Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Musi waAugust 9, 1988, mukufamba kwakazivisa shanduko yakakosha muNHL, maOilers akatengesa Gretzky (pamwe naMcSorley naKruselnyski) kuKings yeCarson, Martin Gélinas, $ 15 mamirioni mumari, uye maKings 'ekutanga-kutenderera kunyorera muna 1989
(akazotengeswa kuNew Jersey Devils, uyo akaishandisa kusarudza Jason Miller), 1991, (akashandiswa kusarudza Martin Ručínský), uye 1993, (akashandiswa kusarudza Nick Stajduhar). "Kutengeserana", sezvo kwakazivikanwa, kwakatsamwisa vaKanada kusvika pamwero wokuti Mutungamiriri weNew Democratic Party House Nelson Riis akarayira hurumende kuti ivhare, uye Pocklington akapiswa mumufananidzo kunze kweNorthlands Coliseum. Gretzky pachake aionekwa se"mutengesi" nevamwe vokuCanada nokuda kwokutendeukira kuguta rokumusha kwake uye nyika yokumusha kwake. Zvikurudziro zvake zvaifungidzirwa zvikuru kuva kufambisira mberi basa rokutamba romudzimai wake.