By then, Canadians were already calling Gretzky the “Great Once.” Someone smeared literal shit on his statue outside Edmonton’s Rogers Place; petitions were launched to rename the city’s Wayne Gretzky ...

About a thousand stories have been told about Sam Rosen since the Rangers broadcasting icon announced his planned retirement ...

Gretzky was a master at carrying the puck through center ice, gaining the blue line, then curling ... are going through now. “We were probably more anxious about it than Wayne,” said Tony ...

"Wayne, you've got some company now," Monumental Sports Network's Al Koken said. ""That's OK," Gretzky said. "That's what my dad told Gordie Howe way back when, right? This is what the game's all ...

NEW YORK — The only player in NHL history who has been teammates with Wayne Gretzky and ... "That’s crazy." Now, Ovechkin has more goals after breaking Gretzky's record by scoring the 895th ...

So here we are, five years later, and the old adage that didn’t realistically apply then to Wayne Gretzky ... scoring leader doesn’t now make Ovi the GOAT — Gretzky’s still the all ...

WASHINGTON — A little more than three decades before Alex Ovechkin's pursuit of Wayne Gretzky's NHL career goals ... I’m happy right now.” The happiness was like a wave throughout the ...

For now, though ... lined up to offer Ovechkin a fist bump, then Gretzky came to the Capitals' locker room to congratulate Ovechkin in person. "What Wayne and O have done for the game of hockey ...

WASHINGTON — Wayne Gretzky ... it was great Gretzky was going to be in attendance. “He’s been supportive all the time to me,” Ovechkin said. “It’s a fun time right now.

The Great Eight is now the greatest goal-scorer. Alex Ovechkin completed his chase of Wayne Gretzky on Sunday at ... After No. 767, on March 15, 2022, then-Islanders coach and former Capitals ...