Wayne Gretzky: The Demands of Being the Greatest of All Time đ
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R.I.P Walter. You raised a Champion đ
Walter has a heart of gold ⊠and that heart is missing to us right now . Peace and good health to you ⊠Miles from Canada .
Gretzky is such an icon and his humble demeanor is so disarming. A true gentleman and one of the legends of the game
That's why no one ever took a real cheap shot at him or a career threatening hit on him.
You know why.....? It was out of respect.
The same with Mario Lemieux.
he's simply incomparable in every way.
Sorry to be off topic but does any of you know a trick to get back into an Instagram account??
I was stupid lost the account password. I appreciate any tips you can offer me
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The definition of a true class act...
Amen
I came here looking for a Gretzky interview and found the best interviewer I have ever seen.
welcome to valuetainment and patrick bet david
Typical hockey player. Classy, humble and will always deflect the credit.
John once they get to the league haha Hockey Players are assholes ngl
Very true! Class the GREAT ONE has.we all love the GREAT ONE!
He is not like any other hockey player imo he's the great 1 and there will never be another great great canadian
Yep, of all the sports hockey players lost down to earth đđŒ
The good hockey players do that, thing about Wayne is, he made everyone around him better hockey players
Great interview with a great person! Wayne makes all Canadians proud. So humble and down to earth. Comes from solid family values.
I concur with your statement Gregory ; except Wayne's values have been challenged significantly since his retirement from the NHL .
Just a master clause of humility, Guyâs been retired for 20 years and he still handing out assists left and right
How on EARTH can you dislike this man? HOW! He worked hard and didnt make any excuses. DONT BE JEALOUS OF OTHERS HARD WORK.
thankyou Wayne for being such a great Canadian spokesman/hero and for not forgetting your roots and for not forgetting about us still here/left behind in the cold north...
Long time Edmontonion here, since 1977 & just as a regular citizen with no connection to the hockey world or Wayne Gretzky got to be a part of the most thrilling & totally amazing
Grace is a requirement of being named GOAT and Wayne exemplifies this. Pat, your interview here is one of the best ever by anyone.
Pt 2: Totally amazing periods in sports history, as it happened, to a ENTIRE CITY, ENTIRE PROVINCE & ENTIRE COUNTRY! This Oiler Fever spread across the ENTIRE WORLD! What Wayne & the entire Oiler Team did to bring this city to the world stage, but mostly to us here in Edmonton with their love of the city & their fans is a moment in time that will never be forgotten by the city that loved them right back. It was truly a SURREAL EXPERIENCE that brings it all back still to this day, if you were Wayne or a Oiler or a regular person like myself that shared in that moment in time, at that moment in time! So COOL!
An amazing human being.
He was the most exciting player that I ever watched. He is humble just like his dad. Amazing interview. Thanks for the memories GREAT ONE!
Whenever you talk about the creative genius of Wayne Gretzky ⊠you are talking about
the creative genius of Walter Gretzky and Wayne Gretzky . The most important characteristic
which Walter and which Wayne possess is their humility . Their humility shines through their creative genius in sports
as well as through their other pursuits in life . They both know that God had bestowed them gifts âŠ
and they both know that those gifts were meant to be used in a good way to benefit other people and other living creatures .
Peace and good health to you ⊠Miles from Canada .
"The Great One" I grew up in New York city but my Family is from Canada, as matter a fact my Great great great Grandfather wrote O Canada! lol Robert Stanley Weir. My Uncle coached the Saskatoon Blades. My family was in Purdue Sask. I'am Gretzky's age. I tried but it wasn't any ICE in nYC. I should have went up to my family in Canada. I was aBoston Bruins fan , but I loved Gretzky. Just poetry in motion...
I could not skim by the comments on this board without stopping to acknowledge your comment Ian .
Speaking of poetry in motion ⊠both Wayne and your great great great grandfather are great great great poets ;
where one is a poet of the national game and the other is a poet of the national anthem .
Hey dude , you need to get back to your roots and get back to the True North while it's still strong and free .
NYC is great but the place will drive you insane . If you come back to Canada ,
then you will retain ( or maybe regain ) your health and sanity ⊠in all thy sons command .
My family has been in Canada since the beginning ⊠since the early 1600s âŠ.
when it was still called British North America and La Nouvelle France .
Peace and good health to you ⊠Miles from Canada .
