Edmonton Road Runners

Edmonton Road Runners
founding	2004
resolution	2005
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	Rexall Place
Location	Edmonton , Alberta
Team colors	blue, red, gold
league	American Hockey League
Calder cups	no

The Edmonton Road Runners were a Canadian ice hockey franchise of the American Hockey League from Edmonton in the province of Alberta , which participated in the game operation in the 2004/05 season . The Road Runners' venue was Rexall Place .

history

After the 2003/04 season in the American Hockey League , the Edmonton Oilers decided to relocate the Toronto Roadrunners from Toronto to Edmonton . The Road Runners played in the Oilers arena. It was an unusual decision for North American sports to have their own farm team in the same city, but this decision was made with a view to the lockout in the National Hockey League during the 2004/05 NHL season .

Although the team started the season well and had an average attendance of 8,854 per game, the AHL was officially asked for permission to withdraw the team from the league on June 6, 2005. This happened after the negotiations for the resumption of play in the NHL for the following season had progressed significantly. Although the Oilers still own the rights to the inactive franchise, those responsible decided to cooperate with the Springfield Falcons from the AHL instead of reactivating the Road Runners. On February 9, 2010 - almost five years after the inactivity began - the Edmonton Oilers announced that they would be relocating their farm team to Oklahoma City for the 2010/11 season .

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	SOL	Pts	GF	GA	PIM	space	Playoffs
2004/05	80	32	33	11	4th	-	79	201	223	1873	6th, North	not qualified
total	80	32	33	11	4th	-	79	201	223	1873		no playoff participation

Team records

Career records

Games: 80 Jeff Woywitka

Goals: 22 Tony Salmelainen , Brad Winchester

Assists: 26 Kyle Brodziak

Points: 46 Tony Salmelainen , Raffi Torres

Penalty Minutes: 231 Rocky Thompson

Shutouts: 5 Tyler Moss

Well-known former players

• Tony Salmelainen
• Brad Winchester

Web links

• The Internet Hockey Database - Edmonton Road Runners