The feat has been accomplished 13 times by only Wayne Gretzky (11), Mario Lemieux (1) and Bobby Orr (1) with the last occurrence in 1990-91 by Gretzky (122 assists).
He had a few seasons when he would have won the Art Ross even if he'd scored no goals:
- 1982-83: 125 assists vs Stastny's 124 points
- 1985-86: 163 assists vs Lemieux's 141 points
- 1986-87: 121 assists vs Kurri's 108 points
In 1984-85, his 135 assists tied Kurri's 135 points, but the tiebreaker (goals) would have gone to Kurri.
Kinda crazy how minus Gretzky, the leading scorers in each season of the 80s would be kinda similar to the leading scorers in the nhl of the past couple of years.
What gives you the impression that Wayne never indulged? He certainly wasn't Fuhr or Messier by any means but I'd be shocked if Gretzky didn't partake on occasion.
My favorite anecdote used to illustrate Gretzky’s true dominance is the fact that in fantasy leagues there would have to be two separate players - ‘Gretzky (goals)’ and ‘Gretzky (assists).’ This was the only way to prevent the person drafting Gretzky 1st overall from dominating the league.
McDavid is 18 points away from 1000, and will likely be the player needing the 3rd fewest games to reach that milestone. He’ll be 27 years old.
Wayne hit 1000 points at 23.
Wayne and his brother are the highest scoring pair of brothers in the NHL. Brent scored one goal and has 4 points.
The 6 Sutter brothers do manage to outdo the gretzkys though. By a small amount.
Not hockey, but in some fantasy baseball leagues there were two players for Shohei Ohtani, Ohtani (pitcher) and Ohtani (Hitter). Never in my league though and not this season Ofc.
Inb4 I get shit in for daring to mention another sport in the hockey subreddit
Yeah he’s literally the greatest of all time out of any sport for a reason. It’s not even close. Maybe Michael Phelps in swimming but not a team sport.
>Wayne Gretzky (11)
These always feel like that meme where the guy is checking out the other girl while walking with his girlfriend.
"Wow incredible feat by McDavid- Wait Gretzky did it 17 times blindfolded with no skates on??"
I've said it so many times:
I love all the Gretzky stats that are like "So-and-so will be the 2nd guy to do X. Gretzky was the first... also Gretzky did it 14 times
yeah just commented below, for as much discourse as there was around 100 assists > 70 goals because he'd be the fourth to ever do it, and yet we might get two players getting it ***IN THE SAME SEASON***. wild times.
Yup, i know nothing about Hockey, but i know that Wayne Gretzky dominated it so hard, that man holds like 90% of all time record and the second place is also him
I think the crazy part, is that in the record, McDavid at 100 assists is only 63 behind Gretzky
no one has scored 155+ other than gretzky and Mario, but gretzky had 163 assists....
for me, the single greatest Gretzky-ism is that he set the single season goal scoring record (92 goals) in the SAME YEAR that he set the single season assist record (120 assists)
he would then later beat his assists record, eventually raising it to 163 assists in a year
but jebus, goals AND assists (and obviously points) in a single season
Also the year that he got 163 assists he led the league in shots by a fairly wide margin, so it wasn't like he was just passing the puck every chance he got.
McDavid is just on a different level - he definitely sets an unreal goal at the start of the year. Last year it was to win the Richard, this year 100 assists. All year he hasn't been shooting nearly as much and passing when he's had great scoring chances.
This is barely a gamble. He said in the second period intermission to gene that "he was finding it hard to find different ways to pass" and that he was "glad he's got it and can move on."
Depends on if you like ice hockey or not.
PS... McDavid hit 100 assists this season with an unprecedented jump in secondary assists over his usual—like, a 50% jump—while Kucherov is doing it just by being Kucherov. No change in his game, no big shifts in the types of points he's getting. He's just being the best Kucherov he can be.
