Oilers to honour Sather at banner-raising

EDMONTON — The Edmonton Oilers will raise a banner at Rexall Place to honour former coach, general manager and executive Glen Sather.

The ceremony will take place on Dec. 11 before a game against the New York Rangers. Sather, who coached the Oilers to four Stanley Cup championships, is currently the Rangers president.

Sather will become the ninth Oiler to be honoured with a banner, joining Al Hamilton, Wayne Gretzky, Jari Kurri, Grant Fuhr, Paul Coffey, Mark Messier, Glenn Anderson and longtime radio broadcaster Rod Phillips. Sather was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1997. He won four Stanley Cups as the Oilers head coach and a fifth as the team’s president and GM.

He played 10 NHL seasons, as well as one season with the Oilers in 1976-77 when the team was part of the World Hockey Association.