Kings Ransom

Sep 13, 2009

0h 53m

★ 6.6

August 9th, 1988. The day Canada froze over

Overview

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.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Asylum Entertainment

ESPN Films

ESPN

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Cast

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Wayne Gretzky

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Janet Jones

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Luc Robitaille

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Glen Sather

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Peter Berg

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Bruce McNall

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