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- The Oilers’ goaltending duo of Ty Conklin and Jussi Markkanen wasn’t working out, and the team decided they needed to do something. So, at the trade deadline, Edmonton sent their 2006 first-round pick to the Minnesota Wild to take a gamble on Dwayne Roloson, who had a 6-17-1 record at the time.
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Jun 6, 2006 · The Oilers, who lost a three-goal lead and their starting goaltender, Dwayne Roloson, for the remainder of the playoffs, were stunned when the Carolina captain, Rod Brind'Amour, scored...
Jun 6, 2006 · RALEIGH, N.C., June 5 - For two periods, it appeared as if Game 1 of the Stanley Cup finals would be remembered for Edmonton Oilers defenseman Chris Pronger's scoring the first goal on a penalty ...
May 16, 2017 · The blunder in question was when he ran Hurricanes forward Andrew Ladd into Oilers goaltender Dwayne Roloson. Roloson was injured on the play and didn’t return for the rest of the series....
Tailgating. An oral history of the 2006 Stanley Cup Final. In early June of 2006, the Carolina Hurricanes and Edmonton Oilers met for the first Stanley Cup final in two years. The 2005 showcase ...
- Round 1 – Wings Clipped
- Round 2 – Sharks Caught
- Round 3 – Ducks Hunted
- Round 4 – Couldn’T Handle The Storm
Edmonton barely managed to get themselves into the playoffs, finishing as the eighth seed, which meant that they would have to take on the first seed, who just happened to be the Detroit Red Wings. The Wings were fresh off one of the best regular seasons that the NHL has ever seen. They finished with a 58-16-8 record that season, which is tied for ...
After defeating the Presidents’ Trophy winners in six games, the Oilers were set to take on the San Jose Sharks, who had finished fifth in the Western Conference and were fresh off a series against the Nashville Predators, which they easily won in five games. This Sharks team had a very elite offense led by Joe Thornton and Jonathan Cheechoo, who t...
Edmonton was back in the Conference Final for the first time since the 1991-92 season, only this time instead of facing off against Chris Chelios and the Chicago Blackhawks, they were taking on Teemu Selanne and the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim. Anaheim had already beaten the Calgary Flames in seven games and had swept the Colorado Avalanche in the seco...
The Oilers were back in the Stanley Cup Final for the first time since 1990. They were taking on the Carolina Hurricanes with hopes of winning the sixth cup in franchise history. This was pretty unfamiliar territory for the Hurricanes – they had only appeared in the Final once before, when they were beaten in five games by Detroit in 2002. Carolina...
The NHL also made a number of rule changes, such as adding a shootout to determine the winner of a game that was tied after five minutes of overtime to eliminate ties, goaltenders were not allowed to play the puck in the corners of the ice surface and the referees would crack down on obstruction.
Late in the final period, Oilers goaltender Dwayne Roloson suffered a series-ending knee injury in a collision and was replaced with Ty Conklin. With 32 seconds remaining in regulation, Conklin misplayed the puck behind his own net, where it deflected off Jason Smith 's stick to the front of the empty net, allowing Brind'Amour to score the ...
