<p>From the rolling hills of The Shire to the streets of Edmonton, it’s been a long journey for Samwise, Frodo, Pippin and Merry. Well, sort of.</p>
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<p>While those fictional characters themselves weren’t in Alberta’s capital over the weekend, the actors who represented them in The Lord of the Rings trilogy were.</p>
<p>Sean Astin, Elijah Wood, Billy Boyd, and Dominic Monaghan all took to the stage of the Edmonton Expo on Sunday, riffing as the 24th anniversary of Peter Jackson&#8217;s first movie in the trilogy was released.</p>
<p>And as the four hit the stage, they did so wearing Edmonton Oilers jerseys with Darnell Nurse&#8217;s No. 25 on them and their respective hobbit names on the back. The jerseys will later be auctioned off, with proceeds set to be donated to charity.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">The Fellowship of the Rink 🏒🧙‍♂️</p>
<p>Some very special guests from Hobbiton repped the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Oilers?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Oilers</a> at <a href="https://twitter.com/EdmontonExpo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@EdmontonExpo</a> this past weekend! <a href="https://t.co/zmsYv82HV1">pic.twitter.com/zmsYv82HV1</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Edmonton Oilers (@EdmontonOilers) <a href="https://twitter.com/EdmontonOilers/status/1970212261504655620?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 22, 2025</a></p></blockquote>
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<h2>Celebrities in an Oilers jersey</h2>
<p>Astin, Wood, Boyd and Monaghan are the latest high-profile celebrities to don Oilers jerseys in public. Let&#8217;s look back at some of the others.</p>
<h3>Alice Cooper</h3>
<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-181025" src="http://publish.oilersnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/image-2025-09-22T130402.377.jpg" alt="" width="944" height="708" srcset="https://publish.oilersnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/image-2025-09-22T130402.377.jpg 944w, https://publish.oilersnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/image-2025-09-22T130402.377-300x225.jpg 300w, https://publish.oilersnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/image-2025-09-22T130402.377-768x576.jpg 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 944px) 100vw, 944px" /></p>
<p>In the first year that Alice Cooper went solo, he embarked on a tour for his debut album, <em>Welcome to My Nightmare.</em> The 60-city tour across North America stopped in Edmonton on June 26th where, pictured above, he donned an Edmonton Oilers jersey while the team was just three years into their time with the World Hockey Association.</p>
<p>A June 27th, 1975 edition of the <em>Edmonton Journal</em> ran photos of Cooper on stage with the jersey with a headline of &#8220;The Exorcist of Rock.&#8221; While Cooper was dealing with three cracked ribs and a concussion after a spill at his Vancouver show four days prior, he tried to gut out a performance as best he could. The show was limited to half of what it usually would, but close to the end after playing &#8220;School&#8217;s Out,&#8221; he found the Oilers sweater backstage, &#8220;but in his condition it is unlikely Bill Hunter will expect him back in the fall for a team tryout.&#8221;</p>
<figure id="attachment_181026" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-181026" style="width: 819px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-181026" src="http://publish.oilersnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/image-3.png" alt="" width="819" height="700" srcset="https://publish.oilersnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/image-3.png 819w, https://publish.oilersnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/image-3-300x256.png 300w, https://publish.oilersnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/image-3-768x656.png 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-181026" class="wp-caption-text">Edmonton Journal June 27, 1975</figcaption></figure>
<h3>Kobe Bryant</h3>
<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-181027" src="http://publish.oilersnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/image-2025-09-22T132414.550-1024x592.jpg" alt="" width="1024" height="592" srcset="https://publish.oilersnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/image-2025-09-22T132414.550-1024x592.jpg 1024w, https://publish.oilersnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/image-2025-09-22T132414.550-300x173.jpg 300w, https://publish.oilersnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/image-2025-09-22T132414.550-768x444.jpg 768w, https://publish.oilersnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/image-2025-09-22T132414.550.jpg 1049w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></p>
<p>You&#8217;d be hard-pressed to find a more iconic photo of a celebrity than Kobe Bryant rocking a Wayne Gretzky jersey in 2002. The L.A. Lakers superstar began a trend wearing a rotation that included a New York Jets Joe Namath jersey, a Brooklyn Dodgers Jackie Robinson jersey, the Gretzky jersey and on title night, he wore a Chicago Bulls Michael Jordan jersey as they swept the New Jersey Nets.</p>
<p>He even had on the Gretzky jersey during his postgame interviews.</p>
<h3>Kevin Smith</h3>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">I’m a flag-waving fool! Many thanks to the <a href="https://twitter.com/EdmontonOilers?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@EdmontonOilers</a> for the honor! Let’s go, Oilers! <a href="https://t.co/34pXKHxyA6">pic.twitter.com/34pXKHxyA6</a></p>
<p>&mdash; KevinSmith (@ThatKevinSmith) <a href="https://twitter.com/ThatKevinSmith/status/1053841561103024128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 21, 2018</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>American actor, director, producer and jack-of-all-trades comedian Kevin Smith is well known as a big hockey fan and fan of the Edmonton Oilers. Years ago he used to wear hockey jerseys at public events featuring Oilers colours and logos for his own brands. He got a chance to be shown on the big screen at an Oilers game in 2018, and even got a <a href="https://x.com/EdmontonOilers/status/1060241725556486144">tour of Rogers Place</a> from Kevin Lowe.</p>
<h3>Conan O&#8217;Brien</h3>
<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-181032" src="http://publish.oilersnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/tumblr_lpqxqhwo3e1r0toreo1_640.png" alt="" width="571" height="394" srcset="https://publish.oilersnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/tumblr_lpqxqhwo3e1r0toreo1_640.png 571w, https://publish.oilersnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/tumblr_lpqxqhwo3e1r0toreo1_640-300x207.png 300w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 571px) 100vw, 571px" /></p>
<p>Famous late night talk show host and former writer on the best tv show of all time, <em>The Simpsons,</em> Conan O&#8217;Brien was in Edmonton in April 2010 for an appearance at the River Cree Resort and Casino.</p>
<h3>Cadence Weapon</h3>
