damn, i was hoping to catch this last week. i was too busy listening to some idiot explain to me his dream of building a "personalized computer system". pff, like that will ever be popular.
I was only 4 months old when this happened - I'm glad Gordie Howe played for the Hartford Whalers, do the stupid Hurricanes claime him with their franchise heritiage?
Esposito got booed throughout the league. He was an agitator, and loved to be one.
Marcel Dionne left Detroit in the early 70's. Since this game was played @ Olympia of course he got booed. Detroit fans NEVER FORGET BETRAYAL.
Gordie Howe is the greatest to ever play the game. Better than Gretzky. Certainly better than Lemieux and Sid "The (Whining spoiled little) Kid" Crosby. Others may score more goals, but Howe did everything.
I forgot about those funky conferences and divisions in 1980. New York Rangers and Islanders with Calgary (in the same division no less) and Edmonton and Vancouver?? Montreal in the same division with LA? Apparently the NHL couldn't find a map that year!
@RichYan33 The Flames were still in Atlanta in 1979-80...but would be in Calgary the next year. The NHL realigned in 1974 and did away with geography for the most part. The league finally got with the program and formed divisions which made geographical sense in 1981.
You're right. This is the 80 All Star game so this was the 79-80 season. I looked at the standings for the 80-81 season. I guess the Flames were stuck in an eastern division in 80-81.
Wow! That was when I was just getting into hockey. I didn't remember the 1-16 seeding in the playoffs. Not sure why they even had divisions or conferences?? Yeah there would have been a huge lack of rivalries with that set up.
@pimpmasterd 1-16 format was the best...now its impossible for a Detroit-chi, Mtl-Bost, etc. final...1-16 made for more interesting playoff possibilities and because the reg season sched was balanced the best 16 made the playoffs and no team suffered/gained from playing in a strong/weak division...teams didn't get seeded higher than teams with more points than them just because they won their division. although less cost/travel effective, the balanced sched was much more interesting...IMO
Hall of famers that played in the 1980 All Star Game-Dionne, Howe, Lafleur Perreault, Ratelle,Robinson,Sittler, Gainey, Barber, Bossy, P. Esposito, T. Esposito, Federko, Gretzky, Trottier. Was a great night, and I was there.....
Gordie Howe is the only player, that in one regard, or one area was absolutely better than any other player EVER, in one particular field.
If you could out score Gordie Howe, fine, he could BEAT the FUCK out of YOU. And if you were a true scrapper, and could fight him, he'd just dance around you and score all night.
Really amazing player to watch. He was by FAR the funnest player to watch play. Worth the ticket price.
If you google it Gordie Howe beat the sh*t out or the Rocket one night at the Olympia. Richard was bleeding all over the place. Richard may have been the Rocket. Gordie was and IS Mr Hockey. Even Richard acknowledges Howe was the better all around player....End of Story.
Marcel Dionne started his career in Detroit. His time there pails in comparison to the years he had in LA so I think the fans were sour about that fact.
Marcel got booed because he wanted to get out of Detroit for how bad they sucked in the 70's, and honestly, who can blame him? The Red Wings are great now, but they sure as hell werent then.
who *they*?... well he was surely and excellent player, a great leader that lead the CH for more than 10 Stanley Cup conquests!... it is hard to compare, one is center, the other RW... But the Rocket was a totally natural scorer (with fire of hell in his eyes lol), and he was the record breaker of MANY stats... so as a scorer, i think Maurice is better... as a complete athlete of hockey, hmm, that is a good question though!
you are totally right. I'd would of loved to see them both play in the old hockey style live wouldn't you? Henri actually won 11 cups Jean Belliveau won 17 but some of them were as a coach. Have you seen the movie of the rocket? Oh ya in my book Maurice says he thinks his brother is better than him... I don't know what he was meaning by that though. oh and what team doesn't hate the blueshirts lol?? Red Wings were a rivalry too back then.
Gordie Howe is the greatest player in history. 32 seasons of pro hockey including WHA, over 1000 goals in total, 4 Stanley Cups with Red Wings. How can anyone hes not the best? He played into his 50's.
LOL, I remember watching this as a kid, and seeing the fans go nuts cheering Gordie. The politically correct have made hockey into something a great deal less fun than it was back then.
