This day in National Hockey League history has had a little bit of everything over the years. The greatest player to ever lace up skates was sold. There was an entry-level draft loaded with Hall of Fame talent, and one of the all-time leading scorers was born. So, let's begin our daily journey back in time to relive all the best moments from Aug. 9.
Gretzky goes to Hollywood
The biggest trade in NHL history happened on Aug. 9, 1988. The greatest goal scorer in the history of the game, Wayne Gretzky, was traded by the Edmonton Oilers to the Los Angeles Kings. Gretzky was sent to Los Angeles, along with Jimmy Carson's Mike Krushelnyski and Marty McSorley, Martin Gelinas, and three first-round picks. The Kings also sent $15 million to the Oilers to complete the deal.
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Gretzky had been with the Oilers since entering the NHL in 1979. In his nine seasons in Edmonton, he scored 583 goals and 1,669 points in 696 regular season games. He played in 120 games in the postseason, scoring 81 goals and 252 points. He was the cornerstone of a championship dynasty that won four Stanley Cups in five seasons.
There is no doubt that the Kings were the big winners of this trade, although the Oilers won another Stanley Cup in 1990. Not only did Gretzky make the team better on the ice, but he also made them a big box office draw. .
Gretzky won the Hart Trophy, for being the league's most valuable player, in his first season with the Kings scoring 54 goals and 168 points. Won the Art Ross Trophy, awarded to the NHL's top scorer, with 142 points in 1989-90 and 163 points in 1990-91,
Injuries limited Gretzky to just 45 games in the 1992-93 season, but he still scored 16 goals and 65 points. He had a great postseason with 15 goals and 40 points in 24 games, leading the Kings to their first ever Stanley Cup Final, losing to the Montreal Canadiens in five games.
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Gretzky stayed with the Kings until he was sold to St. Louis Blues at the 1996 Trade Deadline. He scored 246 goals and 918 points in 539 games in Los Angeles. He added a third Art Ross Trophy with 130 points in 1993-94. She also won three Lady Bing awards for being the league's softest player.
It's almost impossible to get full value in return for a player like Gretzky, but the Oilers didn't come close in this trade. Carson scored 49 goals and 100 points in his first season with the Oilers before being traded to the Detroit Red Wings in the 1989-90 season. Gelinas spent five seasons in Edmonton, scoring 60 goals and 100 points.
Three first-round picks didn't pan out. The 1989 pick was traded to the New Jersey Devils. Martin Rucinsky was drafted in 1991 and played just two NHL games for the Oilers. The 1993 pick was used on Nick Stajduhar, who never made it to the NHL.
Ramage enters at number one
21 NHL teams meet in Montreal on Aug. 9, 1979, in the Annual Induction Program. Through the six rounds of the draft, 126 players were selected. The first player taken was infielder Rob Ramage by the Colorado Rockies. He went on to play 1,044 NHL games, including 234 with the Rockies over three seasons. He was traded to the Blues in 1982 for a first round draft pick.
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The first round had many of the best players in the league. That pick includes Mike Foligno (3rdRed Wings), Mike Gartner (4thWashington Capitals), Rick Vaive (5thVancouver Canucks), Ray Bourque (8thBoston Bruins), Mike Ramsey (11thBuffalo Sabres), Brian Propp (14thPhiladelphia Flyers), Brad McCrimmon (15thBruins), Michel Goulet (20thQuebec Nordiques), and Kevin Lowe (21StOilers).
The Oilers laid the foundation for their Stanley Cup dynasty in this full draft. After selecting Lowe in the first round, they took Mark Messier in the third round (48th overall) and Glenn Anderson fourth (69th completely). All three players won five championships with the Oilers and are in the Hockey Hall of Fame.
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Other selections from the 1979 Entry Draft included Lindy Ruff (32n.dSabres), Mats Naslund (37thCanadiens), Dave Christian (40thWinnipeg Jets), Dale Hunter (41StNordiques), Neal Broten (42nd, Minnesota North Stars), Guy Carbonneau (44thCanadiens), John Ogrodnick (66thRed Wings), Anton Stastny (83rdNordiques), Dirk Graham (89thCanucks) and Thomas Steen (103rdJets).
