In April of 1999, in honor of Wayne Gretzky, the National Hockey League retired this number leaguewide, preventing any player from ever again wearing this number in an NHL game.
One of the stars to emerge from the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino was this 19-year-old snowboarding prodigy, nicknamed the "Flying Tomato," who earned Gold in the Men’s Snowboard Half-Pipe. He has also starred before and since in X Games competitions, both in snowboarding and skateboarding.
