Gordie Howe

a.k.a. "Mr. Hockey"

#9 Detroit Vipers / IHL - 97/98

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Gordie Howe Facts

Date of BirthMar 31, 1928
Age
Place of BirthFloral, SK, CAN
Nation
Canada
Youth Team-
PositionRW
Height183 cm / 6'0"
Weight93 kg / 205 lbs
ShootsR
Contract-

Player Type
Power Forward
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Brother: Vic Howe
Sons: Mark Howe & Marty Howe
Grandsons: Travis Howe & Nolan Howe

"Mr. Hockey" was the oldest player to ever play in an NHL game, retiring at age 52. In his 26 NHL seasons, Howe scored 801 goals and 1,049 assists over 1,767 career games. Howe was also a 23x All-Star and won 6 MVPs and 4 Stanley Cups.

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Gordie Howe Statistics

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S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-	POST	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
1942-43	King George High	CAHS	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Saskatoon Bruins	LML	-	-	-	-	-	-
1943-44	Saskatoon Lions	SAHA	5	6	5	11	4	-	Playoffs	2	0	0	0	6	-
1944-45	Galt Red Wings	OHA-Jr.	1	-	-	3	-	-
1945-46	Omaha Knights	USAHL	51	22	26	48	53	-	Playoffs	6	2	1	3	15	-
1946-47	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	58	7	15	22	52	-	Playoffs	5	0	0	0	18	-
1947-48	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	60	16	28	44	63	-	Playoffs	10	1	1	2	11	-
1948-49	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	40	12	25	37	57	-	Playoffs	11	8	3	11	19	-
1949-50	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	70	35	33	68	69	-	Playoffs	1	0	0	0	7	-
1950-51	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	70	43	43	86	74	-	Playoffs	6	4	3	7	4	-
1951-52	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	70	47	39	86	78	-	Playoffs	8	2	5	7	2	-
1952-53	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	70	49	46	95	57	-	Playoffs	6	2	5	7	2	-
1953-54	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	70	33	48	81	109	-	Playoffs	12	4	5	9	31	-
1954-55	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	64	29	33	62	68	-	Playoffs	11	9	11	20	24	-
1955-56	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	70	38	41	79	100	-	Playoffs	10	3	9	12	8	-
1956-57	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	70	44	45	89	72	-	Playoffs	5	2	5	7	6	-
1957-58	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	64	33	44	77	40	-	Playoffs	4	1	1	2	0	-
1958-59	Detroit Red Wings"C"	NHL	70	32	46	78	57	-
1959-60	Detroit Red Wings"C"	NHL	70	28	45	73	46	-	Playoffs	6	1	5	6	4	-
1960-61	Detroit Red Wings"C"	NHL	64	23	49	72	30	-	Playoffs	11	4	11	15	10	-
1961-62	Detroit Red Wings"C"	NHL	70	33	44	77	54	-
1962-63	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	70	38	48	86	100	-	Playoffs	11	7	9	16	22	-
1963-64	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	69	26	47	73	70	-	Playoffs	14	9	10	19	16	-
1964-65	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	70	29	47	76	104	-	Playoffs	7	4	2	6	20	-
1965-66	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	70	29	46	75	83	-	Playoffs	12	4	6	10	12	-
1966-67	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	69	25	40	65	53	-
1967-68	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	74	39	43	82	53	12
1968-69	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	76	44	59	103	58	45
1969-70	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	76	31	40	71	58	23	Playoffs	4	2	0	2	2	-
1970-71	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	63	23	29	52	38	-2
1971-73	Did not play	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1973-74	Houston Aeros	WHA	70	31	69	100	46	-	Playoffs	13	3	14	17	34	-
1974-75	Houston Aeros	WHA	75	34	65	99	84	-	Playoffs	13	8	12	20	20	-
1975-76	Houston Aeros"A"	WHA	78	32	70	102	76	14	Playoffs	17	4	8	12	31	1
1976-77	Houston Aeros"A"	WHA	62	24	44	68	57	27	Playoffs	11	5	3	8	11	1
1977-78	New England Whalers	WHA	76	34	62	96	85	46	Playoffs	14	5	5	10	15	0
1978-79	New England Whalers	WHA	58	19	24	43	51	9	Playoffs	10	3	1	4	4	1
1979-80	Hartford Whalers	NHL	80	15	26	41	42	9	Playoffs	3	1	1	2	2	-
1980-97	Did not play	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1997-98	Detroit Vipers	IHL	1	0	0	0	0	0

Gordie Howe Tournament Statistics

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S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-	POST	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
1943-44	Saskatoon Lions	Memorial Cup	2	0	0	0	6	-
1974-75	Canada Summit	Summit74	7	3	4	7	2	-

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2001-02	Vancouver Giants	WHL	Franchise Owner
2002-03	Vancouver Giants	WHL	Franchise Owner
2003-04	Vancouver Giants	WHL	Franchise Owner
2004-05	Vancouver Giants	WHL	Franchise Owner
2005-06	Vancouver Giants	WHL	Franchise Owner
2006-07	Vancouver Giants	WHL	Franchise Owner
2007-08	Vancouver Giants	WHL	Franchise Owner
2008-09	Vancouver Giants	WHL	Franchise Owner
2009-10	Vancouver Giants	WHL	Franchise Owner
2010-11	Vancouver Giants	WHL	Franchise Owner
2011-12	Vancouver Giants	WHL	Franchise Owner
2012-13	Vancouver Giants	WHL	Franchise Owner
2013-14	Vancouver Giants	WHL	Franchise Owner
2014-15	Vancouver Giants	WHL	Franchise Owner
2015-16	Vancouver Giants	WHL	Franchise Owner