<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-181038" src="http://publish.oilersnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Cadence_Weapon_Connor_Mc_David_2024_music_video_0ac563a0fc.jpg" alt="" width="745" height="497" srcset="https://publish.oilersnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Cadence_Weapon_Connor_Mc_David_2024_music_video_0ac563a0fc.jpg 745w, https://publish.oilersnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Cadence_Weapon_Connor_Mc_David_2024_music_video_0ac563a0fc-300x200.jpg 300w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 745px) 100vw, 745px" /></p>
<p>The Edmonton-based rapper has long supported his hometown team, even dropping a song titled &#8220;Connor McDavid&#8221; about, well, Connor McDavid. That version got an update for the 2024 Cup run.</p>
<h3>Daron Malakian</h3>
<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-181033" src="http://publish.oilersnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/image-2025-09-22T150014.744.jpg" alt="" width="1000" height="559" srcset="https://publish.oilersnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/image-2025-09-22T150014.744.jpg 1000w, https://publish.oilersnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/image-2025-09-22T150014.744-300x168.jpg 300w, https://publish.oilersnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/image-2025-09-22T150014.744-768x429.jpg 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" /></p>
<p><em>System of a Down </em>guitarist and vocalist Daron Malakian is a lifelong fan of the Oilers and has a collection of memorabilia. When the band rolled into town for a 2006 concern, Malakian got a tour of Rogers Place, fanning over the sights. He even rocked the jersey on stage that night.</p>
<div class="jetpack-video-wrapper"><iframe loading="lazy" title="System of a Down Tour" width="1424" height="801" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/HdUGF_zQFLA?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe></div>
<h3>Snoop Dogg</h3>
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<p>You know the D-O-Double-G love his Edmonton Oilers. He rocked a old school Georges Laraque jersey during a June 20th, 2024 concert in Edmonton, guaranteeing the Oilers would win Game 6 of the finals. Even when he rolled into town in 2021 he had an Oilers jersey on.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Snoop rocking some nice threads today. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LetsGoOilers?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#LetsGoOilers</a> </p>
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<p>&mdash; Edmonton Oilers (@EdmontonOilers) <a href="https://twitter.com/EdmontonOilers/status/1373699156674408450?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 21, 2021</a></p></blockquote>
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<h3>Drake</h3>
<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter wp-image-181035 size-large" src="http://publish.oilersnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Drake-1024x747.jpg" alt="" width="1024" height="747" srcset="https://publish.oilersnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Drake-1024x747.jpg 1024w, https://publish.oilersnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Drake-300x219.jpg 300w, https://publish.oilersnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Drake-768x560.jpg 768w, https://publish.oilersnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Drake-1536x1120.jpg 1536w, https://publish.oilersnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Drake.jpg 1920w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></p>
<p>Rapper Drake is well known to be a fan of the Toronto Maple Leafs and everything to do with The Six, but he was sporting a Connor McDavid jersey during a 2016 concert.</p>
<h3>The Jonas Brothers</h3>
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<p>The <a href="https://twitter.com/jonasbrothers?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@jonasbrothers</a> are in the house 👏 <a href="https://t.co/ZcJdLFQiIE">pic.twitter.com/ZcJdLFQiIE</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Edmonton Oilers (@EdmontonOilers) <a href="https://twitter.com/EdmontonOilers/status/1724988359054065985?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 16, 2023</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>Who could forget when <a href="https://oilersnation.com/2023/11/15/jonas-brothers-spotted-at-edmonton-oilers-game/">The Jonas Brothers</a> were spotted at an Oilers game in November 2023?</p>
<h3>Brett Hart</h3>
<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-181029" src="http://publish.oilersnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/image-2025-09-22T143439.120.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="350" srcset="https://publish.oilersnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/image-2025-09-22T143439.120.jpg 500w, https://publish.oilersnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/image-2025-09-22T143439.120-300x210.jpg 300w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px" /></p>
<p>World Wrestling Entertainment has come through Edmonton 13 times since it&#8217;s inception, with it&#8217;s first RAW event held on July 7th, 1997. It was there that Bret &#8220;The Hitman&#8221; Hart donned an Oilers jersey, leading to a few iconic photos that still make the rounds.</p>
<h3>Chris Benoit</h3>
<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-181030" src="http://publish.oilersnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/image-2025-09-22T143636.436.jpg" alt="" width="324" height="400" srcset="https://publish.oilersnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/image-2025-09-22T143636.436.jpg 324w, https://publish.oilersnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/image-2025-09-22T143636.436-243x300.jpg 243w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 324px) 100vw, 324px" /></p>
<p>Another Canadian wrestler Chris Benoit rocked an Oilers jersey when Smackdown came to town on May 29th, 2001.</p>
<h3>John Cena</h3>
<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-181037" src="http://publish.oilersnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/SD_6-2-05_32.jpg" alt="" width="456" height="352" srcset="https://publish.oilersnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/SD_6-2-05_32.jpg 456w, https://publish.oilersnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/SD_6-2-05_32-300x232.jpg 300w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 456px) 100vw, 456px" /></p>
<p>Sometimes it&#8217;s hard to see John Cena, but you couldn&#8217;t miss him in a Wayne Gretzky jersey when Smackdown was in Edmonton on June 2nd, 2005.</p>
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<p><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Zach Laing is Oilersnation’s associate editor, senior columnist, and The Nation Network’s news director. He also makes up one-half of the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRSWOpthKmdtmFOKQDd7TQdTU2KSKXYvX">DFO DFS Report</a>. He can be followed on X at</span></i> <em><a href="http://www.x.com/zjlaing"><span style="font-weight: 400;">@zjlaing</span></a></em><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"><em>,</em> or reached by email at zach.laing@bettercollective.com.</span></i></p>
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From the rolling hills of The Shire to the streets of Edmonton, it’s been a long journey for Samwise, Frodo, Pippin and Merry. Well, sort of.



