wayne gretzky

 

  • [109] New York Rangers (1996–1999) Gretzky with the New York Rangers in 1997 Gretzky ended his professional playing career with the New York Rangers, where he played his final
    three seasons and helped the team reach the Eastern Conference Finals in 1997.

  • The focus of the game prior to Gretzky’s arrival, he said, especially among the Canadian teams, was on the player with the puck—in getting the puck to a star player who would
    make the big play.

  • [84] “The Trade” Two hours after the Oilers won the Stanley Cup in 1988, Gretzky learned from his father that the Oilers were planning to deal him to another team.

  • Long prior to either him or Gretzky joining the Blues, Mike Keenan had refused to moderate his coaching style even while coaching Gretzky while with Team Canada during international
    tournaments.

  • Gretzky’s trade to the Los Angeles Kings on August 9, 1988, had an immediate impact on the team’s performance, ultimately leading them to the 1993 Stanley Cup Finals, and
    he is credited with popularizing hockey in California.

  • “[80] In this, Gretzky added his considerable influence as the preeminent NHL star of his day to that of the Soviets, who had also developed a more team-style of play, and
    had successfully used it against the best NHL teams, beginning in the 1972 Summit Series.

  • … Gretzky made his opponents compete with five players, not one, and he made his teammates full partners to the game.

  • Using this approach, the Oilers, led by Gretzky, became the highest-scoring team in NHL history.

  • The effect of calling offsetting penalties was felt immediately in the NHL, because during the early 1980s, when the Gretzky-era Oilers entered a four-on-four or three-on-three
    situation with an opponent, they frequently used the space on the ice to score one or more goals.

  • [88] On August 9, 1988, in a move that heralded significant change in the NHL, the Oilers traded Gretzky (along with McSorley and Krushelnyski) to the rival Kings for Carson,
    Martin Gélinas, $15 million in cash, and the Kings’ first-round draft picks in 1989 (later traded to the New Jersey Devils, who used it to select Jason Miller), 1991, (used to select Martin Ručínský), and 1993, (used to select Nick Stajduhar).

  • Gretzky’s professional relationship with Keenan was thus never particularly warm, and the coach’s public rebukes effectively ended any realistic prospect of Gretzky remaining
    in St. Louis once he became a free agent.

  • [64][65] By the time he finished playing in Edmonton, he held or shared 49 NHL records.

  • [76][77] Gretzky held a press conference one day after being awarded the Hart Memorial Trophy, criticizing the NHL for punishing teams and players who previously benefited.

  • [97] Many credit Gretzky’s arrival with putting non-traditional American hockey markets on “the NHL map”; not only did California receive two more NHL franchises (the Mighty
    Ducks of Anaheim and San Jose Sharks) during Gretzky’s tenure in Los Angeles, but his popularity in Southern California proved to be an impetus in the league establishing teams in other parts of the U.S. Sun Belt.

  • Gretzky’s first season in Los Angeles saw a marked increase in attendance and fan interest in a city not previously known for following hockey.

  • [100] The next season, Gretzky broke Gordie Howe’s career goal-scoring record of 801, and won the scoring title,[56] but the team began a long slide, and despite numerous
    player and coaching moves, they failed to qualify for the playoffs again until 1998.

  • [68] The following season, the Oilers met the Islanders in the Finals again, this time winning the Stanley Cup, their first of five in seven years.

  • The NHL retired his jersey number 99 league-wide, making him the only hockey player and one of only three players in professional sports history to receive such an honor,
    along with Jackie Robinson, whose uniform number 42 was retired by Major League Baseball in 1997, and Bill Russell, whose uniform number 6 was retired by the National Basketball Association in 2022.

  • [80] “He was, I think, the first Canadian forward to play a true team game”, said hockey writer and former NHL goaltender Ken Dryden.

  • [59] He ended the 1981–82 season with records of 92 goals, 120 assists, and 212 points in 80 games, becoming the only player in NHL history to break the two hundred-point
    mark.

  • [113] The 1997 playoff run was Gretzky’s last as a player, and Rangers did not return to the playoffs until 2006, well after Gretzky retired.

  • [45] Gretzky captured the Lou Kaplan Trophy as rookie of the year,[35] and helped the Oilers to first place in the league.

  • [57] During the 1981–82 season, Gretzky surpassed a record that had stood for 35 years: 50 goals in 50 games, first set by Maurice “Rocket” Richard during the 1944–45 NHL
    season and tied by Mike Bossy during the 1980–81 NHL season.