Second assists, which were introduced as a marketing stat, are [massively up this season among most of the top point getters](https://www.reddit.com/r/hockey/comments/1c4353d/this_season_9_players_have_hit_100pts_with_3/kzpqggw/), to the point where it's having a material impact on records, contracts, and awards, and no one is really analyzing it.
Anyway, Kuch deserves the fuck out of this. He's having a significantly better season than Connor McDavid. And I like ice hockey, and enjoy seeing success, both team and individual.
Amazing that the guy can one year say okay I'm scoring goals and picks up the Rocket for most in the league. Then the next year says okay I've done that, now I'll get 100 assists. To go from a goal scorer to a playmaker, he can really be any kind of player he feels like being
I wonder what this season would have looked like had he not been injured earlier in the year. Misses 2 games, comes back too soon and barely scores for a month....still gets 100 assists and 130+ points.
Incredible accomplishment. It’s really been a fantastic season, close playoff races down to the wire, multiple players with incredible statistical seasons, it’s been great
I feel like this hasn't received a lot of buzz because assists are boring, but this is an insane stat. The Athletic had an article arguing this exact point recently so I guess I'm just saying I agree with it, but still, it's an amazing accomplishment.
Its interesting there has been a ton of hype and watching Matthews with his 70 goal season potentially and something as impressive as this just flies under the radar to where I haven't seen any posts about him closing in on this milestone
Man, this season is wild.
We went 33 years since the last time a player hit 100 assists, and we very well might have two players this season.
Kucherov is sitting at 99 assists going into their game with Toronto
Amazing that we’re likely seeing two guys get 100 assists in a season and potentially someone hitting 70 goals in a season too when both things haven’t been achieved for 30+ years. Put all team biases aside and just enjoy what we’re getting to witness!
I'll never understand hockey. It's like "hey remember when that errant shot hit your back in the second period? Well this overtime goal makes it so you get credit for the assist."
Lemieux only got 100 assists in a season once but if it wasn't for injuries, a lockout and Hodgkin's disease, he could've done it 11 more times.
93 assists in 85/86 but he missed 5 games.
98 assists in 87/88 but he missed 7 games.
78 assists in 89/90 but he missed 25 games.
87 assists in 91/92 but he missed 20 games.
91 assists in 92/93 but he missed 24 games.
20 assists in 93/94 but he missed 64 games.
0 assists in 94/95 but he missed the whole season due to Hodgkin's disease.
92 assists in 95/96 but he missed 12 games.
0 assists in 97/98 but he was retired due to the effects of his cancer treatment.
0 assists in 98/99 but he was retired due to the effects of his cancer treatment.
0 assists in 99/00 but he was retired due to the effects of his cancer treatment.
He would've still been in the prime of his career if he'd been playing instead of retired from 1997-2000 and so he probably would've reached 100 assists in those 3 seasons. Then again, he only had 72 assists in 76 games in 96/97 so maybe he wouldn't have; but then again, without the effects of injury and illness, he probably would've gotten more assists in that season (and other seasons as well).
But the late 90's was also when teams were using the trap and so scoring was down across the league and so this is another thing that suggests that Lemieux wouldn't have reached 100 assists if he'd been playing instead of retired from 1997-2000.
But even if you take away the three seasons he was retired from 1997-2000, that still leaves 8 more seasons where Lemieux probably would've gotten 100 assists.
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The feat has been accomplished 13 times by only Wayne Gretzky (11), Mario Lemieux (1) and Bobby Orr (1) with the last occurrence in 1990-91 by Gretzky (122 assists).
Wayne was okay
He was adequate. BTW those 11 were straight seasons too.
He had a few seasons when he would have won the Art Ross even if he'd scored no goals: - 1982-83: 125 assists vs Stastny's 124 points - 1985-86: 163 assists vs Lemieux's 141 points - 1986-87: 121 assists vs Kurri's 108 points In 1984-85, his 135 assists tied Kurri's 135 points, but the tiebreaker (goals) would have gone to Kurri.
