OtherIconic ‘Pocklington House’ of ex-Edmonton Oilers owner on city tax-sale auction list

Edmonton’s annual auction of properties with unpaid taxes will include 8638 Saskatchewan Drive this fall. The historic home overlooking Hawrelak Park and the North Saskatchewan River valley once belonged to original Edmonton Oilers owner Peter Pocklington. In 1982, Pocklington, his wife Eva and two others were held hostage there at gunpoint for half a day.