The Great One's Younger Brother - The Brent Gretzky Story
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- Опубліковано 5 вер 2024
- On October 9th 1993, Brent Gretzky suited up for the Tampa Bay Lightning for the first time as he stepped out onto NHL ice for his debut in the league. Though he would never come close to matching the career of his older brother Wayne, the former 3rd round pick would have quite an interesting journey over his 16 years as a pro hockey player...
This is the story of the Great One's younger brother!
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Brent Gretzky will forever have his name on the most points by siblings in the NHL.
Brilliant
I don't know about forever. That's a Gretzky record that *could* actually be broken.
shutup
Sutter siblings have more points combined in fact. but there are six of them..
@@SuzukiV2 Holy shit you're right.
Everyone doesn't like these guys because they were "busts" what they don't remember is that they made it. That's something us hockey fans out here might not ever be able to do.
Us fans weren't raised by a genius hockey mind(Walter), with a brother who is one of the best players ever.
E Xodia true but it’s more about hardowork
Yup! Just watch any pregame warmup. Even the worst player on the worst team can do things the average fan can't
Joe OB exactly to get the NHL to get to major Junior you have to be really really good
@@marksibley4546 Yup! The best of the best. I remember,back in the 80s, even the defensemen who wound up getting drafted to NHL teams were averaging a point per game in the OHL or the Q or the Western League. The forwards were averaging 2 a game,or close to it
I bought some of the hockey cards from the Dollar store today and I pulled Brent Gretzky card. Its his first year with Tampa, I was absolutely shocked when I saw it. A gem in my opinion.
That’s awesome
I saw him play with Tampa a couple times. Fans called him "The Good One". He was small and pretty quick but he seemed out-muscled by the NHL players.
Yeah, Brents big bother was pretty good. But was he drafted 49th overall? Eat that, Wayne.
Yeah he was drafted way higher than Wayne! 😂
@@Zaghzackio gretzky technically went undrafted
@@max-cp6vb ik bud
max these comments were a joke then you took them seriously
@@jeremy9717 mine was supposed to be somewhat funny
If Brent played in today's NHL he would probably have had more success.
Very doubtful
@@Yomasi Your doubtfulness? Yes, you're coming off as very doubtful.
Think he would gotten more that a 13 game look for sure. I think he could be a bottom 6 forward at least
@Biz Nasty Currently 74 people disagree
Not a chance, he's well into his 40's
the irony of people thinking he only got a shot cuz hes a gretzky, but if anything, its actually harder. the amount of pressure to live up to the name, and the name gretzky on the back of the jersey might as well be a "kick me" sign
I think that a video about Mark Messier's brother Paul would also be worth it.
He became a bit of a legend in Germany where he was consistently posting pretty impressive numbers throughout the '80s.
I really don't know much about Paul. That would be interesting.
Alain Lemieux is another one
Mess also had a cousin, Joby, who played for the Rangers and Avalanche
mark messier exposed himself to me when i was 12 at a Christian hockey camp
My stepdad used to play with Brent in Port Huron, I met his father Walter and Wayne on a few seperate occasions. Pretty cool to see this video!
My first ever hockey game i seen was a game between my hometown Belleville Bulls and niagara falls thunder. I was a big Wayne gretzky fan and unfortunately i was never able to see him play live but was a thrill to see his brother play he and darren McCarty were my favorite bulls i had there hockey cards (the brent gretzky cards you showed in your video) i also got to meet him during that time at a local card shop and he signed one of the cards unfortunately i lost the card he was a really nice guy too bad his career didn't last longer. A fun fact is Both keith and brent gretzky played for the former Belleville Bulls and Wayne was part owner in the mid 80s also PK, Malcolm and Jordan Subban played for the bulls too
WHAT?! Brent Gretzky have a brother?
I know right? Apparently his brother is someone named Wayne, scored a few goals and assists.
Brent played for the 8th oldest franchise in North America, the Fort Wayne Komets!
Brent is a cop in Brantford now and he actually pulled my dad over
That’s amazing
please do a vid on Bob Probert's All Star 87/88 season, when he scored 29 goals had 33 assists for 62 points in 74 games and oh ya 398 penalty minutes. Nobody can touch that. ever.
"The Meh One"
Ha!
He played for my hometown team. The most saddistic team in hockey, the Danbury Trashers.
Brothers with the most points in NHL history Wayne and Brent Gretzky: Wayne 2857, Brent 4. Grand Total: 2861
This should have more likes
Actually it’s the sutter brothers but who cares
SOSA baby I mean, if you’re a hockey fan you know this stat....
Hunter Haakenson not because I don’t know because it’s funny..... what is your brain slow or something?
Hunter Haakenson I just wouldn’t want to make fun of someone with special needs...
Highest scoring family in NHL history!
Sutter family highest scoring, gretzkys are highest scoring brothers
From Hockey’s Next Phenom To Bust - The Story Of Alexandre Daigle
Now that is a good one.
