We will remember him for being the greatest player the game of hockey has ever known. Felix Gatt couldn’t speak. He could hardly move. But he opened his eyes in that hospital bed, turned his ...

Gordie Howe ... right. Howe's signing with Houston helped stabilize the WHA. (Doug Ball/Canadian Press) Howe, 46, played on Team Canada for the 1974 Summit Series. Mr. Hockey is shown checking ...

Mister Hockey, the legendary Gordie Howe, was almost a Ranger. This is a true story, told to me by Howe, himself. When he was 15, he showed up at the Rangers training camp in Winnipeg. He was a ...

OTTAWA—In Canada’s escalating feud with the U.S., people here are rallying around the sharp elbows of hockey legend Gordie Howe ... prairies, “Mr. Hockey,” as Howe was known, was quick ...

Mister Hockey, the legendary Gordie Howe, was almost a Ranger. This is a true story, told to me by Howe, himself. When he was 15, he showed up at the Rangers training camp in Winnipeg. He was a big, ...

When Canadian actor and comedian Mike Myers, clad in a "Canada is not for sale" T-shirt, twice mouthed the words "elbows up" and tapped his own left elbow on Saturday Night Live last weekend, he ...

Sometimes called "Mr. Hankerson." In the 1950s, hockey was the front of the NHL. Howe averaged no one else in skill, physicality, and regularity playing for the Detroit Red Wings. Winning four ...

But Gretzky also honored Mr. Hockey himself. The Great One wore a No. 9 red pin over the left side of his chest, the number of Gordie Howe. Gretzky held the NHL record for 31 years until Ovechkin ...