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Wayne Gretzky scored three goals in the third period last night to shatter Phil Esposito's league mark of 76 goals in a season and help the Edmonton Oilers to a 6-3 victory over the Buffalo Sabres. The goals were Gretzky's 77th, 78th, and 79th. "I'm glad I got it: it's a tremendous feeling," Gretzky said after the game...
...Edmonton's 7-3 win over Detroit, Wayne Gretsky scored his 76th goal of the year to the Phil Esposito's NHL record for most goals in a single season, a record Gretsky will most likely break in the next few days. Espo was in the stands to see the recordlying goal, and will continue to follow Gretsky's path until the record is broken...
Gretzky singlehanded pulled the Oilers, an undistinguished expansion team, out of the basement and rewrote league history in the process. The slight youngster this season amassed 164 points -goals plus assists-well beyond the record of 152 held safely for a decade by Phil Esposito. In addition, Bobby Orr's 1970 mark of 102 assists fell to Gretzky's bombsight passing. New total: 109. Experts argue that it is easier for strong players to score goals and assists now that the N.H.L. is bloated with lackluster expansion teams. But Oiler Coach Glen Sather points out: "Wayne doesn...
...Nationals, he scored 308 goals, but was passed over by 14 teams in the amateur draft because it was thought he could not play defense. The Islanders snapped him up, and in his second season he led the league in goals with 69, a total bested only by Phil Esposito's 1971 record of 76. Bossy also won the N.H.L.'s Rookie of the Year trophy...
...still disarmingly in awe of his talent. "It's hard for me to admit that I have something other people don't," he notes, adding, "but I do." Tony Esposito, the Chicago Black Hawks goaltender, sums up: "Bossy has the knack of hitting the open spot in the net, just like my brother Phil. You can't teach that. You have to be born with that instinct for the spot where the goalie...