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Bosc Ulrich II
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 Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 12:20 pm Post subject: Happy 80th birthday, Mr. Hockey! |
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http://www.nhl.com/nhl/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=358068
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| "The thing with Gordie, he was such a star and he was such an average guy," former teammate Pete Stemkowski said. "He didn't have any great demands. He just blended in. He was one of the guys. If we went out for a couple of cold ones after practice, Gordie just sat in the corner, like everyone else, and told stories. There was no pretense about him. That's what I admired so much about him. He was a team guy who wanted to win. He didn't think he was above anybody else." |
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Howe was 6-foot, 205 pounds, one of the larger players in the NHL at that time. He was tall and lean with a farmer's hard muscles. He came from utter poverty and he wouldn't let anyone compromise his career on the ice.
Howe one-punched Maurice "Rocket" Richard to the ice early in his career and he crushed Bobby Orr late in his career. Howe was uncanny. He could deliver immediate, devastating retribution or he could let a slight go unpunished so long that the perpetrator forgot about it, until he found himself flat on his back when Howe found a situation that wouldn't compromise his team's chance of winning.
"I always said I believed in religious hockey, and that it is better to give than to receive," Howe told The Detroit Free Press. "I remember one guy said he tried to hit me all game, but all he saw was tape. When I was playing, a coach might say; 'You don't like so and so?' And I'd say; 'I don't like any of them out there. When the game's over, I like a lot of them, but on the ice is not a place to be liking people.'" |
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| Many people believed that Howe's scoring record would never be broken, but it was. There is a Howe record that may never be broken and that was finishing in the top five in scoring for 20-consecutive seasons from 1950-69. Howe also led his teams to the championship game in 15 of 32 seasons, another record unlikely to be broken. |
Hmm, I would have thought that the championship game record might have been held by the Pocket Rocket or Jean Beliveau, but I guess not. That top-5 scoring record is incredible.
The Rebel League book I've been trumpeting has some really great stuff about Gordie playing with his two sons.
Happy Birthday, Mr. Howe.
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saskhab
'03-'04 Goalie Profiles Coming Soon!
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Shouldn't this be in the Hartford forum?
Happy Birthday, Mr. Hockey! You're still the gold standard for Saskatchewanian hockey!
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RW
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Here's one of me and Mr. Howe from a couple of years ago.
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Bosc Ulrich II
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Awesome, Skip!
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US679 Part Deux
An improvement over the US678 prototype
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Nice shot! 
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Av-merican
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| He spoke at a tourney-sponsored dinner my team played in roughly 20 or so years ago. The guy was class all the way. |
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Jyrki21
Rebel Sell + Moneyball = Life
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| saskhab wrote: |
| Shouldn't this be in the Hartford forum? |
 I was just going to say, "I knew Gordie played for the Detroit Vipers... had no idea he was also on the Wings early in his career."
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the New Cunning Linguist
Like a good neighbor, but not
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Congratulations, Gordie! One of my all-time favorite hockey players... And nice photo, skip!
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RW
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At the celebration of his 80th birthday, Gordie Howe received and framed sweater with the # 17, his number his rookie year. He did not receive the # 9 until his second year. He also received a Red Wings leather jacket, which was part of his original rookie contract with Jack Adams and a 48" HD television. Karen Newman sang Happy Birthday to him and the Red Wings won a hard hitting game 1 - 0 making it a perfect celebration for Mr. Hockey.
http://detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080330/SPORTS0103/803300329/1004
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