Edmonton Oilers alumni Randy Gregg and Craig MacTavish were celebrated Friday morning ahead of their induction into the team’s hall of fame in the evening.
“It is humbling. Everybody says that, but for a guy like me…” MacTavish told the crowd at Rogers Place. “You know, I was a decent player until I got to the (National Hockey League) and I had to adapt because there were many players, certainly on this team, that had much more talent than I did.”
In eight seasons with the Oilers, the London, Ont., native helped the team win three Stanley Cups in 1987, 1988, and 1990 and served as team captain from 1992 to 1994.
His time overlapped with Gregg, an Edmontonian who studied to become a doctor while with the team from 1982 until 1990. He was also one of only seven players who played on each of the five championship Oilers …