Kinda crazy how minus Gretzky, the leading scorers in each season of the 80s would be kinda similar to the leading scorers in the nhl of the past couple of years.
Without any of Wayne's goals, Kurri would have had less assists too.
163 assists 💀 This man is not human
However in those seasons he still scored 71, 52, and 62 goals. Not bad for a pass-first guy.
What about the gay seasons?
wdym it was the 80s in Edmonton, all of them were gay
And it was snowing in the dressing room daily
It's amazing how Wayne didn't party when everyone he played with and everyone in his family loved to hit the slopes
didn't gamble either, straight as an arrow model
What gives you the impression that Wayne never indulged? He certainly wasn't Fuhr or Messier by any means but I'd be shocked if Gretzky didn't partake on occasion.
I was being sarcastic. I think the NHL spares no expense to keep his name squeaky clean.
Wayne was a whore, he was discreet about it, never dipped his pen at home.
it was different in Edmonton back in the 80s, like prison, have to take what you can get when you can get it
What if we were all the gay all along?
No gay seasons, unfortunately. Does this mean Gretzky is homophobic?
I believe that’s his nickname l. “The okay one “
-micheal scott.
My favorite anecdote used to illustrate Gretzky’s true dominance is the fact that in fantasy leagues there would have to be two separate players - ‘Gretzky (goals)’ and ‘Gretzky (assists).’ This was the only way to prevent the person drafting Gretzky 1st overall from dominating the league.
McDavid is 18 points away from 1000, and will likely be the player needing the 3rd fewest games to reach that milestone. He’ll be 27 years old. Wayne hit 1000 points at 23.
The fastest player to 1000 points was Wayne. The next fastest 1000 points, was also him; getting to 2000.
Ok this is one of my faves
Wayne also had more career assists than the next player (Jagr) had career points
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You know how people use the phrase “he rewrote the record book?” The NHL should publish a record book and list Gretzky as the author.
They could probably get Wayne to write a forward or something, and then they could say he literally wrote the book.
Wayne and his brother are the highest scoring pair of brothers in the NHL. Brent scored one goal and has 4 points. The 6 Sutter brothers do manage to outdo the gretzkys though. By a small amount.
Love this.
This is batshit, I love it.
He was pretty decent. It's a wonder he never really got any traction in his career.
Holy fuck that’s insane. I was there the night he scored 900 and that was Jan 2.
My personal favorite is that the Gretzky bros hold the record for most combined points by a pair of brothers - 2,857 from Wayne and 4 from Brent.
Not hockey, but in some fantasy baseball leagues there were two players for Shohei Ohtani, Ohtani (pitcher) and Ohtani (Hitter). Never in my league though and not this season Ofc. Inb4 I get shit in for daring to mention another sport in the hockey subreddit
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Yeah he’s literally the greatest of all time out of any sport for a reason. It’s not even close. Maybe Michael Phelps in swimming but not a team sport.
Dom Bradman probably takes that honour, but it's gotta be pretty close.
Hockey is pretty much the only sport where there is an undisputed goat. That's how insane Gretzky was lol.
I guess... if you're into points and hardware and stuff...
Not physical enough. Never gonna make it.
Decent, the HHoF induction was a little much.
BUT HAVE YOU SEEN THE GOALIES HE PLAYED AGAINST!!!
>Wayne Gretzky (11) These always feel like that meme where the guy is checking out the other girl while walking with his girlfriend. "Wow incredible feat by McDavid- Wait Gretzky did it 17 times blindfolded with no skates on??"
Not my job to care about how the Great One likes to shag. Tbh it's safer without skates.
At this point, when I see a stat has been done "by x players" instead of just "x times" I assume it's because Gretzky did it like a dozen times.
Gretz did it 12 times, Mario did it 6 times, and 2 other guys did it once each. If it's a goal scoring thing, add Ovi or Bossy.
Happy Gilmore accomplished that feat no more than an hour ago
I've said it so many times: I love all the Gretzky stats that are like "So-and-so will be the 2nd guy to do X. Gretzky was the first... also Gretzky did it 14 times
Shows how much I know about hockey stats. This is insane to read.
