page_title: Edmonton Oilers
section_title: Hall of Famers
hierarchical_section_title: Edmonton Oilers / Personnel / Hall of Famers
caption_attribution_description: English: Paul Coffey in 2007.
context_page_description: The Edmonton Oilers are a professional ice hockey team based in Edmonton. They compete in the National Hockey League as a member of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference.
  The Oilers were officially founded in 1971 by W. D. "Wild Bill" Hunter and Dr. Chuck Allard. The team played its first season in 1972, as one of the twelve founding franchises of the major professional World Hockey Association. They were originally intended to be one of two WHA Alberta teams, along with the Calgary Broncos. However, when the Broncos relocated to Cleveland, Ohio, before the WHA's first season began, the Oilers were renamed the Alberta Oilers. They returned to their current name in the following year, and subsequently joined the NHL in 1979 as one of four franchises absorbed through the NHL merger with the WHA.
  After joining the NHL, the Oilers went on to win the Stanley Cup on five occasions: 1983–84, 1984–85, 1986–87, 1987–88 and 1989–90. Along with the Pittsburgh Penguins, they are tied for the most championships won by any team since the NHL-WHA merger and also the most won by any team that joined the league in or after 1967.
context_section_description: The Oilers are affiliated with a number of inductees in the Hockey Hall of Fame (ten players and four builders).
  Broadcaster Rod Phillips was awarded the Foster Hewitt Memorial Award by the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2003.
  Players
  Glenn Anderson, 1980–1991 and 1995–1996, inducted 2008
  Paul Coffey, 1980–1987, inducted 2004
  Grant Fuhr, 1981–1991, inducted 2003
  Wayne Gretzky, 1978–1988, inducted 1999
  Jari Kurri, 1980–1990, inducted 2001
  Mark Messier, 1979–1991, inducted 2007
  Adam Oates, 2003–2004, inducted 2012
  Jacques Plante, 1974–1975, inducted 1978
  Chris Pronger, 2005–2006, inducted 2015
  Norm Ullman, 1975–1977, inducted 1982
  Builders
  Clare Drake, 1975–1976, inducted 2017
  Roger Neilson, 1984, inducted 2002
  Pat Quinn, 2009–2012, inducted 2016 (posthumously)
  Glen Sather, 1976–2000, inducted 1997
caption: Paul Coffey was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2004.
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