Yes, we are having another Weir reunion. Up in Purdue Sask. Yes I need to get out of NYC, it's just been crazy with covid 19 and all the political hatred, I need the great white north, figure some things out before I decide what to do from here. I might leave NYC, before it turns into Detroit. I'm going to wait a few years and then decide.
That is excellent to hear Ian !
I do not like to tell people what to do ; but ultimately individuals make their own headstrong choices .
It's just that I have been blessed with the ability to discern certain things ... particularly about people
and ; so , I was hoping to affirm for you what your Canadian heart already knows .
The Big Apple is the big market which attracts the citizens of the world to make big money .
In Canada , the markets are not as big here but we still have some clean air and some clean lakes
and the healthy sensibility which has always helped us to weather the winter storms
and the other storms which are blown in from abroad . The landscape here in Canada
has yet to become as tainted as it has by the power elites in the United States .
You were raised south of the border but if you search deeply enough into your heart
( especially when you are visiting in Saskatchewan ) , I am sure you shall see
a beckoning and a reckoning to your roots here in Canada .
Peace and good health to you ⊠Miles from Canada .
This is one of the best interviews of Wayne Iâve ever seen đ„°, known him for 50 years
I like how Wayne thanks the good LORD for his talents! Many of the greats Like Wayne and Bobby Orr ,Paul Coffey ,etc attribute their talents to a blessing from the Lord God.
You make a good observation Mark . The hockey players you referenced did , indeed , realize
that they were blessed with skills which were gifts given to them from God .
Their parents made sure to let their kids know that they did not want
to take the gifts bestowed upon them for granted .
I have met all four of the people you mentioned on several occasions
and none of them is " religious " ; but they have a personal faith in God and Jesus ... as I , myself , do .
Peace and good health to you ... Miles from Canada .
Athiest play hockey too
He truly does emulate his own role model. Gordie was a beast on the ice truly one to be feared, but off the ice, just a humble Saskatchewan farm boy.
damn how has only like 7000 people seen this. this is legit amazing
I had the privilege of sitting down with Wayne for a few minutes a couple times. Once through work and once during a wedding. Both times he was as courteous and down to earth as you see in all his interviews. Arguably (In my mind, DEFINITELY) the greatest athlete of all-time and as good of a man as he was a hockey player. Much like your favorite band, the world is a better place because of Wayne Gretzky. Thanks for the memories 99.
Wayne Gretzky is all class. He is and was a great role model. I wish today's athletes were more like him. I wish he would do more public speaking. Today's kid's need to hear his humility and gratefulness to GOD for his (gifts) . Bravo Wayne.
Most hockey players are amazing guys. Met Pat Lafontaine, Nicky Fotiu, John Davidson and âthe big whistleâ Bill Chadwick- each guy nicer than the next.
@@themig71Jarome Iginla
Pat , I just watched this Interview with 99 and I have to say this was the most enjoyable Interview I've ever seen.
I love how humble Wayne is. He got uncomfortable when Patrick read his stats!
His stats are greatest ever and off ice he seems humble and good
Mario Lemieux and Wilt Chamberlain are the only 2 professional athletes that come close to Gretzky's scoring feats. Gretzky was putting up over 200 points when the rest of the best of the league were scoring under 150 points (Mario Lemieux excepted)
Such a gentleman and class act - absolutely amazing. Jack Nicklaus is also right there with him, just the best !!!
The Great One sure brought our family so much joy over the yrs. I remember my father telling us about him when he was a kid. We couldn't wait for Hockey Night in Canada .#A Class Act!!!
Gretzky is classact. Amazing interview.đ„
He's such a dad. So many of his sports stories are about his kids and their sports experiences.
Gretzky has the NHL record for the most NHL records !!!!!!!! BEAT THAT !!!!!!!!!!!!
Therein lies the challenge . It's only a matter of time but probably a very long time .
Great interview Pat, you kept the flow of the conversation go so well.
Pat your Channel gets better and Better. Thank you and your Team :)
Gretzky dominated Hockey more than any other play in professional sports history
Wow , you're into big-time hero worshipping , aint ya ?
The NHL dominates Wayne and the game dominates both the former and the latter .
Wasn't it Gretzky who said , ' You're only as good as your last game ? '
I seem to recall that he lost his last game against the Penguins on April 18th, 1999 .
He only got one point which was an assist . Not so hot ; not so dominant .
What about Muhammad Ali or Pelé or Michael Jordan ???
@@miles6593 Your kinda stupid aren't cha? Look at the NUMBERS!!!!
