Gretzky-curricular Activities

I finally got around to scanning this great article which consisted mainly of photos with captions. It's from a magazine called Hockey Scene that was put out during the 1983/84 season. This article focuses on how Wayne spent a week the previous summer at the famed (?) Concord Hotel in Upstate New York. Here we see Wayne taking time out from his activities to judge a "Beauty Contest". I'm not sure if these two prize catches were contestants or Kevin Lowe and Dave Hunter in drag. Sure hope Wayne didn't do anything stupid that evening.


Apparently there is a lack of a dress code at the famed Concord Resort golf course as Wayne is decked out in a classy tee. I know this was the summer of 1983, and I remember the summer of '83...but aren't those shorts just a little short?
At least the sophisticated veteran Larry Robinson managed to wrangle up a collar for the golf outing.



The boys did manage to get on the ice as well. Here they're posing with baseball Hall of Famer, ex-Detroit Tiger, Hank Greenberg. I wonder if either of them had ever heard of him.


Here's Wayner slapping a tennis ball around. Not sure if thats a sleeveless tee, or just rolled up. Maybe he just snipped them off after his golf round.

Finally, Gretz plays a little softball. We've often heard that he was almost as good a short-stop as he was a hockey player. One thing for sure, no matter the summer sport Wayne's tight little shorts are aways worn.

Comments

horchy said…
how did that picture of tracy austin get in there?
June 4, 2009 at 11:42 PM
Nitzy said…
you mean the one wearing the tight shorts in each pick, right? could be Helen Kelesi too...we're dating ourselves Horchy
June 5, 2009 at 5:53 AM
Geoff_9 said…
Wayne looks VERY gay
June 6, 2009 at 12:37 PM
Nitzy said…
Not very kind words coming from my Right winger Geoffy....please apologize.
June 7, 2009 at 10:10 PM
Geoff_9 said…
This comment has been removed by the author.
August 12, 2009 at 11:40 PM
Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

WHA Ottawa Civics, The Two Week Franchise

Image
Tom Earl, Daryl Maggs, Mark Lomenda, Gary MacGregor, Garry Swain "Please let the fans make up their own minds," Henry Feller told a press gathering. "Let them decide if they want pro hockey here. We have to average 7,000 or 8,000 in the remaining 19 home games for a break-even point." Feller was a director of the Founders Club who had interest in buying the WHA's Denver Spurs club. Ivan Mullinex, owner of the Spurs had brought his team to Ottawa in an attempt to drum up interest and save his investment. The date was January 2, 1976 and Mullinex was in debt to a Denver bank to the tune of $1 million dollars. This same day, the newly christened Civics lost their first game under the new moniker by a score of 2-1 at Cincinnati. Star of the team, Ralph Backstrom said after the game, "Our first official notice of the move hit us when we entered the Cincinnati rink and the names on the big scoreboard read: Stingers and Civics. Until that moment we were un
Read more

Team Canada 1972, What Might have Been

Image
Guy Lafleur, if he had played in the 72 Summit Series "No way. Can you imagine what our fans would say if we allowed Bobby Orr and Phil Esposito to play for Canada in that series and either...suffered an injury that might prevent them from playing with us for a year or more?" This was the concern of Weston Adams Jr, president of the Boston Bruins as quoted on April 20, 1972. After being speculated and discussed since February 1972 at the Olympics in Sapporo Japan, the series was set to go. Early on however, controversy stirred as to who exactly would be representing Canada. Bruins GM, Milt Schmidt agreed with his boss saying, "My only interest would be to see the Russians play the Bruins for the world championship...or whatever team wins the Stanley Cup." In the Vancouver Sun a few days later, the legendary Jim Coleman responds to the American naysayers suggesting that Team Canada should be made up strictly of players from Toronto Maple Leafs and Montreal
Read more

Ron Hextall and the stolen Conn Smythe Trophy

Image
Ron Hextall did not deserve the Conn Smythe Trophy in 1987....there, I said it. I recently caught game seven of the '87 finals on ESPN Classic, where the Oilers beat the Flyers 3-1. Hextall was awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy to the disdain and boos of the Northlands Coliseum. Hextall was (and remains) the fourth player to win the trophy in a losing cause. Even as a teenager following these playoffs as they happened, I thought this was an injustice. Upon further inspection, I believe he only won because he was a rookie, and was the "sexy" pick as opposed to the proper pick. When looking at his numbers, it's hard to figure why he won. Hextall finished with 15 wins, 11 losses and a GAA of 2.77. Oilers, Grant Fuhr went 14 and 5 with an average of 2.46. I realize that stats cannot tell the whole story, but even if we dig further the award doesn't seem justified. His .908 Save Pct was the same as Fuhr's and tied for third behind Ken Wregget and Kelly Hrudey. Also,
Read more