WholeFnMachine Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 http://www.thehockeynews.com/blog/remembering-gordie-howe-hockey-legend-and-sports-icon/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Death From Above Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 What shitty news to wake up to. This is one of those people, a product of a specific time and place, they really don't make them like that anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dewar Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 A sad day, but he's no longer suffering. RIP Mr. Hockey. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabe Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 A true legend and beloved figure in Detroit. So awesome that he was able to recover enough to celebrate his birthday at The Joe this last season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 Boss Hogg has a nice piece on his passing. RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiji Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 Heaven needed many of its inhabitants to receive righteous elbows to the dome. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PetrolCB Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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sabremike Posted June 11, 2016 Share Posted June 11, 2016 Along with Howard Baldwin Gordie is the single most important figure in the history of hockey in Hartford. His signing with us legitimized the Whalers in the eyes of the hockey world and is why we ended up in the NHL. Baldwin did an op-ed in the Courant pleading for a statue to be erected outside the XL Center in Mr Hockey's honor in recognition for what he did for the city and state, and I think it's long overdue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Death From Above Posted June 12, 2016 Share Posted June 12, 2016 Yeah no doubt Howe and Bobby Hull did a ton to legitimize the WHA on the whole. Howe must have felt under particular pressure coming out of retirement, and in a way risking his reputation to do it. All he did was come up with a 100 point season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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