Oilersnation is reviving the Top 100 Edmonton Oilers of All Time list, a project originally created by the late Robin Brownlee in 2015. Todd Marchant comes in at No. 39 on our updated 2025 list. He was number 43 on Brownlee’s original list. 

From the immortal words of Bob Cole, you can imagine the goal in your mind’s eye. The 1997 Western Conference quarterfinal between the Edmonton Oilers and Dallas Stars. Rookie upstarts against Stanley Cup contenders. Game 7. Overtime. 

“Who’s gonna beat Joseph? Or who will get one for Edmonton?… They’re gonna try here. Rushing in from centre and down the wing. It is Marchaaaaaant…..SCORES. Marchant. Scores. And the Edmonton Oilers are gonna move on…” 

Curtis Joseph had made a stunning diving stop on a Joe Nieuwendyk just moments before. Stars coach Ken Hitchcock looks skyward. Stars general manager Bob Gainey rolls his eyes. 

Then Doug Weight sent the puck to Marchant in flight down the right wing. Grant Ledyard got twisted up, leaving the lightning-quick Marchant alone on Andy Moog, wristing the shot up over the blocker. 

No goal in Marchant’s 678 regular-season or 43 playoff games as an Oiler can compare. Few can in the team’s history. It’s one of just two Game 7 overtime goals in franchise history (Esa Tikkanen in 1991 vs Calgary).  

It’s a moment immortalized for a long-time Oiler, who provided strong two-way play throughout his time in Edmonton. The 39th-best player on our list left a memory that stands shoulder to shoulder with the greatest in Edmonton Oilers franchise history. 

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Looking back in the post-Cup era of the Oilers, acquiring Todd Marchant was a sneaky, lower-profile trade made by then-Oilers GM Glen Sather.  

A terrific collegiate player out of Clarkson University, Marchant........

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