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Great One shatters own NHL scoring record
Larry Schwartz, Special to ESPN.comApril 4, 1986 In the next-to-last game of the season, Wayne Gretzky breaks his own NHL record for points in a season. The Great One gets three assists...
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Larry Schwartz, Special to ESPN.comMarch 23, 1994 Wayne Gretzky, who already has broken Gordie Howe's record for most points in NHL history, snaps another...
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Larry Schwartz, Special to ESPN.com...had entered the game at the start of the period and was making his NHL debut. Wayne Gretzky beat the 50-game mark three times and Mario Lemieux once. Maurice Richard and Mike Bossy...
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Larry Schwartz, Special to ESPN.comOct. 15, 1989 When Wayne Gretzky was only five, he got his first autograph -- from Gordie Howe. Twenty-three years later, Gretzky...
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Larry Schwartz, Special to ESPN.com...for 282 points in junior hockey last season. The Pittsburgh Penguins center, who wears No. 66 (Wayne Gretzky's No. 99 turned upside down), doesn't disappoint. Today, in his first game, on his...
Page | ConversationRichard retires as NHL's leading goal scorer
Larry Schwartz, Special to ESPN.com...leading goal scorer in NHL history with 544 regular-season goals. (First, Gordie Howe and then Wayne Gretzky will break this record.) Among The Rocket's plethora of records is his mark of becoming...
Page | ConversationFlyers, Oilers win first Cups 10 years apart
Larry Schwartz, Special to ESPN.com...Oilers, who are in their fifth season in the NHL and are led by superstar center Wayne Gretzky. In last year's Cup final, the Islanders squashed the promising Oilers in a four-game...
Page | ConversationWhale of an ending for Gordie Howe
Larry Schwartz, Special to ESPN.com...Vachon. He finishes his NHL career with 1,850 points, a record that will last until Wayne Gretzky breaks it in 1989. After starring for the Red Wings, Howe played six seasons in the...
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Larry Schwartz, Special to ESPN.comMarch 25, 1982 Wayne Gretzky, 21 and in his third NHL season, becomes the first player to crack the 200-point...
Page | ConversationLemieux scores 50th in game No. 44
Larry Schwartz, Special to ESPN.comJan. 20, 1989 Penguins center Mario Lemieux joins Wayne Gretzky as the only players in NHL history to score 50 goals in fewer than 50 games...
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Larry Schwartz, Special to ESPN.com...penalty minutes. He held NHL records of 801 goals (regular season) and 1,850 points until Wayne Gretzky came long. Besides Howe's endurance, there was the ability and determination that enabled him to...
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Larry Schwartz, Special to ESPN.com...April 15, 1953. They have four children: Marty, Mark, Cathleen and Murray. Howe told an adolescent Wayne Gretzky that the youngster had two eyes and one mouth and that the best advice he could...
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Larry Schwartz, Special to ESPN.comSignature game May 10, 1970 - Orr put the finishing touch on Boston's first Stanley Cup in 29 years by scoring one of the most acrobatic goals in ho...
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Larry Schwartz, Special to ESPN.com...Most were teenagers at least before their athletic prowess blossomed and their privacy disappeared. But not Wayne Gretzky. By obeying his father's advice -- "skate to where the puck is going, not to where...
Page | ConversationThe Drive for Five
Larry Schwartz, Special to ESPN.comSignature game Dec. 30, 1981 - Hours before tonight's game, Wayne Gretzky, who had scored 45 goals in 38 games, cooked bacon and eggs for himself and roommate...
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Bowl Projections tops ESPN.com searches in November. Did "wayne gretzky" make the list?