The surprising reason why Wayne Gretzky didn’t like playing in Edmonton | Undeniable with Joe Buck

and then when you come back to Edmonton a languishing king, you know if there was bitterness and bad feelings and everything else, the people of Edmonton let you know exactly what they thought of you when you came back and we have video of it, but I think The true and sincere display of emotion we're going to hear from the fans at Northlands Coliseum is what Gretzky will appreciate and remember most. We will be keeping an eye on this permanent induction and it is about to take place here at Northlands Coliseum. entering the ice area right now what a moment   four minutes yeah, a four minute standing ovation  so I was saying what goes on in your gut when you're skating when you jump from behind the boards why why why am I here right now   uh I say this all the time publicly that the worst thing for me in my career was having to come back and play against Edmonton.

I always

didn

't like it, I always felt uncomfortable with it. um the unique city of Edmonton because it's not a big city and I was aware. Of all things, I knew when my dad got up and went to get a glass of Coca-Cola. I knew that if a friend of mine was at the game, he would sit in the eighth minute, Mark, and people are surprised by this, but I remember knowing that he knew everything. I was very aware of the whole Arena and in Edmonton, um, it's not a big city, so I knew section 21, who was sitting there and who was sitting there, and so it becomes like families, not even so much fans, it's probably like St.

Louis Cardinals baseball. I know the people that are sitting in that area, so I understood it, so when I always played in Edmonton, I really felt uncomfortable and I never liked it, I never enjoyed it, because the people that were there were always very good to me, I they tried. like one of their own like no one ever bothered me i went to dinners i went out with people i went out with friends people wanted to get autographs so those days a photo but no one ever bothered me so i felt so uncomfortable my whole career

playing

against inventory , it wasn't fun for me and yet how ironic that when you break the all-time points record that your hero Gordy had.

Howe, get this, it happens in Edmonton, in a one-goal game he's

playing

for the Kings. Edmonton 10 is winning by one goal and here he is breaking the all time points record Kevin Lawrence the orders lasted almost three periods holding him to one point I mean how about the Oilers? That is incredible. I mean, this is a whole Arena that's putting the game aside and celebrating, you just tied the game, yeah, they're big fans and I was saying the funny thing was the second game I played in Edmonton, uh, the mess was behind me and the puck was going into the corners, one of those things where you say, okay, I don't want to go in there.

I know that Messi is going to hit me very hard because I practiced against her for 10 years. I think, oh God, here we go, my mess is big. I'm small and this is big, so he's behind me and he's like, "Okay, I'm right behind you. I'm thinking, okay, great, and he charges me into the boards and hits me and you know, when someone warns you, you can do it." roll this like WWE, you can roll well and he got a standing ovation, he said well I guess I ran out of time, but you know what it was, it was always like he said it was always hard for me to play in it.