It is an incredible achievement. On Dec. It's his fifth goal of the game and, more astoundingly, his 50th goal of the season. Gretzky has done the impossible. He has eclipsed Montreal legend Maurice "Rocket" Richard's year record of 50 goals in 50 games. Gretzky does it in 39 games and the world is stunned. Walter had no idea of his son's astonishing feat because the game in Edmonton wasn't televised back in Ontario. When Wayne told his dad about the record, Walter replied, "Geez, what took you so long?
He did it against the Buffalo Sabres on Feb. He scored four goals that night, beating Buffalo Phil Esposito was on hand to present Gretzky with the record-breaking puck. He eventually finished the season with an astounding record of 92 goals. He'd get dressed exactly the same way every time. He put on his left shin pad, left outer pad, then right, same order, left sock, hockey sock, shin pad, then pants, then left skate, right skate, shoulder pads, then left elbow pad, right elbow pad, sweater, tuck the right side in, go out on the ice for warm-ups and then miss the first shot wide right.
He even went to a hypnotherapist and took mind-control classes in his unsuccessful attempts to get over his fear. Then a pilot snuck Gretzky into the cockpit and showed him how the buttons and gears worked.
Gretzky said that it finally helped him feel better about being on a plane. Despite all that, he refuses to fly on Friday the 13th. For a game-day breakfast, he'd eat two or three scrambled eggs with bacon and whole-wheat toast. For lunch he'd chow down on steak or veal with some vegetables and then right before he went on the ice he'd have a sandwich, a milkshake and a big piece of pie.
He says it's because it gives him more control. Video: Wayne Gretzky scores 50 goals in 39 games. He scores twice in the first period, once in the second and gets his fourth goal of the game early in the third period to give the Oilers a lead. The Flyers score twice midway through the period to cut the Oilers' lead to ; with time running out, they pull goalie Pete Peeters for an extra skater. The move backfires when Gretzky scores into an empty net to get No.
It's the first of Boston's game undefeated streak in overtime, the longest such streak in NHL history. Boston goes with 27 ties in OT during a four-year stretch. A crowd of 14, turns out to see the Kings lose to the Philadelphia Flyers. Doug Favell makes 25 saves for the shutout. Udvari is a few days short of his 55th birthday and 12 years removed from his last game; he's serving as a supervisor of officials when Dave Newell has to leave with a bad cut.
Udvari puts on Newell's striped shirt, borrows a pair of skates from Islanders center Bryan Trottier and takes the ice to complete the game. The Islanders win , even though Udvari disallows a goal by Trottier. Wendel Clark gets the winning goal at of overtime. The seven points are a career high.
It's the 86th shutout of his NHL career , all with the Devils.
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