Hart Trophy Tournament (1969-00) Round 1: 1983 Wayne Gretzky vs 1986 Wayne Gretzky

[blundluntman]

MATCHUP #12 (Round 1): Wayne Gretzky (1983) vs Wayne Gretzky (1986)

Wayne Gretzky (1982-83):
80 Games Played 71 Goals 125 Assists 196 Points | 1st in Points, 1st in Assists, 1st in Goals, Art Ross, Pearson/Lindsay, 1st AST

Wayne Gretzky (1985-86):
80 Games Played 52 Goals 163 Assists 215 Points | 1st in Points, 6th in Goals, 1st in Assists, 1st AST, Pearson/Lindsay, Art Ross

Round 1 Matchups:
69 Esposito vs 99 Jagr Thread
70 Orr vs 72 Orr Thread
71 Orr vs 00 Pronger Thread
73 Clarke vs 82 Gretzky Thread
74 Esposito vs 91 Hull Thread
75 Clarke vs 98 Hasek Thread
76 Clarke vs 90 Messier Thread
77 Lafleur vs 80 Gretzky (Still Active) Thread
78 Lafleur vs 93 Lemieux Thread
79 Trottier vs 94 Fedorov Thread
81 Gretzky vs 87 Gretzky Thread
83 Gretzky vs 86 Gretzky
84 Gretzky vs 85 Gretzky
88 Lemieux vs 89 Gretzky
92 Messier vs 95 Lindros
96 Lemieux vs 97 Hasek

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[blundluntman]

86 has a good chance at #1 in my eyes. 163 assists in a season is probably the most untouchable record in league history

 

[Video Nasty]

Can’t beat averaging more than 2 assists per game and breaking your own points record again with 215. What’s really amazing is that he piled up 132 of those assists (2.28 APG) and 167 points over his final 58 games (2.88 PPG). Had 5 games without an assist in his opening 22 games and then went just 3 games without one in the remaining 58. Just on a completely different level.

Demolished second year Mario by 74 points. Interestingly, Gretzky did not win the Pearson this year. I assume it’s because he won the previous four and Mario showed signs that he would soon to be competing. Funny enough, Lemieux over Gretzky supporters always seem to forget about this one when it comes to who should have received hardware over another.

 

[Albatros]

Gretzky was also playing with four other future HHoFers while Lemieux had Doug Shedden and Terry Ruskowski.