Wayne Gretzky wore a No. 9 red pin to honor Detroit Red Wings legend and Mr. Hockey, Gordie Howe, as Alex Ovechkin scored a record 895th goal.

Wayne Gretzky celebrates Alex Ovechkin as he nears breaking Gretzky's record, drawing parallels to Gordie Howe's legacy with Gretzky. Gretzky praised ...

While Alex Ovechkin set the NHL career goal record on Sunday passing Wayne Gretzky, another hockey legend was also honored. Gretzky wore a pin with the no.9 on it, to celebrate Detroit Red Wings ...

Gretzky wore that pin in honor of the late Gordie Howe, who owned the goals record before Gretzky. Howe was there in 1994 to ...

Wayne Gretzky honored two of the greatest goal ... 9 red pin over the left side of his chest, the number of Gordie Howe. Gretzky held the NHL record for 31 years until Ovechkin scored his 895th ...

Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin today scored his 895th career goal to complete “THE GR8 CHASE” and surpass Wayne ...

The Toledo radiologist and the Russian hockey player share a common lineage, because Murray’s dad, Gordie Howe, had once been the NHL’s greatest goal scorer. Wayne Gretzky later broke Howe’s record.

894 WASHINGTON -- 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 ...