Gretzky scored 51 goals that season -- the first of his nine 50-goal seasons, an NHL record he shares with Ovechkin and Mike ...

In 1972, when the Edmonton Oilers entered the World Hockey Association, the entry free was $25,000. When Peter Pocklington ...

Gretzky was ineligible for the Calder Trophy as the league's top rookie because of his season in the WHA. In his first NHL season, Wayne Gretzky won the Lady Byng Trophy, left, and Hart Trophy in ...

The countdown is on with Alex Ovechkin just 16 goals from overtaking Wayne Gretzky as the NHL's career goal leader – a mark that once seemed unsurmountable and earned Gretzky the nickname The ...

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 ...

As Washington Capitals forward Alex Ovechkin approaches Wayne Gretzky's NHL goal record, he took some time to recognize 'The Great One's' accomplishment. Prior to his team's game against the ...

Tom McVie, who coached the Winnipeg Jets to the 1979 World Hockey Association championship over Wayne Gretzky's Edmonton ...

Indianapolis is where Wayne Gretzky played first eight pro games with WHA Racers. The Chicago Blackhawks and their wholly owned AHL farm team, the Rockford IceHogs, have agreed on a three-year ...