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Gordie Howe Career Totals

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League	Years	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-	Years	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-
CAHS	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
IHL	1	1	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0
LML	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
Memorial Cup	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	6	-	0
NHL	26	1767	801	1049	1850	1.05	1685	87*	20	157	68	92	160	1.02	220	-
OHA-Jr.	1	1	-	-	3	3.00	-	-	0
SAHA	1	5	6	5	11	2.20	4	-	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	6	-
Summit74	1	7	3	4	7	1.00	2	-	0
USAHL	1	51	22	26	48	0.94	53	-	1	6	2	1	3	0.50	15	-
WHA	6	419	174	334	508	1.21	399	96*	6	78	28	43	71	0.91	115	3*

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Gordie Howe Career Highlights

Season	Awards by Season
1945-1946	USHL-Sr. - Second All-Star Team
1948-1949	NHL Second All-Star Team
1949-1950	NHL Second All-Star Team NHL Stanley Cup Champion
1950-1951	NHL First All-Star Team NHL Most Assists (43) NHL Most Game Winning Goals (9) NHL Most Goals (Maurice Richard Trophy) (43) NHL Most Points (Art Ross Trophy) (86)
1951-1952	NHL First All-Star Team NHL Most Game Winning Goals (10) NHL Most Goals (Maurice Richard Trophy) (47) NHL Most Points (Art Ross Trophy) (86) NHL Most Valuable Player (Hart Trophy) NHL Most Valuable Player (Hart Trophy) Finalist NHL Stanley Cup Champion
1952-1953	NHL First All-Star Team NHL Most Assists (46) NHL Most Game Winning Goals (6) NHL Most Goals (Maurice Richard Trophy) (49) NHL Most Points (Art Ross Trophy) (95) NHL Most Valuable Player (Hart Trophy) NHL Most Valuable Player (Hart Trophy) Finalist
1953-1954	NHL First All-Star Team NHL Most Assists (48) NHL Most Game Winning Goals (8) NHL Most Points (Art Ross Trophy) (81) NHL Stanley Cup Champion
1954-1955	NHL Playoffs Most Assists (9) NHL Playoffs Most Points (20) NHL Stanley Cup Champion NHL Stanley Cup Clinching Goal
1955-1956	NHL Second All-Star Team
1956-1957	NHL First All-Star Team NHL Most Goals (Maurice Richard Trophy) (44) NHL Most Points (Art Ross Trophy) (89) NHL Most Valuable Player (Hart Trophy) NHL Most Valuable Player (Hart Trophy) Finalist
1957-1958	NHL First All-Star Team NHL Most Valuable Player (Hart Trophy) NHL Most Valuable Player (Hart Trophy) Finalist
1958-1959	NHL Most Valuable Player (Hart Trophy) Finalist NHL Second All-Star Team
1959-1960	NHL First All-Star Team NHL Most Valuable Player (Hart Trophy) NHL Most Valuable Player (Hart Trophy) Finalist
1960-1961	NHL Most Valuable Player (Hart Trophy) Finalist NHL Playoffs Most Points (15) NHL Second All-Star Team
1961-1962	NHL Second All-Star Team
1962-1963	NHL First All-Star Team NHL Most Goals (Maurice Richard Trophy) (38) NHL Most Points (Art Ross Trophy) (86) NHL Most Valuable Player (Hart Trophy) NHL Most Valuable Player (Hart Trophy) Finalist NHL Playoffs Most Points (16)
1963-1964	NHL Most Valuable Player (Hart Trophy) Finalist NHL Playoffs Most Goals (9) NHL Playoffs Most Points (19) NHL Second All-Star Team
1964-1965	NHL All-Star Game MVP NHL Most Valuable Player (Hart Trophy) Finalist NHL Second All-Star Team
1965-1966	NHL First All-Star Team NHL Most Valuable Player (Hart Trophy) Finalist
1966-1967	NHL Contribution to U.S. Hockey (Lester Patrick Trophy) NHL Second All-Star Team
1967-1968	NHL First All-Star Team
1968-1969	NHL First All-Star Team
1969-1970	NHL First All-Star Team
1972-1973	Hockey Hall of Fame
1973-1974	WHA Avco World Trophy WHA Most Valuable Player (Gordie Howe Trophy)
1974-1975	WHA Avco World Trophy

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Player	Period	Years	Teams
Alex Delvecchio (F)	1950-1971	21	Detroit Red Wings
Marcel Pronovost (D)	1949-1965	16	Detroit Red Wings
Terry Sawchuk (G)	1949-1969	14	Detroit Red Wings
Norm Ullman (F)	1955-1968	13	Detroit Red Wings

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Gordie Howe Biography and Trivia

Number 9 retired by Detroit Red Wings
Number 9 retired by Carolina Hurricanes
Number 9 retired by Hartford Whalers
Number 9 retired by Houston Aeros
Cult/Star player for Detroit Red Wings
Cult/Star player for Hartford Whalers
Cult/Star player for Houston Aeros
Cult/Star player for King George High
Cult/Star player for Saskatoon Lions

Career transactions
- 1997-09-30 • Signed to a 1-game contract by the Detroit Vipers
- 1979-06-09 • Rights retained by the Hartford Whalers
- 1973-06-05 • Signed by the Houston Aeros
- 1946-10-08 • Signed by the Detroit Red Wings
- 1945-11-01 • Signed by the Omaha Knights

Gordon "Gordie" Howe became the oldest player (52 years, 10 days) to play in a NHL game on April 11, 1980.

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