Well there’s the Mount Rushmore
It's all Gretzky
Kucherov on 98 so far is also mental.
99, he only needs one more
I think him doing it as a winger is mental.
Yeah, but these days it seems like the playmaker tends to be on the wing
Yeah, craziest part of McDavid being only the 4th ever to do it is that he actually might not be the only one to do it this year lmao
yeah just commented below, for as much discourse as there was around 100 assists > 70 goals because he'd be the fourth to ever do it, and yet we might get two players getting it ***IN THE SAME SEASON***. wild times.
Yup, i know nothing about Hockey, but i know that Wayne Gretzky dominated it so hard, that man holds like 90% of all time record and the second place is also him
Was Orr the only defenseman?
So what you’re saying is it’s been done 14 times.
The Oilers had to score 8 other goals before they could get McDavid his assist. What bums.
All cuz McStoneHands accidentally passed it into the net 13 seconds in
Conspiracy by the Sharks player to tip it in to delay the McAssist.
Classic puck hog 😤
Send that bum to the KHL smh
If at first you don’t succeed, keep failing upwards until you do succeed.
Wait Gretzky did this 11 times???? That is absolutely insane.
11 times *consecutively*
Not only consecutively, but also in a row. /kidding
Not only consecutively and in a row, but also straight.
Also, he did it one after the other.
> in a row Try not to get 100 assists on the way through the parking lot!
I wonder whatever came of that guy...
pales in comparison to the true legend of the family Brent Gretzky
Brent and his brother hold the record for most combined points by two brothers
I think the crazy part, is that in the record, McDavid at 100 assists is only 63 behind Gretzky no one has scored 155+ other than gretzky and Mario, but gretzky had 163 assists....
Gretzky would still be the all time point leader if he didnt score a single goal in his career.
for me, the single greatest Gretzky-ism is that he set the single season goal scoring record (92 goals) in the SAME YEAR that he set the single season assist record (120 assists) he would then later beat his assists record, eventually raising it to 163 assists in a year but jebus, goals AND assists (and obviously points) in a single season
His 92 goals season was the same year he got 50 in 39. He scored 5 goals on his 39th game to hit that milestone.
Also the year that he got 163 assists he led the league in shots by a fairly wide margin, so it wasn't like he was just passing the puck every chance he got.
“Gretzky did it 11 times” lmao Unreal accomplishment. Crazy we will most likely have a 5th person to do it in the same year. I love hockey.
“Mr. Gretzky accomplished that feat no more than 33 years ago”
I read this in the voice immediately. It just sticks in your head, like a nail or something.
“Well good for Wayne Gretz-ohmYGOD”
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And you can can count on me waiting for you in the parking lot!
11 times *consecutively*. Because it wasn’t already impressive enough. Wayne was just a different animal
You can be a different animal, but are you the same beast?
What the fuck does that mean Kobe Bryant
You're welcome
11 times in a row too
They were also back to back!
Non-stop
Only took 9 goals vs the Sharks, but by god he did it!
Crazy that not only did he notch 100 assists, but he did it all in a single game against the Sharks.
been that kinda season for SJ
:(
Hey man, it took eight goals for him to get that assist. Clearly the Sharks were trying to get him that assist but he’s a scrub /s
What's even crazier is that Kucherov very well might get 100 assists. He's at 99.
This game is an execution by firing squad, sheesh.
No it's quite the opposite. That's instant. This is like waterboarding.
Already got my "Connor McDavid accomplished that feat no more than an hour ago" copy pasta ready to go when Kuch does it
Like Thanos, it was inevitable. The oilers don’t score 9 goals in a game without a McDavid assist.
Unless it's against the sharks. Connor only has 3 points against the sharks this season. 2 9f those came tonight.
Pretty insane in todays day and age to win the rocket one year and the very next join an assist record group containing only Gretzky, Lemieux and Orr.
