Gordie Howe

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CanadaCanada  Gordie Howe Ice hockey player
Hockey Hall of Fame , 1972
Gordie Howe
Date of birth March 31, 1928
place of birth Floral , Saskatchewan , Canada
date of death June 10, 2016
Place of death Toledo , Ohio , USA
Nickname Mr. Hockey
size 185 cm
Weight 93 kg
position Right wing
Shot hand Ambidextrous
Career stations
1945-1946 Omaha Knights
1946-1971 Detroit Red Wings
1973-1977 Houston Eros
1977-1979 New England Whalers
1979-1980 Hartford Whalers
1997 Detroit Vipers

Gordon "Gordie" Howe OC (born March 31, 1928 in Floral , Saskatchewan , † June 10, 2016 in Toledo , Ohio ) was a Canadian ice hockey player . As "Mr. Hockey “named striker was one of the most important players in North American ice hockey - Howe scored 801 goals in his long career in the NHL , making him the second most successful goalscorer in NHL history after Wayne Gretzky .

Career

Gordie Howe made his debut in the NHL in 1946 at the age of 18. He played his first game for the Detroit Red Wings and was part of the production line there in the following years .

He quickly became known as a goalscorer and talented playmaker. Because of his physical strength , he dominated his opponents. Overall, Gordie Howe was active in professional ice hockey for six decades. He managed to make it into the top 5 of the scorer ranking for 20 consecutive years. In the 1960/61 season , Howe was the first NHL player to reach 1000 points (goals plus assists ) - with 1850 points in the regular games, he is still in fourth place. The following season , Gordie Howe scored his 500th goal on March 14, 1962 as the second player in NHL history .

Gordie Howe won the Stanley Cup four times with the Detroit Red Wings . After 25 years a wrist injury forced Gordie Howe to end his active career at the end of the 1970/71 season. He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1972 .

A year later he signed a contract with the Houston Eros from the recently formed World Hockey Association (WHA), which also signed his sons Marty and Mark Howe . After a wrist operation, nothing stood in the way of a new professional ice hockey debut. With the Houston Eros Gordie Howe was champion in the WHA in 1974 and 1975 , with Gordie Howe being elected Most Valuable Player (MVP) in the WHA in 1974 at the age of 46 .

Gordie Howe was the first player whose jersey number was blocked in Detroit and hung on the ceiling as a banner

After the WHA stopped playing in 1979 and merged with the NHL, Howe, now 51, signed a contract with the Hartford Whalers for a final NHL season. He played all 80 league games - Howe is the record holder with 1,767 NHL games .

In 1997 he signed a contract for a game with the Detroit Vipers from the International Hockey League (IHL). He set a remarkable record after coming on the ice for a move. At the age of almost 70 and in the 6th decade he played a professional ice hockey game.

Marty and Mark Howe - his sons - were his teammates with the Houston Eros and Hartford Whalers. His wife, Colleen, is the founder of the Detroit Junior Red Wings . The Detroit Red Wings and Hartford Whalers honored him after the end of his career by no longer awarding his jersey number 9.

Trivia

  • His brother Vic Howe (1929-2015) was also active as a professional hockey player, as were his two sons Mark (* 1955) and Marty Howe (* 1954). Grandson Travis Howe (* 1978) played ice hockey as an amateur player.
  • Bart Simpson used the face of Howe as part of a prank, he Mrs. Krabappel subsequently Bart the Lover (dt. The personal ad ) the television series The Simpsons plays.
  • Gordie Howe is a member of eleven different Hall of Fames.
  • His name, nickname ("Mr. Hockey") and his wife's nickname ("Mrs. Hockey") are registered trademarks.
  • The Gordie Howe Hattrick is a term used to describe the achievement of scoring a goal and assisting in a game and participating in a brawl that has at least a five-minute time penalty . Gordie Howe has managed to achieve such a hat trick twice in his entire career .
  • The Canadian ska band "The Planet Smashers" dedicated the song "Uncle Gordie" to him
  • In the 2016/17 season, the Detroit Red Wings wore a "9" on their jersey in honor of Howe

