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Edmonton Oilers • Ice Hockey Team • Joey Moss • National Hockey League • Wayne Gretzky

Beloved Edmonton sports figure Joey Moss dies at age 57 Moss was inducted into Alberta Sports Hall of Fame in 2015 Longtime Edmonton Oilers locker room attendant Joey Moss has died at the age of 57. (CBC) Edmonton sports legend Joey Moss has died at the age of 57.  Moss, who was born with Down syndrome, worked as a locker room attendant with the Edmonton Oilers and Edmonton Football Team for decades. He was inducted into the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame in 2015.  Moss was introduced to the Oilers in the 1984-85 season by Wayne Gretzky and became a fixture with the team ever since. Gretzky said the two had a friendship that spanned decades.  "Janet and I are profoundly saddened to learn about the passing of Joey Moss," reads a statement posted to the  Wayne Gretzky Estates Winery & Distillery  Facebook page.  "Not only was Joey a fixture in the Edmonton dressing room, he was someone I truly considered a friend — a friendship that spann...

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