Fans name Gretzky-led '84-85 Oilers NHL's greatest team

NASHVILLE — The Wayne Gretzky-led 1984-85 Edmonton Oilers have been chosen by fans as the greatest NHL team of all time, the league announced Monday.
The league said in a statement that more than 3.6 million votes for the greatest team cast were over a six-week period beginning at the start of the Stanley Cup playoffs as part of the NHL’s centennial celebration. The NHL’s 96 Cup winners since the League’s inaugural season in 1917-18 competed in head-to-head voting.
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