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Photo: Andre Forget (Andrew Scheer's Flickr stream), 2019, CC0 · Wikimedia Commons, 'Andrew Scheer with Wayne Gretzky (48055697168) (cropped).jpg' -- a crop (by Commons user Indopug) of a photograph credited on Commons to Andre Forget and published on the Flickr stream of Andrew Scheer, taken 11 June 2019; dedicated CC0 on Flickr (live Flickr page check 2026-10-24 shows 'CC0 (Public Domain Dedication)', taken 11 June 2019) and carrying a FlickreviewR pass (15 June 2019, cc-zero) on the original Commons file (3554 x 2604 pixels). The crop removes the other person in the frame and is 978 x 1303 pixels (SHA-1 of the stored file: 1fd02c43de1dccf67b51623932944c6175b3875d); saved as downloaded, never upscaled. Caveats: the photographer credit to Andre Forget comes from the Commons record, not the Flickr page itself, which names only the account owner; no institution page beyond Flickr was found. Alternatives rejected: 'Wgretz (cropped3).jpg' (CC BY-SA 3.0 on an uploader's assertion with no photographer or source) and a 2017 Pebble Beach photo (US Army garrison Flickr account, public domain mark, but no named photographer or employment basis). · CC0 1.0
athlete · Contemporary
Wayne Gretzky
b. 1961
Known For
athletichistoricalcultural
Not yet included in personality matching — the documented evidence doesn't yet cover enough of the personality model. Everything else on this page is fully available.
Trait Constellation
Key Achievements
He won nine Hart Trophies as league MVP and four Stanley Cups with the Edmonton Oilers. Maclean's counted 894 goals, 1,962 assists, 2,856 points and 61 league records held or shared when he retired in 1999, and the Hockey Hall of Fame inducted him that November.
He was above all a playmaker. A 1981 profile said he operated half a play ahead of everyone else and set up plays from behind the opposing net, and he assisted on 364 of linemate Jari Kurri's NHL goals, according to NHL.com.
Traded to the Los Angeles Kings in August 1988, he led them to the 1993 Stanley Cup Final. NBC Sports says he helped show that hockey could succeed in non-traditional markets, though he never won a Cup with the Kings.
Moments That Reveal Them
At 20, after breaking Esposito's points and Orr's assists records, he told a reporter his anticipation was not instinct but practice, and that his father had taught him to figure where the puck was going to go rather than follow it.
This is consistent with a view of skill as something built through deliberate practice. Mastery Orientation
He told the Monitor in 1981 that he developed his passing in junior hockey when two defenders checked him, learning to dish the puck to the open man, and that he got as big a kick out of setting up a goal as scoring one.
This is consistent with a playing style built around feeding teammates rather than only scoring. Collaboration
Turning Points
On 9 August 1988 the Oilers traded him, with Marty McSorley and Mike Krushelnyski, to the Los Angeles Kings for two players, three first-round picks and $15 million; Oilers coach Glen Sather opposed the deal but owner Peter Pocklington forced it.
This is consistent with a career carried into a new team and market after a major change. Adaptability
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Sources
- Wayne Gretzky (Q209518) -- verified live via the Wikidata API (2026-10-24): English label 'Wayne Gretzky', description 'Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1961)', Korean label '웨인 그레츠키', born 26 January 1961, no death date, citizenship Canada and United States. Orientation only; not used as support for any row.
- Hockey Hall of Fame, 1999 Induction Showcase biography of Wayne Gretzky (hhof.com archive page): childhood skating under his father's guidance, junior hockey with Peterborough and Sault Ste. Marie, turning professional at 17 with the Indianapolis Racers of the WHA and moving to the Edmonton Oilers after eight games, trade to the Los Angeles Kings after 1987-88 and the 1993 Stanley Cup Final, then St. Louis and three seasons with the New York Rangers, retirement after the 1998-99 season; more than 60 NHL records, nine Hart Trophies, seven scoring titles (as the page counts them), four Stanley Cups with the Oilers, Pearson and Lady Byng trophies; induction on 22 November 1999; also describes him as a 'hockey humanitarian'. CANONICAL SIGNIFICANCE SOURCE (with the Maclean's retirement piece). Hall-of-fame narrative, celebratory in tone; read through a page-extraction tool (a summary, not verbatim); the companion showcase landing page (ind99wg1) was also read for the 802nd-goal and artefact details but is not cited for any row.
- Nick Seitz, 'Unspectacular hockey whiz', The Christian Science Monitor, 7 April 1981 (read in full, verbatim): Gretzky at 20 in his second NHL season, having won the Hart and Lady Byng trophies the year before, passing Phil Esposito's 152-point and Bobby Orr's 102-assist records (109 assists, 55 goals that year) while hounded by the opponents' best defender and sometimes two; Flyers captain Bobby Clarke conceding the team should have put someone on him; the writer's view that his principal strength is anticipation ('half a play ahead of everyone else'), that he prefers to set up plays from behind the opposing net and is 'an absolutely superb passer'; Gretzky's own statements that it is 'practice, not instinct', that his father taught him to figure where the puck was going, that he developed his passing when double-teamed in junior hockey and gets as big a kick out of setting up a goal as scoring one; coach Glen Sather on his youth. Contemporaneous journalism with the subject's own quotes; admiring and written when he was 20.
