Introduction
Gordie Howe, what a marvelous hockey player! Loved by millions of people across the world and respected by all the players out on the ice. The player that is known as Mr. Hockey because of his exceptional talent and his strenuous dedication and determination. A unique player that was able to shoot with both hands, giving him an immense advantage for scoring and passing. He who had revolutionized the game making it faster, stronger and more well-known across the globe. Gordie changed the way everyone looked and thought of the game making it more popular and respected. He not only showed the world that skill can lead him and his team to victory and success, but using force and his strength could play a big role too. He became a wonderful…show more content… He wore #17 as a rookie until the player with #9 moved to another team after the 1946-47 season and Gordie got offered his number. Gordie accepted that offer and wore that number for the rest of his life. Gordie Howe made himself well know across the world with his amazing playing. He got nicknamed Mr. Hockey and got a type of hat-trick named after him called the “Gordie Howe Hat-Trick”. Most hat-tricks are supposed to be three goals but his hat-trick consists of a goal, an assist and a fight to finish it off. Surprisingly Gordie Howe only recorded two of those hat-tricks. One on October 10, 1953, and the other was on March 21, 1954. Gordie Howe played for the Detroit Red Wings from 1946-47 season to the 1970-71 season leading his team to four Stanley cups and finishing in top five for 20 straight seasons in the NHL. He got 6 Hart Trophies (NHL MVP) and 6 Art Ross Trophies (NHL Point Leader) and to top it all off he acquired 27 consecutive seasons of scoring 20 goals or more and a personal best of 103 points in a single season. How had stopped playing when he was 44 until he got offered to play with two of his sons, Marty and Mark, on the Houston Aeros in the WHA (World Hockey Association), at the age of 46 in the 1973-74 season. Gordie’s other to children Murray and Cathy Howe weren’t as much into hockey. They both became doctors when they grew up. Gordie obviously accepted the offer to play with his two sons because that is a one in a lifetime chance. He played with the Houston Aeros for four years scoring over 100 points in two of those years and then he got traded along with his sons to the New England Whalers. He played there for two years. In the first at the age of 50 he had scored 96 points and then at 51 he scored only 43, at that point his body was really changing and he was nearly done with professional hockey. At the age of 52 he played for an
