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	Wayne Gretzky - MSN Encarta
		Gretzky was a skinny teenager playing a highly physical sport against grown men, but he was a dominant offensive player.
		Gretzky also holds the records for the most goals (92), assists (163), and points (215) scored in a single season, as well as numerous other records for single games, the NHL playoffs, and the NHL All-Star Game.
		Gretzky won the Hart Trophy as the league’s MVP on nine occasions (1980-1987, 1989) and won the Ross Trophy as the league’s leading scorer ten times (1981-1987, 1990, 1991, 1994).
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761574313/Wayne_Gretzky.html (1435 words)

	CBC.ca - The Greatest Canadian - Top Ten Greatest Canadians - Wayne Gretzky
		Gretzky was born January 26, 1961 in Brantford, Ontario to Walter and Phyllis Gretzky.
		Gretzky flew his family to Edmonton to watch his team defeat the New York Islanders in 1984 to win the Stanley Cup for the first time.
		Gretzky was a crucial component of the 1984 and 1987 Team Canada crews that won the Canada Cup.
	www.cbc.ca /greatest/top_ten/nominee/gretzky-wayne.html (1773 words)

	Edmonton Oilers Heritage Website - Wayne Gretzky
		Gretzky set the NHL record for points in a season in 1985-86 with 215 and goals in a season (92) in 1981-82 (see the Record Breaker section for a more detailed rundown of his achievements).
		Gretzky won the Hart Trophy as the League’s most valuable player in eight of the nine seasons he spent with the Oilers.
		That year Gretzky played his first season in the NHL, but was forbidden to compete for the Calder Trophy as the League’s top rookie because of the full pro-season he had spent in the World Hockey Association.
	www.oilersheritage.com /history/big_players_waynegretzky.html (845 words)

	Wayne Gretzky (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.isi.jhu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Gretzky was not eligible for the Calder Memorial Trophy, given to the top NHL rookie, because of his previous year of professional experience.
		Gretzky was Executive Director of the Canadian men's hockey team at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah.
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	wayne-gretzky.iqnaut.net.cob-web.org:8888 (1750 words)

	Gretzky undecided about returning to coach - Boston.com
		Gretzky's comments came after two Coyote owners announced they were splitting their partnership in the parent company of the NHL team and the Westgate City Center development complex around Glendale Arena.
		Gretzky, whose Hall of Fame playing career ended in 1999, had never coached in the NHL before taking over the Coyotes this season -- and it hasn't been an easy one.
		And Gretzky and his wife, Janet Jones, were linked to a gambling ring allegedly run by Phoenix Coyotes assistant Rick Tocchet, who was put on indefinite leave by the NHL after being charged with running a nationwide sports betting operation.
	www.boston.com /sports/hockey/articles/2006/04/13/gretzky_undecided_about_returning_to_coach (435 words)

	Gretzky 'excited' to coach Coyotes
		Gretzky will remain the team's managing partner, and his coaching deal is a multi-year agreement.
		Gretzky, who will maintain his 18 percent ownership in the team, said he's not worried about his lack of coaching experience; he coached a Canadian junior team for one game back in 1981-82 and won 7-0.
		Gretzky, a nine-time NHL Most Valuable Player, toyed with the idea of making the jump from the front office to behind the bench for more than a year, but he cranked up the thought process once it became clear the NHL lockout was going to end, which it did last month.
	www.azcentral.com /sports/coyotes/articles/0808gretzky0808.html (831 words)

	Wayne Gretzky - The Official Homepage (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Gretzky, 43, announced his retirement as a player on April 16, 1999 after 20 seasons in which he dominated the National Hockey League unlike any player in history.
		Gretzky, the most honored player in a team sport with nine MVP awards and the only player in NHL history to record more than 200 points in a season, was voted No. 5 among North American athletes by SportsCentury's distinguished 48-person panel.
		In April of 2003, Gretzky was named the first recipient of the International Horatio Alger Award, marking the first time in the history of the Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans that a member of the international community was formally bestowed an award by the prestigious organization.
	www.waynegretzky.com /profile.aspx (2267 words)

	AP NewsBreak: Gretzky knew about gambling - Boston.com
		Wayne Gretzky was recorded on a wiretap talking to the alleged financier of a gambling ring, discussing how the hockey great's wife could avoid being implicated, a person with knowledge of the investigation told The Associated Press on Thursday.
		Gretzky, coach and part-owner of the Phoenix Coyotes, can be heard on wiretaps made within the past month talking about his wife with assistant coach Rick Tocchet, the person said, speaking on the condition of anonymity because the investigation was ongoing.
		Gretzky is not the main focus of the probe, the person said.
	www.boston.com /sports/hockey/articles/2006/02/09/ap_newsbreak_gretzky_knew_about_gambling (990 words)

