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Kings Ransom

August 9th, 1988. The day Canada froze over

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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.

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Status
Released
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Language
English
  • sports
  • biography
  • ice hockey
  • los angeles, california
  • sports documentary
  • nhl
  • edmonton
  • edmonton oilers

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Director

Peter Berg

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United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TV6 Oct 2009
  • AustraliaAU

    • TV23 May 2010
  • CanadaCA

    • Premiere13 Sept 2009
  • FranceFR

    • Digital / OTT10Disney+28 Jan 2022

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Kings Ransom was released on 13 September 2009.

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