for in January 26 1961 Wayne Gretzky is
one of the greatest hockey players of
all time there’s no denying that he was
a classic prodigy at age six you stayed
in with 10 year olds at age 10 in 85
games he scored 378 goals which is
completely ridiculous at age 14 he was
playing the 20 year olds and eventually
he signed with the waj the world hockey
association as an underage player
because these signings were not allowed
in the NHL at the time after the wh a
folded in 1979 or the teams went on to
the NHL one of these teams was the
Edmonton Oilers and they brought with
them Wayne Gretzky Wayne Gretzky up
first no one thought that he would be
able to bring his dominant dame into the
NHL they said that the Dame was too big
and too fast for him there however his
first year he won the MVP trophy his
first of eight consecutive Wayne Gretzky
helder shared 61 NHL records upon his
retirement in april of nineteen ninety
nine he had 40 regular season records 15
playoff records and sits all-star
records some of the most impressive
regular season records include most
goals in the season at 92 most assists
in the season at 163 and most points in
a season that 215 no one else was even
able to break the 200 mark on artist
ninth 1988 and a move that drastically
changed the NHL Gretzky was traded from
the Edmonton Oilers to the Los Angeles
Kings Canadians were so mad at this that
one politician actually tried to get the
government to block the trade Gretzky
himself was considered a traitor by many
Canadians because he turned his back on
his adopted hometown his home province
and his home country some people said
the motivation behind the trade was to
further his wife’s acting career many
credit Gretzky for putting
non-traditional US hockey market on the
NHL map also in 1990 The Associated
Press named Wayne Gretzky the greatest
athlete of the decade for being a hockey
player who broke just about every
possible record in at in the NHL this is
why we decided to put him up on this
list he was slow small and skinny but he
became the idol of an entire nation
one of the greatest hockey players of
all time there’s no denying that he was
a classic prodigy at age six you stayed
in with 10 year olds at age 10 in 85
games he scored 378 goals which is
completely ridiculous at age 14 he was
playing the 20 year olds and eventually
he signed with the waj the world hockey
association as an underage player
because these signings were not allowed
in the NHL at the time after the wh a
folded in 1979 or the teams went on to
the NHL one of these teams was the
Edmonton Oilers and they brought with
them Wayne Gretzky Wayne Gretzky up
first no one thought that he would be
able to bring his dominant dame into the
NHL they said that the Dame was too big
and too fast for him there however his
first year he won the MVP trophy his
first of eight consecutive Wayne Gretzky
helder shared 61 NHL records upon his
retirement in april of nineteen ninety
nine he had 40 regular season records 15
playoff records and sits all-star
records some of the most impressive
regular season records include most
goals in the season at 92 most assists
in the season at 163 and most points in
a season that 215 no one else was even
able to break the 200 mark on artist
ninth 1988 and a move that drastically
changed the NHL Gretzky was traded from
the Edmonton Oilers to the Los Angeles
Kings Canadians were so mad at this that
one politician actually tried to get the
government to block the trade Gretzky
himself was considered a traitor by many
Canadians because he turned his back on
his adopted hometown his home province
and his home country some people said
the motivation behind the trade was to
further his wife’s acting career many
credit Gretzky for putting
non-traditional US hockey market on the
NHL map also in 1990 The Associated
Press named Wayne Gretzky the greatest
athlete of the decade for being a hockey
player who broke just about every
possible record in at in the NHL this is
why we decided to put him up on this
list he was slow small and skinny but he
became the idol of an entire nation
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