I believe only one Wayne Gretzky. No, more than 1 person has worn #99, Gretzky is merely the most famous. Wilf Paiement, for example, also wore that number. So the best answer I can give right now is: at least 2 (but not many). The #99 was retired league-wide after Gretsky retired. So no other player has had the #99 AFTER Wayne Gretsky. I have no idea how many wore it BEFORE him. It is also entirely possible and probable that other players on other teams wore the #99 at the same time that he was wearing it for the team he was on. At least, five players :
- Gretzky - Joe Lamb - Des Roche - Leo Bourgault - Wilf paiement
The website below gives you plenty of players who wore the #1 in the NHL. Click on the related link.
Jersey #99 was retired league wide when Wayne Gretzky retired, therefore no one else has had that number since he wore it. However, there were other players who wore that number before him, and probably other players on other teams that wore the #99 at the same time that he wore it for his team.
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NHL player Alex Chiasson shoots right.
The number 87 is famously associated with NHL star Sidney Crosby, who has worn it throughout his career with the Pittsburgh Penguins. Additionally, NFL wide receiver Antonio Brown donned the number during his time with the Pittsburgh Steelers. Other notable athletes who wore 87 include former NFL quarterback Jared Goff and NHL player Evgeni Malkin, also from the Penguins.
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That distinction goes to George Owen, Boston Bruins defenseman. He had played football while in college and when he entered the NHL in 1928 he wore the same leather helmet that he had worn in college when playing football.
None, not one NHL player has been born in South Carolina.
NHL player Aleksander Barkov shoots left.
NHL player Blake Wheeler shoots right.