MUST READ - Wayne Gretzky shares his odd pre-game rituals!

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S. Harper
April 14, 2022 (8:59 PM)

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Let's be honest there's never going to be another Wayne Gretzky in our game, sure other super stars will come and go like Connor McDavid, Auston Matthews Alex Ovechkin and so on, but there will never be another Great One.

The Great One is so humble, yet owns so many NHL records it's crazy. When you've scored 894 goals and a sensational 2857 points in the National Hockey League you will always be remembered.

Wayne Gretzky is the only player who has his number 99, retired across the whole league, and it's amazing to think of just how superior he was.

Wayne had some pretty odd superstitions. In his autobiography, Wayne Gretzky reveals what he did before every game, and some will probably surprise you.

Let's just say it's not exactly as professional as many might have thought. Instead a lot of Coca-Cola diet Coke to be exact. I'm sure I wasn't the only kid who had that Classic Wayne Gretzky Coca-Cola poster they would give you if you bought 3 cases of Coke, it was a special promotion and every Canadian kid wanted to have it but it also was a good marketing tactic by Gretzky and Coca-Cola.

Wayne Gretzky would drink Diet Coke before games, during practice he even had some during games if he was allowed.

Wayne Gretzky shared more on his pre game ritual for his autobiography saying,

»I get dressed the exact same way every day: Left shin pad, left outer pad, then right, same order, left sock, hockey sock, shin pad, then pads, then left skate, right skate, shoulder pads, then left elbow pad, right elbow pad, sweater, tuck the right side in, go out on the ice for warmups, always miss the first shot wide right, come in after the warmups, have a Diet Coke, an ice water a Gatorade and another diet Coke."

Now that kids see this you know what's going to happen, Coca-Cola and Gatorade will be at every teams practice if it's good enough for the Great One it's good enough for us.

CreditThe Hockey Beast