While those fictional characters themselves weren’t in Alberta’s capital over the weekend, the actors who represented them in The Lord of the Rings trilogy were.

Sean Astin, Elijah Wood, Billy Boyd, and Dominic Monaghan all took to the stage of the Edmonton Expo on Sunday, riffing as the 24th anniversary of Peter Jackson's first movie in the trilogy was released.

And as the four hit the stage, they did so wearing Edmonton Oilers jerseys with Darnell Nurse's No. 25 on them and their respective hobbit names on the back. The jerseys will later be auctioned off, with proceeds set to be donated to charity.
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<h2>Celebrities in an Oilers jersey</h2>
Astin, Wood, Boyd and Monaghan are the latest high-profile celebrities to don Oilers jerseys in public. Let's look back at some of the others.
<h3>Alice Cooper</h3>
<img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-181025" src="http://publish.oilersnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/image-2025-09-22T130402.377.jpg" alt="" width="944" height="708" />

In the first year that Alice Cooper went solo, he embarked on a tour for his debut album, <em>Welcome to My Nightmare.</em> The 60-city tour across North America stopped in Edmonton on June 26th where, pictured above, he donned an Edmonton Oilers jersey while the team was just three years into their time with the World Hockey Association.

A June 27th, 1975 edition of the <em>Edmonton Journal</em> ran photos of Cooper on stage with the jersey with a headline of "The Exorcist of Rock." While Cooper was dealing with three cracked ribs and a concussion after a spill at his Vancouver show four days prior, he tried to gut out a performance as best he could. The show was limited to half of what it usually would, but close to the end after playing "School's Out," he found the Oilers sweater backstage, "but in his condition it is unlikely Bill Hunter will expect him back in the fall for a team tryout."

[caption id="attachment_181026" align="aligncenter" width="819"]<img class="size-full wp-image-181026" src="http://publish.oilersnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/image-3.png" alt="" width="819" height="700" /> Edmonton Journal June 27, 1975[/caption]
<h3>Kobe Bryant</h3>
<img class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-181027" src="http://publish.oilersnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/image-2025-09-22T132414.550-1024x592.jpg" alt="" width="1024" height="592" />

You'd be hard-pressed to find a more iconic photo of a celebrity than Kobe Bryant rocking a Wayne Gretzky jersey in 2002. The L.A. Lakers superstar began a trend wearing a rotation that included a New York Jets Joe Namath jersey, a Brooklyn Dodgers Jackie Robinson jersey, the Gretzky jersey and on title night, he wore a Chicago Bulls Michael Jordan jersey as they swept the New Jersey Nets.

