Interview w/ Bill Ranford
Dropping the Gloves
The Nation Network
4.6 • 770 Ratings
🗓️ 17 April 2026
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
I had a great talk with Bill about his time with the Oilers, winning two cups, and a conn smythe. What happened with Stuart Skinner, playing with all time greats and alot more. Enjoy.
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| 0:00.0 | It's all right |
| 0:02.0 | Thank you |
| 0:03.0 | John Scott |
| 0:06.0 | You're all stuck |
| 0:07.0 | It's all right to drop in the gloves with John Scott. |
| 0:24.8 | It's all right. |
| 0:29.0 | All right, welcome, everybody, to another episode of Drop in the Gloves. |
| 0:33.8 | We got Billy Ranford here joining the show today, and I was just looking at your career, Bill. |
| 0:36.6 | You got to Edmonton when I was just leaving. |
| 0:38.7 | I was born in Edmonton in 1982 and we left when the tornado ripped through. You probably don't even know because you |
| 0:44.3 | were just getting there in 87 and I was just leaving. So yeah, we kind of crossed past. You were |
| 0:49.6 | probably in a fancy airplane. I was in a junkie, you know, pickup truck, inching my way out of town. But gosh, |
| 0:55.9 | what could have been? You know what I mean? Yeah, exactly. Well, I was, I lived in Red Deer for a couple |
| 1:01.0 | of years there with my dad was military. So we're in Red Deer before I started my junior career. |
| 1:08.6 | Ah, Albert is a beautiful place. So you must have been happy to get traded from Boston, Edmonton. |
| 1:13.6 | But before we get into that, I want to talk about it. |
| 1:15.4 | I met Bill on the big trip up north to Northwest Territories, the Delenay through Jackson |
| 1:21.2 | events. |
| 1:21.6 | I actually got your number from Lucy Jackson, the daughter of the big head honcho there, |
| 1:26.0 | Andrew Jackson. |
| 1:27.1 | What did you think of that trip? |
| 1:28.4 | Because it was an interesting couple days going up to Northwest Territories. |
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