Read Mr. Hockey My Story Online
Authors: Gordie Howe
Bucyk, Johnny,
147
Carl’s Chop House,
88
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
Crawford, Buck,
33
Crawford, Doris,
33
Creighton, Dave,
147
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
Feller, Bob,
151
Fetisov, Slava,
5
fights,
41
–42,
61
,
70
–71,
164
–66,
170
–71
Galt Metal Industries,
57
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
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
Harkness, Ned,
183
Hart Trophy,
75
,
110
,
150
,
173
,
232
Harvey, Doug,
124
,
125
,
126
,
127
,
139
,
151
–52,
195
,
198
,
200
,
201
Henderson, Paul,
211
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
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, 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