{"product_id":"the-great-one-the-complete-wayne-gretzky-collection","title":"The Great One: The Complete Wayne Gretzky Collection","description":"\u003cp\u003eSports Illustrated followed The Great Ones career right from the very beginning. Starting in 1978  when Gretzky was a young phenom playing for the Soo Greyhounds  they had their best writers cover his rise to fame and subsequent dominance of the sport. His staggering career stats tend to overshadow the struggles he faced in his career -- the early days in Edmonton  when he was establishing himself as the greatest player  but could not lead his team to a cup. The years after the trade that shook the hockey world he spent years trying to lead a new team to glory  only managing to reach the final once more  in 1993  and losing in five games. Covered as well are his forgotten goal-droughts  the thoughts that he had lost his touch in the early nineties. His struggles with injury and playing though his fathers near death. The Great One reads not like a sports book  but a biography of one of the greatest athletes of all time.  Sports Illustrateds greatest writers all contribute articles  EM Swift  Michael Farber  Jack Kalla  to tell the complete story of Wayne Gretzkys career.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44945778376757,"sku":"ByrdShop_0771083610","price":27.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780771083617_0e51d392-15c6-45ac-b0f6-4152f15917c1.jpg?v=1771440512","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-great-one-the-complete-wayne-gretzky-collection","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}