30 for 30

30 for 30

30 for 30

Inspired by ESPN's upcoming 30th anniversary, ESPN Films is launching "30 for 30," an unprecedented documentary series featuring 30 of today's finest storytellers who will chronicle 30 remarkable stories from the ESPN era. Each storyteller will bring his/her passion and point of view to his/her film detailing the issues and events that transformed the sports landscape since 1979.

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Great One shatters own NHL scoring record

Larry Schwartz, Special to ESPN.com

April 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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Great One becomes The Greatest

Larry Schwartz, Special to ESPN.com

March 23, 1994 Wayne Gretzky, who already has broken Gordie Howe's record for most points in NHL history, snaps another...

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Golden Brett scores 50th goal in 49th game

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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Gretzky becomes NHL's all-time leading scorer

Larry Schwartz, Special to ESPN.com

Oct. 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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Super Mario scores on his first NHL shift

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...

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Richard 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...

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Oilers flood record books in Stanley Cup win

Larry Schwartz, Special to ESPN.com

May 30, 1985 Wayne Gretzky completes a remarkable playoff with a goal and three assists, leading the Edmonton Oilers to an...

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Gretzky, Oilers win fourth Cup in five years

Larry Schwartz, Special to ESPN.com

...I think of dynasty, I think of the Ming dynasty." The squad is again led by Wayne Gretzky, who scores a goal and two assists tonight on his way to winning his second Conn...

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Flyers, 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...

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Whale 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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Gretzky cracks 200-point barrier

Larry Schwartz, Special to ESPN.com

March 25, 1982 Wayne Gretzky, 21 and in his third NHL season, becomes the first player to crack the 200-point...

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Gretzky's record streak comes to an end

Larry Schwartz, Special to ESPN.com

Jan. 28, 1984 In all 51 Edmonton Oilers games this season, Wayne Gretzky had scored a point, breaking his own NHL record by an astounding 21 games. But tonight...

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Lemieux scores 50th in game No. 44

Larry Schwartz, Special to ESPN.com

Jan. 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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Gretzky quickest to reach 50 goal mark

Larry Schwartz, Special to ESPN.com

Dec. 30, 1981 Hours before tonight's game in Edmonton, Wayne Gretzky, who has scored 45 goals in 38 games, cooks bacon and eggs for himself and roommate...

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Lemieux joins elite scoring list

Larry Schwartz, Special to ESPN.com

Jan. 20, 1989: Pittsburgh 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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