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.
Name | Type | Role | |
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Goldie Hawn | Guest Star | ||
Kurt Russell | Guest Star | ||
Kevin Costner | Guest Star | ||
Kate Hudson | Guest Star | ||
Sylvester Stallone | Guest Star | ||
Billy Crystal | Guest Star | ||
Timothy Hutton | Guest Star | ||
Michael J. Fox | Guest Star | ||
Nancy Reagan | Guest Star | ||
Pierce Brosnan | Guest Star | ||
Tom Hanks | Guest Star | ||
Ronald Reagan | Guest Star | ||
John Candy | Guest Star | ||
Peter Berg | Director |