Checking in the 80’s
#Oilers
#Leafs
0
0
11
908
September 24, 1986
#Oilers #Leafs  brawl 1986/87 preseason
Mark Messier fights Steve Thomas…..and Russ Courtnall, Fuhr comes to help.
3
3
33
7,329
October 24, 1986
#Oilers #Bruins
Messier drops Paul Boutilier
0
0
9
2,494
September 24, 1986
#Oilers #Leafs brawl 1986/87 preseason
Does Wendel Clark take things too far fighting MacTavish?
Mark Messier fights Steve Thomas…..and Russ Courtnall, Fuhr comes to help.
250 mins in penalties.
8-2 #LetsGoOilers
9
14
110
15,993
February 18, 1987
CHCH opening
5 #Oilers #HOF players beats 5 Aces
Edmonton Toronto history to that point
Rick Vaive
Division standings
#LetsGoOilers  
#LeafsForever
0
1
8
828
February 15, 1995
After a scrum near the #Oilers bench, Dave Ellett and Doug Weight continue their feud in the penalty box.
Weight and Arnott get sent to the locker room.
Jason gives Toronto fans the 🖕
#LetsGoOilers   
#Leafs 
#LeafsForever
1
0
24
3,070
October 24, 1986
#Oilers #Bruins
Wayne Gretzky records his 38th career hat trick
1
2
15
1,092
CHCH opening
February 18, 1987
5 #Oilers #HOF players beats 5 Aces
#LetsGoOilers 
#LeafsForever
#Leafs
0
1
2
695
October 24, 1986
#Oilers #Bruins
Wayne Gretzky top shelf shorthanded
#LetsGoOilers
0
1
16
1,773
February 18, 1987
#Oilers #Leafs 
Wendel Clark was known as a guy who could hit with the best of them.
He has Messier lined up not once, but twice and both times ends up on his ass.
#LetsGoOilers 
#LeafsForever
20
15
140
20,491
October 24, 1986
#Oilers #Bruins
Andy Moog stops Foster in a breakaway
2
0
25
2,436
October 22, 1980
A rivalry is born.
Edmonton #Oilers vs the Calgary #Flames  for the first time.
Dave Semenko scores the first and the game winning in the history of the #BattleOfAlberta
5-3 #LetsGoOilers 
Nelson Skalbania and Pocklington placing bets on the game 😬
3
4
38
2,465
OTD 1981
#Islanders #Oilers
Billy Smith swings his stick at Gretzky, no penalty.
Bossy, Merrick 🚨
4-3 #Islanders
0
3
21
2,073
Wayne Gretzky
Checking Tips with Kevin Lowe
#Oilers
7
40
241
23,363
OTD 1978
Wayne Gretzky scores his first goal as a professional vs the #Oilers
He would score his 2nd four seconds later.
#Racers
#LetsGoOilers
4
12
70
6,119
Vintage Oilers retweeted
October 19, 1988
In this Coaches Corner instalment Don Cherry:
• Doesn’t like Wayne playing in Los Angeles
• Calls Bruce McNall McNutt
• Thinks making Messier Captain was a mistake
• Stands by his claim Kurri won’t score 50 without Wayne and places a wager
#HNIC
10
23
218
22,472
October 19, 1988
Glen Sather
2
4
35
2,561
October 19, 1988
Barrie Staffford and the #Oilers seamstress get Mark Messier’s “C” in the right spot
#LetsGoOilers
1
5
55
5,063
October 19, 1988
Wayne Gretzky after the game
1
5
46
3,844