Although he has been retired for over 20 years, the greatest player of all time is still making hockey history.
On Sunday, Wayne Gretzky’s last-worn Edmonton Oilers jersey sold for $1.452 million at Grey Flannel Auctions, surpassing Paul Henderson’s 1972 Summit Series jersey, which sold for $1.3 million, to become the most expensive hockey jersey ever sold at auction.
The Great One’s record-breaking jersey dates back to the 1988 Stanley Cup Final, when Edmonton defeated the Boston Bruins to win their second consecutive championship. It was the fourth and final Cup victory of Gretzky’s career. He also won the Conn Smythe Trophy after scoring 12 goals and providing 31 assists in 19 games.
Gretzky was surprisingly traded to the Los Angeles Kings in the offseason in one of the most famous trades in North American sports history.
Henderson’s jersey was the one he wore when he scored the game-winning goal in the final seconds of the legendary 1972 Summit Series between Canada and the Soviet Union, making him a national hero and etching his name forever in hockey history.
Gretzky also holds the record for the most expensive hockey card after his 1979 O-Pee-Chee rookie card sold for $3.75 million last May, making it the seventh most expensive trading card of all time.
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