when did gretzky go to the kings
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News Wayne Gretzky traded by Oilers to Kings 28 years ago. Wayne Gretzky traded by Oilers to Kings 28 years ago. Aug. 9, 1988, move boosts hockey's popularity in Los Angeles, haunts some in Edmonton to this day. The trade that most thought could never happen was made on this date 28 years ago. Wayne Gretzky, the captain and the heart and soul of the dynastic Edmonton Oilers, was traded on Aug. 9, 1988, sent to the Los Angeles Kings along with center Mike Krushelnyski and defenseman Marty McSorley.
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List of NHL records (individual) Most goals, one season: Wayne Gretzky 92 (1981-1982) Most goals, in playoffs one season: Jari Kurri (1985) 19 and Reggie Leach (1976) 19; Most goals, one season, including playoffs: Wayne Gretzky, 100 (1983–84) Most goals, 50 games from start of season: Wayne Gretzky, 61 (two occasions, 1981–82 and 1983–84)
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- In the fall of 1978, Gretzky joined the Indianapolis Racers after signing a personal services contract with Nelson Skalbania, the team's owner. Gretzky had wanted to join the NHL, but the league's draft age was 20 and Gretzky didn't think it would help to play three years in the OHA until he was drafted. Gretzky's stay in Indianapolis was short lived as the Racers, who folded after five seasons, and Skalbania sold Gretzky to the Edmonton Oilers. In Edmonton, under coach Glen Sather, he became the most dominant player in the history of the game. He set records, and his play was unlike anything the league had ever seen.
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- The deal was announced Aug. 9, 1988, 12 weeks after the Oilers closed out a four-game sweep of the Boston Bruins in the Cup Final. Gretzky, McSorley and center Mike Krushelnyski went to the Kings in exchange for center Jimmy Carson, wing Martin Gelinas, first-round draft picks in 1989, 1991 and 1993, and $15 million. Moments before the Edmonton press conference, Pocklington and Sather pulled Gretzky aside and offered to call off the trade.
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Biography In his first season in the NHL, Wayne Gretzky became the youngest MVP in league history, as well as the youngest player to score over 50 goals and over 100 points in the same season. Wayne Gretzky led the Edmonton Oilers to four Stanley Cup championships in 1984, 1985, 1987, and 1988.
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Wayne Gretzky Gretzky turned professional for the 1978–79 season, playing for the Indianapolis Racers in the World Hockey Association (WHA). His contract soon was sold to the Edmonton Oilers, who joined the NHL at the beginning of the 1979–80 season.
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Wayne Gretzky Wayne Gretzky is the first child of Walter and Phyllis Gretzky; he has four younger siblings — Kim, Keith, Glen and Brent. He first started skating before the age of three on the Nith River near his grandparents’ farm in Canning, Ontario.
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- A product of Brantford, Ontario, Wayne Gretzky was born in January 26, 1961. By the age of 2, his father had Wayne on skates and by 5 he was a local attraction. The making of a superstar was born. Wayne Gretzky was playing and excelling in the game of hockey with players twice his age and height. A record that is still held today has Gretzky scoring 310 goals with his Novice team. By the 1976-77 season he had caught the eyes of the Ontario Hockey Association.
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10 Incredible Facts About Wayne Gretzky 10 Incredible Facts About Wayne Gretzky. The name Wayne Gretzky is synonymous with greatness. The Brantford, Ontario native, appropriately nicknamed the Great One, began to re-write the record books when he first stepped onto the ice as an NHL player for the Edmonton Oilers in 1979.
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- Brayden Schenn made his NHL debut Nov. 26, 2009, with the Kings, who made him the No. 5 pick in the 2009 NHL Draft. The selection came after Little Schenn'' played his second full season with Brandon of the Western Hockey League, scoring 88 points (32 goals) in 70 games. On June 23, 2011, the Flyers acquired Schenn, Wayne Simmonds and the Kings' second-round pick in 2012 for Mike Richards and Rob Bordson.
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Gretzky returns to Team Canada The Great One wants a shot at defending Canada's Olympic hockey title. Wayne Gretzky will resume his duties as executive director of Team Canada for next year's Olympic Games in Turin, hoping he can select a squad that will repeat the success it had in Salt Lake City three years ago. I'm proud and excited to be back, said Gretzky during a conference call on Wednesday.
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- View photo. Los Angeles Kings right wing Dustin Brown holds up the NHL hockey Stanley Cup trophy while riding in a parade, Monday, June 16, 2014, in Los Angeles.The parade and rally were held to celebrate the Kings' second Stanley Cup championship in three seasons.iew photo. Los Angeles Kings right wing Dustin Brown holds up the NHL hockey Stanley Cup trophy while riding in a parade, Monday, June 16, 2014, in Los Angeles.
