An Edmonton sports icon, Phillips called 3,542 Oilers’ games, including five Stanley Cup championships during his illustrious 37-year career. The Hockey Hall of Fame broadcaster was on Oilers Now Friday, where he shared some of his fondest memories with the Oilers and compared the two eras.reminded of his the great Oilers teams of the 1980s when he watched the boys in orange and blue play this spring.
According to Phillips, he was reminded of his the great Oilers teams of the 1980s when he watched the Oilers in the playoffs this season.
“There’s a strange similarity between the two eras,” Phillips told Stauffer.