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Wayne Gretzky Quotes

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“You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take” - Wayne Gretzky. I chose this quote because you don’t score a hat trick if you don’t take any shots. By the way if you didn’t know you have to score three goals to have a hat trick. The first goal, I was skating down the ice with my team mate we were approaching the net when he got tripped. The puck went of his stick and stopped right on the goal line next to the goalies skate. I skated to it and shot the puck in the net for my first goal. The Second goal, I was skating out of our zone to catch a pass. The pass went behind me and banked off the boards but I caught it for a break away. I skated at the goalie and deked him out then backhanded the puck in the net for my second goal. The third

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