One of the greatest moments in Detroit sports history took place 60 years ago at Olympia Stadium when 35-year-old Gordie Howe surpassed Montreal’s Maurice “The Rocket” Richard to become the all-time ...
In this Feb. 2, 2012, file photo, hockey great Gordie Howe, part owner of the Western Hockey League's Vancouver Giants, looks on during a team news conference in Vancouver, British Columbia. Gordie ...
Fifty years ago this summer, hell froze over in Houston when Texas’s Sweat City suddenly found itself at the center of the ice hockey world. Gordie Howe, the NHL’s all-time leader in career goals and ...
Gordie Howe's greatest accomplishment wasn't filling a net like no other player until Wayne Gretzky came along. It wasn't cheating Father Time to play in the NHL in five decades, from his teens into ...
DETROIT --It was just before 9 a.m. ET when family and the legends took their places at Gordie Howe's polished casket, dozens of roses atop it. Mr. Hockey's three sons: Mark, Marty and Murray. Dear ...
The 1973 World Hockey Association draft should have been fairly unremarkable as the Houston Aeros and the 11 other teams in the fledgling league picked among a pool of players mostly passed over in ...
DETROIT (AP) Gordie Howe, the rough-and-tumble Canadian farm boy whose boundless blend of talent and toughness made him the NHL's quintessential star during a career that lasted into his 50s, has died ...