The Edmonton Oilers and Calgary Flames battled for supermacy from 1984 until the decade's end. The Stanley Cup was competed for 7 times on Alberta soil by a stampede of future hockey hall of famers.
The 1980's was the highest scoring decade in the NHL. The fans would remain standing as goal scoring was plentiful. The high-octane offense teams dominated the decade and set the trend.
Women have played hockey as long as the men. For many years women's hockey fell into obscurity, then in the 1990's a treasure trove of talent would emerge and bring the women's game to prominence
It's a tough road to the NHL and most chose the route of junior hockey, but by the 1980's players would emerge from the US colleges and not only make it to the NHL, but become Hall of Famers.
Despite being late round draft picks or not drafted at all, this group of future Hall of Famers were essentially on the outside looking in and had to overcome the odds just to get an NHL tryout.
