Wayne Gretzky: 1981-82 O-Pee-Chee 106

1981-82 O-Pee-Chee 106 Wayne Gretzky Hockey Card (Front)

1981-82 O-Pee-Chee 106 Wayne Gretzky Hockey Card (Back)

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Wayne became NHL’s youngest scoring champ ever in 1980-81. He was the 1st player ever to average at least 2 points per game (2.05) among players with 50-or-more points. Set mark for assists. Wayne set NHL records with 109 assists and 164 points during the 1980-81 season.

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Wayne devint, en 1981, le plus jeune champion compteur dans l’histoire de la Ligue nationale. Il devint aussi le premier joueur à dépasser une moyenne de 2 points (2.05) par match parmi les joueurs qui avaient accumulé 50 points ou plus. Il établit en outre un record pour les assistances. Wayne établit des records dans la LNH avec 109 assistances et 164 points durant la saison 1980-81.

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Of course, Wayne Gretzky would obliterate the records he set in 1980-81. He scored 92 goals in 1981-82 then set the marks for assists and points in 1985-86 with 163 and 215. Still, the 164 points he put up in just his second NHL season topped the previous record set by Phil Esposito in 1970-71 by 12 points.

An interesting stat in 1980-81, in the 13 games when Gretzky did not get a point, the Edmonton Oilers did not win a single game, going 0-9-4. His best game of the year came on February 18, 1981 at Northlands Coliseum in a 9-2 win over the St. Louis Blues. The Blues were considerably better when it came to the standings but the Oilers came to play.

Gretzky had five goals and two assists for seven points in the match. His first goal of the game, scored early in the second, held as the game winner. With the score 4-2 Edmonton going into the third, the Oilers scored five unanswered. Paul Coffey scored just 36 seconds into the period before Wayne went to town. He scored four straight, including a shorthanded marker. Two of the goals were scored nine seconds apart and chased St. Louis starting goalie Mike Liut from the game.

In 1981-82, he put his 1980-81 performance to shame with 92 goals and 120 assists for 212 points. He had a point in 72 of Edmonton’s 80 games and topped out with a seven point match against the Minnesota North Stars.

Between 1979-80 and 1998-99, Wayne Gretzky played 1,487 regular season and 208 playoff games in the National Hockey League with the Edmonton Oilers, Los Angeles Kings, St. Louis Blues and New York Rangers. The four-time Stanley Cup champion was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1999.

Wayne Gretzky NHL Career Stats

Regular Season

Year	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1979-80	Edmonton Oilers	79	51	86	137	21
1980-81	Edmonton Oilers	80	55	109	164	28
1981-82	Edmonton Oilers	80	92	120	212	26
1982-83	Edmonton Oilers	80	71	125	196	59
1983-84	Edmonton Oilers	74	87	118	205	39
1984-85	Edmonton Oilers	80	73	135	208	52
1985-86	Edmonton Oilers	80	52	163	215	46
1986-87	Edmonton Oilers	79	62	121	183	28
1987-88	Edmonton Oilers	64	40	109	149	24
1988-89	Los Angeles Kings	78	54	114	168	26
1989-90	Los Angeles Kings	73	40	102	142	42
1990-91	Los Angeles Kings	78	41	122	163	16
1991-92	Los Angeles Kings	74	31	90	121	34
1992-93	Los Angeles Kings	45	16	49	65	6
1993-94	Los Angeles Kings	81	38	92	130	20
1994-95	Los Angeles Kings	48	11	37	48	6
1995-96	Los Angeles Kings	62	15	66	81	32
1995-96	St. Louis Blues	18	8	13	21	2
1996-97	New York Rangers	82	25	72	97	28
1997-98	New York Rangers	82	23	67	90	28
1998-99	New York Rangers	70	9	53	62	14
	Totals	1487	894	1963	2857	577

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1979-80	Edmonton Oilers	3	2	1	3	0
1980-81	Edmonton Oilers	9	7	14	21	4
1981-82	Edmonton Oilers	5	5	7	12	8
1982-83	Edmonton Oilers	16	12	26	38	4
1983-84	Edmonton Oilers	19	13	22	35	12
1984-85	Edmonton Oilers	18	17	30	47	4
1985-86	Edmonton Oilers	10	8	11	19	2
1986-87	Edmonton Oilers	21	5	29	34	6
1987-88	Edmonton Oilers	19	12	31	43	16
1988-89	Los Angeles Kings	11	5	17	22	0
1989-90	Los Angeles Kings	7	3	7	10	0
1990-91	Los Angeles Kings	12	4	11	15	2
1991-92	Los Angeles Kings	6	2	5	7	2
1992-93	Los Angeles Kings	24	15	25	40	4
1993-94	Los Angeles Kings	0	0	0	0	0
1994-95	Los Angeles Kings	0	0	0	0	0
1995-96	Los Angeles Kings	0	0	0	0	0
1995-96	St. Louis Blues	13	2	14	16	0
1996-97	New York Rangers	15	10	10	20	2
1997-98	New York Rangers	0	0	0	0	0
1998-99	New York Rangers	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	208	122	260	382	66