Achievements and Awards

Others

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1945/46 Omaha Knights USHL 51 22nd 26th 48 53 6th 2 1 3 15th
1946/47 Detroit Red Wings NHL 58 7th 15th 22nd 52 5 0 0 0 18th
1947/48 Detroit Red Wings NHL 60 16 28 44 63 10 1 1 2 11
1948/49 Detroit Red Wings NHL 40 12 25th 37 57 11 8th 3 11 19th
1949/50 Detroit Red Wings NHL 70 35 33 68 69 1 0 0 0 7th
1950/51 Detroit Red Wings NHL 70 43 43 86 74 6th 4th 3 7th 4th
1951/52 Detroit Red Wings NHL 70 47 39 86 78 8th 2 5 7th 2
1952/53 Detroit Red Wings NHL 70 49 46 95 57 6th 2 5 7th 2
1953/54 Detroit Red Wings NHL 70 33 48 81 109 12 4th 5 9 31
1954/55 Detroit Red Wings NHL 64 29 33 62 68 11 9 11 20th 24
1955/56 Detroit Red Wings NHL 70 38 41 79 100 10 3 9 12 8th
1956/57 Detroit Red Wings NHL 70 44 45 89 72 5 2 5 7th 6th
1957/58 Detroit Red Wings NHL 64 33 44 77 40 4th 1 1 2 0
1958/59 Detroit Red Wings NHL 70 32 46 78 57 - - - - -
1959/60 Detroit Red Wings NHL 70 28 45 73 46 6th 1 5 6th 4th
1960/61 Detroit Red Wings NHL 64 23 49 72 30th 11 4th 11 15th 10
1961/62 Detroit Red Wings NHL 70 33 44 77 54 - - - - -
1962/63 Detroit Red Wings NHL 70 38 48 86 100 11 7th 9 16 22nd
1963/64 Detroit Red Wings NHL 69 26th 47 73 70 14th 9 10 19th 16
1964/65 Detroit Red Wings NHL 70 29 47 76 104 7th 4th 2 6th 20th
1965/66 Detroit Red Wings NHL 70 29 46 75 83 12 4th 6th 10 12
1966/67 Detroit Red Wings NHL 69 25th 40 65 53 - - - - -
1967/68 Detroit Red Wings NHL 74 39 43 82 53 - - - - -
1968/69 Detroit Red Wings NHL 76 44 59 103 58 - - - - -
1969/70 Detroit Red Wings NHL 76 31 40 71 58 4th 2 0 2 2
1970/71 Detroit Red Wings NHL 63 23 29 52 38 - - - - -
1971/72 without a contract not played because of resignation and wrist injury
1972/73 without a contract not played because of resignation and wrist injury
1973/74 Houston Eros WHA 70 31 69 100 46 13 3 14th 17th 34
1974/75 Houston Eros WHA 75 34 65 99 84 13 8th 12 20th 20th
1975/76 Houston Eros WHA 78 32 70 102 76 17th 4th 8th 12 31
1976/77 Houston Eros WHA 62 24 44 68 57 11 5 3 8th 11
1977/78 New England Whalers WHA 76 34 62 96 85 14th 5 5 10 15th
1978/79 New England Whalers WHA 58 19th 24 43 51 10 3 1 4th 4th
1979/80 Hartford Whalers NHL 80 15th 26th 41 42 3 1 1 2 2
1980-1997 without a contract not played because of resignation
1997/98 Detroit Vipers IHL 1 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
NHL overall 1767 801 1049 1850 1685 157 68 92 160 220
WHA total 419 174 334 508 399 78 28 43 71 115

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event Sp T V Pt SM
1974 Canada Summit Series 7th 3 4th 7th 2
Men overall 7th 3 4th 7th 2

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1  play-downs / relegation )

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Helene St. James: Mr. Hockey Gordie Howe dies at 88 years old . Detroit Free Press , June 10, 2016.

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personal data
SURNAME Howe, Gordie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Howe, Gordon
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH March 31, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH Floral , Saskatchewan
DATE OF DEATH June 10, 2016
Place of death Toledo , Ohio