Friday, June 10, 2016

Column: Just this once, 'Mr. Hockey' picked the wrong spot (Yahoo Sports)

FILE - This is a 1956 file photo showing Detroit Red Wings hockey player Gordie Howe. 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:

Gordie Howe was equal parts sharpshooter and street fighter, and remarkably durable to boot. But nobody dominates a rough-and-tumble game for parts of five decades without knowing when to pick his spots. For all that, even ''Mr. Hockey'' had no say in the timing of his passing.


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