Gordie Howe
Mr. Hockey: Gordie Howe, a Canadian professional ice hockey legend who played 26 NHL seasons and 6 WHA seasons, known for his scoring, toughness, and six Hart Trophies.
He played 26 NHL seasons and six WHA seasons, spending his first 25 NHL years with the Detroit Red Wings.[1] Nicknamed "Mr. Hockey," he set NHL records for goals (801), assists (1,049), and points (1,850) that were later broken by Wayne Gretzky.[1] Gordon Howe, a Canadian professional ice hockey player, was born on March 31, 1928, and passed away on June 10, 2016.[1]
Quick Facts
- Hall of Fame
- 1972
- Born
- 31 March 1928
- Birthplace
- Floral, Saskatchewan, Canada
- Died
- 10 June 2016
- Place of death
- Sylvania, Ohio, U.S.
- Position
- Right wing
- Shoots
- Right (sometimes left)
- Played for
- Detroit Red Wings
- Houston Aeros
- Hartford Whalers
Facts from the source article.
Life and work
Detroit Red Wings scout Fred Pinkney noticed Howe in 1944, and he was signed to a "C" form and assigned to the Galt Red Wings junior team.[2] Howe led Detroit to four Stanley Cup championships and seven consecutive first-place finishes from 1948–49 to 1954–55.[3] Howe played his final NHL game at age 52 years and 10 days on April 11, 1980.[4] Howe's birthplace was a farmhouse in Floral, Saskatchewan; he was one of nine children, and his family relocated to Saskatoon when he was nine days old.[5]
Organized hockey became part of Howe's life at age eight, and he left school to take a construction job during the Depression.[6] Howe received the Hart Memorial Trophy as the NHL's most valuable player on six occasions: in 1952, 1953, 1957, 1958, 1960, and 1963.[7]
What the cited sources add
The same source states that including his 174 WHA goals, Howe scored 975 professional goals.[8]
References
- Wikipedia, "Gordie Howe" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Sinclair, "Gordie Howe dies at 88", CBC Sports, June 10, 2016; "Players: Gordie Howe Biography", Hockey Hall of Fame (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Gordie Howe" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Dryden, "The Top 100 NHL Players of All Time", Transcontinental Sports Publishers, 1998, p. 26–32 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Gordie Howe" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Written History: 1950s", Detroit Red Wings (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Gordie Howe" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Howe's 801st NHL goal forgotten by many with Ovechkin closing in", NHL.com, December 14, 2024; "Legends Béliveau, Howe were great rivals but greater friends", Montreal Gazette, April 1, 2007 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Gordie Howe" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Schwartz, "ESPN.com: He just kept going and going and ...", ESPN; "Howe, Gordon ("Gordie")", www.encyclopedia.com; Dryden, "The Top 100 NHL Players of All Time", Transcontinental Sports Publishers, 1998, p. 26–32; MacSkimming, "Gordie: a hockey legend", Greystone Books, 2003, p. 14 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Gordie Howe" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Dryden, "The Top 100 NHL Players of All Time", Transcontinental Sports Publishers, 1998, p. 26–32; MacSkimming, "Gordie: a hockey legend", Greystone Books, 2003, p. 14 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Gordie Howe" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "NHL Hart Memorial Trophy Winners", Hockey-Reference (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Schwartz, "Whale of an ending for Gordie Howe", ESPN, November 19, 2003. facts only, no text reused. espn.com
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