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Edmonton Oilers Hockey Club
 NEWS FROM THE STANDARD
Huddling on Net Sports
Mar 01 2000 12:00 AM PST

 PROFILE
Despite a lack of gushers lately, the Edmonton Oilers keep drilling for success. Founded in 1972 by sports impresario Bill Hunter as the Alberta Oilers (it changed names the next year), the team was a charter member of the World Hockey Association (WHA). Flamboyant businessman Peter Pocklington bought the team in 1977 and took it into the NHL after the WHA folded in 1979. Led by "The Great One" (Wayne Gretzky), the Oilers won four Stanley Cup titles in the 1980s. The club won a fifth title in 1990 after Gretzky was traded. Angry creditors forced Pocklington to sell the team in 1998, and a group of 37 investors, including Todd McFarlane (creator of the comic book "Spawn") bought the Oilers for $70 million.

 COMPETITION
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 FINANCIAL OVERVIEW
Fiscal Year-End: July
2000 Sales (mil.): 40.40
1-Yr. Sales Growth: 11.9%
Employees: 100
Revenue per employee: $404,000.00

 KEY PEOPLE
• Patrick LaForge
    CEO
• Doug Thomson
    CFO

 CONTACT INFO
11230 110th St.
Edmonton Alberta T5G 3H7, Canada
Phone: 1-780-414-4000
Fax: 1-780-414-4659
Online: Web Site

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