@@RCSkunkWorX The numbers do dominate . The numbers cannot be argued ;
but there is more to how a player dominates a league or the world of sports than just the numbers .
@Jim Wade Truth!!!
You forgot about Bobby Orr....
Living legend.I started watching hockey beacuse of this manđđđ
I just love him
Definitely worth the watch!
"If your moving , your hard to hit. If your sitting still, your a dead duck" that spoke volumes to me âš
So true. This is a fact regardless of size and talent.
Not entirely true- keeping your head up is far more important. Look at injuries in ice, usually both players are moving but who then hell am I to debate Wayne. God bless him, class act.
Players didnât play physical against Gretzky. He brought too much money to the league and theyâd have to deal with the teamâs enforcer
@@strafer8764 No. The League didn't do it, It was Marty McSorley why you didn't touch Gretzky. If the League really did this, they wouldn't have introduced the coincidental minors, which hurt the oiler as they were too good at 4on4 or 3on3. Also, the league wouldn't have introduced the instigating rule as well.
Indeed , Imani , ⊠God made us to move ⊠to keep in motion âŠ. to always keep our bodies moving âŠ
until it is time to rest at sunset in order to regenerate our bodies . Peace and good health to you ⊠Miles from Canada .
Thanks for posting this video of Wayne. What a wonderful insightful conversation. Jerry West was my hero as a kid. I'm not surprised they are friends.
As well as a fantastic player a great and special man. I like many others so respect and admire Wayne's outlook on life. Such good advice he gives for all. Wow!!!!
That was one of the best interviews i've seen. Thank you for asking such thought out questions. I live in Brantford Ontario where Wayne is from. His dad was always involved with kids at the ice rink. Wayne really loved his Mom and Dad. I could tell Wayne loved the interview. Again, Thank you, Awesome !!!! David J
what a great interview! also props to the interviewer, great job đ
Stories are always motivating.. So have great story at the end of your life.
Every life is a story . Every life is a story worth telling .
Storytelling about a person's life is the best way to learn life's lessons .
Peace and good health to you ⊠Miles .
I was lucky enough to meet Wayne in person at an event in Bakersfield. He was the nicest and most humble person which is remarkable because heâs the GOAT of hockey and arguably the greatest GOAT of any sport.
Gretzky was a superior skater.
The best of the best. Without that ability it's questionable as to how good he would have been. His highlight tapes are awesome. But don't kid yourself, it was his skating ability that gave him the opportunity to excell. Greatest athlete in the history of recorded sports. Period. Exclamation point.
Some people say Gretzky wasn't a great skater.
Respectfully, his awareness was his best asset. Skating was great but he was not the best skater. It was his on ice vision and anticipation.
The Larry Bird of hockey..
His skating was little better than average...it was his hockey IQ ..He was way ahead of the Play,and read the game way better than any one...that's what made him the Best
I LOVE YOU WAYNE. YOU ARE A GOOD MAN.
Amazing interview,much Respect for Wayne Gretzky absolutely amazing Canadian Athlete.
Well done Patđ Wayne is truly what he seems to be..I used to live a a block away from his parents..wonderful family ..all of themđ
Cincerned Canadian
đšđŠ Legend that never disappoints.
He makes us all sooo proud.
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How does this only have 62k views? The great one!?!?
The goat is so humble
Wow cool. The first video I watched from you was the 20 rules of money. I didn't know you i'viewed the Great One. Love it.
3 words that sums it up for me.......A LIVING LEGEND !
600+ videos and over 380,000+ subscribers. Not bad, pretty good Valuetainment and Patrick Bet-David.
Your really great at asking questions! Rare.
I remember an interview with Gretzky where he was asked how he managed to to be so dedicated to the hockey and how he managed to stay at the top of his form for so long. His answer was "Because it's FUN. When I'm out there on the ice I WANT that puck. As far as I'm concerned everybody else on the ice should get their own puck. And when I'm skating down the ice with the puck on my stick I'm having more fun than you can ever imagine."
It brings to mind the time I saw a comment on a video about German Shepherd Police dogs.
Some animal rights zealot commented that it was cruel that these dogs should be forced to work so hard every day instead of being allowed to just be dogs.
The Police K9 officer responded as follows:
My German Shepherd partner lives with my family. Every morning he is up waiting at the door to go to work. I open the door and he dashes out to the police car, with his tail wagging like crazy, impatient for me to come and open the door to the car so he can jump in.
