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| bg_color =  background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#000099 5px solid; border-bottom:#FF6600 5px solid;
| team        = Nova Scotia Oilers
| logo        = Nova Scotia Oilers.gif
| logosize    = 200px
| city        = [[City of Halifax|Halifax, Nova Scotia]]
| league      = [[American Hockey League]]
| conference  =
| division    =
| founded     = 
| operated    = [[1984-85 AHL season|1984]]–[[1987–88 AHL season|1988]]
| arena       = [[Halifax Metro Centre]]
| colors      = Blue, white, orange<br />{{color box|#000099}} {{color box|#FFFFFF}} {{color box|#FF6600}}
| owner       =
| coach       =
| GM          =
| media       =
| affiliates  = [[Edmonton Oilers]]
<!---Franchise history--->
| name1       = '''Nova Scotia Oilers'''
| dates1      = 1984–1988 
| name2       = [[Cape Breton Oilers]]
| dates2      = 1988–1996
| name3       = [[Hamilton Bulldogs (AHL)|Hamilton Bulldogs]]  
| dates3      = 1996–2003
| name4       = [[Toronto Roadrunners]] 
| dates4      = 2003–2004
| name5       = [[Edmonton Road Runners]] 
| dates5      = 2004–2005
| name6       = [[Oklahoma City Barons]] 
| dates6      = 2010–2015
| name7       = [[Bakersfield Condors]]
| dates7      = 2015–present
}}
The '''Nova Scotia Oilers''' were a minor professional [[ice hockey]] team in the [[American Hockey League]] based in [[City of Halifax|Halifax, Nova Scotia]] from 1984 to 1988. The Oilers played their home games at the [[Halifax Metro Centre]],{{cn|date=June 2025}} and were the AHL affiliate of the [[Edmonton Oilers]], whose logo theirs resembled.<ref>{{cite web |last1=MacDonald |first1=Ryan |title=Maritime hockey fans hope for Oilers to pull through on historic comeback in Stanley Cup Game 7 |url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/article/maritime-hockey-fans-hope-for-oilers-to-pull-through-on-historic-comeback-in-stanley-cup-game-7/ |website=ctvnews.ca |access-date=12 June 2025}}</ref>

The Oilers played four seasons before moving on. [[Larry Kish]] coached the first three seasons, followed by [[Ron Low]] in the fourth season. After the 1987–88 season, the team was relocated to [[Sydney, Nova Scotia]] becoming the [[Cape Breton Oilers]]. The void the Oilers left in Halifax was filled by the [[Halifax Citadels]].

==Season-by-season results==
;[[Regular season]]
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|- 
![[Season (sports)|Season]]!! Games !!Won!!Lost!!Tied!!OTL!!Points!! Goals<br />for !! Goals<br />against !!Standing
|- 
|[[1984–85 AHL season|1984–85]] ||80||36||37|| 7||—|| 79||292||295||4th, North
|-  
|[[1985–86 AHL season|1985–86]] ||80||29||43|| 8||—|| 66||314||353||6th, North
|-  
|[[1986–87 AHL season|1986–87]] ||80||38||39||—|| 3|| 79||318||315||4th, North
|- 
|[[1987–88 AHL season|1987–88]] ||80||35||34|| 9|| 2|| 81||323||343||4th, North 
|}

;[[Playoffs]]
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|- 
!Season!!1st round!!2nd round!!Finals
|- 
|[[1984–85 AHL season|1984–85]] ||L, 2-4, [[Maine Mariners (AHL)|Maine]] ||—||—
|-  
|[[1985–86 AHL season|1985–86]] ||colspan="3"|Out of Playoffs
|-  
|[[1986–87 AHL season|1986–87]] ||L, 1-4, [[Sherbrooke Canadiens|Sherbrooke]] ||—||—
|- 
|[[1987–88 AHL season|1987–88]] ||L, 1-4, [[Maine Mariners (AHL)|Maine]] ||—||— 
|}

==Notable NHL alumni==
List of Nova Scotia Oilers alumni who played more than 100 games in Nova Scotia and 100 or more games in the [[National Hockey League]].

{{columns-list|colwidth=20em|
*[[Bruce Boudreau]]
*[[Kelly Buchberger]]
*[[Dean Hopkins]]
*[[Mike Moller]]
*[[Jim Wiemer]]
}}

==See also==
*[[List of ice hockey teams in Nova Scotia]]
*[[Sports teams in Halifax, Nova Scotia]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{AHL Bakersfield Condors}}
{{Defunct AHL}}

[[Category:Defunct ice hockey teams in Nova Scotia]]
[[Category:Edmonton Oilers minor league affiliates]]
[[Category:Ice hockey teams in Halifax, Nova Scotia]]
[[Category:Ice hockey clubs established in 1984]]
[[Category:Ice hockey clubs disestablished in 1988]]
[[Category:1984 establishments in Nova Scotia]]
[[Category:1988 disestablishments in Nova Scotia]]

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