- James Deacon, 'Gretzky retires', Maclean's, 26 April 1999 (reproduced by The Canadian Encyclopedia): the retirement framed as a loss to the league, fans and Canadians; career totals as of 1999 (894 goals, 1,962 assists, 2,856 points; 92 goals in 1981-82; 215 points in 1985-86; 382 playoff points; nine Hart and ten Art Ross trophies; four Stanley Cups; 61 league records held or shared); reactions from Oilers teammates Mark Messier, Paul Coffey, Kevin Lowe, Grant Fuhr and Jari Kurri and Rangers teammates Adam Graves and Brian Leetch; Mario Lemieux saying Gretzky taught him how to win at the Canada Cup; Gretzky deflecting praise and crediting teammates and staff. CANONICAL SIGNIFICANCE SOURCE (with the Hall of Fame biography). Mainstream news-magazine retrospective, admiring and written at the retirement; read through a page-extraction tool (curl is blocked by the host).
- NBC Sports, '25 years ago: Wayne Gretzky was traded' (NBCSports.com NHL): on 9 August 1988 the Oilers traded Gretzky, Mike Krushelnyski and Marty McSorley to the Los Angeles Kings for Jimmy Carson, Martin Gelinas, three first-round picks and $15 million; coach and general manager Glen Sather opposed the trade but owner Peter Pocklington forced it, and Sather's remark 'you could say hockey won'; NHL commissioner Gary Bettman calling it a huge step for hockey's credibility; the article saying Gretzky helped show hockey could succeed in non-traditional markets; Gretzky never won a Cup with the Kings and Edmonton won once more without him. Retrospective sports-news article; read through a page-extraction tool.
- ESPN, 'NHL Viewers Club: Kings Ransom' (documentary review, ESPN Africa mirror of ESPN.com, 2020): Greg Wyshynski and Emily Kaplan on the 1988 trade as portrayed in the 30 for 30 film -- Gretzky overhearing owner Peter Pocklington talk himself into the trade on a speakerphone in Kings owner Bruce McNall's office, Sather's fury and offer to resign, McNall's threat to sue, Pocklington's disputed remarks about Gretzky's tears at the farewell, and the reviewers' note that McNall later pleaded guilty to defrauding banks. Contested accounts of one episode; used only as a counter-voice and context for the trade, with contradictions noted rather than resolved; read through a page-extraction tool.
- Eric Friesen, 'Paul Coffey interview on how the Oilers continued their dynasty', The Hockey Writers, 22 May 2020 (reporting Coffey's April 2020 interview on Sportsnet's Ask 31): Coffey saying 'what the fans probably didn't get to see with Wayne was his work ethic', his commitment and respect for the game, leadership 'more so on the ice than in the dressing room', and 'when your best player is your hardest worker, it's easy to follow suit'. Teammate's retrospective recollection relayed by a hockey blog (admiring, one voice, 2020); the blogger's own descriptions of practice habits are not used.
- NHL.com, 'Jari Kurri: 100 Greatest NHL Players' (2017 NHL100 series): the Gretzky-Kurri partnership -- Gretzky assisting on 364 of Kurri's NHL goals and Kurri on 196 of Gretzky's, their danger on 2-on-1 rushes, Gretzky saying that wherever he put the puck Kurri would 'snap it' and that they believed they could score nine times out of ten, goaltender Grant Fuhr saying Kurri did much of the defensive work that let Gretzky focus on offence, and the later Kings reunion in which Kurri was not always his linemate. League-run promotional profile (admiring) containing a teammate's counter-framing of the credit; read through a page-extraction tool.
- The Hockey News, 'The story of Wayne Gretzky's coaching career with the Coyotes': head coach of the Phoenix Coyotes from 2005 to 2009 with a 143-161-24 record and no playoff appearance in four seasons (never above fourth in the Pacific Division); Gretzky saying he spent countless hours in the video room preparing; Commissioner Gary Bettman crediting his 'vital role in the youth movement'; the club's 2009 bankruptcy and Gretzky stepping down after saying neither remaining bidder had a place for him; his father Walter saying critics would blame Wayne whatever happened. Sports-news retrospective; used as the counter-voice (documented professional coaching results only; the ownership, bankruptcy and any legal matters were not read for or scored); read through a page-extraction tool.
- Wikimedia Commons file pages 'Andrew Scheer with Wayne Gretzky (48055697168) (cropped).jpg' and the original 'Andrew Scheer with Wayne Gretzky (48055697168).jpg', plus the Flickr photo page (live check 2026-10-24) -- checked for the portrait: photograph credited to Andre Forget on the Flickr stream of Andrew Scheer, taken 11 June 2019, dedicated CC0.