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Kings Ransom

09/13/2009

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0hr 53min

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Documentary

August 9th, 1988. The day Canada froze over

STORY

On August 9, 1988, the NHL was forever changed with the single stroke of a pen. The Edmonton Oilers, fresh off their fourth Stanley Cup victory in five years, signed a deal that sent Wayne Gretzky, a Canadian national treasure and the greatest hockey player ever to play the game, to the Los Angeles Kings in a multi-player, multi-million dollar deal. As bewildered Oiler fans struggled to make sense of the unthinkable, fans in Los Angeles were rushing to purchase season tickets at a rate so fast it overwhelmed the Kings box office. Overnight, a franchise largely overlooked in its 21-year existence was suddenly playing to sellout crowds and standing ovations, and a league often relegated to “little brother” status exploded from 21 teams to 30 in less than a decade.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Wayne Gretzky
  • Janet Jones
  • Luc Robitaille
  • Glen Sather
  • Peter Berg

    Directors

  • Peter Berg
  • Michael Tollin

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Asylum Entertainment
  • ESPN Films

    Production Countries

  • United States of America

LANGUAGES

  • English

Cast

Wayne Gretzky

Himself

Janet Jones

Herself

Luc Robitaille

Himself

Glen Sather

Himself

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