On my day off, he is still waiting at the door to go to work and when I don't come to open the door he is all over me trying to get me out of bed. He whines and barks at me.
I had to teach him a new command and behavior - "Day Off". Now when I give him that command you won't see a sadder dog. He hangs his head and just looks sorrowful.
Passion is the key to success.
Wow, that's a great a story
Your comment , Robert , offers stimulating thought for digestion and discussion .
You have taken one of Wayne's explanations for his dedication to the game of hockey
and then illustrated his explanation with a good analogy . It's a valid way
to arrive at your sound conclusion which is that " passion is the key to success " .
Wayne's passion for the game arose from how the game of hockey was nurtured within him
by his father , his family , his community , and his country . This is the story of the Canadian culture .
Wayne exemplified the ultimate success which can be attained at the game because of his culture .
As soon as he could hold a hockey stick in his hands , he was playing indoor shinny with his grandmother .
As soon as he could walk by himself , he started skating on the river at his grandparents' farm ;
where his father , a skilled hockey player and coach , guided him and supported wee Wayne's passion .
As soon as his father built the backyard rink , he was practising his drills every day
in order to develop his God-given athletic abilities . As soon as he was old enough
to play in organized hockey , he joined a house league in Brantford .... even though
the first level available to him consisted of kids much older and bigger than him ;
but his passion for the game did not deter him from that challenge .
With each step along the way , he was given the encouragement and affirmation for succeeding at each step
by his father , family , community , and his country . We're talking about love going Wayne's way ...
the love for the game of hockey which surrounded him and infused his soul .
Every Canadian parent wants to see their young lad or lass succeed at achieving the Canadian Dream
of making it into the NHL ; but every Canadian parent knows that the probability of that achievement is remote .
It was no different for Walter and Phyllis Gretzky . And , yet , their first-born son's passion
saw no barriers to achieving that dream . One of the barriers which prevents many young players
from achieving their dream of making it into the NHL is their physical strength and size .
This was a concern for Wayne growing up and for coaches and team owners ;
but because of his passion and his intelligence for the game ... Wayne was able to find a way
to surmount this limiting barrier . Not only was he able to make it into the NHL
but he found a way to play professionally for 21 years . Wayne is indeed
a living example of how an individual's passion can drive one to break through barriers .
Peace and good health to you ... Miles from Canada .
@@miles6593 Well Thank you. I never started hockey at a young enough age to ever be a good enough skater to play at a high level. In high school I played football and at university I played rugby. They are fun sports to play but they can't beat hockey for pure fun. Later in life I started playing beer league hockey and I enjoyed it immensely. So if I could enjoy it so much with my limited skating ability I can only imagine how much fun it must be with Gretzky's skills.
This might be the greatest interview from any top tier athlete in all of sports.
What is real endearing and an appropriate thought is that he mentioned his son-in-law (Dustin Johnson) , number one player in the world - this interview was from 3 years ago- and Dustin paid due respect to Wayne as his father in law, egos left on the roadside, and I feel this is such a great example for families in general . Good for you , Wayne. Much respect..
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Class act all the way, cheers for the memories Wayne.
Wayne was the greatest!!! I had the awesome pleasure of watching him in his prime in Edmonton :) We were spoiled with the whole Oilers team -- they had chemistry. It was fantastic. I read the Outliers book which indicated his advantage of being born at the beginning of the year but he had so many other assets -- his desire & drive, his family, his coaches, . . .
They were the greatest team in history.. If the Oilers could of kept that team together they would of won 10 cups or more.
@@imilf2003 Gretzky said 7-9 Cups.
It was ultimately Wayne's choice in the Summer of 1988 to either stay in Edmonton or to move to L.A.
Why did he decide to buckle under the pressure of the NHL's board of governors ?
At that time , Wayne was just as important to the NHL as the NHL was to him .
He could have opted to remain in Edmonton to foster the Canadian style of hockey within the NHL .
The game is more important than the NHL . The game played at its highest level of skill
and competition can be sustained without the NHL .
Why did Wayne feel more in debt to the NHL than he did to the game itself ?
For the goodness of the game , the Canadian way of playing the game needs to be sustained .
Instead , the Canadian way of playing the game has become dominated and controlled by
American franchise owners , lawyers , and agents . Wayne has to take some responsibility for that .
It is time to form the new CNHL .. . the Canadian National Hockey League .