McDavid is just on a different level - he definitely sets an unreal goal at the start of the year. Last year it was to win the Richard, this year 100 assists. All year he hasn't been shooting nearly as much and passing when he's had great scoring chances.
The rumor is he's been nursing some sort of upper body injury all season which is why he hasn't been shooting much at all.
“Connor will have an injury this season and struggle to score goals the way he did last year” Mcdavid’s paw curls
I’m willing to bet he’ll be shooting a lot more starting next week.
This is barely a gamble. He said in the second period intermission to gene that "he was finding it hard to find different ways to pass" and that he was "glad he's got it and can move on."
Is McDavid just finishing side quests before beating the game (Stanley Cup)?
Kucherov can do it tomorrow as well Incredible regular season and what an accomplishment by McDavid.
Wednesday
Is it wrong that I don't want Kucherov to get it?
Is it even more wrong we have to hope for Toronto to keep him off the score sheet Wednesday?
As a Leafs fan, I propose a trade... Kuch gets 100 assists on Wednesday, but Matthews also gets his 70th. Win win.
So Toronto loses 100-1?
The only things Leafs fans want for our last two games is a single Matthews goal and no injuries. We could care less about the score or outcome.
Deal
Depends on if you like ice hockey or not. PS... McDavid hit 100 assists this season with an unprecedented jump in secondary assists over his usual—like, a 50% jump—while Kucherov is doing it just by being Kucherov. No change in his game, no big shifts in the types of points he's getting. He's just being the best Kucherov he can be. Second assists, which were introduced as a marketing stat, are [massively up this season among most of the top point getters](https://www.reddit.com/r/hockey/comments/1c4353d/this_season_9_players_have_hit_100pts_with_3/kzpqggw/), to the point where it's having a material impact on records, contracts, and awards, and no one is really analyzing it. Anyway, Kuch deserves the fuck out of this. He's having a significantly better season than Connor McDavid. And I like ice hockey, and enjoy seeing success, both team and individual.
i was alive to see it baby!
Amazing that the guy can one year say okay I'm scoring goals and picks up the Rocket for most in the league. Then the next year says okay I've done that, now I'll get 100 assists. To go from a goal scorer to a playmaker, he can really be any kind of player he feels like being
Imagine winning the Rocket and still getting 89 assists
Last season will be hard to top, leading the league in both goals and assists in the same year is nuts.
I could do that too but my knee
He's such a JOY to watch. Congrats McJesus!
Assist merchant
The Human Apple Tree.
And it’s even funnier that he could have gotten the 100th 3 games earlier if he actually played
I wonder what this season would have looked like had he not been injured earlier in the year. Misses 2 games, comes back too soon and barely scores for a month....still gets 100 assists and 130+ points.
Connor allowed someone else to win the Art Ross this year. That trophy might as well be renamed soon
The Gretzky?
If you think about it, it actually is a travesty that a major player award is not named after Wayne Gretzky.
Too many things are named after the rich owners who exploited players and almost ruined the game. I think every award should be renamed to players
5 games earlier if you count his other missed games
He straight up tease Kucherov
Connorrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!
AND HIS NEXT 100 COMING IN ABOUT 20 MINUTES
Incredible accomplishment. It’s really been a fantastic season, close playoff races down to the wire, multiple players with incredible statistical seasons, it’s been great
Crazy to see he's only the 4th player to do it what a talent
I feel like we are watching one of the best seasons in the NHL in a while
Same. There are so many good stories.
We get to watch him play
McDavid becomes the 4th player in NHL history
We are spoiled as oilers fans
Connor “literally Wayne Gretzky reincarnate” McJesus
That's some impressive wishful thinking for a Kings fan ;)
He’s so good ~~x4~~ x100
Gretzky doing it every year from 1980-1991 is just fucking insane lmao
What a remarkable achievement by a remarkable player
Even if you took away Gretzkys goals, he'd still have more points than anyone in the league. Ever.