1,001 points holy crap. 16 years. That’s a great career
Speaking of paying the bills, 6 ads in a 14 minute video is a bit much, no?
This whole time I share the first name of the younger Brother of ‘The Great One’... & He’s not even a Goalie!!! 😱😂🤦♂️ Great Vid & History! I say, he did well for himself & made a solid career playing hockey!
Brent Gretzky is the Best Gretzky 😉
He is the real great one.
Isaiah Paterson yep
I’ve met him once. Good guy
I played with an AHL player once. Skated circles around me. Any guy that plays in the NHL is pretty good
A goal and two assist in thirteen games is good when your thrown into the lineup of the last place team. I’m sure expectation we’re too high because he is Wayne’s brother. I used to watch him in Belleville he was a talented player.
He was very popular in Belleville along with Darren McCarty, Rob Pearson, John Porco (Parco), Greg Drevney, Scott Boston and Bryan Marchment's last year
Sorry Jake Grimes needs a mention too, lots of 100pt guys
Jeff Fife as well he was a beast in Brent's rookie year with belleville
I kind of remember Brent Gretzky for the time he was in the UHL. The 1998-99 season was the final season in the league for the team in my hometown, Thunder Bay Thunder Cats. When the Asheville Smoke came to town once, it had him on the cover of a local weekly newsletter mentioning that weekend's series, along with his brother, Asheville coach Keith Gretzky.
I remember watching him play for the Knights, also got to meet him.
He played for the Komets here in my home town of Fort Wayne. Unfortunately I was too young to remember him
Then how do you remember that then? 😂
As a lifelong Penguins fan, I’m not sure I agree with your “best hockey player ever” statement. Stat wise, yes. Pure talent and skill wise? That’s debatable. If #66 didn’t miss nearly 3 full seasons and retire at 31, the conversation may be different.
cool stuff, when keith played in hamilton he owned the house my parents live in now, they bought it the year I was born in 1988. Nice video duder thanks
Great story!!! Nicely done!!! OPP is a great agency.
I forgot about the Brantford Blast. I grew up playing hockey in Brantford, same arena that team played in.
Brent is an OPP officer in Brant County ( Brantford) and is a great guy with a great sense of humour.
I live 20 mins away from Belleville!
Did you do a Brett Lindros video yet?
My favorite hockey trivia question: "What brothers have the most combined points in nhl history?"
Sutter brothers is my straight up guess. There’s like 7 of them that played.
@@postmodernyogi296 I had to Google it lol.
The answer he is looking for his Wayne and Brent, which i knew, (2857 and 4pts= 2861)
As a pair they are the highest scoring brothers..
But as a combined total of ALL brothers the Sutters win out with 2934.
It took 6 of them to surpass the Gretzkys by 73 points lol.
And Brent only had 4 so..
CensorTube appreciate the dig
@@opinionshurt2905 very very high... About 2100 points between them. Still 700 off the leaders.
@@postmodernyogi296 That's what everyone thinks. But Brent's 4 points and Wayne's 2800 plus is enough for first.
Huh...Weird. He was taken 49th in his draft and wore number 49 when he played with Tampa.
Not really weird
Or maybe cus since he was drafted 49 overall so that’s the whole reason behind having that number 😐
@@Balmain_jacket Or maybe he realized that he wouldn't even be half as good as Wayne.
Lol
Perhaps one explains the other?
CensorTube Lol. That’s what I thought back in the day. I had no clue what number he was drafted. I always thought it was kinda like he was poking fun at himself.
Cool video. He played pro hockey. Not many of us did.
I can see the Lightning hoping the family name would help sell some hockey tickets in Florida like Wayne did for LA., but he absolutely had the stats to justify being drafted. If anything, the Gretzky name may have saddled him with absurd expectations. Though he was well over a point a game player through junior, and nearly a ppg in the IHL, it was probably fair to expect a little more than a point every 3-4 games. I'd say he would have needed at least a point every other game to really stick around in the bigs, given his prior play, and pedigree.
thanks for making such great videos mate!
Wow i didnt know Gretzky's brother was NHL too 🙂👍
I remember seeing his other brother Keith playing for Ayr in the old Heineken league....
I was literally a month old at the time!
I used to go to the Gulls games back in the 90's, Keith was always a healthy scratch haha.
Brents a really good guy met him, Wayne and Walter and talked for almost an hour
My dad played with Brent when he was in Belleville
All the siblings were into sports. The 3 brothers played hockey and the 1 sister was in gymnastics
Spitting image of Sergei Fedorov. Perhaps that helped set that friendship?
Stats dont bring into account time on the ice wayne probably played 30mins to Brent's 6 minutes
This helps the curious question : "Name the two brothers who accumulated the most points collectively in the NHL". This one won me a lot of beer bets over the years.
Hey, those of us who have only played Saturday night pick up hockey would be happy to have an ounce of Brent's skills, lol.
Couldn't have been easy having to follow in Wayne's shadow as a hockey player.
