List of Edmonton Oilers (WHA) players


This is a complete list of players for the Edmonton Oilers of the World Hockey Association .
It includes players that have played at least one regular season or playoff game for the Edmonton Oilers as a franchise in the World Hockey Association between 1972 and 1979.
A total of 130 skaters and 14 goalies played for the Oilers in the seven seasons between 1972–73 and 1978–79. Of those, 16 also played for the Oilers after they joined the National Hockey League for the 1979–80 NHL season.
The skater with the most games as a WHA Oiler is Al Hamilton, with 455. The goaltender with the most games as a WHA Oiler is Dave Dryden, with 197. There are 6 players who only played a single game as an Oiler during these years, and one player who never played a regular season game.
Four ex-Oilers from the WHA era were later elected into the Hockey Hall of Fame: Jacques Plante, Norm Ullman, and Wayne Gretzky as players, and Glen Sather in the builder category.

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