Odds & Ends
The Red Wings signed future Hall of Fame defenseman Brad Park on August 9, 1983. Park played in all 80 games for Detroit during the 1983-84 season, scoring five goals and adding 53 assists. He won the Bill Masterton Trophy, given to the player who best exemplifies perseverance, sportsmanship, and dedication to ice hockey. He scored 13 goals and 43 points in 67 games in the 1984-85 season, 17.th and last in the NHL.
On August 9, 1994, the New York Rangers named Colin Campbell as their new coach. He replaces Mike Keenan, who resigned as general manager and head coach of the Blues. He was the 10th Rangers coach since 1985. The team made the playoffs in Campbell's first three seasons behind the bench. He was fired 57 games into the 1997-98 season and replaced by John Muckler.
A year later, the Rangers signed forward Ray Ferraro, who spent the past five seasons with the rival New York Islanders. Ferraro scored 25 goals and 54 points in his 65 games with the Rangers. He was part of a major deadline deal to the Kings, along with Ian Laperriere, Mattias Norstrom, Nathan LaFayette, and fourth round draft picks, McSorley, Jari Kurri, and Shane Churla.
The Mighty Ducks of Anaheim named Pierre Page their new head coach on Aug. 9, 1997. He was the second head coach in franchise history, replacing Ron Wilson, who was fired at the end of the 1996-97 season. Page lasted just one season, going 26-43-13 in 1997-98. He was replaced by Craig Hartsburg, who was the sixth pick of the 1979 NHL Entry Draft.
On August 9, 2020, the Columbus Blue Jackets became the last team to advance to the round of 16 by beating the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-0 in Game 5 of their playoff series. Joonas Korpisalo made 33 saves in his second shutout of the series. Columbus got goals from Zach Werenski, Liam Foudy, and Nick Foligno to advance to a rematch with the Tampa Bay Lightning.
On August 9, 2022, the Rangers named Jacob Trouba their 28th captain in franchise history. He was the first player to wear the “C” since Ryan McDonagh held the jersey in 2018 before being traded to the Tampa Bay Lightning.
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A total of 22 NHL players were born on Aug. 9. The first was Frank Brophy in 1900, a goalie who played 21 games for the Quebec Bulldogs in the 1919-20 season. The latest was Carter Banks, a forward who played two games with the Calgary Flames in 2013, born Aug. 9, 1989.
Brett Hull was born on Aug. 9, 1964, in Belleville, ON. He was originally drafted by the Flames in the sixth round (117th overall) in the 1984 NHL entry draft. He scored 27 goals and 51 points in 57 games for the Flames before facing the Blues, in 1988, with Ramage's Steve Bozek and Rick Wamsley.
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Hull became a star and one of the league's biggest attacking threats in St. In 744 games, he scored 527 goals and 936 points for the Blues in 11 seasons. She won the Lady Bing Trophy in 1990 and the Hart Trophy in 1991.
In 1998, Hull signed with the Dallas Stars, where he scored the series-winning goal in Game 6 of the 1999 Stanley Cup Final. He moved on to the Red Wings in 2001, where he won his second championship in his first season. He retired in 2005 after five games with the Phoenix Coyotes. He is fourth on the NHL's all-time scoring list with 741. In 2009, he joined his father, Bobby, in the Hockey Hall of Fame.
One of Hull's teammates, Rod Brind'Amour, who should join him in the Hockey Hall of Fame one day, was born on this day in 1970. He played in the most games (1,484) and had the most assists (732) of all time. anyone with an August 9 birthday.
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He is proving to be one of the greatest coaches in the NHL these days, as he has the Carolina Hurricanes on the brink of making the Stanley Cup.
Other famous players born on this day include Andy Brickley (63), Jim Johnson (62), and Shane O'Brien (41).
*Originally created by Greg Boysen
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