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Wayne Gretzky

His stay there was short spent as he only played eight games before the team folded. Fortunately Wayne's next stop would be the most memorable one in his career. This stop was the Edmonton Oilers, also of the WHA who had acquired Wayne's rights. The first year in the league was spectacular as Wayne and other great Oilers Mark Messier, Glen Anderson, Paul Coffey, Jari Kurri, and Grant Fuhr set the league on fire. The next year Wayne had in a sense reached his first goal of playing in the NHL when the WHA folded and four teams including the Oilers merged with The NHL. .
             Those first few years in the NHL were very productive for Wayne and the Oilers. The team had become known as the most offensive in the league by setting numerous scoring records and marks while Wayne was showing he could produce the same kind of fire power in the NHL where he was sought to be too small. In 1980-81 season Wayne won his first of seven scoring titles and set a new assists record with 109. The following year he tallied a total of 92 goals in the season (NHL record) and 212 total points (NHL record). Wayne's offensive production was due in part to his skillful teammates but mainly due to his innovative style of play that revolutionized the offensive attack in the NHL. .
             The Oilers were gaining steam through the early 1980's and in 1983 they finally reached the Stanley Cup Finals poised to win the Holy Grail. Unfortunately Gretzky and the Young Oilers were handled easily in four straight games by the aging dynasty of New York Islanders. The loss served as a learning experience and fuel to make another run for the Cup. The following year The Oilers got their revenge defeating the same Islander team to win the Cup who was looking for its fifth straight title. That First Cup win was the first of four in a row for the Oilers who repeated as champions until 1988. It was after that fourth Cup that the Hockey World saw one of the most shocking deals in the history of sport take place.


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1. Gretzky: An Autobiography

... her legs were the posts and she'd try and stop me from scoring. The poor lady got lots of welts on her leg that way." (Gretzky, 16) To start off, Wayne has been playing hockey ever since he was a young boy, he would be playing on the river or in the living room at his grandma's house ... Something changed as he matured and being a celebrity sunk in. He realized he couldn't do anything that normal people did. When I was at the "Gretzky Hockey School" this summer Wayne couldn't even go to the locker room to get out of his skates because of all the fans wanting his autograph. I do have to a...

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2. Hockey Player - Wayne Gretzky

... hockey and he even has his own foundation. He is also a worldwide celebrity and is a household name all over the world. Wayne Gretzky is the greatest Canadian for money reasons one is because of his hockey skills and his talent. Wayne shares and holds 61 official NHL records even after being retired for 15 years. Some of his popular records include most NHL ... relief. He participates in donating or sponsoring 18 charities, which help different causes (looktothestars.org). Of all of the most famous charity work he has done is his Wayne Gretzky foundation. Founded in 2002, the Wayne Gret...

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3. Wayne Gretzky: Natural Leader

On Sunday April the 18th, 1999, the greatest player ever known to the NHL played his last game. Wayne Gretzky brought many leadership qualities to his team, and to the game of hockey throughout his career. Using his democratic leadership styles, Gretzky was dedicated to his hockey career and has set many examples to the NHL and to many of his admirers. His good ... gives a helping hand to anyone who needs it. He is the type of leader that everyone would be happy to have. Gretzky is a role model to other hockey players, as well as society who looks up at him in appreciation. Wayne Gretzky is a...

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4. Hockey

... big hockey personalities, Barry Melrose and Bill Clement. Both are Canadian. During the 1980s the game was marketed around one player, "The Great One", Wayne Gretzky. He was born and raised in Brantford, Ontario. He is by the far the greatest ambassador hockey will ever have. He is the Michael Jordan ... this kind of performance, he really lifted the importance of hockey in Canada and became an international hockey icon. After the 1987-88 seasons, Wayne was traded to the Los Angeles Kings. This move could have been beneficial for the United States to adopt hockey as one of the great ... b...

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5. Methods and Physics of Shooting a Hockey Puck

... flat on the ice with their normal stance. The typical values of lie range from 5 to 7 but most sticks are now 5.5. Goalie sticks lie usually lay between 11 and 15. Wayne Gretzky used a low lie stick to correspond with his deep skating crouch and shorter height but Rod Langway (Hall of Fame defenseman) used a higher lie because he was tall and skated ... the blade of the stick to improve puck handling. Some people also put wax over the tape to increase adhesion and also keep water off the blade. Some players like Wayne Gretzky used friction tape and then used baby powder over it to lower...

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6. The Balinese Cockfight

... the area of physical combat. Enforcers are on the rosters of professional teams for one reason, to guard the franchise players. Wayne Gretzky, the great one himself, had an on ice body guard by the name of Marty McSorely. When Wayne Gretzky was traded to the Los Angeles Kings from the Edmonton Oilers, McSorely was traded with him, and he did his job just ... ...

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7. Oh Canada

... 's game has already become apparent with the imbalance of the number of U.S. over Canadian teams. Even Canada's greatest hockey ambassador, Wayne Gretzky, has become the owner of the American based Phoenix Coyotes. Having some of Canada's highest profile players, such as Wayne Gretzky and Mario Lemiex, now taking ownership positions in the U.S. based teams, appears as another dark cloud on Canada's hockey horizon. Why ... ...

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8. Mr. Hockey and Mr. Canada - Gordie Howe

... a riveting reliving of Gordie howe's life but some of the literature that stands out the most is not even his own words but rather those of his children, Wayne "The Great One" Gretzky and Bobby Orr. The afterword was reserved for his children to give a testament to Gordie's character on and off the ice. This is a crucial proof of why ... be the hatrick variant named in his honor, the "Gordie Howe hatrick" comprised of one fight, an assist and a goal. On the back cover page of the autobiography, Wayne Gretzy leaves a small word of praise for Gordie explaining that Gordie Howe is one of h...

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9. Sports Salaries

... and it is all because the names of these athletes sporting our favorite shoes or telling us about the food at a restaurant. People buy things and go places just because Wayne Gretzky or Michael Jordan told them to. Allen Iverson, just a few years back was offered a 39 million dollar contract if he would be the sponsor of Reebok for 4 years. 3 months into ... make them 10 million dollars a year than they wouldn"t pay him 20 million a year for advertising. Big sports owners are the exact same. They want the big names like Jordan, Gretzky and Clemens to help them make money. Big names make...

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