	ESPN.com: 'Great' and 'Gretzky' belong together
		Gretzky shocked the hockey world by scoring 92 goals in 1981-82, beating Phil Esposito's record of 76 by 21 percent.
		Gretzky has the record for most assists in a season with 163 in 1985-86.
		Gretzky, who married actress Janet Jones in 1988 in Canada's version of the Royal Wedding, was no flop.
	espn.go.com /sportscentury/features/00014218.html (1286 words)

	TSN : NHL - Canada's Sports Leader
		Gretzky downplayed his importance to the NHL as it emerges from the lockout.
		Gretzky, a minority owner and the team's managing partner for hockey operations, was in the final year of a five-year contract.
		Gretzky proved that NHL franchises could succeed in warm-weather cities after the Edmonton Oilers traded him to the Los Angeles Kings in August 1988.
	www.tsn.ca /nhl/news_story.asp?ID=132749&hubName=nhl (2218 words)

	Wayne Gretzky - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Gretzky's Polish grandfather immigrated to Canada at the beginning of the 20th century from the town of Mogilev in Belarus.
		Gretzky was scouted and brought to Toronto by Sam McMaster, coach of the powerhouse Young Nationals.
		In 1991 Gretzky purchased the Toronto Argonauts of the CFL with Bruce McNall and John Candy.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wayne_Gretzky (4504 words)

	Gretzky NHL for PSP Review - PSP Gretzky NHL Review
		Released back in November of last year, Gretzky NHL 2005 for the PS2 was a fairly unassuming and generally unremarkable game of hockey.
		In theory, Gretzky could have easily worked as a handheld game of hockey, but the compromises 989 and codeveloper Page 44 Studios made to get this game to work with the PSP hardware ultimately end up wrecking much of the fun.
		Gretzky NHL is likely to be the only option for hockey on the PSP for a good long while, but unless you're absolutely chomping at the bit for some NHL action, you shouldn't bother with it.
	www.gamespot.com /psp/sports/gretzkynhl/review.html (1339 words)

	Wayne Gretzky Biography, pictures and stats - Hockey Fans
		Gretzky scintilated fans in his first year, scoring 137 points but missed the Art Ross Trophy as Marcel Dionne had one more goal.
		Gretzky is also remembered for his play in the 1987 Canada Cup final that landed Team Canada the gold medal.
		Wayne Gretzky would only be a Blue for the remainder of the 1996-97 season as he signed on with the New York Rangers as an unrestricted free agent and retired in 1999.
	www.hockey-fans.com /players/gretzky.php (569 words)

	ESPN.com - NHL - Coyotes introduce Gretzky as coach
		Gretzky, a minority owner and the managing partner for hockey operations, was in the final year of a five-year contract.
		Gretzky spent months agonizing about whether the job would allow him time to focus on his family, including his cancer-stricken mother in Ontario, two sons in youth baseball and his daughter Paulina's budding career as an entertainer.
		Gretzky chose Barry Smith, a former Detroit assistant who lost out to Jim Schoenfeld to coach the Coyotes in 1997, former Coyotes player Rick Tocchet and Bowness for his first coaching staff.
	sports.espn.go.com /nhl/news/story?id=2128903 (805 words)

	CNN/SI - NHL Hockey - SI's Reilly: No fuss necessary in Wayne's world - Thursday April 22, 1999 06:36 PM
		On Sunday, as Gretzky played his last game, I heard people say he was the Michael Jordan of hockey.
		Gretzky took the single-season points record from 152 to 215, an increase of 41%.
		Yet to sit next to Gretzky on a plane, you were sure he ran a small life-insurance agency in Keokuk, Iowa.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /hockey/nhl/news/1999/04/14/gretzky_tribute (702 words)

	Gretzky to coach Phoenix Coyotes
		Gretzky is expected to be officially introduced as the club's new coach Monday afternoon.
		In May, there were rumours that Gretzky and the Coyotes had all but agreed in principle on a three-year deal that would shift the NHL's all-time leading scorer and managing partner of the franchise from the front office to behind the bench.
		Gretzky, who is in the final year of a five-year contract with the Coyotes, will remain the team's managing partner and maintain his 18 per cent ownership in the club.
	www.cbc.ca /sports/story/2005/08/08/gretzky-phoenix050808.html (1282 words)

	Wayne Gretzky Biography
		Wayne Douglas Gretzky was born in Brantford, Ontario, Canada on January 26, 1961.
		Wayne Gretzky retired from the NHL in 1999.
		Wayne Gretzky was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1999.
	members.tripod.com /sarsenau/gretzky/pages/biography.html (195 words)

	Cigar Aficionado \| People Profile \| Wayne Gretzky
		Gretzky demurely attempts to explain the unfathomable by saying that he had a break on the competition, having started skating at two, when most kids were getting their start at six or seven.
		Gretzky is also partners with a group in San Diego that is building Wayne Gretzky Roller Hockey Centers, each of which are $4 million projects.
		Gretzky went with the firm at the time hockey mania in California was just beginning.
	cigaraficionado.com /Cigar/CA_Profiles/People_Profile/0,2540,13,00.html (7816 words)

