Sports: Hockey: Mr Clean Gretsky skating on melting ice?

Hockey's Mr Clean, the great Wayne Grektsky, suddenly seems to be skating in a rink flooded with cold water, due to allegations that his wife, Janet, is up to her eye-balls in hi-stakes gambling on the game (football, that is). Reporters Angela Delli Santi and Geoff Mulvihill of Washington Times said Friday:

TRENTON, N.J. -- Wayne Gretzky was recorded on a wiretap talking to the man suspected of financing a gambling ring, discussing how the hockey great's wife could avoid being implicated, a person with knowledge of the investigation told the Associated Press yesterday.
Mr. Gretzky, coach and part owner of the Phoenix Coyotes, can be heard on wiretaps made within the past month talking about his wife with assistant coach Rick Tocchet, the person said, speaking on the condition of anonymity because the investigation was ongoing.
Mr. Gretzky's wife, actress Janet Jones, purportedly bet at least $100,000 on football games over the course of the investigation by state authorities, the person said.
There is no evidence that Mr. Gretzky placed any bets, according to the person.

Now the investigative bloodhounds are eyeing the hockey connection:

Investigators are looking into whether anyone involved in the five-year-old ring, which authorities say had a connection to organized crime in Philadelphia and southern New Jersey, bet on National Hockey League games. Mr. Gretzky is not the main focus of the probe, the person said. ... Hockey players are prohibited from making NHL wagers, legal or otherwise. There are no rules that forbid them from placing legal bets on other sports.

I just don't believe Wayne would be involved in anything illegal, or even anything embarrassing to the professional sport of hockey. And Janet? Innocent,for me, until proven, if ever actually proven, guilty. But, it seems she sure has embarassed all of us, including Wayne and his fans too! - Owlie Scowlie