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January 30, 2010

Who Surrendered Gretzky's First Goal?

From the North Bay Nugget:
"It's a story with a six-year-old Wayne Gretzky as the central figure, playing on a team of 11-year-olds called the Nadrofsky Steelers in 1967-68.

Skating against a team from Stratford, Gretzky, wearing number 11, scored his first goal in competitive hockey, a moment captured by his dad, Walter, in a black and white photo.

The controversy surrounding the goal is over the identity of the goalie in the Stratford net. Two men claim to be the kid who was responsible for sending Gretzky on his way as the NHL's most prolific scorer."
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