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Originally Posted by trumpethead
The first pro team for Wayne Gretzky and Mark Messier.
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and the story is Skalbania lost Gretzky in a backgamon game to Pocklington.
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"It all started in a private jet between Nelson Skalbania and Peter Pocklington, and it was a backgammon game with pretty high stakes as it turns out," said Larry Gordon, who was the Oilers' general manager in 1978. "Peter won that game and there was a wager made, some money exchanged hands and Wayne Gretzky, Eddie Mio and Peter Driscoll ended up in Edmonton Oilers uniforms.
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http://oilers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=430450