We need to preserve Canadian hockey . Maybe , Wayne can help with the CNHL ?
He would redeem himself amongst Canadian hockey fans .
Peace and good health to you all ... Miles from Canada .
wow amazing video loved it.
Congratulations on the book Gretz.
I could listen to Mr. Gretzky All Day ! He speaks in a way that can be understood by all walks of life. I like that.
Sometimes people talk using terminology that you feel you need a dictionary at hand to understand them. Depending on the topic I'll usually lose interest and move on. But this guy here uses language that keeps you interested to wanna know more. Including his examples of different story story topics. He hits on a little of everything. Variety is good.
GOOD JOB VALUETAINMENT ON THIS VIDEO. I'm only at 17:18 of the video and felt the need to give my opinion. Thank you to Mr. Wayne Gretzky for sharing his time and stories with us.
sir you are great
A true Canadian. Humble, family oriented and thankful. Always remember where you come from. Gretzky was my idol growing up. He taught and showed me so many things without him knowing it. I'm right handed but because of him I play left handed. Thank you great one. I hope to meet you one day.
I am so happy he learned to public speak!
Patrick seems truly enamored with The Great One and I love it.
this should have 10 million views!
This is one guy who knew where every one's stick and legs were and where the gaps were
Awesome!
I was a young stockbroker in Canada and used to go to a certain club in Winnipeg that the players went to. I remember having a beer with Dale Hawerchuk and Wayne Gretzky came over and joined us after the Friday night game. Nicest guys ever without egos both of whom are in the hall of fame. Ahhh 1980's a way better era to live in.
That's a cool story dude i loved the jets in the 80s hawerchuck and carlyle were my favorite jets had a awsome team would of one a cup or 2 but were in the era of the mighty oilers.
You have to have a an ego to survive in this world ; it's your self-identity .
Perhaps , you meant to say " Nicest guys ever without over-inflated delusional egos " ?
Great story , graham , ... Hawerchuk and Gretzky influenced one another significantly in their hockey styles .
Peace and good health to you ... Miles from Canada .
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23:45 this are the words of good father!!
This is a great video for young men and women to see who are about to embark on the challenges of adulthood
I'm not a hockey fan. But when Pat is doing the interview, I watch.
One of the greatest hockey players of all time and a very humble human being!
Whenever you talk about the creative genius of Wayne Gretzky ⊠you are talking about
the creative genius of Walter Gretzky and Wayne Gretzky . The most important characteristic
which Walter and which Wayne possess is their humility . Their humility shines through their creative genius in sports
as well as through their other pursuits in life . They both know that God had bestowed them gifts âŠ
and they both know that those gifts were meant to be used in a good way to benefit other people and other living creatures .
Peace and good health to you ⊠Miles from Canada .
The Greatest.
âOne of the greatestââŠ.you obviously donât know much about hockey, do you? I consider him the greatest of the four major North American sports.
@@vikotto Oh stop it!
Come on Wayne. He didn't even get into the very first question. This guys numbers are almost hard to believe. So many numbers, stats, records and achievements but what sticks out for me are the points. The top 10 all-time point leaders in hockey are all legends, all highly skilled and respected hockey players, but Wayne....All time goal leader, all time assists leader... all time point leader. If we took away all his goals, he would still be the all time point leader with his assists alone. The great One.
61 NHL records
The Great One is a very humble man, it was great growing up in Edmonton with Wayne as a role model.
Do you think the Hollyweirdness and hobnobbing with the power elites has changed him yet ?
Has he remained humble ? Will he remain humble ? What do you think ?
Pure class!
The greatest athlete of all time!
1970's Central Triple A League (OMHA) Brantford was in that alignment as it was called,then,as was the city I live in about 45 minutes away.Walked into Brantford rink for away games on their ice and bunch of kids in the lobby playing hard and it was all 'Wayne this and Wayne that" to an older blonde haired guy.I remember thinking to myself,'I don;t know who this Wayne guy but he's awful popular around here." I had no idea who he was then.His brother Kieth played in my age group for Brantford even though he was playing up an age group because he was really good player,too. Didn't figure out who Wayne Gretzky was till he played for Sault Ste Marie Greyhounds.
GSP said he wanted to be just like Wayne so that he would always be proud of his own actions.đđšđŠâ€ïž
The humble one
should be mentioned that 30K Canadian in the 60's a lot. In todays money that is nearly 250K
More like $120k, a good wage definitely, but not at all unusual. Solidly middle class. Remember this was still the era where married women were expected to stay at home and take care of the kids. Wages today are definitely inferior to the high water level that blue collar workers received in the late 60's and early 70's.