But I just noticed that Gordie Howe wasn't wearing a matching pair of gloves lol! What's up with that? But it's good to see these clips from the good old days again!
I know, but I meant, he has two different gloves on his hands if you look carefully. The one on his right hand looks just like a pair I have (except for the colors), and the left hand glove is different lol. But I love this old school stuff!
Madness. Detroit giving r-e-s-p-e-k to the Giant of Floral.
Even the strike has not diminished my love for the game, but for whatever reason, it just doesn't seem as great today (and spare me the talk of a watered-down League in the 2000s; 1979-80 was the year the League absorbed the WHL, and today's stars come from all over the world, not just Canada, the US, and a handful of Euros.)
Damn. I remeber watching that game as a 12 year old kid on Long Island. The game was televised in NY on channel 9, I believe Wor. I remeber the long ovation for Howe. Didn't realize how good Gretzky was to be. I remeber being happy that hockey was popular in the USA, cause Detroit fans were into it that night.There was no Anaheim,Dallas,Nashville yet.
Damn. Gordie Howe, Phil Espisito, Wayne Gretzky, Guy Lafleur. Its like all the greatest names in hockey all on the ice at the same time. I would love to have been there for that.
Believe it or not, I was. Stayed in line at the old Olympia all night to get the the tickets for the New Joe Louis. It was still Cement and Block. but you know it was the greatest game because of all the greats. It will never happen again. Hockey is not the same.
@CrazyCoach trying to think of the Europeans playing that year..lets see: Salming,Hedberg,U.Nilsson,K.Nilsson,S.Persson,B.Gustafsson,T.Gradin,R.Siltanen…V.Nedomansky,Hammerstrom was gone…Bubla, Stastnys,Naslund would arrive a year or so later. 10 yrs later Eastern European political reform changed things in a big way …for me too as a couple of yrs later after I went to Prague where I’ve lived ever since. First Euro goalie I remember was Jiri Cyra….Pelle Lindberg the first successful.
MAN THIS WAS WHEN HOCKEY WAS THE BOMB I REMEMBER SOMEONE TELLING A STORY HOW THEIR DAD WOULD GET DRESSED UP IN THIER SUIT ON SATURDAY NITE TO WATCH THE CANADIENS ON TV THOSE FROZEN TUNDRA NEW YORK PENNSYLVNIA DETROIT o CANADIEN NITES WERE MADE BEARABLE PLAYING HOCKEY IN THE YARD OR STREET DREAMING OF SCORING AND BEING POTVIN LAFLEUR SHUTT ROCKET RICHARD ORR OR BOSSY AWESOME CLIP
I Think Esposito Was Booed Because He Was A Former Blackhawk & Dionne Was Booed For Leaving Detroit For The Kings. As Anybody Who Really Knows Hockey, The Big Three Rivalrys In Hockey Are Canadiens-Maple Leafs,Bruins-Rangers & Red Wings-Blackhawks.
The Original Six rivalries don't really exist anymore. It's really sad! Wings-Maple Leafs were a pretty big rivalry, as well! In the fifties, that was the biggest rivalry. It's too bad that the Leafs are in the East. Chicago-Detroit isn't that great, anymore. The Hawk's always suck and there's no competition between the two. Hawk's fans still hate Detroit and it's fans. Detroit fans stopped hating Chicago when the Wings traded for Chelios.
Well I think you are wrong about something. because, as a HAbs fan, i know that our best rivalry was against the Big Bad Bruins! We had a lot more exciting and emotional (playoffs and season) matches against them... But we do HATE also the Blue Shirts, mainly because of the old history of prejudices of superiority that english canadians felt on french canadians... and it is still the case for a portion of the englishes...
