Review
“As a certified Gretzky addict, I preferred Total Gretzky to the other books. It’s a treat to read Gzowski and Roy MacGregor’s assessments of Number 99.…Total Gretzky has the best stats section.”
–Edmonton Journal

“[Total Gretzky] has all the goods in pictures and stats. But its writing sets it apart.”
–Globe and Mail

“This glossy 176-page offering is a keeper.…gorgeously peppered with photographs, making it a good view as well as a read.”
–Hamilton Spectator


Review
?As a certified Gretzky addict, I preferred Total Gretzky to the other books. It?s a treat to read Gzowski and Roy MacGregor?s assessments of Number 99.?Total Gretzky has the best stats section.?
?Edmonton Journal

?[Total Gretzky] has all the goods in pictures and stats. But its writing sets it apart.?
?Globe and Mail

?This glossy 176-page offering is a keeper.?gorgeously peppered with photographs, making it a good view as well as a read.?
?Hamilton Spectator


Book Description
Total Gretzky provides fans with a wonderful and lasting tribute to the greatest hockey player of all time. This gorgeous, full-colour book based on The Hockey News’ commemorative magazine The Great One, but adding much, much more, gives readers the total picture. It features over 130 glorious, stunning photographs, almost exclusively in colour. It includes a moving tribute by celebrated hockey author Roy MacGregor, a foreword by Gretzky fan and friend Peter Gzowski, and fascinating and revealing articles by former NHL players and acclaimed Hockey News editors and writers.

And Total Gretzky features something truly unique: the most exhaustive look at Gretzky’s career, in numbers, ever compiled. In addition to career totals and records held, Total Gretzky lists every game, year by year, in which Gretzky ever played in the NHL, in the WHA, in junior, on Team Canada, and in all-star games, with a running total of goals, assists and points accumulated for each stage of his remarkable career. Milestone games and records are highlighted, and Gretzky’s amazing achievements are set against those of other hockey immortals.

Total Gretzky is a dazzling and complete testament to Wayne Gretzky, a book that no hockey fan should be without.



From the Inside Flap
Total Gretzky provides fans with a wonderful and lasting tribute to the greatest hockey player of all time. This gorgeous, full-colour book based on The Hockey News’ commemorative magazine The Great One, but adding much, much more, gives readers the total picture. It features over 130 glorious, stunning photographs, almost exclusively in colour. It includes a moving tribute by celebrated hockey author Roy MacGregor, a foreword by Gretzky fan and friend Peter Gzowski, and fascinating and revealing articles by former NHL players and acclaimed Hockey News editors and writers.

And Total Gretzky features something truly unique: the most exhaustive look at Gretzky’s career, in numbers, ever compiled. In addition to career totals and records held, Total Gretzky lists every game, year by year, in which Gretzky ever played in the NHL, in the WHA, in junior, on Team Canada, and in all-star games, with a running total of goals, assists and points accumulated for each stage of his remarkable career. Milestone games and records are highlighted, and Gretzky’s amazing achievements are set against those of other hockey immortals.

Total Gretzky is a dazzling and complete testament to Wayne Gretzky, a book that no hockey fan should be without.


From the Back Cover
“As a certified Gretzky addict, I preferred Total Gretzky to the other books. It’s a treat to read Gzowski and Roy MacGregor’s assessments of Number 99.…Total Gretzky has the best stats section.”
–Edmonton Journal

“[Total Gretzky] has all the goods in pictures and stats. But its writing sets it apart.”
–Globe and Mail

“This glossy 176-page offering is a keeper.…gorgeously peppered with photographs, making it a good view as well as a read.”
–Hamilton Spectator



About the Author
Montreal-born Steve Dryden studied journalism at Carleton University and then worked the sports beat with the Cornwall Standard-Freeholder and the Woodstock Sentinel-Review. He joined The Hockey News in 1985, subsequently became editor-in-chief, and now is editor-in-chief and publisher. He continues to play hockey himself in Toronto, where he makes his home.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

Wayne Gretzky's achievements and contribution to his sport are almost immeasurable, earning him a place among the best of our age—Jordan, Ali, and Pel￯﾿ﾽ. He is the one-and-only No. 99. There will never be another.

Now, Total Gretzky—a gorgeous, full-colour cloth book based on The Hockey News' commemorative magazine Wayne Gretzky: A Legend in Our Time, but adding much more material—gives hockey fans a wonderful and lasting tribute to the greatest hockey player of all time. Produced by The Hockey News, far-and-away the sport's pre-eminent journal, it follows Gretzky's entire career: from his earliest playing days in minor and junior hockey to his four Stanley Cup wins with the Oilers; from the legendary trade that took him to Los Angeles to his time with the Blues and the Rangers.

The magazine includes glowing tributes from former players, including one from Ken Dryden, and many fascinating and revealing articles about No. 99. Total Gretzky includes all of the magazine, and adds a foreword by Peter Gzowski, a 10,000 word essay by Roy MacGregor, more glorious photos of the Great One, and an entire section of Gretzky statistics. Total Gretzky is a complete look at Wayne Gretzky's career, and a book no hockey fan should be without.

Wayne Gretzky was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in November, 1999.