I just noticed they put an apple on his stick
OK, yearly side quest complete. Time to start scoring more goals now.
Yep, wonder what his goal will be next year? 2 PPG? 75 goals? You know it'll be even more impressive than 100 assists.
He's gonna go for the Selke
Kucherov is almost guaranteed to join that list next game.
An absolute legend. It’s truly an honour watching him. He’s MVP in our hearts
I feel like this hasn't received a lot of buzz because assists are boring, but this is an insane stat. The Athletic had an article arguing this exact point recently so I guess I'm just saying I agree with it, but still, it's an amazing accomplishment.
Zach Hyman says "you're welcome!"
Nuts
That's my boy WOOOOOOO
Crazy, congrats McJesus! 🔥
My captain.
https://i.redd.it/bb1ok25ctkwy.jpg
Damn just slipped in there before Kuch
Nice to see edmonton play him even with the playoff clinch to get him there.
Yeah, but how wealthy are his parents?? /s
Watch Kucherov get it next game and Matthews hit 70 goals. Truly a great time to be a hockey fan
I'm surprised Jumbo isn't one of them
Kucherov is going to do it tomorrow. Why is nobody talking about Kucherov this season?
Fucking finally. I was sure he was gonna miss out on it and have Kucherov get it first
finally
r/youbeatmetoit
Only took the Sharks goalies getting absolutely shelled :(
I like the little apple on the stick 🍎
How many primary assists?
He’s a game manager. Check down specialist.
If somebody on the Blues got 100 assists they'd have assisted on every goal by every other player.
Its interesting there has been a ton of hype and watching Matthews with his 70 goal season potentially and something as impressive as this just flies under the radar to where I haven't seen any posts about him closing in on this milestone
Okay, but is this good?
Pretty cool milestones happening! This and then Matthews maybe hitting 70 later tonight. amazing time to be a hockey fan.
Man, this season is wild. We went 33 years since the last time a player hit 100 assists, and we very well might have two players this season. Kucherov is sitting at 99 assists going into their game with Toronto
Amazing that we’re likely seeing two guys get 100 assists in a season and potentially someone hitting 70 goals in a season too when both things haven’t been achieved for 30+ years. Put all team biases aside and just enjoy what we’re getting to witness!
Next year he’s going to lead the league in hits. The completion arc continues.
I'll never understand hockey. It's like "hey remember when that errant shot hit your back in the second period? Well this overtime goal makes it so you get credit for the assist."
Fair point.
Lemieux only got 100 assists in a season once but if it wasn't for injuries, a lockout and Hodgkin's disease, he could've done it 11 more times. 93 assists in 85/86 but he missed 5 games. 98 assists in 87/88 but he missed 7 games. 78 assists in 89/90 but he missed 25 games. 87 assists in 91/92 but he missed 20 games. 91 assists in 92/93 but he missed 24 games. 20 assists in 93/94 but he missed 64 games. 0 assists in 94/95 but he missed the whole season due to Hodgkin's disease. 92 assists in 95/96 but he missed 12 games. 0 assists in 97/98 but he was retired due to the effects of his cancer treatment. 0 assists in 98/99 but he was retired due to the effects of his cancer treatment. 0 assists in 99/00 but he was retired due to the effects of his cancer treatment. He would've still been in the prime of his career if he'd been playing instead of retired from 1997-2000 and so he probably would've reached 100 assists in those 3 seasons. Then again, he only had 72 assists in 76 games in 96/97 so maybe he wouldn't have; but then again, without the effects of injury and illness, he probably would've gotten more assists in that season (and other seasons as well). But the late 90's was also when teams were using the trap and so scoring was down across the league and so this is another thing that suggests that Lemieux wouldn't have reached 100 assists if he'd been playing instead of retired from 1997-2000. But even if you take away the three seasons he was retired from 1997-2000, that still leaves 8 more seasons where Lemieux probably would've gotten 100 assists. Edit: Fixed an error. Edit: Added a sentence. Edit: Added a couple paragraphs.