\GoBillsInDallas/ Posted October 29, 2014 Report Share Posted October 29, 2014 http://bigstory.ap.org/article/241eb1788803481db7808c5340f18e54/hockey-great-gordie-howe-resting-after-stroke :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunomatic Posted October 29, 2014 Report Share Posted October 29, 2014 86 and I still wouldn't cross the man. Tough as nails. Hope he recovers but at his advanced age it'll be a struggle. Get well Mr. Hockey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeanbe Posted October 29, 2014 Report Share Posted October 29, 2014 I hope he is comfortable and surrounded by his family. Mr. Hockey deserves this. I'm sending my hugs to Gordie and family. I was lucky enough to see him play a game in BLFO when he was with Hartford. I just remember he was old and still was a better player then many on the ice. I'm sending my best Gordie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beerme1 Posted October 29, 2014 Report Share Posted October 29, 2014 Sad. Very advanced age and hope he can recover but he is in tough at this point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGR4GM Posted October 29, 2014 Report Share Posted October 29, 2014 Was it a hemorrhagic or a ischemic stroke? If it was hemorrhagic than the damage is roughly permanent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darksabre Posted October 29, 2014 Report Share Posted October 29, 2014 Gordie has been in rough shape for a while now. I guess it's been a long time since he was "all there". Always sad to see someone who was by all accounts superhuman finally succumb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvelo Posted October 30, 2014 Report Share Posted October 30, 2014 Anyone who wants to write Gordie: Gordie Howe c/o Texas Trailer Corral 12207 HWY 87 Lubbock, TX 79423 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darksabre Posted October 30, 2014 Report Share Posted October 30, 2014 I'm going to send this picture to Cody Hodgson and ask him how his quinoa tastes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
\GoBillsInDallas/ Posted November 16, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2014 http://www.freep.com/story/sports/nhl/red-wings/2014/11/16/detroit-red-wings-gordie-howe/19141189/ http://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports/nhl/red-wings/2014/11/16/things-headed-wrong-direction-gordie-howe/19138029/ :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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\GoBillsInDallas/ Posted March 27, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2016 Update: will attend Sabres game Monday: http://www.freep.com/story/sports/nhl/red-wings/2016/03/27/detroit-red-wings-gordie-howe-approaching-th-birthday/82315426/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabre Dance Posted March 28, 2016 Report Share Posted March 28, 2016 Update: will attend Sabres game Monday: http://www.freep.com/story/sports/nhl/red-wings/2016/03/27/detroit-red-wings-gordie-howe-approaching-th-birthday/82315426/ This is awesome! Gordie Howe is pure class all the way. An interviewer once asked him if they spoke to the referees the way "today's" players do (meaning with not much respect). Gordie answered no. He said that occasionally, if you gave a ref a dirty look after he called a penalty on you, he'd threaten you with a misconduct. Of course, Gordie had a way of getting the message across. I don't remember the ref's name, but Gordie was royally ticked with a call the ref had just made. On the way to the box, he told the ref he was the second best official in the NHL. The ref asked who was the best and Gordie replied, "Everyone else". God love you, Gordie Howe! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted March 29, 2016 Report Share Posted March 29, 2016 Eichel had his pic taken with Gordie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jsixspd Posted March 29, 2016 Report Share Posted March 29, 2016 (edited) I was there last night -he didn't make an appearance on ice - he sadly didn't look very good on the monitor. I hope for the best for him. I hope some part of him knew that the crowd loved and were celebrating his birthday. And I have to wonder if any of his dementia is due to all the years playing sans helmet? There were no "concussion protocols" back in those days. :( Edited March 29, 2016 by Jsixspd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spndnchz Posted March 29, 2016 Report Share Posted March 29, 2016 He took a pic with Eichel today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PASabreFan Posted March 29, 2016 Report Share Posted March 29, 2016 He took a pic with Eichel today. Sabres were still in Detroit today? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunomatic Posted March 30, 2016 Report Share Posted March 30, 2016 Gordie really did not look well. In fact he barely looked there. Sad seeing someone who at one time embodied masculine virility and strength reduced to a shadow of his former self. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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