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Fun Trivia: W : Wayne Gretzky

Special Sub-Topic: Gretzky's Records


Wayne set a record for most career NHL goals. How many goals did he score in his career?

    894. He did it in 1487 games.

Wayne was the first player in NHL history is break the 200-point plateau in a season. How many points did he get in the 1985-86 season?
    215. He scored 200+ points four times in his career. He recorded 212 points in 1981-82, 205 points in 1983-84, and 208 points in 1984-85.

One of the most renowned feats in the NHL is 50 goals in 50 games. Maurice Richard was the first player who accomplished this feat. Wayne achieved this 3 times. What was the number of games it took Wayne to score 50 goals in 1981?
    39. He also did it in 42 games (1983) and 49 games (1984).

Wayne shared the record for most goals scored in one period of an All-Star game. He scored 4 goals in the third period in what year?
    1983. He was tied with Mike Gartner and Adam Oates when he retired.

Even after retiring, Wayne still held the record for most regular season overtime assists in 2000.
    f. He had 15 overtime assists in the regular season at the time of his retirement. Nicklas Lidstrom (16), Adam Oates (17) and Mark Messier (18) had since passed him.

Wayne had the most career playoff goals, assists and points. How many playoff points did he have?
    382 points. He has 122 goals and 260 assists.

Wayne set a record for most points scored by a rookie with 137.
    f. He set a record for most points by a "first-year player", but not "rookie". This is because he played for the WHA before the NHL, so he was not considered a rookie. The highest-scoring rookie was Teemu Selanne with 132 points in 1993 when Wayne set his mark.

Wayne was the fastest player to reach 700 goals. How many games did it take him to score 700?
    886. He was also the fastest to reach 200 goals, 500 goals, 600 goals, and 1000 points.

Wayne had more assists than anyone had points when he retired.
    t. He had 1963 assists. Mark Messier, the second-leading scorer at them time, had only has 1887 points.

Against what team did Wayne score his 77th goal of the 1981-82 season, to break Phil Esposito's record of most goals in a season?
    Buffalo Sabres. He ended the season with 92 goals.

Against what team did Wayne score his 802nd goal to break Gordie Howe's all-time goals record?
    Vancouver Canucks. He

Last question: How many records does Wayne currently hold?
    59. His records of most regular season OT assists, most All-Star Game assists and youngest player to score a All-Star Game hat trick have been broken since his retirement. He has gained the record of highest points-per-game average.


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