Gordie Howe has died

[ejp626]

Feel free to merge if I just missed this, but I didn't see another thread.  Gordie Howe has passed away at the age of 88.  http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl/gordie-howe-1.3628425  Perhaps not surprisingly this news is generating a lot more headlines in Canada (and Michigan) than in the rest of the US.

He had been recovering from a recent stroke, with some success, but it seems the toll was just too much for him.

I really wasn't following hockey during his glory years; in fact I wasn't alive when he was winning the Stanley Cup in the 50s.

Almost everyone would agree he was in the top 5 NHL players of all time and definitely the greatest player for the Detroit Red Wings.

From all accounts, he was a really nice guy off the ice, but someone you just didn't want to face off against on the ice.

RIP

[sidewinder]

I remember seeing him quite often in Canada, TV on 'Hockey Night'. Always came across as a good guy: level-headed no-BS Saskatchewan stock and a real Canadian iconic figure. RIP.

Edited June 11, 2016 by sidewinder

[danasgoodstuff]

With his sons, they played on a line together, who does that?  Only Gordie!

[Dave Garrett]

On 6/11/2016 at 2:01 AM, ejp626 said:

Feel free to merge if I just missed this, but I didn't see another thread.  Gordie Howe has passed away at the age of 88.  http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl/gordie-howe-1.3628425  Perhaps not surprisingly this news is generating a lot more headlines in Canada (and Michigan) than in the rest of the US.

It's gotten a fair amount of press in Houston, but that was to be expected given the Aeros connection. It's been pointed out more than a few times that when Howe played with the Aeros, they drew bigger crowds than the Rockets did (but the Rockets weren't exactly setting the NBA on fire in the early-to-mid 70s). 

http://www.houstonchronicle.com/sports/columnists/mcclain/article/Gordie-Howe-was-inspiring-captivating-figure-7975091.php