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22 Things You Might Not Know About the Stanley Cup Between 1984 and 1990, the team won five Stanley Cups and were led by two hockey greats, Wayne Gretzky and Mark Messier (above). Legend has it that after their 1986-87 win, Messier brought the Cup to an Edmonton strip club called the Forum Inn and set the trophy on the main stage.
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- As Gretzky went, so went the Oilers. They went to the Stanley Cup finals in 1983, only to lose horribly to the Islanders in four straight games. But the loss was a learning experience. The next year they made their first of four Cup wins over the next five years by defeating those same Islanders in five games.
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Wayne Gretzky Biography Wayne Gretzky Biography. Born: January 26, 1961 Brantford, Ontario, Canada. Canadian hockey player. Wayne Gretzky, known by hockey fans simply as The Great One, became the first player to win the Hart Trophy for eight years in a row and beat hockey legend Gordie Howe's (1928–) all-time point record of 1,850.ayne Gretzky Biography. Born: January 26, 1961 Brantford, Ontario, Canada. Canadian hockey player. Wayne Gretzky, known by hockey fans simply as The Great One, became the first player to win the Hart Trophy for eight years in a row and beat hockey legend Gordie Howe's (1928–) all-time point record of 1,850.
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1993 Stanley Cup Finals This was the last Stanley Cup Final series played in the Montreal Forum, and the last time Wayne Gretzky competed in the Finals. The Kings were appearing in the Finals for the first time in their 26-year history.
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Johnny Groth As the 1952 season began, Groth was no longer being written up as a coming superstar, but rather as one “who has not quite lived up to club expectations.” xxi Midway through the season Detroit fired Rolfe as their play continued to be sluggish. George Kell, Johnny Lipon and Vic Wertz were traded off. The Tigers finished last, 45 games behind the Yankees, the first time a Detroit team had finished in the cellar. While Groth led the Tigers starters in hitting with a .284 average, it was devoid of power.
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- Jets get goals from five different scorers, shut out Oilers; On this day in NHL history: Wayne Gretzky scores 50 in 39; Oilers place defenceman Eric Gryba on waivers; Jeff Glass finally joins his famous 2005 WJC teammates in the NHL; Kane scores OT winner for Blackhawks as Glass wins first NHL start
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Biography Wayne Gretzky was a professional hockey played who played in the NHL until 1999. Nicknamed The Great One, he is arguably the most famous hockey player of all time, and most agree he is the best hockey player of all time.
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Fifth Cup proved Oilers were greater than just Gretzky Fifth Cup proved Oilers were greater than just Gretzky. Fifth Cup proved Oilers were greater than just Gretzky. The dynasty was supposed to be dead on Aug. 9, 1988, when Wayne Gretzky went from the Edmonton Oilers to the Los Angeles Kings in one of the biggest trades in the history of North American sports.
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- Edmonton would come to terms with the trade and the Oilers won the Stanley Cup in 1990. And with Gretzky turning hockey into a favorite sport among warm-weather fans, the game would never be the same. It opened up a whole new door for him [Gretzky] and his wife. It did great things for everybody, Pocklington said.
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- It is, in fact, a body of expressive culture that reflects and dramatizes the same kind of themes found in formal American literature: empowerment, freedom in a social structure, preserving traditions in a protean world, maintaining values, and finding strategies for seeking justice.
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Wayne Gretzky After his retirement in 1999, Gretzky was immediately inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame, making him the most recent player to have the waiting period waived. The NHL retired his jersey number 99 league-wide, making him the only player to receive this honour.
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Wayne Gretzky Gretzky redirects here. For other people with the same name and other uses, see Gretzky (disambiguation). Wayne Douglas Gretzky CC (/ˈɡrɛtski/; born January 26, 1961) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player and former head coach. He played twenty seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for four teams from 1979 to 1999.
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Wayne Gretzky Following the 1987–88 season, he was traded to the Los Angeles Kings. Gretzky’s finesse and speed revolutionized the sport, which had been known for its physical play. In his first season with the Oilers, he scored 51 goals and 86 assists (137 total points). In the 1980–81 season he became the first player in NHL history to average more than two points a game. In the 1981–82 season he set NHL regular-season scoring records for goals (92), assists (120), and total points (212).
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Biography Wayne has agreed in principle to head the Canadian Olympic hockey team for 2006 in Italy if NHL hockey player are involved. Contrary to his image for gentlemanly play, Gretzky was ejected 11 times in his NHL career for unsportsmanlike conduct. Godfather to Jari Kurri's twin sons Ville and Joonas.