	SI.com - 2006 Winter Olympics - Michael Farber: Gretzky needs to stay away from Turin - Wednesday March 22, 2006 11:18AM
		The Team Canada executive director, because of his ties to Tocchet in Phoenix and the alleged involvement of his wife, Janet Jones, would be the biggest story at the Olympics the second he arrived in Italy, subsuming the tournament itself.
		Gretzky always has been smart enough to see the biggest of pictures.
		As the New Jersey investigation lurches forward, Gretzky is on the fringes, singed by his associations.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /2006/olympics/2006/writers/02/09/wayne.gretzky/index.html (700 words)

	AskMen.com - Wayne Gretzky
		He personally rewrote the NHL record book, and was part of one of the most dominant teams of all-time, the 1980s Edmonton Oilers, that he led to 4 Stanley Cups.
		In a present day and age where it's almost routine for one of our heroes to be arrested, Wayne Gretzky personified class throughout his entire career and he still does to this day.
		He was the oldest of five children born to Walter and Phyllis Gretzky.
	www.askmen.com /men/sports/38_wayne_gretzky.html (448 words)

	SLAM! Presents The Gretzky Photo Gallery
		Gretzky with Carl Lewis and Jim Brown at an ESPN restaurant
		Gretzky and Nancy Greene-Raine arrive at the Conn Smythe Dinner
		Wayne Gretzky: The Legend exhibit at the Hockey Hall of Fame
	www.canoe.ca /Gretzky/gallery_home.html (422 words)

	Gretzky NHL Hockey Review / Preview for the Sony PlayStation Portable (PSP)
		Sony actually scored a goal with Gretzky NHL 2005 on the PS2 so they're hoping to take home the Cup with a PSP version soon to be released after the launch of the new system.
		Incredibly Wayne Gretzky, arguably the most well known hockey player in the history of the game, has since lost some of his magic since retiring a few years ago.
		Gretzky Challenge – Through successful gameplay, gamers can earn points by breaking Gretzky’s actual NHL records and utilize those points to unlock hidden items including jerseys, teams and playable Gretzkys from his days as a member of the Edmonton Oilers, Los Angeles Kings and New York Rangers.
	www.cheatcc.com /psp/rev/gretzkynhl2005.html (588 words)

	IGN: Gretzky NHL Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		It's definitely got its problems, but it's the most visually progressive hockey game ever released for a handheld (we'll probably be saying that about a lot of the upcoming PSP titles), and it comes at a time when hockey fans are really jonesing for their sport.
		Gretzky NHL features the modes you would expect from a next-gen hockey title, but offers limited options within each.
		This is more a flaw of the PSP design than of the game, because it's difficult to handle both the analog and the L without resulting in hand cramping - the system is so slim that you have to put a lot of your hand strength into holding the unit.
	psp.ign.com /articles/597/597730p1.html (664 words)

	USATODAY.com - Gretzky worries about NHL's future (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		GRAND FORKS, N.D. — With the 2004-05 NHL season hanging in the balance, hockey great Wayne Gretzky was sounding loud alarm bells while attending the world junior championships.
		Gretzky has no role at the world juniors but has been actively involved in Team Canada since his retirement.
		At a news conference, Gretzky also denied a published report that the Coyotes were for sale.
	www.usatoday.com /sports/hockey/nhl/2005-01-03-lockout-gretzky_x.htm (280 words)

	Gretzky: Simply the Best
		My site will walk you through his early life in Brantford, his junior year in S.S. Marie, his entire professional hockey career, his ownership of the Phoenix Coyotes, his amazing success at the 2002 Winter Olympics and his on going involvement in the 2010 Olympics to be held in vancouver, BC.
		Gretzky has made a 5 year committement to the Coyotes.
		She was surrounded by the family whom referred to her as their "glue".
	www.waynegretzky.biz (256 words)

	IGN: Gretzky NHL 06 Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The PlayStation 2 version of Gretzky NHL 06 is a bit of a mixed bag.
		The PSP version of Gretzky NHL 06 is better in some areas than its console brother, but it's also lacking in others.
		Gretzky NHL 06 for the PSP is a decent version of a mixed console game.
	psp.ign.com /articles/660/660593p1.html (654 words)

	Phoenix Coyotes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		On June 2, 2000, Wayne Gretzky -- the greatest player in the history of hockey -- was introduced by Phoenix Coyotes Owner and Chairman Steve Ellman as the managing partner of the Coyotes in charge of all hockey operations.
		Over the next seven seasons (from 1980-81 through 1987-88) with the Oilers, Gretzky eclipsed even the lofty pace set in his rookie year, averaging nearly 192 points per season.
		His first season in a Kings uniform was an unqualified success, as the team finished with the most improved record in the NHL (42-31-7) and placed second in the Smythe Division.
	www.phoenixcoyotes.com /team/staff_details.php?ID=159 (2248 words)

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