ESPN.comOLY/WINTER06/HOCKEY - Burnside: Gretzky and Co. arrive:
"Gretzky seeks comforts of home: the rinkBy Scott Burnside
TORINO, Italy -- He wasn't in the room 10 seconds before the trademark Wayne Gretzky grin appeared, dozens of cameras whirring and clicking and recording the moment for posterity.
Maybe it was a wry grin, but it was a grin nonetheless. And it wasn't the last.
Even as Team Canada press handler Brad Pascal was warning the 250 journalists from around the world, crowded into an ice-level conference room at the Palasport Olimpico, that they were to stick to questions about Canada's prospects here at the Olympic tournament, Gretzky was turning to head coach Pat Quinn and smiling again."
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