On this day in 2014, the Edmonton Oilers acquired veteran forward Derek Roy from the Nashville Predators in exchange for forward Mark Arcobello. Roy was on his way to Milwaukee, home of the Predators American Hockey League affiliate, when he received a phone call to get his luggage off the plane and catch a flight to Edmonton.
Throughout the summer and into the fall, we’ll be counting down the days until the Edmonton Oilers begin their 2023-24 season with a daily trip down memory lane.
Puckdoku is the trivia game sweeping the hockey world. It’s the NHL equivalent of the “Immaculate Grid,“ a three-by-three fill-in-the-blank puzzle that originated as an MLB game but quickly spawned variants for all kinds of other sports leagues.
Throughout the summer and into the fall, we’ll be counting down the days until the Edmonton Oilers begin their 2023-24 season with a daily trip down memory lane.