I think that Brent didn't really care on what level he was playing at, he just wanted to have a good time while doing the thing he loved the most, which was playing hockey.
He liked to drink heavy
Me and Wayne have the same birthday . Going to give my son the middle name of Wayne
i have the same birthday lol😃
Brent Gretzky Is The GOAT
Yes, please include Keith
Brent played forever for the IHL Atlanta Knights
Being drafted 49th overall today would make him a half-decent 2nd round pick instead of a third. Depending on how he performed in the minors or if he had a good training camp, it's possible he could've got a few games in based strictly on his talent. I don't know about 13 though lol
There is a stat missing here and that is playing time. Most players that get called up go on the 4th line and see very limited ice time. So looking at how many points Brent got per game doesn't really tell the whole story unless you also look at how many minutes he played. It is hard to score from the bench. That said, the Lightning management was probably well aware of where Brent sat in the depth chart, which is why he mostly played in the minors. The fact that 2 other Gretzkys besides Wayne made it to the minors speaks to the genes and training program of the family. I don't know if there is another family out there that advanced 3 children to the top level minors, let alone had 2 skate in the NHL. Except the Hansons of course.
6 Sutter's.... NHL
One thing that wasnt mentioned was Keith Gretzky most likely didnt make it because he was 5'9 157 and not physical. His skill was there, but not the grit that was wanted in the NHL then.
I had no idea Wayne had a younger brother.........
Just like Brett Lindros
I thought that quote was said by John Wilkes Booth
It is disconcerting to hear an English accent in a hockey video, but one could adjust to it, in time, perhaps?
So theres the Great One and the Other One
He seems like one of those rare guys whose talent level was good enough to be a regular all star in the minors but just not good enough for the pros.
Whatever happened to Brian Gualazzi, Wayne Gretzky's teammate who drove Wayne to switch from number 9 to 99?
Ok, I want an Asheville smoke jersey like right TF now!
Phil Esposito was GM for Lightning in the 90s. He’s used gimmicks to try and get people in the stands, like having Manon Rhéaume suit up for an exhibition game. So having Gretzky make the Tampa Bay roster based on his name is a very valid reason if you ask me. If you can’t have Wayne on the team, why not get his brother to try and get fans in the stands?
Brent played for my local team the Port Huron Beacons
I used to watch the games , Stuart Dunn was one of the goalies.
Brent had a great career in hockey - most hockey players who get to junior don't get to the pros. And most minor hockey players even at the rep level never get to major junior.
-Michael Scott
That’s my uncle 😃
Do another what ever happened to
So what your saying is that they have the record for the most point by a pair of brothers as well?
He played with the treasures
Do one on Mario's big brother Alain Lemieux!
He ended up coming to Pittsburgh but only played one game on his brothers team and Mario sat out that game with injury.
He had some decently productive years. It would be interesting to know more about him.
Here's Alain scoring a goal with Quebec around the 1:20 mark of the video.ua-cam.com/video/PhFe513TgTc/v-deo.html
Wayne also had a brother named Keith
Thanks for the info
Would I be the 1 out of 10 person since the first hockey player to come to mind was Brett Gretzky?
Why didn't you mention that he won the Turner Cup with Atlanta?
Brent Gretzky > Wayne Gretzky
Habs 16 😂
Can't company him to Wayne Brent is just too good
Are you kidding? Wayne has six hart trophies and five stanley cups.
DocNintendo bruh
Habs 16 bruh?
What if he played in 2000s and not 1991?
I think Brent plays baseball in the CanAm league
He didn't put up that bad of numbers if he kept up with that pace he would have had a 25-point season that's better than some 4th liners I think he probably should have played more
The Gretzky brothers have the most combined points of any pairs of brothers in NHL history.
Wayne - 2857. Brent - 4.
Edit: I wrote this before the video ended. Oops.
I was going to write the same thing but I was looking for people who Already did
Brent and Kieth would have both had fairly decent NHL careers if they weren't 'Gretzkys'
He had a pretty good career in the minors. Of course he would not have been a dominant NHL player, but they should have tried him more ! Back then the mentality was not the same. Brent was not a star, so he did'nt get alot of opportunities and I guess he wasn't playing physical enough.
Ya his brother was ok
You sometimes only get one chance in the show. He's lucky he got a few tries however on an expansion team it is difficult not knowing your teammates tendencies etc
Did Brent have a henchman beside him always?
Keith and Brent had too much of their dad's dna Wayne looks more like his mother.
66>99
He’s not Wayne’s brother... Wayne is Brent’s brother
Mark Howe: Dang, it's tough playing in the NHL, being the son of an NHL HOF legend.
Brent Gretzky: Hold my Molson, eh?
When the belville bulls came to town the arena would be sold out just to see a Gretzky
"asked to identify a hockey player, non-hockey fans will identify the Great One nine times out of ten...." how 'bout 99! out of 100?!?
Wayne actully won 5 Stanley cups not four.
cool