I-Hockey club "I-Edmonton Oilers": ukwakheka kanye nefomu

"I-Edmonton Oilers" ingomunye wabadala be-National Hockey League. Emlandweni wawo weminyaka engamashumi amane, leli qembu labhekana nokuhlaselwa. Emidlalweni yayo wadlala abadlali abadumile njengoWayne Gretzky noMark Messier.

Umlando weqembu

I-Edmonton Oilers ice hockey club yaqala ukuzibonakalisa ngonyaka wokuvulwa kwe-World Hockey Association. Khona-ke leli qembu laziswe ezithameli ngaphansi kwegama elithi "Alberta Oilers". Ngegama layo langempela leli qembu lalikhokhwa idolobha laseKhanada elisifundazweni. Abaphathi bama-Oilers bacabanga ukuthi leli qembu lizohlukanisa yonke imidlalweni yabo yasekhaya phakathi kwezindawo zeHockey e-Edmonton naseCalgary. Kodwa lokhu kwakungahlosiwe ukuba kufezeke, ngakho-ke kakade ngenkathi elandelayo ka 1973/1974 leli qembu lithola igama elisha, ngaphansi kwalo okwamanje.

Isikhathi sonke sokubamba iqhaza eqenjini le-VHL akenzanga impumelelo enkulu kakhulu. Ukuphumelela kuphela kwama-Oilers kwaba yingxenye ekupheleni kwe-playoffs ngo-1979, lapho iqembu lahlekelwa khona yiWinipeg.

"I-Edmonton Oilers": ukwakheka okwaletha ukunqoba

Isizini esilandelayo kwakuyisigameko esisha emlandweni wethimba. Abaphathi baka-Edmonton basayina esinye sezivumelwano ezinkulu kunawo wonke odumile uWayne Gretzky. Ngaphambi nje kokuqala konyaka omusha weHockey, esivele ku-National Hockey League, le club yenze enye into ebaluleke kakhulu. Emkhakheni wembonini yamafutha, uMark Messier, ongakaze aziwa kunoma ubani omunye, wabonakala.

Esikhathini sokuqala se-NHL "i-Edmonton Oilers" yazibiza njengeqembu, ilungele ukulwa nezikhundla eziphezulu ekuqhutshweni. Naphezu kokunqotshwa okokuqala ngqa, leli qembu lakwazi ukusungula amarekhodi ambalwa abalulekile ngenxa ye-Wayne engafanele. Futhi umnikelo obalulekile emisebenzini ephumelelayo yethimba wenza abadlali abanjengoMesiya, uCafy and Curry.

Abanikazi baseStanley

Eminyakeni embalwa kamuva kamuva abadlali abadlala kahle beHockey baqala ukuthola amaphuzu. Eminyakeni eyisithupha elandelanayo (kusukela ngo-1981), ama-oilmen ngonyaka athola amaphuzu angaphezu kuka-100 ekuncintiswaneni kazwelonke. Kanti iqembu liye laphumelela ngokuphindaphindiwe kwe-trophy ye-overseas - i-Stanley Cup. Ekupheleni kuka-1984, 1985, 1987 no-1988, abadlali beHockey baseBoston Philadelphia club naseNew York Islanders banqotshwa.

Kule minyaka yegolide yabalandeli base-Edmonton, iqembu liholwa nguGlen Sater. Lo wesifazane wakwazi ukufaka iqembu lakhe langempela umoya weqembu futhi abaphathe ngesifiso sokuwina. Olunye lwezindima eziyinhloko emisebenzini ephumelelayo yeqembu ludlalwa futhi ngumgcini wokugcina omnyama we-National Hockey League Grant Fyur, owavikela isango elithi "Oilers" ngaleyo minyaka.

Farewell, Wayne!

Ngo-Agasti 9, 1988 kwakuyisikhathi esijabulisayo seqembu laseCanada. UGretzky, owayengumgogodla oyinhloko weqembu, washiya imboni yemboni yamafutha futhi wathuthela eLos Angeles Kings. Njengoba uhambo luka-Wayne luvela esitokisini sethimba, i-sweater enenombolo 99 yanyamalala phakade, ngaphansi kwalokho umdlali we-hockey enza. Ngaphandle komdlali wakhe ophakathi, ithimba lase-Edmonton laqala ukuhlukunyezwa ngokulandelana kwesikhathi esizayo. Leli qembu lashiya ama-playoffs esiteji sokuqala, lalahlekelwa yilo lonke "Los Angeles Kings", okwakhanya manje umdlali wangaphambili weqembu.

Kuvuswe kusuka emlotha

Ngonyaka we-1990, kulesi sikhundla, uJohn McClair wabekwa. Ngemizamo yakhe le club yakwazi ukunqoba inkinga yayo futhi okwesikhombisa ukuba ngumnikazi we-trophy ehloniphekile. Isisulu sabasebenzisa amafutha sasibuye siphinde sibe yiBoston club, eyadutshulwa emidlalweni emihlanu. Ngemuva kwalesi sikhathi esiphumelelayo, "i-Edmonton Oilers" ishiya abadlali abaningi asebekhulile kakade, kuhlanganise noMark Messier.

