Cape Breton Oilers

Cape Breton Oilers
founding	1988
resolution	1996
history	Nova Scotia Oilers 1984 - 1988 Cape Breton Oilers 1988 - 1996 Hamilton Bulldogs 1996 - 2003 Toronto Roadrunners 2003 - 2004 Edmonton Road Runners 2004 - 2005 Oklahoma City Barons 2010 - 2015 Bakersfield Condors since 2015
Stadion	Center 200
Location	Sydney , Nova Scotia
Team colors	Orange, blue
league	American Hockey League
Calder cups	1992/93

The Cape Breton Oilers were a Canadian ice hockey franchise of the American Hockey League from Sydney in the province of Nova Scotia . The venue for the Cape Breton Oilers was Center 200 .

history

The Cape Breton Oilers were founded in 1988 as the new farm team of the Edmonton Oilers from the National Hockey League . They were the successors to the Nova Scotia Oilers . The team adopted both a similar logo and kit design from Edmonton. The team's greatest achievement was winning the Calder Cup in the 1992/93 season . In the playoffs, the Oilers player Bill McDougall achieved a record in professional ice hockey with 52 points in 16 games (including 26 goals).

In 1996 the team after eight years was in the AHL for Hamilton in the province of Ontario moved in and Hamilton Bulldogs renamed.

Season statistics

Abbreviations: GP = games, W = wins, L = defeats, T = draws, OTL = defeats after overtime, SOL = defeats after shootout , Pts = points, GF = goals scored, GA = goals against, PIM = penalty minutes

season	GP	W.	L.	T	OTL	Pts	GF	GA	space	Playoffs
1988/89	80	27	47	6th	-	60	308	388	7th, North	not qualified
1989/90	80	39	34	7th	-	85	317	306	2nd, North	lost 2-4 in the first round to Springfield Indians
1990/91	80	41	31	8th	-	90	306	301	2nd, North	lost 4-0 in the first round to Moncton Hawks
1991/92	80	36	34	10	-	82	336	330	3rd, Atlantic	lost 4-1 in the first round to St. John's Maple Leafs
1992/93	80	36	32	12	-	84	356	336	3rd, Atlantic	won 4-1 in the final against Rochester Americans
1993/94	80	32	35	13	-	77	316	339	4th, Atlantic	lost 4-1 in the first round to St. John's Maple Leafs
1994/95	80	27	44	9	-	63	298	342	5th, Atlantic	not qualified
1995/96	80	33	40	3	4th	73	290	323	5th, Atlantic	not qualified
total	640	271	297	68	4th	614	2527	2665		5 playoff appearances 5 series: 4 wins, 4 losses 36 games: 18 wins, 18 losses

Team records

Career records

Games: 366 Dan Currie

Goals: 219 Dan Currie

Assists: 307 Shaun Van Allen

Points: 432 Shaun Van Allen

Penalty minutes: 969 Dennis Bonvie

Shutouts: 3 Jason Fitzsimmons

Web links

• The Internet Hockey Database - Cape Breton Oilers
• The Internet Hockey Database - Player List Cape Breton Oilers