The Next One (ice hockey)

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The Next One is a nickname found in ice hockey attached to a new, up-and-coming player, who is deemed to have the capacity for being a top, sport-dominating player, akin to Gordie Howe, Bobby Orr, Wayne Gretzky, Maurice Richard and Mario Lemieux. [1] [2]

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List of "The Next One"s

The moniker has been applied to the following ice hockey players (in order of bestowment):

History

The name is a play on Wayne Gretzky's nickname, "The Great One". Each of the players listed has been or is currently billed as the next Wayne Gretzky. To date, no player given the moniker has broken a National Hockey League record set by Gretzky, and only Sidney Crosby has won the Stanley Cup. Mario Lemieux, "The Magnificent One", was the closest to breaking several of Gretzky's records, but he was never called "The Next One" by the media, because he was Gretzky's contemporary for most of his NHL career. The name continues to be used to highlight the achievements of young players still in their teenage years, who outcompete players older than them in minor league or international junior play as Gretzky did.

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  2. 1 2 3 Rachel Alexander (7 May 1999). "Who Is the Next Wayne Gretzky?". Washington Post.
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  6. ↑ "The Showdown with The Next One> Paul Kariya facing off against Maine mates". Bangor Daily News. Bangor Publishing Company. February 17, 1994. Archived from the original on August 21, 2018. Retrieved June 6, 2016.
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  12. ↑ "'A helluva player': Connor Bedard expected to fill Saddledome Wednesday as Pats take on Hitmen". calgarysun. Retrieved 2023-02-23.


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