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Originally Posted by albertGQ
Fun fact. Gretzky's 51 game point scoring streak is actually 2 records. One for longest scoring streak & one for longest scoring streak to start a season. He actually scored a point in 9 straight games to end the season prior so if hockey kept stats like baseball, his record would actually be a 60 game point scoring streak.
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Oh yeah, I'd forgotten about that. I believe Gretzky himself considers the streak to be 60 games.
The streak is even more impressive when you consider he was so badly injured by the end of it he had to miss 6 games.