LGR4GM Posted June 10, 2016 Report Posted June 10, 2016 sad day for hockey http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2016/06/10/gordie-howe-dies-according-to-numerous-reports/ Quote
That Aud Smell Posted June 10, 2016 Report Posted June 10, 2016 RIP, Mr. Howe. There are too many #9s for the league to retire it a la Gretzky. Might still be cool if they did it for one season in observance of his passing. Maybe every player should wear a small (red) #9 on/around the shoulder next season? Quote
North Buffalo Posted June 10, 2016 Report Posted June 10, 2016 RIP great ambassador for the sport, if only there were more and Bettman knew how to market them. Gordie did it by himself. Quote
Rasmus_ Posted June 10, 2016 Report Posted June 10, 2016 Really sad news for the sport. My condolences to the family and for everyone involved. I had the pleasure of shaking his hand once, truly a gentleman. Lost one of if not the best! Quote
Eleven Posted June 10, 2016 Report Posted June 10, 2016 88's a pretty good number. Saw him and his sons play at the Aud once. That was kinda cool. Quote
Rico7 Posted June 10, 2016 Report Posted June 10, 2016 Was glad I was able to see him play in person even though it was at the end of his career. RIP Quote
dudacek Posted June 10, 2016 Report Posted June 10, 2016 I don't think people realize what a beast Gordie was: six scoring titles and a guy who would make Lucic pee his pants and go hide in the corner. Quote
K-9 Posted June 10, 2016 Report Posted June 10, 2016 Having a hat trick named after you says it all. RIP, Mr. Hockey. Quote
Beer Posted June 10, 2016 Report Posted June 10, 2016 (edited) RIP Gordie One of a kind Edited June 10, 2016 by Beer Quote
josie Posted June 10, 2016 Report Posted June 10, 2016 Howe was a beast. A scoring machine, a bull on his skates, and a good guy and teammate. A good farmboy from Saskatchewan. As a Wings fan, I admit disappointment in the way we played the last few times he attended games. The presence of a legend like that only rubbed in how lackluster our performances were. Well, now he can play the game on a great rink in the sky and be on a line with Sid Abel again. Ted Lindsay, don't you go hopping in that game just yet. Quote
TrueBlueGED Posted June 10, 2016 Report Posted June 10, 2016 First Ali and now Howe? Sadness. Any other old sports legends I should brace myself for? :( Quote
millbank Posted June 10, 2016 Report Posted June 10, 2016 The exploits of the production line Lindsay, Abel, Howe in 1947 on a tiny scratchy sounding radio (no tv in 47) amongst my first sporting memories . Howe , Orr, Gretzky stand together in composite as the greatest ever . His passing today a reminder of each of ours mortality, that we appreciate the moments and the people in them . Quote
Stoner Posted June 10, 2016 Report Posted June 10, 2016 (edited) First Ali and now Howe? Sadness. Any other old sports legends I should brace myself for? :( I was just thinking the other day how lucky we've been as Sabres fans. But a whole generation of our formers is reaching that age now. The coming years will be very sentimental. Edited June 10, 2016 by PASabreFan Quote
LTS Posted June 10, 2016 Report Posted June 10, 2016 Not many people have as a great an impact on the sport or profession in which they played/participated. He's the most unique hockey player that ever played. Quote
darksabre Posted June 10, 2016 Report Posted June 10, 2016 Gordie Howe was not typical. This much I am sure of. There is something distinctly "other" about the man. He was a physical specimen. He took the definition of farm strong to a whole new level. He also saw the game a little differently than other players did. I almost believe he was somewhere on the autism spectrum just from how people describe his personality. Gordie was special. A hockey unicorn. Quote
French Collection Posted June 10, 2016 Report Posted June 10, 2016 R.I.P. Gordie. Glad my son and I got to meet him a few years ago. He grabbed my son and put him in a headlock for a photo. There will never be another like him. Quote
pastajoe Posted June 10, 2016 Report Posted June 10, 2016 I saw him play in a Legends game vs Sabres alumni in the '90s. He still looked like he could play in the NHL. Maurice Richard was the guest referee. Quote
Hoss Posted June 10, 2016 Report Posted June 10, 2016 Detroit Red Wings team photo from 1970-71 (Gordie Howe's last year in the NHL) featuring Howe, Mike Robitaille and Don Luce. Great photo of Gordie at the Aud (also featuring Gilbert Perrault) during the team's first year in the NHL: Quote
ubkev Posted June 10, 2016 Report Posted June 10, 2016 Nice defense, boys. Maybe put a guy on 9 in red. You know, the one in front of your goalie! RIP GH Quote
darksabre Posted June 10, 2016 Report Posted June 10, 2016 I've always loved that photo because there's not a single person not watching the game. No Chets or Muffys in that crowd. Quote
Taro T Posted June 10, 2016 Report Posted June 10, 2016 I saw him play in a Legends game vs Sabres alumni in the '90s. He still looked like he could play in the NHL. Maurice Richard was the guest referee. And that scumbag LQ invited himself into that game (him & Seymour's kid). Wish a real player would've driven that smarmy SOB's head through the glass. (Apologies for distracting from the solemness of this thread; it just brought back a bad memory.) Detroit Red Wings team photo from 1970-71 (Gordie Howe's last year in the NHL) featuring Howe, Mike Robitaille and Don Luce. Great photo of Gordie at the Aud (also featuring Gilbert Perrault) during the team's first year in the NHL: That was (99% certainly) at the Olympia. (The 1% possibility was it was preseason.) Sabres wore whites in the Aud in the regular season. Also, that wasn't Gordie's last year in the NHL. Quote
Randall Flagg Posted June 10, 2016 Report Posted June 10, 2016 Is that stick poking behind the goalie the Sabres player's, or did Howe use a really long stick? Quote
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