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"A documentary film examines the changing culture of hockey--from backyard rinks to climate-controlled arenas. Crosscut with insightful interviews is the story of the first-ever U.S. Pond Hockey Championships, a tournament created to recapture the purity and youthful spirit native to the pond. Chronicling the shared story of rink rats and hockey stars like Wayne Gretzky ... Pond Hockey searches the open ice for the true meaning of sport."--Container....

"More gifted than anyone before or since, Gretzky shattered records and changed the game. Through in-depth interviews, rare footage, home movies, and more, watch 'The Great One' evolve from a 9-year-old prodigy to an international superstar, scoring an unprecedented 2,857 points in his career and shocking the hockey world with 92 goals in a single season."--Cover.

Narrates a series of wins by the hockey champion who was named NHL's Most Valuable Player every year from 1980 to 1987 and who was dubbed "The Great One."

An account of the famous Edmonton Oiler and his ability that shattered every major single season scoring mark in the NHL record book.

Kings ransom (51 min.): 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. Band that wouldn't die (53 min.): In March of 1984, a moving company secretly...