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Anybody that doesn't have Gordie Howe at the top of his/her list is losing all credibility.
In the NHL..He is Mr. Hockey...next to Gretzky...its Howe...then Orr...
Howe was atremedous athlete that could play as good as he wanted to at will...in a day when the league was actually rougher than it is now...
Howe had to act as his own goon for most of his career....
WHen Howe was near the end of his career...Gretzky came up from behind him and stole the puck and scored...the next shift...when Gretzky wasn't looking Howe came up and elbowed him right in his face, breaking his nose...Gretzky lay there on the ice bleeding...Howe looked down at him and said..."don't ever embarrass me on the ice again kid..."
Not even McSorley dared retaliating...
Howe was sucha good athlete...here's a good story...he never bowled before...so back in '52 the older guys took the rookie bowling...they said that Howe threw the bowling ball so hard at the pins he almost broke them...
oh yeah...his score for his very first bowling game ever?
220.
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