Hockey fans everywhere would witness some of the fiercest, toughest, and most highly entertaining brand of hockey not seen in the NHL in decades.Įdmonton was loaded with superstars like Wayne Gretzky, Mark Messier, Grant Fuhr, Paul Coffey, and Glenn Anderson, who led the Oilers to five Stanley Cups. The Edmonton Oilers, just 160 miles up the road, would now go head-to-head for the Battle of Alberta. When the Atlanta Flames became the Calgary Flames in 1980, it gave hockey one of its greatest all-time rivalries.
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