Former Oilers joined the family of Dave Semenko in front of thousands of fans Thursday to share memories and stories of the NHL tough guy who passed away last week. The ceremony began somberly ...

John Shannon of Sportsnet said that Semenko was diagnosed with liver and pancreatic cancer. Said the team, in a statement: “Dave will be remembered as a fierce competitor, loyal teammate ...

Advertisement Dressed in white track pants and a crimson-and-silver terry-towel bathrobe instead of his Oilers sweater, Dave Semenko was ready to scrap in a boxing ring instead of on the ice at ...

You never would have thought it would be Dave." Edmonton Mayor Don Iveson expressed his condolences to the Semenko family on Twitter while the Oilers issued a statement saying, "Dave will be ...

EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) - Dave Semenko, the Edmonton Oilers tough guy who protected Wayne Gretzky during the 1980s, has died. He was 59. He died in Edmonton after a short battle with cancer ...

3:14 Arena ceremony held to remember former Edmonton Oiler Dave Semenko The ice surface and lower bowl of Rogers Place was packed Thursday afternoon as friends, family and fans said goodbye to ...

Former Oilers enforcer Dave Semenko, best known as Wayne Gretzky's bodyguard on the ice, died of pancreatic cancer Thursday morning in Edmonton. He was 59. The Oilers confirmed Thursday that the ...

Dave Semenko has always been the enforcer for Wayne Gretzky. If Gretzky was the artist, Semenko was the brute. He was an old-school enforcer for the team. Semenko intervened a few times as a ...

One of the ironies of the modern NHL comes to mind upon the death last week of Dave Semenko, the enforcer on the great Wayne Gretzky-led Oilers championship teams. This an era in which much of the ...

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It was a fitting tribute to the life and times of Dave Semenko, but for the 6,000 or so that experience it, it was so much more. It was a testimonial to a team, a town and the kind of people it ...

EDMONTON—Dave Semenko, the former NHL tough guy who served as Wayne Gretzky’s bodyguard and once went three rounds with boxing legend Muhammad Ali, has died after a battle with cancer.