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Wayne is born
On January 26, 1961 Wayne Douglas Gretzky was born in Brantford, Ontario.
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Waynes first season
Wayne was 6 when he played his first year of competitive hockey, he was playing with kids older than his age. He scored a total of 1 goal that season.
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Wayne plays with his own age group.
Wayne played with older kids a lot of his childhood, but one season he played with kids his own age. At age 10, Wayne played with other 10 year olds and at the end of that season he has scored 378 goals, setting a record of youth goals scored in one season. -
Wayne goes pro
At 17 years old, Wayne went pro and played for the Indianapolis Racers. He scored 2 goals in 1 shift putting the Racers up 3-1. The Racers ended up winning that game 4-3.
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Waynes first pro record
Wayne scored 50 goals in 39 games. This is a record for scoring 50 goals in less than 50 games. He ended his season with 92 goals, 120 assists, and 212 points.
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Wayne's first Stanley Cup
At age 23, Wayne won his first Stanley Cup playing with the Oilers. That season he had 87 goals, 118 assists, and 205 points in just 74 games. The Oilers record that season was 57-18-5, finishing first in their division.
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Wayne's fourth Stanley Cup
Wayne wins his fourth Stanley Cup with the Oilers, this is his last year playing as an Oiler before he was traded to the LA Kings. He played 64 games got 40 goals, 109 assists, and 149 total points. While Wayne played for the Oilers he won 4 Stanley Cups out of his 5 season playing there. -
Lead scorer
At age 28, Wayne broke Gordie Howe's point record with 1,857 points, he also broke Howe's goal record with 802 goals. His career still hasn't ended when he broke these records. He played 5 more years after he broke these records.
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Canada Olympics
At age 37, Wayne finally played in the olympics. Because Wayne was in the NHL he was unable to play in the olympics until 1998. That year they won the bronze medal against Finland.
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Retirement
At age 38, Wayne finally retired. He broke and set many records while playing hockey. In he career he had 2,857 points and 894 goals. The NHL retired his jersey number 99 when he retired.
https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/wayne-gretzky
