postseason record was an amazing 16-2, and it was the second time they had won the cup in consecutive years and had now won the cup four out of the last five years.

Also of note…this would be the last game Wayne Gretzky would play in an Oilers uniform, and at the ripe old age of 27, it would also turn out to be his last Stanley Cup.