Wayne Gretzky

By Harinder & Amrit

Information

Wayne Gretzky was born on January 26 1961 in Brantford, Ontario and his current age is 52. His hockey career started in 1978 and ended in 1999. He’s married to Janet Jones and has 5 kids (Paulina Gretzky, Emma Gretzky, Tristan Gretzky, Ty Gretzky, Trevor Gretzky). He has 4 siblings (Brent Gretzky, Keith Gretzky, Kim Gretzky, Glen Gretzky). He shoots with his left and play center, he's 6ft tall and weighs about 185 lbs. Wayne Gretzky won 4 Stanley Cups in 1984, 1986, 1987 and 1988. He won all the Stanley Cups when he was still playing with Edmonton Oilers and made two more trips to the finals and finished his career with 894 goals

Wayne started skating at age of 2, two months before his third birthday. At age of six he was playing in a team of 10 year olds.

His first NHL game was in season 1979-1980. Wayne played for 10 different teams Brantford 1974-75 (but didn't play any games) Vaughan 1975-76 Seneca 1976-77 Peterborough 1976-77 Sault Ste. Marie 1977-78 Indianapolis Racers 1978-79 Edmonton 1979-80 to 1987-88 Los Angeles 1988-89 to 1995-96 St Louis 1995-96 NY Rangers 1996-97 to 1998-99

Those are all the teams he played for and the years he was with them.

Awards!!! • 1979-80 NHL Hart Memorial Trophy

• 1979-80 NHL Lady Byng Memorial Trophy • 1980-81 NHL Art Ross Trophy • 1980-81 NHL Hart Memorial Trophy • 1981-82 NHL Art Ross Trophy • 1981-82 NHL Hart Memorial Trophy • 1981-82 NHL Lester B. Pearson Trophy • 1982-83 NHL Art Ross Trophy • 1982-83 NHL Hart Memorial Trophy • 1982-83 NHL Lester B. Pearson Trophy • 1983-84 NHL Art Ross Trophy • 1983-84 NHL Hart Memorial Trophy • 1983-84 NHL Lester B. Pearson Trophy • 1984-85 NHL Art Ross Trophy • 1984-85 NHL Hart Memorial Trophy • 1984-85 NHL Conn Smythe Trophy

1984-85 NHL Lester B. Pearson Trophy 1985-86 NHL Art Ross Trophy 1985-86 NHL Hart Memorial Trophy 1986-87 NHL Art Ross Trophy 1986-87 NHL Hart Memorial Trophy 1986-87 NHL Lester B. Pearson Trophy 1987-88 NHL Conn Smythe Trophy 1988-89 NHL Hart Memorial Trophy 1989-90 NHL Art Ross Trophy 1990-91 NHL Art Ross Trophy 1990-91 NHL Lady Byng Memorial Trophy 1991-92 NHL Lady Byng Memorial Trophy 1993-94 NHL Art Ross Trophy 1993-94 NHL Lady Byng Memorial Trophy 1998-99 NHL Lady Byng Memorial Trophy

Overall he won 31 awards

Awards Continued

Trophies in total •9 Hart Memorial trophies •5 Lady Byng Memorial Trophies•10 Art Ross Trophies•5 Lester B. Pearson Trophies•2 Conn Smythe Trophies• overall Gretzky won 31 trophies

Wayne Gretzky immediately inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame, making him the most recent player to have the waiting period waived. The NHL retired his jersey number 99 league-wide, making him the only player to receive this honour. He was one of six players voted to the International Ice Hockey Federation's (IIHF) Centennial All-Star Team.

Retirement

Gretzky became executive director for the Canadian national men's hockey team during the 2002 Winter Olympics, in which the team won a gold medal. In 2000, he became part owner of the Phoenix Coyotes, and following the 2004–05 NHL lockout he became the team's head coach. In September 2009, following the franchise's bankruptcy, Gretzky resigned as coach and relinquished his ownership share.

Here’s a video!!•http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJBylN-

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By: Amrit Gakhal & Harinder Sidhu