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Wayne Douglas Gretzky CC (/ ˈ ɡ r ɛ t s k i / GRET-skee; born January 26, 1961) is a Canadian American former professional ice hockey player and former head coach.He played 20 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for four teams from 1979 to 1999.
This is a list of career achievements by Wayne Gretzky in the National Hockey League (NHL). Upon his retirement on April 18, 1999, he was credited by the NHL Record Book with holding or sharing 61 NHL records, including 40 regular season , 15 playoff and 6 All-Star records.
The 1995–96 Los Angeles Kings season, was the Kings' 29th season in the National Hockey League. It involved Wayne Gretzky being traded to the St. Louis Blues. For the third consecutive year, the Kings failed to make the playoffs.
Only he, Gretzky and Gordie Howe are members of the 800-goal club. With only 30 games left in the season – he missed 15 games this year with injuries – it will be tough, but not impossible to ...
It was formed by Wayne Gretzky, IMG and some of Gretzky's personal friends. The purpose of the tour was to stay in shape during the lockout, raise money for charities and to promote ice hockey around the world. The team played a total of eight games in five countries, six against professional club teams and two against national All Star teams.
Rendez-vous '87 was a two-game international ice hockey series of games between the Soviet Union national ice hockey team and a team of All-Stars from the National Hockey League, held in Quebec City. It replaced the NHL's All-Star festivities for the 1986–87 NHL season. The Soviet team was paid $80,000 for their appearance in Rendez-vous '87 ...
NBA legend and hockey diehard Charles Barkley struggled with goalie gear before getting lit up by Wayne Gretzky in a wild NHL on TNT appearance.
Ovechkin returns to the Capitals with 868 career NHL goals, 26 away from tying Wayne Gretzky's record, which he achieved on March 29, 1999, against the New York Islanders.