Wayne said , when I got 2 goals , he wanted 4 goals , when he got 4 goals he wanted 6 goals.... But seemed to me he ALWAYS did THEM big games against my team , the MN. NORTHSTARS.....đ
Long live the North Stars, always my team âđŒ
When you think of the top 5 or 10 athletes of the 90's it's insane!
Dauphin River First Nation Manitoba Canada đšđŠ
"My dad always said"... Great words from the Great One!
This is awesome.
''Failing to prepare was preparing to fail'' Gretzky senior
What a Fine Man Mr Gretzky is.
I first saw Wayne play when he was about 12....I was about 14. The arena...usually empty..had like 3000 - 3500 fans coming out to watch him. There were those that thought he wasnât a great skater...but while choppy..he was as fast as anyone on the ice...and unlike many..could stop on a dime. His shot at that age wasnât as hard as some others...but it always found just the right place in the net where the goalie couldnât stop it. Finally, my brother who played against him in junior...and 11 years in the NHL...always used to say that Wayne was the only guy that could start with the puck behind his own net...come all the way behind the other net ...without looking down at the puck once. No other player apparently could ever do that. That clearly made a huge difference.
Wendel Clark straightened Marty McSorley out pretty quickly! LOL
Wendel set many dudes straight. I loved him. But he btfoâd Marty so perfectly! đ
Gretzky is the best man
I met him in a bar and very humble nice guy
@22:40 This is a tough one. So many times at the amateur level, your team mates simply do not understand what needs to get done to achieve success. The bar has to be set super high. Unless you like losing that is.
Even before it was retired, No one would wear 99 out of respect anyway.
Wayne Gretzky was blessed with great parents.
Still donât like hockey much but this man is THE great one especially now that I saw this candid side of him. Also through all of that stardom he just says he has one best friend because theyâd been friends since age 10. I donât know if any icon that would say yeah thatâs my best friend even if it is because of offending people. If someone is your lifetime best friend thatâs family and thatâs how we live worth while lives is to have those attitudes. Very inspiring, so complimentary with nothing bad to say and so humble too
Man i love Gretzky...
Need more Gretzky today, less Kanye/less McGregor..
Man at 10 years old he was called the great one
Alex Torres I was similar. At ten years old I was called âThe Lazy Oneâ.
@@zprodigalson Hahaha, ayyy!!!
Yeah, he scored 378 goals and 139 assists that season alone. So he earned that nickname! Although I think he was mostly referred to as "The Great Gretzky", but maybe he was also called "The Great One".
He scored 378 goals against 14 yr olds
The year that you're talking about Alex is 1971 when Wayne turned 10 years old in January .
At that time , Wayne was playing minor hockey in the Brantford Minor Hockey Association 's Atom league .
He played in the Atom league for three years with the Brantford Nadrofsky Steelers .
It was in his third and final season of playing in the Atom league ( which started in September 1971 )
when he scored 378 goals and earned 139 assists in 85 games ... for a total of 517 points .
The 517 points he earned during his last season in Atom meant that he earned a combined
three-season total of 1000 points . One must also take into account that , at that time , in that league ,
periods were not 20 minutes long ; they were only 10 minutes long . One can only imagine
how many more points Wayne would have accumulated over the three seasons in the Atom league
if he played in 20-minute periods . And he hadn't even started to play in the PeeWee league yet .
It was when Wayne was 10 years old and was starting his third season in Atom when
the newspaper reporters started to show up at his minor hockey league games .
A sports reporter from The Toronto Telegram travelled to Brantford in mid-October 1971
to write up a story on Wayne when he was already earning an unheard of ~ 6 points per game .
The story was published in the national newspaper on Oct 28th , 1971
under the headline " No. 9 with big No. 9 aspirations " .
( Gretzky was allowed to wear Gordie Howe's number on his jersey at that time . )
That was probably the first story on Wayne Gretzky to ever appear in a major publication ...
and it would not be the last . Peace and good health to you ... Miles from Canada .
I just watched the '87 Canada Cup again. Gretzky didnt score a lot but was an outstanding playmaker and leader. The Russian coach said "He's invisible, he appears from nowhere, he passes to nowhere and suddenly they have another goal".
He led the Canada Cup 87 in scoring with 21 points and won the tournament MVP.