Top 100 Oilers: No. 51 — Ethan Moreau
Wayne Gretzky is known as the greatest player ever, bringing four Stanley Cups to Edmonton. In the summer of 1988, he was traded to the Los Angeles Kings in what is known as “The Trade”. The final player to play for the Edmonton Oilers in the ensuing trade tree is Ethan Moreau.
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Born in the Central Ontario city of Huntsville, Moreau played his junior hockey with the Ontario Hockey League’s Niagara Falls Thunder (now the Erie Otters) from 1991-92 until he was traded to the Sudbury Wolves in 1994-95. With the 14th overall pick in the 1994 draft, the Chicago Blackhawks selected the winger 14th overall.
Moreau’s first professional season was mainly spent in the International Hockey League, but he made his National Hockey League debut that season, playing eight games. Moreau spent parts of the next three seasons as a regular for the........