@trdcleveland858 Espo was a hawk for only 3 seasons (his first 3)...they booed him just because he was Espo...IMO since the late early 70's Mtl-Boston has been a stronger rivalry that Mtl.- TO...all stemming from some of the greatest playoff battles in league history. IMO rivalries develop more from post season rather than reg season play...of course natural rivalries like Edm-Cal,Ott-TO,Mtl-Que are a different story
Gordie is THE MAN! I had the pleasure of meeting him recently. He couldn't be a nicer human being, on top of being one of the world's greatest athletes ever. He started in the NHL in the 50's...told me he played baseball the first few years (made more $ doing that than what he was paid by the Red Wings at the time)
Howe played professionaly in the 40s 50s 60s 70s 80s and 90s(he played in a few shifts in 1 game for the Detroit Vipers of the IHL in 97) why doesnt he skate up again in a minor league team for ceremonial purposes, or at least sign a 1 day contract with the Flyers and maybe he can help them on offense
They were on different teams. Gordie's Hartford Whalers were in the Wales Conference, Norris Division, while Gretzky's Oilers were in the Campbell Conference, Smythe Division.
who is Gordie Howe?
JUST KIDDDDING......
great video.....
roostertrigger 3 weeks ago
damn, i was hoping to catch this last week. i was too busy listening to some idiot explain to me his dream of building a "personalized computer system". pff, like that will ever be popular.
conday1990 1 month ago
holy shit this game was stacked....
labellegiugliani90 5 months ago
Great video, always like hockey history
hockeyrockerchick29 7 months ago
Got goosebumps for Howe's intro.
jpop1212 1 year ago
Wayne Gretzky looks like star fox. Fact.
ryanwallen22 1 year ago
I was only 4 months old when this happened - I'm glad Gordie Howe played for the Hartford Whalers, do the stupid Hurricanes claime him with their franchise heritiage?
ECWnWWF 1 year ago
Possibly the greatest All Star Game of all time.
WatchVenusSpa 1 year ago
Esposito got booed throughout the league. He was an agitator, and loved to be one.
Marcel Dionne left Detroit in the early 70's. Since this game was played @ Olympia of course he got booed. Detroit fans NEVER FORGET BETRAYAL.
Gordie Howe is the greatest to ever play the game. Better than Gretzky. Certainly better than Lemieux and Sid "The (Whining spoiled little) Kid" Crosby. Others may score more goals, but Howe did everything.
Berkleydad 1 year ago
@Berkleydad the game was played at Joe Louis Arena; 1980 was the first season @ the Joe.
casey451 9 months ago
Detroit fans showing their love for Esposito and Dionne, clearly a pro-Canadians and pro-Detroit crowd.
TheKuLeR 1 year ago
I was 3 weeks old when this game was played!!!!
Goblues1980 1 year ago
he payed in 1998
CanadiensHD 1 year ago
Back then goalies were so thin..
alliancesuxftw 2 years ago
I forgot about those funky conferences and divisions in 1980. New York Rangers and Islanders with Calgary (in the same division no less) and Edmonton and Vancouver?? Montreal in the same division with LA? Apparently the NHL couldn't find a map that year!
RichYan33 2 years ago
@RichYan33 yeah the Patrick Division was tough...
ldhorricks 2 years ago
@RichYan33 The Flames were still in Atlanta in 1979-80...but would be in Calgary the next year. The NHL realigned in 1974 and did away with geography for the most part. The league finally got with the program and formed divisions which made geographical sense in 1981.
DNSKansas 2 years ago
You're right. This is the 80 All Star game so this was the 79-80 season. I looked at the standings for the 80-81 season. I guess the Flames were stuck in an eastern division in 80-81.
RichYan33 2 years ago
The divisions were pretty fucky but there was a reason to it.
They played an equal schedule 4 games against each team, so the geography of the divisions really didn't matter, they all had to travel a fuck load.
Playoffs were 1-16 without regards to divisions or conferences.
I guess it was had to build any rivalry or have a decent travel schedule so they smartly realigned in 82
pimpmasterdac 2 years ago
Wow! That was when I was just getting into hockey. I didn't remember the 1-16 seeding in the playoffs. Not sure why they even had divisions or conferences?? Yeah there would have been a huge lack of rivalries with that set up.
