On this festive day for #99, Wayne Gretzky will spend the day in Kansas City, where he will attend the match between the title champions of the last Super Bowl, the Chiefs of Kansas City, and the Buffalo Bills. A part that will be watched by several million football supporters, since these are probably the two largest powers in the NFL and that it will be a high -level duel between 2 rival teams.
Speaking of adversity, the Great One mentioned in an interview on the broom Smartness Who, according to him, was the most difficult goalkeeper to beat. As reported Andreas Lillhannus, journalist at The Hockey Beast, Gretzky did not hesitate a second before pronouncing the name of Billy Smith. The New York Icelanders goalkeeper gave headache to Gretzky and men did not have a friendship relationship either. According to #99, Smith raised him, but all of this is now a thing of the past. The two men have mutual respect now.
“They are all so good; They are so good athletes. And these are better athletes today than 40 years ago. But Billy Smith, the game was at stake, the pressure … and what made him so good is that he hated me, and I hated him. ” -Wayne Gretzky
-Now 74, Billy Smith played 18 years in the NHL. Recovered by the Kings of Los Angeles in 1970, he joined the Isles in 1972, where he spent the rest of his career there. Smith has won the so much coveted Stanley Cup 4 times, four years in a row, from 1979 to 1983. He participated in 679 meetings in the Bettman circuit. In 1995, he became a goalkeeper coach among the Florida panthers, then in 1998, he was promoted to assistant coach until 2001.
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