The modern era of professional hockey began when the Edmonton Oilers became an NHL team. The year was 1979, and over the next decade the team set the standard for successful, exciting hockey, winning five Stanley Cups in seven seasons and producing some of the greatest players in the history of the sport--players such as Wayne Gretzky, Mark Messier, Grant Fuhr and Paul Coffey.
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The modern era of professional hockey began when the Edmonton Oilers became an NHL team. The year was 1979, and over the next decade the team set the standard for successful, exciting hockey, winning five Stanley Cups in seven seasons and producing some of the greatest players in the history of the sport--players such as Wayne Gretzky, Mark Messier, Grant Fuhr and Paul Coffey.
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