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Article content Previous Gallery Image Hockey sticks and floral tributes are placed on the front lawn of Walter Gretzky's home in Brantford. Photo by Brian Thompson /The Expositor Hockey sticks and floral tributes lay on the front lawn of Walter Gretzky's home in Brantford, Ontario on Friday March 5, 2021. Canada's favourite hockey dad passed away at home Thursday at the age of 82. Brian Thompson/Brantford Expositor/Postmedia Network Photo by Brian Thompson /The Expositor Floral tributes lay at the feet of a statue of Walter Gretzky outside the Wayne Gretzky Sports Centre in Brantford...

Geoff Ward, who became the interim coach when Bill Peters resigned in November 2019, went 35-26-5 in 66 games with the Flames.

Article content The two were also often intertwined, their father-son story used in commercials from Tim Hortons to Coca-Cola. And following in the footsteps of Alexander Graham Bell, they made Brantford, Ont., famous. Walter was celebrated for far more than just fathering a superstar, however. His down-to-earth, no-airs approach to life and devotion to his family struck a chord with Canadians. “Sometimes, I swear to you, I have to pinch myself to make sure I’m not dreaming,” Walter wrote in his 2001 autobiography “Walter Gretzky. On Family, Hockey and Healing.” “Wayne says the sa...

Wayne Gretzky's dad became a legend in his own right as a devoted hockey parent from Brantford, Ont.

He built a backyard rink at their Ontario home, where his son mastered his hockey skills.