Former NHL player Wayne Gretzky, left, with Washington Capitals Alex Ovechkin, right, during a press conference after an NHL hockey game in which Ovechkin tied Gretzky's NHL career goals record of ...

“Wayne, you’ll always be the ‘Great One ... You’ve been amazing.” Gretzky congratulated Ovechkin and his family for the accomplishment, adding, “They say records are made to be ...

A little more than three decades before Alex Ovechkin’s pursuit of Wayne Gretzky’s NHL career goals record, the “Great One” had his own chase. Gretzky was in hot pursuit of Gordie Howe’s ...