while on the l.a kings he wore his 99 number, before that he wore his 99 while playing for the Edmonton oilers in Canada. his first number was 11, when he was 10. after that his professional number has been 99.
It was with the Greyhounds that Wayne first wore the number 99 on his jersey. He originally wanted to wear number 9-for his hockey hero Gordie Howe-but it was already being worn by teammate Brian Gualazzi. At coach Muzz MacPherson's suggestion, Gretzky settled on 99.
Wayne Gretzky. He is said to have worn the number '99' because, barring injury, that's the year he planned to retire.
Brian Bruney currently wears it. He switched mid-season from number 38 to 99 in 2009. Before 2009, he wore number 33, now worn by Nick Swisher.
Mitch Williams, Turk Wendell, So Taguchi
while on the l.a kings he wore his 99 number, before that he wore his 99 while playing for the Edmonton oilers in Canada. his first number was 11, when he was 10. after that his professional number has been 99.
There is no #99 jersey
94, Yanic Perreault. == Actually, back in 1934-35 Joe Lamb, Desse Roche and Leo Bourgault all wore #99 while playing for the Montreal Canadiens.
Wayne Gretzky
It was with the Greyhounds that Wayne first wore the number 99 on his jersey. He originally wanted to wear number 9-for his hockey hero Gordie Howe-but it was already being worn by teammate Brian Gualazzi. At coach Muzz MacPherson's suggestion, Gretzky settled on 99.
Linebacker Vernon Crawford wore #99 for the Patriots in the 1998 season.
George Mikan, who wore #99 throughout his 10 year career with the Minneapolis Lakers.
Wayne Gretzky. The number 99 was retired league wide in honor of his achievements.
#99. When he retired, the National Hockey League retired his number across the whole league. 99 99
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It's Wayne Gretsky's jersey number (99) upside down
A quick visit to the Montreal Canadians website answers this: there was a player back in the mid 30's who wore number 99, Joe Lamb was his name,.. During the 1934-1935 NHL season - The Montreal Canadians had three players wear #99: Joe Lamb, Desse Roche and Leo Bourgault. This can be verified by referencing any Montreal Canadians Media Guide which lists all players who have ever laced up for the Habs. Wilf Paiement, when he played for the Toronto Maple Leafs, wore #99 from December 29, 1979 until the 1982 entry draft when he became a Nordique. Wayne Gretzky is the most well known hockey player to wear 99 in the modern era. Some say he choose it because he was originally signed for 99 years. The more popular story is that Wayne decided that he would wear number 99 to honor his favorite player, Mr Hockey, Gordie Howe, who played most of his career with Detroit Red Wings. Wayne started wearing a single number 9, like Howe did, but went to a double 9 when he got to the Ontario Junior A league, to be sure he would all ways be able to have that number. == == After Gretzky's retirement from the ice as a player, the NHL retired the number 99, in honor of Great One, for the entire league so that no one can ever wear that number again .