Labor Day weekend unofficially marks the end of summer and means that kids who play sports move on to another game. In the late 1960s, it was that way for two 6-year-old buddies who lived in Brantford, Ontario, named Greg Stefan and Wayne Gretzky.
"Wayne and I kind of touch base with each other as 6-year-olds at a tryout in a rink in Ayr, Ontario, which was just a little shack," said Stefan, who would eventually make it to the NHL as a goaltender with the Detroit Red Wings. "I was half-decent and obviously he was very good and we made the team together and then we started playing together and we hit it off as friends.
"Then it was the outdoor rink with Wally Gretzky at the Gretzky's house. I kind of knew he was kind of special right from the get-go. He was playing way ahead of himself. So it was special and the good thing about me and him, we played hockey together, then once hockey was over, we went right to baseball. And we were pretty good baseball players too."
Los Angeles Kings - News: GRETZKY, STEFAN HAVE BACK YARD MEMORIES - 08/29/2008 
Gretzky, stefan have back yard memories (lak) 
