John Muckler, who joined with Glen Sather as architects of the Edmonton Oilers’ five Stanley Cup championships from 1984 to 1990 and held coaching or senior executive posts with four other N.H.L. Sather, whom Muckler succeeded as the Oilers’ head coach in 1989, told The Edmonton Sun that Muckler had recently had a heart attack and subsequent surgery and that he had then been treated for Covid-19. Muckler joined the Oilers in 1982 as an assistant coach under Sather, who was also the team’s general manager. He was later co-head coach with Sather and was promoted to sole head coach for the 1989-90 season, when Sather concentrated on general manager duties and Edmonton captured its fifth Stanley Cup. Wayne Gretzky played on the first four Oiler teams to take the Stanley Cup, before he was traded to the Los Angeles Kings in August 1988.

Source: International New York Times January 07, 2021 22:30 UTC