RichYan33 2 years ago
@pimpmasterd 1-16 format was the best...now its impossible for a Detroit-chi, Mtl-Bost, etc. final...1-16 made for more interesting playoff possibilities and because the reg season sched was balanced the best 16 made the playoffs and no team suffered/gained from playing in a strong/weak division...teams didn't get seeded higher than teams with more points than them just because they won their division. although less cost/travel effective, the balanced sched was much more interesting...IMO
ldhorricks 1 year ago
@RichYan33
The NHL couldn't read a map at the best of times. When the Vancouver Canucks entered the NHL in 1970, they were tossed into the EAST Division!!!
tomtrh 1 year ago
Same thing happened with Fetisov today lolol.....
EnfantdAlgerie 2 years ago
Hall of famers that played in the 1980 All Star Game-Dionne, Howe, Lafleur Perreault, Ratelle,Robinson,Sittler, Gainey, Barber, Bossy, P. Esposito, T. Esposito, Federko, Gretzky, Trottier. Was a great night, and I was there.....
oldredbarnman 2 years ago 2
DON FREAKING EDWARDS!!!
WatchVenusSpa 2 years ago
I think this was the first game ever played at the Joe. Absolutely spectacular.
diamonddog13 2 years ago
Gordie! For sure his crowd and deserved all that he got from the fans.
barriedude1 2 years ago
see if you can tell how many of thouse players became coaches..
kaspere007 2 years ago
In the NHL...Gretz, Espo, Larry Robinson. None very successful.
RichYan33 2 years ago
Gordie Howe is the only player, that in one regard, or one area was absolutely better than any other player EVER, in one particular field.
If you could out score Gordie Howe, fine, he could BEAT the FUCK out of YOU. And if you were a true scrapper, and could fight him, he'd just dance around you and score all night.
Really amazing player to watch. He was by FAR the funnest player to watch play. Worth the ticket price.
ApachePiL0T 2 years ago
thats a legend!!!
67cabman 3 years ago
This was the only NHL All-Star Game that Ray Bourque never participated in.
(He played in Rendez-Vouz 87)
chrisuncleahmad 3 years ago
If you google it Gordie Howe beat the sh*t out or the Rocket one night at the Olympia. Richard was bleeding all over the place. Richard may have been the Rocket. Gordie was and IS Mr Hockey. Even Richard acknowledges Howe was the better all around player....End of Story.
mxte80a 3 years ago
Richard > Howe
RudeMood19 3 years ago
why did they boo nfor espisito and dionne
iitzflash 3 years ago
Esposito was a thorn in Detroit's ass for many years. The Blackhawk/Red Wing rivalry was pretty intense for awhile there.
Beausant 3 years ago
Marcel Dionne started his career in Detroit. His time there pails in comparison to the years he had in LA so I think the fans were sour about that fact.
Lennon4life1968 3 years ago
Dionne also bitched and moaned his way out of D-Town demanding trades almost from day one. He was never liked by the fans in Detroit for this.
WatchVenusSpa 2 years ago
When Gordie went out on the ice I definitely got goosebumps all the way down to my feet!
bearhugginhckynut18 3 years ago
Great video reminds me of childhood thank you very much! Hockey when it was a great game!
LisaAsh36 3 years ago
this is great! Vintage! thanks for posting it up!
redd79 3 years ago
Marcel got booed because he wanted to get out of Detroit for how bad they sucked in the 70's, and honestly, who can blame him? The Red Wings are great now, but they sure as hell werent then.
drp1zza 3 years ago
Poor Phil! He deserved respect from the crowd in that All-Star game, but was a dirty player before this All-Star game began!
GarthBeatty 3 years ago
Marcel Dionne didn't get a great welcome either
RXRKIDD 3 years ago
Guess what, i would say that Maurice *The Rocket* Richard is the greatest hockey player in the history :) ;)
Nirmajek 3 years ago
they say his brother was better than him.
RXRKIDD 3 years ago
who *they*?... well he was surely and excellent player, a great leader that lead the CH for more than 10 Stanley Cup conquests!... it is hard to compare, one is center, the other RW... But the Rocket was a totally natural scorer (with fire of hell in his eyes lol), and he was the record breaker of MANY stats... so as a scorer, i think Maurice is better... as a complete athlete of hockey, hmm, that is a good question though!
