Even over a quarter century after his last NHL game, few people in the sporting world can draw eyeballs quite like Wayne ...

Even over a quarter century after his last NHL game, few people in the sporting world can draw eyeballs quite like Wayne ...

Gretzky scored 51 goals that season -- the first of his nine 50-goal seasons, an NHL record he shares with Ovechkin and Mike ...

Oilers trade Wayne Gretzky to Los Angeles Kings Hockey's biggest blockbuster trade is credited with leading to West Coast expansion success in the NHL. It sounds unthinkable today ...

Kings games also became a hot ticket in Los Angeles. Some see the trade as a jumping-off point for expansion of the NHL, which added teams in San Jose, Anaheim, Florida and Tampa Bay during the 1990s.

When the Edmonton Oilers dealt superstar Wayne Gretzky to the Los Angeles Kings in 1988, the entire city went into a collective depression. “It’s like ripping the heart out of a city,” Edmonton Mayor ...