Saturday, June 11, 2016

Before 99, the NHL had No. 9: 'Mr. Hockey,' Gordie Howe (Yahoo Sports)

FILE - In this Nov. 14, 2013, file photo, hockey great Gordie Howe acknowledges a standing ovation from the crowd as he watches the Vancouver Canucks and San Jose Sharks play during an NHL hockey game in Vancouver, British Columbia. Gordie Howe, the hockey great who set scoring records that stood for decades, has died. He was 88. Son Murray Howe confirmed the death Friday, June 10, 2016, texting to The Associated Press:

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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