Who Is Wayne Gretzky [Paperback]

After breaking or tying more than sixty records in hockey, it's no wonder that Wayne Gretzky is known as The Great One. Born in Brantford, Ontario, on January 26, 1961, in a nation obsessed with the sport, he threw himself into the game practically from the time he first laced up a pair of skates. When he retired from the NHL in 1999, he had led several teams to Stanley Cup victories, competed in the Olympics, and changed the way hockey was played forever. Known for his love for family and as a truly decent human being, Wayne Gretzky is revealed as more than a sports legend in this easy-to-read biography.Gail Herman has written several biographies for young readers, including Who Was Davy Crockett?andWho Was Jackie Robinson?Who Is Wayne Gretzky?
 
 
 Fifty in fifty. That means scoring fifty goals in fifty hockey games.
 
Maurice “The Rocket” Richard, of the Montreal Canadiens, was the first National Hockey League player to do it, in the 1944–1945 season.
 
Ten years passed. Twenty. Thirty. It seemed no other hockey player could pull off the feat. Finally New York Islander Mike Bossy tied the record thirty-six years later. 
 
How much time would pass before someone else scored fifty goals in fifty games?
 
One season later, Wayne Gretzky, just twenty years old, skated onto the ice. The place: Northlands Coliseum in Edmonton, Canada. The date: December 30, 1981.
 
Wayne was the center for the Edmonton Oilers. He was about to face off against the Philadelphia Flyers.
 
It had been an amazing season for Wayne. By the thirteenth game, he had thirteen goals. After thirty-five games, he had thirty-eight goals. And after thirty-eight games? He had a whopping forty-five.
 
Now he was ready for game thirty-nine.
 
No one—ever—had scored fifty goals in less than fifty games. Just five mlc{