Kings Ransom
August 9th, 1988. The day Canada froze over
- Documentary
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.
Keywords
- los angeles
- california
- ice hockey
- biography
- sports
- sports documentary
- nhl
- edmonton
- edmonton oilers
- los angeles, california
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- September 13, 2009
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- ESPN Films,Asylum Entertainment,ESPN
- Director
- Peter Berg
- Producer
- Bill Simmons,Keith Clinkscales,Alex Piper,John Skipper,John Dahl,Joan Lynch,Connor Schell,Steve Michaels,Jonathan Koch,Peter Berg,Mitch Wright
- Music
- David Arkenstone
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- Homepage
- Official site
- IMDb
- tt1503202