{"id":1554679,"date":"2023-03-25T10:39:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-25T14:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/?p=1554679"},"modified":"2023-03-25T10:39:09","modified_gmt":"2023-03-25T14:39:09","slug":"wayne-gretzky-legendary-scoring-was-powered-by-junk-food-diet-coke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/wayne-gretzky-legendary-scoring-was-powered-by-junk-food-diet-coke\/","title":{"rendered":"Wayne Gretzky's Legendary Scoring Was Powered by Junk Food and Diet Coke"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

While there's room to argue that his era made things easier — goals in the 1980s don't seem the most mobile in hindsight — it's impossible to take issue with Wayne Gretzky's offensive numbers<\/a>. The Great One had a knack for piling up the points; whether he was finding the back of the net himself or dishing out assists, he certainly knew how to make an impact on the ice. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And, like any other athlete, No. 99 had his own pregame routine to follow. Some of it was fairly standard, like putting on the right side of his equipment first, but Gretzky also put his unique twist on things. Consider his pregame meals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While you'd probably expect a professional athlete to keep things clean before taking the ice, Wayne Gretzky<\/a> did things a bit differently. In fact, he was known to chow down on the local junk food, plus candy and Diet Coke, as part of his preparation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sound unbelievable? Let's hear it from the man himself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wayne Gretzky required a pregame snack, which usually meant junk food<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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