The Cape Breton Oilers were a professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League (AHL). 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 team won the 1993 Calder Cup, the AHL championship. In 1996, the Oilers' organization relocated the team to Ontario to become the Hamilton Bulldogs.