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Gretzky has written several books, including Gretzky: An Autobiography (1990), with Rick Reilly, [260] and 99: My Life in Pictures (1999), with John Davidson and Dan Diamond. [261] His most recent work, 99: Stories of the Game (2016), with Kirstie McLellan Day , was an in-depth look at the history of hockey. [ 262 ]
Wayne Gretzky's #99 was retired league-wide in 2000 [1]. This is a complete list of numbers retired by the National Hockey League (NHL).A retired number is a jersey number that is taken out of circulation by a team as a way of honouring a former member of that team who wore that number; after the number's retirement, members of that team are not permitted to wear the number on their jerseys ...
Wayne Gretzky, who retired as the National Hockey League's all-time leader in goals, points, and assists, had his number 99 retired league-wide at the 2000 NHL All-Star Game. [22] On August 11, 2022, the NBA announced that it would retire Bill Russell's number 6 jersey league-wide, [23] allowing players already wearing the number to continue to ...
This is a list of career achievements by Wayne Gretzky in the National Hockey League (NHL). Upon his retirement on April 18, 1999, he was credited by the NHL Record Book with holding or sharing 61 NHL records, including 40 regular season , 15 playoff and 6 All-Star records.
Retired hockey legend and savvy businessperson Wayne Gretzky, born in Ontario, Canada, in 1961, now has a net worth of $250 million. ... 99. Gretzky is also wise about real estate and has turned ...
The Wayne Gretzky 99 Award is awarded annually to the most valuable player in the Ontario Hockey League playoffs. It was first awarded in 1999, and is named for Wayne Gretzky. The recipient is selected by the news/sports media. [1] The award was introduced shortly after Gretzky announced his retirement from the NHL in 1999. [2]
It was formed by Wayne Gretzky, IMG and some of Gretzky's personal friends. The purpose of the tour was to stay in shape during the lockout, raise money for charities and to promote ice hockey around the world. The team played a total of eight games in five countries, six against professional club teams and two against national All Star teams.
The fewest NHL games required to reach the mark was 424, set by Wayne Gretzky.Second quickest was Mario Lemieux, achieving the mark in his 513th game.In a sense, Gretzky was the fastest and the second fastest, as he scored his second 1,000 points (the NHL's only player ever to score 2,000 points in regular-season play) only 433 games after scoring his first 1,000 points.