Nokho, eminyakeni emithathu kamuva leli qembu liphinde lafinyelela lesi simo esibucayi. Ngalesi sikhathi ama-olimen anezinkinga zezezimali. "I-oilrose" izikhathi ezine ngokulandelana ishiya ama-playoffs. Umqondisi weClub uPeter Pocklington, ngokungajabuli okukhulu kwabalandeli, unquma ukuthutha u-Edmonton kwenye idolobha ngenxa yezindleko eziphezulu zokuqasha inkundla yeHockey, lapho iqembu liqhuba khona ukuqeqeshwa.

I-NHL yesilinganiso esincane

Ngenkathi yonyaka ka 1996/1997 imboni yamafutha iyakwazi ukukhombisa umdlalo ophansi noma ophansi ngezindlela eziningi ngenxa yemizamo kaC Curtis Joseph, owayemi emasangweni eqembu, kanye namaqhinga angavamile emdlalo owasungulwa ngumqeqeshi omusha uRon Lowe. I-NHL "i-Edmonton Oilers" ayiphelelanga nje kuphela ukuhlala phakathi kokuma, kepha okokuqala ngqangi eminyakeni eminingi ukufaka uchungechunge olunzima. Emdlalweni wokuqala, imboni yamafutha iyakwazi ukwenza isimangaliso, inqobe intandokazi ehlonishwayo yomdlalo - "Dallas". Noma kunjalo, emdlalweni olandelayo iqembu lihluliwe yiColorado.

Ngonyaka olandelayo i-HC "i-Edmonton Oilers" iphinde imangaze bonke abalandeli beHockey. Kulolu chungechunge lokuqala lwe-playoffs, leli qembu liveze i-Colorado. Kodwa emdlalweni olandelayo owenqatshiwe ngenkathi yokugcina, "uDallas" wakwazi ukuziphindisela ngokumelene nomphikisi.

Futhi futhi le nkinga

Izinkathi ezintathu ezilandelanayo iqembu liqhubekile ukukhombisa ihockey elihle, livame ukujabulisa abalandeli babo ngemiphumela emayelana nama-playoffs. Kodwa ngonyaka ka-2000 ngenkathi ye-Edmonton Oilers kukhona ukuphenduka. Isihlalo somphathi oyinhloko wethimba ushiya kakade waba umdabu wabadlali uGlen Sater.

Ubuholi obusha babhekene nezinkinga ezinkulu zezimali futhi baphoqeleka ukuba bahlanganyele nabadlali abaningi abahola phambili. Kodwa naphezu kwalokhu, umqeqeshi ophezulu weqembu uCraig McTavish wakwazi ukwakha iqembu elikwazi kahle, ngokuqhubekayo eshiya ama-playoffs. Ithimba eliphumelele kakhulu liye lakwazi ukufeza impumelelo enkulu kakhulu ngonyaka ka 2005/2006. "I-Edmonton" ifinyelele ekugcineni kweNdebe, lapho imidlalo eyisishiyagalombili ihlukunyezwa khona "neCarolina". Abadlali abakhiqiza kakhulu embonini yamafutha kulo nyaka kwakunguChris Pronger, owayemi endaweni yokuvikela, phambili uFernando Pisani nomgcini wezinyawo uDuane Roloson.

Ifomu "I-Edmonton Oilers": konke ukuguqulwa kwamandla

Ukwenziwa komuntu kwanoma yiliphi iqembu leHockey akuyona nje umdlalo wakhe, kodwa futhi ifomu lapho amalungu eklabhu enza khona. Umdlali we-hockey, njenganoma yimuphi omunye umuntu, uhlangatshezwa nezingubo.

Uhlobo lwezisebenzi zemboni ye-oyile iminyaka yobukhona beqembu alizange zenze izinguquko ezinkulu. Isikhathi sakhe sokuqala e-NHL "Edmonton" saqala ngama-sweaters amhlophe enemibala eluhlaza futhi eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka. Ngokwemidlalo edlalwayo, uhlobo olumnyama lwefomu lwahlelwa - ama-sweaters aluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka nemicu emhlophe. Sekuyisikhathi eside, ithimba lokuphatha alizange lenze izinguquko eziphawulekayo ekuklanyeni kwezithukuthuku. Ngemuva nje kweminyaka engaba ngu-20 leli fomu lenze izinguquko ezithile. Imibala yaba mnyama futhi yayimnyama, futhi emahlombe kwavela isibonakaliso sase-Edmonton Oilers, osebenza ngamafutha ophethe induku ezandleni zakhe.

Ngonyaka we-2001, leli qembu lalinomqulu wesibili wefomu lasekhaya - i sweatshi elimnyama okwesibhakabhaka. Esikhathini salo kwakuyizigijimi ezindizayo ezindizayo ezinomgogodla wamafutha phakathi. Lesi sithombe saba uphawu lwesibili lwethimba.

Eminyakeni eyisithupha kamuva, uReebok waba ngumxhasi jikelele wembonini yamafutha, ngakho-ke yonke imivimbo yanyamalala kule sweatshi. Esigodini se "Edmonton Oilers" kunesimo samasampula amasha namasha.