EDMONTON OILERS MEDIA GUIDE

STEPHEN LINES
MASSAGE THERAPIST
TRAINING STAFF
Lines, 35, enters his sixth season as a member of the Oilers training staff.
He joined the Oilers in 2007-08 after spending three seasons (2005 to
2007) with the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League. A
Registered Massage Therapist, he holds a degree from the Wellington
College of Remedial Massage Therapies in Winnipeg, Manitoba and has worked closely with
Hockey Canada since 2001.
Lines was a member of the Team Canada training staff at the 2008 IIHF World Championship
tournament in Halifax, Nova Scotia and Quebec City, Quebec, serving as the Massage Therapist
for the silver medal winning hosts. It was his second appearance with Team Canada as he was
the Massage Therapist with the 2007 national junior team, helping Canada win the gold medal
at the IIHF World Junior Championship in Sweden.
Lines has also worked many of Hockey Canada’s development and selection camps for both the
men’s and women’s national teams as well as with the Canadian Under-18 teams. He worked
closely with the national team in its preparations for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino, Italy.
Born in Victoria, British Columbia, Lines grew-up in Winnipeg, Manitoba, before beginning his
professional sports career in Calgary. Besides his work with the Calgary Stampeders and Hockey
Canada, he has worked with both the Calgary Flames and Calgary Hitmen.
RYAN WILLIAMS
PHYSICAL THERAPY CONSULTANT
Ryan Williams enters his second season with the Oilers’ training staff.
In 2011, he split time between the Oilers and Hockey Canada, where he
worked as a Head Therapist at the 2011 World Under 17 Hockey Challenge.
Ryan has worked as a Physical Therapy Consultant with multiple junior hockey teams, including
two seasons with the Edmonton Oil Kings from 2008-2010, and has spent time plying his trade
with Hockey Alberta and varsity athletics at the University of Alberta.
When not working with the Oilers, Williams practices physical therapy at the Glen Sather Sport
Medicine Clinic at the University of Alberta. The Kitscoty, Alberta native graduated from the U of
A in 2004 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Physical Therapy.
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