Wayne Gretzky, NHL and Alex Ovechkin
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Gretzky is widely considered to be the best hockey player ever, with a 20-year NHL career that defies comparison to any other player in league history.
From USA TODAY
Alex Ovechkin scores career goal 892, putting him three away from breaking Wayne Gretzky's record.
From ESPN
Ovechkin scored his 892nd career goal Wednesday and is now three tally shy of breaking Hall of Famer Wayne Gretzky’s 31-year NHL record.
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Christopher Hennessy is an MLB associate editor at ClutchPoints, with additional expertise in the NHL and golf. He graduated with a journalism degree from Fordham University in 2022, and he has work experience at Spectrum News One in Albany, New York and with The Hockey Writers as a New York Islanders reporter.
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While Alex Ovechkin is in pursuit of Wayne Gretzky's all-time goals record, Sidney Crosby passed another one of Gretzky's records on Thursday night. Crosby tallied a goal against the Buffalo Sabres, which sealed his 20th season averaging a point per game.
Five charts how close the Capitals Alex Ovechkin is to overtaking Wayne Gretzky's career goal scoring title and how both dominated the NHL.
In Wayne Gretzky's hometown of Brantford, Ontario, and across Canada, the Great One's loyalty and legacy are being questioned at a time the nation's independence is being threatened by U.S.
With the pedigree of a person who has seen his share of bust-ups in the boardroom and on the ice, Canadian American businessman Graeme Roustan is blunt about the looming trade war and what it will mean for the two countries he calls home.
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In Wayne Gretzky's hometown of Brantford, Ontario, and across Canada, the Great One's loyalty and legacy are being questioned at a time the nation's independence is being threatened by U.S. President
Named one of the 100 Greatest NHL Players in January 2017, Crosby has won the Stanley Cup three times. At age 21, he became the youngest captain of a championship team when Pittsburgh defeated Detroit in seven games of the 2009 Stanley Cup Final. He then won the Conn Smythe Trophy as MVP of the Stanley Cup Playoffs in 2016 and 2017.
Pittsburgh Penguins star Sidney Crosby is averaging at least a point a game for a 20th season, breaking the record he shared with Wayne Gretzky.