  • After winning the first game of the series by a score of 4–1, the team lost the next three games in overtime, and then fell 4–1 in the deciding fifth game, where Gretzky failed
    to get a shot on net.

  • In 2000, he became part-owner of the Phoenix Coyotes, and following the 2004–05 NHL lock-out, he became the team’s head coach.

  • [48][49] NHL career Edmonton Oilers (1979–1988) Gretzky’s success in the WHA carried over into the NHL, despite some critics suggesting he would struggle in what was considered
    the bigger, tougher and more talented league.

  • [72] The Oilers also won the Stanley Cup with Gretzky three additional times: in 1985, 1987 and 1988.

  • The same success was not immediate when they joined the NHL, but within four seasons, the Oilers were competing for the Stanley Cup.

  • [102] During the 1994–95 NHL lock-out, Gretzky and some friends (including Mark Messier, Marty McSorley, Brett Hull and Steve Yzerman) formed the Ninety Nine All Stars Tour
    and played eight exhibition games in various countries.

  • [96] For the second year in a row, the Kings eliminated the defending champions in the first round when they defeated the Flames in six games, but also for the second year
    in a row their season ended in a second round sweep, this time at the hands of Gretzky’s former team.

  • [53] The season still stands as the highest point total by a first-year player in NHL history.

  • [8] After his retirement in 1999, Gretzky was immediately inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame, making him the most recent player to have the waiting period waived.

  • Gretzky was also forced to endure public criticism from his head coach for the first time in his career.

  • [58] Later that season, Gretzky broke Esposito’s record for most goals in a season (76) on February 24, 1982, scoring three to help defeat the Buffalo Sabres 6–3.

  • In his post-championship interview, Messier (who had replaced Gretzky as Edmonton’s captain following the trade) paid tribute to his former teammate by dedicating the Oilers’
    Cup win to him.

  • [98] Gretzky was sidelined for much of the 1992–93 regular season with a back injury (he returned on January 6, 1993, which was also his 1,000th NHL game), and his 65-point
    output ended a record 13-year streak in which he recorded at least 100 points each season.

  • The Gretzkys had to legally challenge the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association to win Wayne the right to play in a different area, which was disallowed at the time.

  • [79] Strategy and effect on NHL play Gretzky had a major influence on the style of play of the Edmonton Oilers and in the NHL as a whole, helping to inspire a more team-based
    strategy.

  • Chicago coach Mike Keenan said it best: “There’s a spot on the ice that’s no-man’s land, and all the good goal scorers find it.”

  • Gretzky became the youngest player to score 50 goals, but was not eligible for the Calder Memorial Trophy, given to the top NHL rookie, because of his previous year of WHA
    experience.

  • [99] However, he performed well in the playoffs, notably when he scored a hat trick in game seven of the Campbell Conference Finals against the Toronto Maple Leafs.

  • On November 2, Gretzky, goaltender Eddie Mio and forward Peter Driscoll were put on a private plane, not knowing where they would land and what team they would be joining.

  • He scored 37 points in 31 games for the team in the regular season and the playoffs,[64] and the Blues came within one game of the Conference Finals.

  • The Oilers went on to win their fifth Cup (and first without Gretzky).

  • [60] That year, Gretzky became the first hockey player and first Canadian to be named Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year.

  • Skalbania offered to play a game of backgammon with Winnipeg owner Michael Gobuty, the stakes being if Gobuty won, he would get Gretzky and if he lost, he had to give Skalbania
    a share of the Jets.

  • He made an immediate impact on the ice, scoring on his first shot on goal in the first regular season game.

  • [63] The following seasons saw Gretzky break his own assists record three more times (125 in 1982–83, 135 in 1984–85 and 163 in 1985–86); he also bettered that mark (120 assists)
    in 1986–87 with 121 and 1990–91 with 122, and his point record one more time (215, in 1985–86).

  • The following year, as a 15–16-year-old, he had 72 points in 32 games with the same team, renamed the Seneca Nationals.

  • Born: January 26, 1961 (age 62), Brantford, Ontario, Canada; Height: 6 ft 0 in (183 cm); Weight: 185 lb (84 kg; 13 st 3 lb); Position: Centre; Shot: Left; Played for: Indianapolis
    Racers, Edmonton Oilers, Los Angeles Kings, St. Louis Blues, New York Rangers; Coached for: Phoenix Coyotes; National team: Canada; NHL Draft: Undrafted; Playing career: 1978–1999; Coaching career: 2005–2009 Early years Wayne Douglas Gretzky
    was born on January 26, 1961, in Brantford, Ontario, the son of Phyllis Leone (Hockin) and Walter Gretzky.

