Biography

BIOGRAPHY

Dylan Holloway was born September 23, 2001, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Holloway had surgery on his wrist in March 2021, followed by a different surgery on the same wrist in September 2021, requiring at least three months of recovery time. After his surgical recovery and experiencing a bout of COVID-19, he was finally cleared to play in January of 2022. Holloway spent the 2021–22 season in the American Hockey League with the Oilers' affiliate Bakersfield Condors, managing 8 goals and 14 assists in 33 games in the regular season, and then an additional 2 goals and 2 assists during 4 games in the 2022 Calder Cup playoffs before the Condors were eliminated.

On June 6, 2022, Holloway made his NHL debut for the Oilers in Game 4 of the 2022 Western Conference Finals against the Colorado Avalanche. He was called up following the suspension of Oilers forward Evander Kane and another regular, Kailer Yamamoto, injured. The Oilers, down three games to zero going in, lost the game 6–5 and were eliminated.

Holloway scored his first NHL goal in a 4-3 comeback victory against the New York Rangers on November 26, 2022.