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Gretzky from Start to Finish
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A Great message for youth

By BARRE CAMPBELL -- Ottawa Sun Youth hockey goes through its good times, and its bad, just like almost everything else in the world.
The past week was a Great One.
At the Hockey Hall of Fame inductions, youth hockey was in the spotlight.
When Wayne Gretzky spoke about his entry into the Hall, the greatest player who ever played the game recalled the days of his youth in Brantford and the time he spent in the frigid arenas developing his skills.

Nov. 25: Full story

Exposure compromising Great reputation

By CHRIS STEVENSON -- SLAM! Sports TORONTO - Yes, absolutely, Wayne Gretzky is The Great One, always will be, and yes, he deserves all the accolades, attention and outpouring of affection Monday on the occasion of his induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame.
But there's a part of me that would like to see him in a pair of polyester pants with a white belt hitched up almost to his armpits, bundling Janet and the kids into a station wagon with the license plate "GREAT 1" and driving to Florida, all the time with his left blinker going.

Nov. 23: Full story

Kid's in the Hall

By CHRIS NELSON -- Calgary Sun Editor-in-Chief TORONTO -- If a man can be a metaphor for a nation, then here, on the cusp of a new millennium, Laurier may stand vindicated.
Yes indeed, this may have been Canada's century after all given the mythical status afforded sports heroes.

Nov. 23: Full story

Nov. 22: Wayne Gretzky inducted into Hockey Hall of Fame

All's said and done

By TERRY JONES -- Edmonton Sun TORONTO - He didn't break down, like Scotty Morrison did at the mention of his late son.
He didn't mess up, like Stompin' Tom Connors who forgot the words to the "second period'' of his trademark song The Good Old Hockey Game.

Nov. 23: Full story

Great 1 memories

By JIM KERNAGHAN -- London Free Press TORONTO -- A brain aneurysm left some memories of his son's hockey exploits sketchy, but Walter Gretzky remembers one as though it happened five minutes ago.
"Wayne phoned after a game in Edmonton one night," Walter recalled at his celebrated son's induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame yesterday. "He said 'Dad, I did it, I did it. Fifty in 39.' I remember saying back `What took you so long?' It's something I'll always remember."

Nov. 23: Full story

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Nov. 22: A night to remember

Nov. 22: Hero, role model to generations

Nov. 22: No. 9 with big No. 9 aspirations

Nov. 22: Destined for Greatness

Nov. 22: Janet and the kids looking forward to having dad at home

Nov. 22: An almost mystical link will continue in the Hall of Fame