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The Cape Breton Oilers were a professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League. The team was the top minor league affiliate of the Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey League (NHL). The Oilers’ organization relocated the team from Halifax Nova Scotia in 1988 and renamed it for Cape Breton Island. Home games were played at Centre 200 in Sydney Nova Scotia Canada. The Oilers’ organization relocated the team to Ontario in 1996 to become the Hamilton Bulldogs.