It was at "Wally's Coliseum," as the Gretzky family nicknamed the backyard rink, that the Great One began his journey to NHL ...

Wayne Gretzky poses for a photo after winning the Hart Memorial Trophy and the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy in 1980. (Photo by Denis Brodeur/NHLI via Getty Images) Wayne Gretzky owns a laundry list ...

Centers won the Hart Trophy 17 times over an 18-year period from 1979 to 1996. Wayne Gretzky personally skated away with the league's MVP award eight straight times during that era. Kirill ...

Moscow, a cold December evening, the wind slicing through the Red Square like a sharpened blade. Inside the Kremlin, a file ...

The countdown is on with Alex Ovechkin just 19 goals from overtaking Wayne Gretzky as the NHL's career goal leader – a mark that once seemed unsurmountable and earned Gretzky the nickname The ...

Won four Stanley Cup championships with the Edmonton Oilers (1984-1985, 1987-1988) and was awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy ... Gretzky held outright or shared 61 NHL records. Is a part-owner of ...

One of the most exciting races in the NHL for this season is Ovechkin's chase to break Wayne Gretzky's goal record ... Cheechoo for the Rocket Richard Trophy. However, he did earn the Calder ...

Wayne Gretzky scored 894 goals in 1,487 career ... who had just won his first Hart Trophy and scoring title, as the face of the Capitals' "Young Guns" resurgence. "I just felt so fortunate to ...

(AP Photo/Nick Wass, File)(AP/Nick Wass) Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals is closing in on the NHL goals record of 894 held by Wayne Gretzky ... a shot past Vezina Trophy front-runner ...