Kings Ransom

Kings Ransom

August 9th, 1988. The day Canada froze over

2009 en 53 minutes

Rating: 6.6

Plot

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.

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Cast

Wayne Gretzky

Wayne Gretzky

Himself

Janet Jones

Janet Jones

Herself

Luc Robitaille

Luc Robitaille

Himself

Glen Sather

Glen Sather

Himself

Peter Berg

Peter Berg

Himself

Bruce McNall

Bruce McNall

Himself

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