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 ...

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 ...

Alex Ovechkin, who now shares the goal-scoring lead with Wayne Gretzky, finished Friday's game ... "He's definitely going to miss a couple games and then we'll go from there," coach Spencer ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

As Trump then quipped: “But he said ... the adage ‘records are meant to be broken’ didn’t apply to Wayne Gretzky’s. Now it does, thanks to Alex Ovechkin. Alex Ovechkin scores goal ...

Wayne Gretzky ... to surpass Gretzky, Ovechkin scored twice to tie, and tried his darnedest to get a hat trick. Nonetheless, Gretzky had been the solo leader for over 31 years. But now he has ...

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.

Alexander Ovechkin is now the NHL's greatest goalscorer after surpassing Wayne Gretzky this afternoon with goal 895.

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 ...