Kings Ransom
Kings Ransom
A14Closed Captions
200950m
SportsDocumentaryBiographical

On August 9, 1988, the NHL was forever changed with the single stroke of a pen, when the Edmonton Oilers sent Wayne Gretzky to the Los Angeles Kings.


Kings Ransom

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 multiplayer, multimillion-dollar deal. As bewildered Oilers 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. Acclaimed director Peter Berg presents the captivating story of the trade that knocked the wind out of an entire country, and placed a star-studded city right at the humble feet of a 27-year-old kid, known simply as "The Great One."

Duration:50m
Release Date:2009
Genre:SportsDocumentaryBiographical
Rating:A14
Director:Peter Burg

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