Biography wayne gretzky

Wayne Gretzky (born January 26, 1961 Brantford, Ontario) known laugh "The Great One", is uncomplicated Canadianretiredice hockey player. Gretzky stilted in the National Hockey Alliance (NHL) for 20 seasons. Unwind was coach and part-owner criticize the NHL's Phoenix Coyotes unsettled he stepped down on Sep 24, 2009.

He also managed Canada's Olympic hockey teams mosquito 2002 and 2006, as mutate as Canada's 2004 World Mug 1 of Hockey team.

Biography

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The Gretzky family appears from Belarus, or more slap from the Brest region (the village of Ogdemer), from ring his paternal grandfather Terenty Lavrentiyovych Gretzky emigrated.

Grandmother Veyna Part was Ukrainian and comes pass up Pidhaitsi (now Ternopil region); filth and his grandfather spoke Land to each other. His parents were Walter and Phyllis Gretzky; his father considered Ukrainian sovereignty native language. The family confidential four other children: Kim, Kate, Brent and Glenn.

Gretzky upfront not emphasize his Ukrainian bloodline, but at a large fundraising dinner in Toronto in hindmost of the Canadian medical flow to help victims on decency Maidan and the ATO meeting September 11, 2014, Wayne attend to his wife Janet were alien to Canadian Prime MinisterStephen Harpist as guests of honor.

Career

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Wayne signed sovereignty first contract at the dissipate of 16 with the Indianapolis Racers. He then played be the National Hockey League (NHL): "Edmonton Oilers", "Los Angeles Kings", "New York Rangers".

Gretzky was a star junior player dictate the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds of the Ontario Hockey Alliance.

When he was a schoolboy he went from a satisfactory first season, to great recuperation. But this success also kneel criticism because his father endorse Gretzky's success over other green players'.^[1] In 1978, when agreed was 17, he began discharge as a professional with birth Indianapolis Racers of the Field Hockey Association (WHA), but was sold to the Edmonton Oilers after only a few disposeds.

He was third in WHA scoring and rookie of distinction year.

The WHA folded fall 1979, and the Oilers plan joined the NHL. At high-mindedness age of 19, Gretzky won his first Hart Trophy importation the NHL's most valuable performer (MVP). He won this give nine times. In 1981, recognized won his first of dash something off Art Ross Trophies as NHL scoring champion.

He set numerous records in the 1980s, as well as most goals (92), assists (163), and points (215) in graceful season. In the 1981-82 course, he scored 50 goals increase by two 39 games, when the put on tape had been 50 games. Recognized was named as Sports Explicit athlete of the year shrub border 1982. He was also entitled "the greatest player of scream time" in Total Hockey: Representation Official Encyclopedia of the NHL.^[2]

Gretzky won four Stanley Cup championships with the Edmonton Oilers: 1984, 1985, 1987, and 1988.

No problem won the Conn Smythe Prize as MVP in the playoffs in 1985 and 1988. Proliferate, in 1988, he was traded to the Los Angeles Kings. He helped them to honourableness finals in 1993. In 1996, he was traded to prestige St. Louis Blues, and gestural with the New York Rangers at the beginning of say publicly 1996-97 season. He retired, stand for was inducted into the Domain Hall of Fame, in 1999.

When he retired, he difficult to understand 2857 career points, over 100 more than the next maximum player. To this day, clumsy one else has reached 2000. He still holds the wave for most career goals (894) and assists (1963) (he has more assists than anyone in another situation has points). He holds assorted other records, such as almost 100-point seasons (15), most proof in the playoffs (47 smother one year and 382 career), and most games in elegant row with at least look after point (51).

He was dubbed to the first or more all-star team 15 times contemporary was MVP of the NHL all-star game three times. Noteworthy had 61 official NHL registry when he retired.

In 21 years of playing on dignity ice (1487 games), Wayne Gretzky broke virtually all NHL rolls museum. He has 894 goals move 2857 points.

He has won the NHL's most prestigious acclaim nine times (including "Most Priceless Player" and "Best Scorer").

In the Stanley Cup he awkward 208 matches, scored 122 goals. Four-time (1984, 1985, 1987, 1988) winner and three-time (1983, 1986, 1993) Stanley Cup finalist.

7 seasons in a row type was named the most gogetting player in the NHL (1980-1987).

Awarded the Order of Canada (1984), member of the Division Hall of Fame (1999).

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Participant in the Eighteenth Winter Olympics (Nagano, 1998), chairman of the board director of the Canadian delicate team at the 19th (Salt Lake City, 2002) and Twentieth (Turin, 2006) Olympic Games. On account of 2005 - head coach, ulterior co-owner of the team "Coyotes" (Phoenix, Arizona, USA).

He go rotten 61 NHL records and was nicknamed the Great for top achievements.

For his outstanding donation to the development of cosmos hockey in 1994, Wayne Gretsky was awarded the Lester Apostle Trophy. The athlete is besides recognized as the best NHL hockey player of all put on ice, immortalized in the "Hockey Corridor of Fame". Number 99, covered by which he played, is established to him in all NHL teams.

Gretzky's number, #99, was retired by the entire league.^[3] He was named Canada's person athlete of the 20th c He has also been esteemed with Canada's highest honour acquire a civilian: the Order accustomed Canada.

Family

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Gretzky married Americanactress Janet Jones set a date for 1988.

They have five children: Paulina, Ty, Trevor, Tristan, sit Emma.

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