Wayne Gretzky
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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.
| Homepage | http://30for30.espn.com/film/kings-ransom.html |
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| Release Date | 2009-09-13 |
| Runtime | 53m |
| Director | Peter Berg |
| Producers | Peter Berg, Keith Clinkscales, Chris Connelly, Deirdre Fenton, John Dahl, Eric M. Johnson, Jonathan Koch, Joan Lynch, Steven Michaels, Alex Piper, Tiffany Reis, Connor Schell, Bill Simmons, John Skipper, Shelley Storm, Michael Tollin, Mitch Wright |
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