He even had on the Gretzky jersey during his postgame interviews.
<h3>Kevin Smith</h3>
https://twitter.com/ThatKevinSmith/status/1053841561103024128

American actor, director, producer and jack-of-all-trades comedian Kevin Smith is well known as a big hockey fan and fan of the Edmonton Oilers. Years ago he used to wear hockey jerseys at public events featuring Oilers colours and logos for his own brands. He got a chance to be shown on the big screen at an Oilers game in 2018, and even got a <a href="https://x.com/EdmontonOilers/status/1060241725556486144">tour of Rogers Place</a> from Kevin Lowe.
<h3>Conan O'Brien</h3>
<img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-181032" src="http://publish.oilersnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/tumblr_lpqxqhwo3e1r0toreo1_640.png" alt="" width="571" height="394" />

Famous late night talk show host and former writer on the best tv show of all time, <em>The Simpsons,</em> Conan O'Brien was in Edmonton in April 2010 for an appearance at the River Cree Resort and Casino.
<h3>Cadence Weapon</h3>
<img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-181038" src="http://publish.oilersnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Cadence_Weapon_Connor_Mc_David_2024_music_video_0ac563a0fc.jpg" alt="" width="745" height="497" />

The Edmonton-based rapper has long supported his hometown team, even dropping a song titled "Connor McDavid" about, well, Connor McDavid. That version got an update for the 2024 Cup run.
<h3>Daron Malakian</h3>
<img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-181033" src="http://publish.oilersnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/image-2025-09-22T150014.744.jpg" alt="" width="1000" height="559" />

<em>System of a Down </em>guitarist and vocalist Daron Malakian is a lifelong fan of the Oilers and has a collection of memorabilia. When the band rolled into town for a 2006 concern, Malakian got a tour of Rogers Place, fanning over the sights. He even rocked the jersey on stage that night.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdUGF_zQFLA
<h3>Snoop Dogg</h3>
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You know the D-O-Double-G love his Edmonton Oilers. He rocked a old school Georges Laraque jersey during a June 20th, 2024 concert in Edmonton, guaranteeing the Oilers would win Game 6 of the finals. Even when he rolled into town in 2021 he had an Oilers jersey on.

https://twitter.com/EdmontonOilers/status/1373699156674408450
<h3>Drake</h3>
<img class="aligncenter wp-image-181035 size-large" src="http://publish.oilersnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Drake-1024x747.jpg" alt="" width="1024" height="747" />

Rapper Drake is well known to be a fan of the Toronto Maple Leafs and everything to do with The Six, but he was sporting a Connor McDavid jersey during a 2016 concert.
<h3>The Jonas Brothers</h3>
https://twitter.com/EdmontonOilers/status/1724988359054065985

Who could forget when <a href="https://oilersnation.com/2023/11/15/jonas-brothers-spotted-at-edmonton-oilers-game/">The Jonas Brothers</a> were spotted at an Oilers game in November 2023?
<h3>Brett Hart</h3>
<img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-181029" src="http://publish.oilersnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/image-2025-09-22T143439.120.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="350" />

World Wrestling Entertainment has come through Edmonton 13 times since it's inception, with it's first RAW event held on July 7th, 1997. It was there that Bret "The Hitman" Hart donned an Oilers jersey, leading to a few iconic photos that still make the rounds.
<h3>Chris Benoit</h3>
<img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-181030" src="http://publish.oilersnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/image-2025-09-22T143636.436.jpg" alt="" width="324" height="400" />

Another Canadian wrestler Chris Benoit rocked an Oilers jersey when Smackdown came to town on May 29th, 2001.
<h3>John Cena</h3>
<img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-181037" src="http://publish.oilersnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/SD_6-2-05_32.jpg" alt="" width="456" height="352" />

Sometimes it's hard to see John Cena, but you couldn't miss him in a Wayne Gretzky jersey when Smackdown was in Edmonton on June 2nd, 2005.

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<i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Zach Laing is Oilersnation’s associate editor, senior columnist, and The Nation Network’s news director. He also makes up one-half of the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRSWOpthKmdtmFOKQDd7TQdTU2KSKXYvX">DFO DFS Report</a>. He can be followed on X at</span></i> <em><a href="http://www.x.com/zjlaing"><span style="font-weight: 400;">@zjlaing</span></a></em><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"><em>,</em> or reached by email at zach.laing@bettercollective.com.</span></i>

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