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Bucyk, Johnny,
147

Campbell, Clarence,
139
,
197
–98

Carl’s Chop House,
88

Carveth, Joe,
60
,
69

Cavanagh, Terry,
56

Central Professional Hockey League,
172
–73

Chelios, Chris,
4

Chevrefils, Réal,
147

Chicago Black Hawks

Abel as player-coach,
110

Clark, Wendel,
4

collective bargaining,
151

Conacher, Roy,
74

contracts,
65
,
149
,
150
,
151

Cooper, Carson,
60
,
117

Crawford, Buck,
33

Crawford, Doris,
33

Creighton, Dave,
147

Crosby, Sidney,
5
–6,
73

Davis, Lorne,
147

DeJordy, Denis,
171

Delvecchio, Alex,
105
,
106
,
110
,
124
,
125
,
171
,
209

Detroit Cougars,
101

Detroit Falcons,
101

Detroit Red Wings

bring Gordie Howe up from farm club,
2
changes at,
137
–38
closeness as a team,
82
,
83
,
84
contract signing policy,
65
feelings about Canadiens,
125
first Stanley Cup win (1936),
102
Gordie Howe resigns from,
202
–3
and Gordie Howe’s comeback,
201
–2
Gordie Howe signs with junior club,
55
history,
101
–4
playoffs of 1951,
106
–7
playoffs of 1953,
117
–19
playoffs of 1966–71,
189
retire Gordie Howe’s jersey,
198
rivalry with Canadiens,
138
–39
scout Gordie Howe,
53
sign Gordie Howe for training camp,
54
Stanley Cup final series (1954),
124
–27
Stanley Cup final series (1961),
172
Stanley Cup playoffs (1954),
124
–25
Stanley Cup win (1955),
140
–41
Stanley Cup wins,
102
,
104
,
108

Dewsbury, Al,
104

Dineen, Bill,
195
–96,
198
,
199
,
200
,
206
,
208
,
209
,
211

Dineen, Pat,
200

Evans, Joe,
87

Fedorov, Sergei,
4
,
5

Feller, Bob,
151

Fetisov, Slava,
5

fights,
41
–42,
61
,
70
–71,
164
–66,
170
–71

Fontinato, Lou,
165
,
166
,
168

Gadsby, Bill,
165
,
174
,
175

Galt Metal Industries,
57

Galt Red Wings,
56
,
58
,
59

Garagiola, Joe,
181

Gee, George,
105

Geoffrion, Bernie “Boom-Boom,”
124
,
125

Gilmour, Doug,
4

Godfrey, Warren,
147

Goldham, Bob,
105

Gordie Howe Day,
178

Gordie Howe Hockeyland,
187

Gordie Howe Night,
160
,
177

Gordon Howe Park,
178

Goren, Charles,
84

Greenberg, Hammerin’ Hank,
127

Gretzky, Wayne,
6
,
69
,
73
,
173
,
176
,
193

and backyard rink,
24
meets Gordie Howe,
7

Hall, Glenn,
147
,
152

Harkness, Ned,
183

Hartford Whalers,
215
–16,
217

Hart Trophy,
75
,
110
,
150
,
173
,
232

Harvey, Doug,
124
,
125
,
126
,
127
,
139
,
151
–52,
195
,
198
,
200
,
201

Henderson, Paul,
211

Henry, Jim,
104
,
107

Hewitt, Foster,
29
,
30
,
45

hockey equipment,
24
,
25
–26,
34
,
49

Gordie Howe’s modifications to,
179
modern,
179

Hockey Hall of Fame

Brimsek in,
69

Hodge, Charlie,
175
–76

Hodge family,
24

Hodges, Bert,
33

Hodges, Frances,
33

Hollingworth, Buddy,
147

Houston Aeros,
195
,
196
–97

Howe, Albert (father),
10
,
11
–12,
15
,
17
–19,
129
,
159
,
205

Howe, Amelia (sister-in-law),
30

Howe, Cathy (daughter),
155
,
156
,
185
,
201
,
203
,
205
,
216

Howe, Colleen (wife),
38
,
112
.
See also
Joffa, Colleen

advice on Gordie Howe retirement,
190
birth of first child,
122
–23
brings Gordie Howe and Fontinato together,
168
concern about Gordie Howe’s health,
206
fund-raising,
194
and Gordie Howe kidney stone attack,
185
life as wife of NHL player,
128
–36
reaction to Adams’ planting of stories,
128
–29
role in managing business interests,
187
view of Gordie Howe as parent,
168
–69
and WHA decisions,
207
,
215

Howe, Edna (sister),
13
–14

Howe, Gladys (sister),
78
,
79

Howe, Gordie

and All-Star teams,
71
,
75
,
76
,
124
on assists and goals,
117
auto parts company,
128
,
129
and baseball,
113
–15,
127
–28
birth,
10
,
11
birth of children,
122
,
129
,
155
,
203
childhood hockey experiences,
24
–26,
30
–35
comeback,
199
–204
competition with Richard,
173
–74
contract with Aeros,
211
courtship of Colleen,
87
–100
early years,
12
–27,
35
–41
education,
22
,
32
,
52
–53,
57
,
58
and family life,
154
–59,
168
financial situation,
129
,
132
,
144
–45,
186
–87,
200
–201

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