RIP Mr Hockey

DrBuster

As a born and bred Redwings fan, sad to hear Gordie Howe passed.



Hockey legend Gordie Howe dies at age 88

sparky64

Legend is a name that few are worthy of but one that he deservedly wore well.

What a life!

Justacommeman

Mr Hockey......I saw him play at the Olympia vs Bobby Orr in 1967. It was my very first hockey game as a 6 year old. The last time I saw him play was with his two sons on the same line. It was the first year Joe Louis opened in 1979-80. He almost scored. He was 52 at the time. The roof would have blown off if he had scored even though he was on the visiting team.



He walked on water in Detroit. Even up to the last couple years or so he visited youth hockey locker rooms to encourage kids after the games. I saw this countless times. He is already being missed.



The Gordie Howe Hat Trick is still something any kid growing up in Detroit aspired to accomplish. A goal, an assist and a fight in the same game. My Dad swore Gordie used to file his elbows to a point before a game ; )



On Friday, upon learning of Howe's death, Gretzky called his old friend, "the greatest hockey player ever … but, more importantly, the nicest man I have ever met."



His son Mark said he wa the nastiest person he ever saw on a pair of skates



He was a mans man



RIP Mr Hockey



mark