Gretzky

[ gret-skee ]

noun

1. Wayne The Great One, born 1961, Canadian ice hockey player.

Gretzky

/ ˈɡrɛtzkɪ /

noun

1. GretzkyWayne1961MCanadianSPORT AND GAMES: ice-hockey player Wayne. born 1961, Canadian ice-hockey player and coach; in his playing career (1979–99) he became the record point scorer in the National Hockey League

Example Sentences

Worse than the Kings failing to win a Stanley Cup with Wayne Gretzky.

From Los Angeles Times

She’s Gretzky in a latex bathing cap; Michael Jordan in goggles.

From Los Angeles Times

Box to Box co-founder and executive producer Paul Martin had never been to a hockey game until last year, knowing only Wayne Gretzky “and they fight a lot” about the sport.

From Seattle Times

Also initially implicated in a gambling scheme titled “Operation Slapshot” involving a New Jersey-based ring were several players, Wayne Gretzky’s wife, Janet Jones, and Gretzky’s former agent and then Coyotes GM Michael Barnett.

From Seattle Times

They also won a fifth Cup in 1990 after Gretzky was traded to Los Angeles but have been to just a final since, losing in 2006 to Carolina.

From Seattle Times