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Records stolen from Wayne Gretzky?

No idea. A lot of "records" aren't really records in that they're unofficial, as in the NHL doesn't officially count them as records.

Two of his Oilers' records that were later broken were:
-- Fastest 2 goals scored: Taylor Hall
-- Points scored on consecutive team goals: Sam Gagner 11 (Gretzky had done 10 twice)

One NHL record that was broken not long (five years) after Wayne set it was most short-handed goals in a season. Wayne had 12 in 1984, but Mario scored 13 in 1989.
 
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The Panther said:
One NHL record that was broken not long (five years) after Wayne set it was most short-handed goals in a season. Wayne had 12 in 1984, but Mario scored 13 in 1989.
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This is the first one that comes to mind, and the only one of Gretzky's 'major' records I can think of that has been broken.
 
barbu said:
Calder trophy in 1979-1980 along with the rookie scoring record.
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Strange how they didn't give the Calder to Gretzky on the basis he played for a "professional" league prior to the NHL (the WHA), when they did give the Calder to Makarov at age 30, after he literally played for years in a professional league. Made no sense whatsoever.
 
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barbu said:
Calder trophy in 1979-1980 along with the rookie scoring record.
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bravo

tazzy19 said:
Strange how they didn't give the Calder to Gretzky on the basis he played for a "professional" league prior to the NHL (the WHA), when they did give the Calder to Makarov at age 30, after he literally played for years in a professional league. Made no sense whatsoever.
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same with bure, forsberg, and yes 22 year old selanne, the beneficiary of gretzky’s stolen record.
 
tazzy19 said:
Strange how they didn't give the Calder to Gretzky on the basis he played for a "professional" league prior to the NHL (the WHA), when they did give the Calder to Makarov at age 30, after he literally played for years in a professional league. Made no sense whatsoever.
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Makarov was employed by the Soviet military, not by a hockey club.
 
Theokritos said:
Didn't Gretzky have a personal contract with Pete Pocklington instead of the Edmonton Oilers or something to that effect?
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Yeah, and Pocklington allegedly even used that contract as collateral for a loan. Could have had interesting consequences had that gone south. Gretzky did sign a contract with the Oilers before his trade to LA though.
 
Yeah, Gretzky had a bizarre "Personal Services" contract with Pocklington, signed on his 18th birthday in 1979, that reads like he's chattel.

I don't know at which point, exactly, he was required to have a "normal" NHL contract, but, as Albatross says above, Wayne signed a 2-year contract with Pocklington in summer 1987 (just before the Canada Cup) that locked him in for the next two years -- in theory, to summer 1989.

However, we all know that went south in summer 1988...
 
Ovechkin might break 894 goals. If he does - this would obviously be the highest profile record that Gretzky established, and then lost.

What's the second? Anything else somewhat substantial?
 
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The first of Gretzky's signature records to fall could be his 894 goals, but the coronavirus might be enough to stop Ovechkin if the NHL can't play a complete season next year either.

Edit - beaten to it :laugh:

bobholly39 said:
Ovechkin might break 894 goals. If he does - this would obviously be the highest profile record that Gretzky established, and then lost.

What's the second? Anything else somewhat substantial?
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Most 50 goal seasons? A record he shares with Bossy at 10. Ovechkin sits at 8, he only needed two more to get a 9th this season.
 
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Here is another one mentioned:

Pat Hughes of the Edmonton Oilers becomes the first player to break an NHL record set by Wayne Gretzky. Hughes scores two shorthanded goals in a span of 25 seconds during the second period of a 7-5 victory at the St. Louis Blues.

Is this still a record?
 
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Most 50 goal seasons? A record he shares with Bossy at 10. Ovechkin sits at 8, he only needed to more to get a 9th this season.
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At this point i'll say it's less than 0.1% likelihood Ovechkin beats that record.

It's actually 9 for Gretzky/Bossy - not 10. Ovechkin is at 8. So he'd need 2 more. The issues for Ovi are:

- He'll be 35 next season. 2 50+ goal seasons after age 35? Even for Ovi that seems impossible
- Even if he somehow wanted to defy the odds yet again at such an age - odds are next year won't even be a full 82 game season, which limits him again
- This season is done. Round robin won't count as season, and so he misses the mark with 48 (even though he surely would have hit 50 without the pandemic)
- He has seasons of 49 goals, 48 (this year), 46 goals and 32 in 48 games (lock out year - which translates to 54 in full season). So has some super close - with at least 2 seasons (this year, and lockout) seeming like surefire bets, but conditions outside of his control limited him


So - he'll end up super close - in fact he may even tie them somehow - but him actually beating them and getting 10 50 goal seasons seems all but impossible as of today.
 
Found two minor ones:
  • Most times Top 10 in the NHL Total Goals On Ice For. Gretzky was 14 times in the top 10, Lidstrom 15 times.
  • Most times Top 10 in the NHL Power Play Goals On Ice For. Gretzky had the record with 10 seasons, but has since been surpassed by Bourque, MacInnis and Lidstrom.
 
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When he retired, Gretzky held 61 NHL records. (Yes, it's sometimes arbitrary as to what counts as an official record, and what doesn't - there are probably 100+ achievements that can be categorized as "records"). I believe he's down to "only" 55 as of today:

Records he's lost
  1. Most career goals - Alex Ovechkin (895 in 2025)
  2. Most career 40 goal seasons - Alex Ovechkin (13 in 2023 - he extended the record to 13)
  3. Most assists in one playoff series - Leon Draisaitl (15 in 2022 - vs Calgary)
  4. Most assists in one playoff year - Connor McDavid (32 in 2024 - he extended the record to 34)
  5. Most overtime assists - there are more than 50 players who have broken Gretzky's record of 15. Evgeni Malkin is the current leader with 31.
  6. Most all-star game assists - Joe Sakic, Mark Messier and Ray Bouque have all passed Gretzky's record of 12.
Records he's gained
  1. Highest point per game average - Mario Lemieux came out of retirement and lowered his per-game scoring average. Gretzky's 1.92 PPG average is the current record.
 
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