Wayne Gretzky

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Wayne Gretzky’s false Canadiana

Peak Web March 27, 2025

By: Kaja Antic, Sports Writer Wayne Gretzky’s name is synonymous with the sport of hockey. His number “99” is retired across the National Hockey League — the only number retired for all 32 teams — and even wearing the two digits in a beer league game gets you chirped (I’ve seen it). In his 1,487 career NHL games, Gretzky scored 2,857 points, and still leads the league in all-time points. For reference, the second-place on that list is Czech legend Jaromir Jagr, who scored 936 less points in 246 more games than “The Great One.” Gretzky has been in recent…

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Sports quiz: Bizarre occurrences

Peak Web March 21, 2023

By: Simran Sarai, Sports Writer Q1.) True or false: At one point in his career, legendary track and field athlete Jesse Owens broke three world records in under an hour. Answer: True. Owens set world records in long jump, the…

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Do you know who this professional athlete is?

Sports March 18, 2022

By: Greg Makarov, Sports Writer  This will be the hardest set of questions you have ever had to answer. If you answer them correctly, it will lead you to unimaginable treasure: our mystery athlete of the week.  There is a…

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