It’s far from a perfect website, but Twitter dot com has its moments.

For one it’s a great way for many likeminded people to get together and bond over their love of, well, pretty much anything. Anyone who is a fan of sports and has a Twitter account of their own has likely delved into the section of the website dedicated solely to that of Edmonton Oilers fans.

It’s a sub-section of the internet that I’ve been apart of since I joined the website in July 2009. Since then, things have largely been nothing short of tough for Oilers fans but in the same breath, there’s been some beauty in that darkness.

Last night I crowdsourced some of Oilers Twitter’s favourite moments and what will ensue will be a few weeks of some great memories.

First and foremost, the night Nail Yakupov broke the internet by sliding down the ice on his knees at Rexall Place.

The Edmonton Oilers season was young on January 24st, 2013. The lockout had reduced the year to only 48 games and entering his third game in the NHL, 2012 first overall pick Nail Yakupov had already got his first goal under his belt.

The LA Kings had paid a visit to Edmonton’s Rexall Place and it was a game that had nothing short of fireworks from early on in the game. Less than 10 minutes into the game, Jordan Nolan took a run at Jordan Eberle with a big hit and a near-intentional knee after making a pass. Ladislav Smid took exception and went after Nolan with the pair dropping the mitts. Oilers defenceman Mark Fistric got even more revenge on Nolan laying a massive open ice hit in the second.

Throughout the rest of the game, questionable calls and a lack of offence mired the match.

With seconds over a minute left in the third, the Oilers scored to tie the game — or so they thought. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins had shovelled the puck into an open net, but referees Tom Kowal and Greg Kimmerly said no goal well after the fact after much deliberation.

The outraged fans littered the ice with beer cups and nearly everything they could get their hands. And after a quick cleanup, back to hockey.

With under 10 seconds left in the third period and with the Oilers net empty, Taylor Hall slapped a bouncing puck on the Kings net from the point and Yakupov was there to bat it out of the air and into the net. The young, energetic Russian turned up the ice and slid down the middle of the Rexall Ice.

Sam Gagner went on to score the game-winning goal in overtime — a greasy goal at the side the Kings net — but the story was all about the rookie. Yakupov’s goal made headlines.

A photo of Yakupov sliding made the front of the Sports section in the following day’s Edmonton Journal, and it was nothing short of a goal many won’t soon forget.

I’d be remiss if I didn’t find some of the great tweets from that night, so enjoy this little look back in time.

On Twitter: @zjlaing

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