


Twenty five years later, even Don Cherry admits it. The game won - Gretzky had huge impact on growth of hockey in U.S. Check out the live chat Jones hosted Thursday afternoon. Below is the fifth of a six-part series that can be read in full in Friday’s Edmonton Sun – or online across Sun Media sites Aug. Twenty-five years later, legendary Edmonton Sun hockey scribe Terry Jones re-visits the day the NHL, and Canadian hockey, changed forever. 9, 1988, Wayne Douglas Gretzky was sold to the Los Angeles Kings for $18 million, a handful of players and the hearts and minds of a nation.

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