With apologies to Maurice Richard, that player was ''Mr. Hockey,'' Gordie Howe, the exceptionally rugged, skilled and seemingly ageless farm boy from Floral, Saskatchewan, whose career spanned six decades and became an inspiration for many of the NHLers who followed. ''We became hockey players from watching these guys: (Jean) Beliveau, Howe, Bobby Hull, Stan Mikita. Gretzky chose to wear No. 99 because of Howe.
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