99 at 50: All-time Top 10

On January 26, 2011, Wayne Gretzky turns 50. The IIHF looked back at his greatest moments in international hockey, one a day for ten days, starting with number 10 and working towards the top story that was published on his birthday.

The #99 Countdown

• Number 10 – Gretzky has five points vs. Sweden in final game of his only World Championship to win tournament in scoring.
  
  
• Number 9 – Number 99 unofficially retired by hockey world
  
  
• Number 8 – Gretzky has a goal and two assists in game one of the 1984 Canada Cup finals vs. Sweden
  
  
• Number 7 – Number 99 named MVP of Rendez-vous ‘87
  
  
• Number 6 – “Gretzky-san” mobbed in Nagano as NHL makes Olympics debut
  
  
• Number 5 – Gretzky leads U20 in scoring at age 16
  
  
• Number 4 – “Ninety-Nine All-Stars” barnstorm through Europe
  
  
• Number 3 – Gretzky, as GM, wins Olympic gold at Salt Lake
  
  
• Number 2 – Dramatic Gretzky-to-Lemieux pass wins Canada Cup ’87
  
  
• Number 1 – Gretzky has five assists in leading Canada to game two win in ’87 Canada Cup