  • [17] The team Gretzky played on at age six was otherwise composed of 10-year-olds.

  • When the WHA folded, the Oilers joined the NHL, where he established many scoring records and led his team to four Stanley Cup championships.

  • [27] Despite his offensive statistics—scoring 132 points in 60 games in Junior B[27]—two teams bypassed him in the 1977 Ontario Major Junior Hockey League draft of 16-year-olds.

  • [24] When Gretzky was 14, his family arranged for him to move to and play hockey in Toronto, partly to further his career, and partly to remove him from the uncomfortable
    pressure he faced in his hometown.

  • He is the only NHL player to total over 200 points in one season, a feat he accomplished four times.

  • Nicknamed “the Great One”,[1] he has been called the greatest hockey player ever by many sportswriters, players, The Hockey News, and by the NHL itself,[2] based on extensive
    surveys of hockey writers, ex-players, general managers and coaches.

  • Since the Order ceremonies are always held during the hockey season, it took 13 years and 7 months—and two Governors General—before he could accept the honour.

  • The NHL also lowered its minimum age, ensuring players such as Gretzky would not need to return to the junior level, albeit with the caveat that such previously underaged
    players were supposed to be placed into the 1979 NHL Entry Draft pool.

  • In his first NHL season, 1979–80, Gretzky was awarded the Hart Memorial Trophy as the NHL’s Most Valuable Player (the first of eight in a row) and tied for the scoring lead
    with Marcel Dionne with 137 points.

  • In 1983, they made it to the Stanley Cup Finals, only to be swept by the three-time defending champion New York Islanders.

  • [46] By the end of the regular season, the signings of Gretzky and other young stars in addition to other factors had compelled enough of the hardline NHL owners to change
    their positions, and an agreement (technically recognized as the 1979 expansion by the NHL) was finalized.

  • [108] Gretzky rejected a three-year deal worth $15 million with the Blues, and on July 21, signed with the New York Rangers as a free agent, rejoining longtime Oilers teammate
    Mark Messier for a two-year, $8 million (plus incentives) contract.

  • [105] At the time of the trade, the Blues and New York Rangers emerged as front-runners, but the Blues met his salary demands.

  • [17] In Gretzky’s first appearance in Edmonton after the trade, a game nationally televised in Canada, he received a four-minute standing ovation.

  • While Skalbania knew it was unlikely the Racers would be one of these teams (in part because the WHA insisted that all of its surviving Canadian teams be included), he still
    hoped to keep the Racers alive long enough to collect compensation from the surviving teams when the WHA dissolved, as well as any funds earned from selling the young star.

  • [36] However, he played only eight games for Indianapolis.

  • Gretzky became known for setting up behind his opponent’s net, an area that was nicknamed “Gretzky’s office”.

  • [18] According to Martin, “Wayne was so good that you could have a boy of your own who was a tremendous hockey player, and he’d get overlooked because of what the Gretzky
    kid was doing.

  • [75] The Gretzky rule In June 1985, as part of a package of five rule changes to be implemented for the 1985–86 season, the NHL Board of Governors decided to introduce offsetting
    penalties, where neither team lost a man when coincidental penalties were called.

  • The Oilers, like the other three teams, were to be allowed to protect two goaltenders and two skaters from being reclaimed by the established NHL teams in the 1979 NHL Expansion
    Draft.

  • [14] The farm was where Wayne skated on ice for the first time, aged two years, 10 months.

  • [56] This victory propelled the Kings into the Stanley Cup Finals for the first time in franchise history, where they faced the Montreal Canadiens.

  • With the WHA’s long-term survival obviously in doubt, Birmingham Bulls owner John F. Bassett believed the only way to gain meaningful leverage over the NHL was to sign as
    many young and promising superstars as possible.

  • [14] Gretzky’s first pair of skates at the Hockey Hall of Fame, worn when he was three years old Walter taught Wayne, Keith, Brent, Glen and their friends hockey on a rink
    he made in the back yard of the family home, nicknamed the “Wally Coliseum”.

  • [64] For the first time in his NHL career, Gretzky was not named captain,[111] although he briefly wore the captain’s “C” in 1998 when captain Brian Leetch was injured and
    out of the line-up.

 

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