Gretzky was taught the game by his father Walter.[citation needed] As a youth, he played in the 1985 and 1986 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournaments with a minor ice hockey team from Brantford. \n', '

Brent grew up playing minor hockey in Brantford, Ontario for the Brantford Classics of the OMHA.[citation needed] In 1988–89, he played Jr. B hockey for the Brantford Classics of the Mid-Western Junior B Hockey League.[citation needed] He was selected in the 1st round (6th overall) of the 1989 OHL Priority Selection by the Belleville Bulls where he spent three years[citation needed] With the Bulls, he was a linemate of future NHL player Darren McCarty.[citation needed] Gretzky was drafted by the Tampa Bay Lightning in the 1992 NHL Entry Draft, but did not find the same success as his brother Wayne.[citation needed]\n', '

During Brent\'s 13-game tenure with Tampa Bay, he played once against Wayne: "We must have faced off 15 times and I won one. I remember chasing him behind the net. I knew what he was going to do and I still found myself looking for my jock. The hardest part was after the game, going and watching ESPN. It was older Gretzky shows young Gretzky how to play hockey." Together, Wayne and Brent hold the NHL record for most combined points by two brothers (2,857 for Wayne and 4 for Brent).\n', '

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