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Birth date: January 26, 1961
Birth place: Brantford, Ontario, Canada
Birth name: Wayne Douglas Gretzky
Father: Walter Gretzky, telephone technician
Mother: Phyllis (Hockin) Gretzky
Marriage: Janet Jones (July 16, 1988-present)
Children: Emma, Tristan, Trevor, Ty and Paulina
Other Facts
Nicknamed "The Great One."
Only subordinate to person his jersey fig (No. 99) retired by the full NHL.
Won 4 Stanley Cup championships with the Edmonton Oilers (1984-1985, 1987-1988) and was awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy (NHL Playoff MVP) doubly (1985 and 1988).
Awarded the Hart Trophy (NHL MVP) 9 times (1980-1987, 1989).
Won the Art Ross Trophy (NHL scoring title) 10 times (1981-1987, 1990-1991, 1994).
At the clip of his status successful 1999, Gretzky held outright oregon shared 61 NHL records.
Is a co-owner of the edifice Wayne Gretzky's successful downtown Toronto and part-owner of Wayne Gretzky Estates, a winery and distillery successful Ontario's Niagara region.
Timeline
1974 - At property 13, scores his 1,000th beingness goal, successful an accumulation hockey game.
1978 - At the World Junior Championship, leads the tourney with 17 points (eight goals and 9 assists).
June 1978 - Turns professional, signing with the Indianapolis Racers of the World Hockey Association.
November 2, 1978 - Gretzky's declaration is sold to the Edmonton Oilers. After the illness of the World Hockey Association (WHA), the Oilers are 1 of 4 WHA teams beryllium absorbed into the NHL the pursuing year.
October 14, 1979 - Scores his archetypal NHL goal, against the Vancouver Canucks.
February 24, 1982 - Scores his 77th extremity to interruption Phil Esposito's azygous play scoring record. Gretzky ends the play with 92 goals, which remains an NHL record.
1983-1984 - Scores astatine slightest 1 constituent successful 51 consecutive games. Gretzky's grounds of the longest consecutive constituent scoring streak remains progressive successful the NHL.
August 28-September 15, 1987 - Scores 21 points (three goals and 18 assists) successful Team Canada's triumph against the USSR successful the best-of-three finals for the Canada Cup. The last is inactive "considered by galore to beryllium the champion accumulation of hockey successful history."
August 9, 1988 - His commercialized to the Los Angeles Kings is announced.
October 15, 1989 - Surpasses Gordie Howe to go the NHL's all-time starring constituent scorer, with points 1,850 and 1,851.
October 26, 1990 - Earns his 2,000th vocation point, the lone NHL subordinate to scope that landmark.
March 23, 1994 - Scores his 802nd goal, passing Howe arsenic the all-time starring extremity scorer.
February 27, 1996 - Traded from the Los Angeles Kings to the St. Louis Blues.
July 21, 1996 - Signs with the New York Rangers arsenic an unrestricted escaped agent.
April 18, 1999 - Retires pursuing the Rangers' 2-1 nonaccomplishment successful overtime to the Pittsburgh Penguins. Gretzky played 20 seasons successful the NHL, and a full of 21 seasons professionally.
October 1, 1999 - Gretzky's jersey, No. 99, is formally retired league-wide.
November 22, 1999 - Inducted into the NHL Hall of Fame, aft the three-year waiting play is waived.
June 2, 2000 - Announced arsenic a number owner, managing spouse and caput of hockey operations for the Phoenix Coyotes (formerly the Winnipeg Jets). Gretzky officially begins his presumption connected February 15, 2001, erstwhile the merchantability of the Coyotes is completed.
2002 - Establishes the Wayne Gretzky Foundation to link underprivileged younker with hockey.
February 2002 - The Canadian men's hockey team, for which Gretzky is the enforcement director, wins golden astatine the Winter Olympics for the archetypal clip successful 50 years.
2005-2009 - Head coach of the Phoenix Coyotes.
2014 - Establishes Gretzky Hockey Schools.
October 2016 - Becomes partner, vice president and alternate committee subordinate for the Oilers Entertainment Group, which owns the Edmonton Oilers. On May 25, 2021, Gretzky denote that helium is stepping down arsenic vice chairman.
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