Hockey Legend Gordie Howe Dead At 88
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DALLAS (105.3 The Fan) - The sports world has lost another star.
Gordie Howe, one of the greatest players in hockey history, has passed away at the age of 88, CBS News has confirmed.
Known as Mr. Hockey, Gordie Howe played 25 seasons with the Detroit Red Wings. His 26th season was spent with the Hartford Whalers. He recorded 801 goals and 1,049 assists.
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Howe set NHL marks with 801 goals and 1,850 points that held up until Wayne Gretzky surpassed his idol in the record books.
Howe was also so famously fierce, using elbows and fists to rough up opponents, that a "Gordie Howe Hat Trick," became synonymous with the combination of having a goal, an assist and a fight in one game.
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