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McNall was released in 2001 after his sentence was reduced by 13 months for good behavior. He was on probation until 2006. McNall remained on good terms with many of his former players, with Wayne Gretzky, Rob Blake, Luc Robitaille and others visiting him in prison. Gretzky even refused to allow the Kings to retire his number 99 until McNall ...
On August 9, 1988, McNall acquired the league's best player, Wayne Gretzky, in a blockbuster trade with the Edmonton Oilers. The trade rocked the hockey world, especially north of the border where Canadians mourned the loss of a player they considered a national treasure. [32] McNall changed the team colors to silver and black. [7]
For majority owner Bruce McNall, it was his second Arc win, having won it in 1987 with Trempolino. Nicolas Clément became the youngest trainer to win this race. [3] Saumarez was then sent to the United States for the Breeders' Cup Turf at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York where he finished fifth to In the Wings whom he had beaten in the Arc.
In 1987, coin collector Bruce McNall purchased the Kings from Buss and turned the team into a Stanley Cup contender almost overnight. After changing the team colors to silver and black, [ 8 ] McNall acquired the league's best player, Wayne Gretzky, in a blockbuster trade with the Edmonton Oilers on August 9, 1988.
Golden Pheasant (foaled 1986) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse who won races in France, England, the United States, and Japan.He was owned by the then owner of the Los Angeles Kings NHL ice hockey team, Bruce McNall, and superstar Hall of Fame player, Wayne Gretzky.
In February 1991, the Argonauts were purchased by Bruce McNall, Wayne Gretzky and John Candy. [3] In April 1991, the Argonauts signed Raghib Ismail to a four-year contract worth 18 million dollars. [4] The Ismail signing included four million dollars upfront. [5] Technically, Ismail was only being paid $110,000 a season to play football.
Bruce Willis shot to action movie stardom courtesy of 1988's Die Hard. (Illustration by Aisha Yousaf for Yahoo; Photos: Getty Images) (Illustration by Aisha Yousaf for Yahoo; Photos: Getty Images)
After the financially troubled McNall was forced to sell the Kings in 1994, Gretzky's relationship with the Kings' new owners grew strained. [108] Under both McNall and the new ownership group, the team was fiscally unstable, to the point that paychecks to players bounced. [109] Finally, in early 1996, Gretzky requested a trade. [108]