Nirmajek 3 years ago
you are totally right. I'd would of loved to see them both play in the old hockey style live wouldn't you? Henri actually won 11 cups Jean Belliveau won 17 but some of them were as a coach. Have you seen the movie of the rocket? Oh ya in my book Maurice says he thinks his brother is better than him... I don't know what he was meaning by that though. oh and what team doesn't hate the blueshirts lol?? Red Wings were a rivalry too back then.
RXRKIDD 3 years ago
greatest in history........ well what about Howe and Gretzky??? or are you stating that he is the greatest habs player to ever play???
ShadowX910 3 years ago
Gordie Howe is the greatest player in history. 32 seasons of pro hockey including WHA, over 1000 goals in total, 4 Stanley Cups with Red Wings. How can anyone hes not the best? He played into his 50's.
OilersCanadasTeam 3 years ago
I am remember watching this when I was 14 years old. This was one of my proudest moments as a Red Wing fan.
detchi66 3 years ago
this video is linked from woot.... weird
Roaryer 3 years ago
number 9 could of been the rocket
mattpelletier 3 years ago
Not hardly!!
tim3288 3 years ago
Why was there some kind of sound filter when they presented Lafleur? Weird...
HawkFest 3 years ago
FANTASTIC! The Great One looks 10 years old!
redverskyle 4 years ago
Wow the first all star game by Greztky and the last by Howe.
truck244 4 years ago
"and from the New York Rangers, number 7...Al Pacino"
This was just before division relaignment..Oilers and Islanders in the same conference
myunclesnephew 4 years ago
WOW Gordie Howe
f1br30p7ix 4 years ago
Simply known as "Number 9"
slapshot254 4 years ago
That is one insane line up.
almo8989 4 years ago
Hehe.. Just thought of that myself :) Just count how many hockey hall of famers are in that lineup :)
11DNA11 4 years ago
I'll take either of these teams against todays stars.....a different breed!
sacphotog62 4 years ago 8
I agree. Old time hockey!!!!!!!!!
mda6118 4 years ago 2
@sacphotog62 they'd get absolutely crushed
chriswright780 1 year ago
LOL, I remember watching this as a kid, and seeing the fans go nuts cheering Gordie. The politically correct have made hockey into something a great deal less fun than it was back then.
icm1970 4 years ago
Man, the line-ups in this game were ridiculously good.
Asquaredx2 4 years ago 2
Nice to see this!!
zeeheld 4 years ago
I'v been watching hockey for 33 years, and always found the all star game boring, the last time I watched an all star game was this one,
cz858habs 4 years ago
Good ol' days!
But I just noticed that Gordie Howe wasn't wearing a matching pair of gloves lol! What's up with that? But it's good to see these clips from the good old days again!
Micke73 4 years ago 2
That's because they are all wearing they're own gloves from thier club. Old school.
dfd174 4 years ago
I know, but I meant, he has two different gloves on his hands if you look carefully. The one on his right hand looks just like a pair I have (except for the colors), and the left hand glove is different lol. But I love this old school stuff!
Micke73 4 years ago
Whoa,you were lookin' at lot closer than me. I can't beleive that game was in 1980 and that dude started out with Detroit in the 40's !!!
dfd174 4 years ago 10
Madness. Detroit giving r-e-s-p-e-k to the Giant of Floral.
Even the strike has not diminished my love for the game, but for whatever reason, it just doesn't seem as great today (and spare me the talk of a watered-down League in the 2000s; 1979-80 was the year the League absorbed the WHL, and today's stars come from all over the world, not just Canada, the US, and a handful of Euros.)
SteveAndIdiAmin 4 years ago
Why is it when they show the audience, the words "hosers" and "stubbies" come to mind?
cholling 4 years ago
Damn. I remeber watching that game as a 12 year old kid on Long Island. The game was televised in NY on channel 9, I believe Wor. I remeber the long ovation for Howe. Didn't realize how good Gretzky was to be. I remeber being happy that hockey was popular in the USA, cause Detroit fans were into it that night.There was no Anaheim,Dallas,Nashville yet.
haroldnoose 4 years ago
Damn. Gordie Howe, Phil Espisito, Wayne Gretzky, Guy Lafleur. Its like all the greatest names in hockey all on the ice at the same time. I would love to have been there for that.
insaneiaq 4 years ago
Believe it or not, I was. Stayed in line at the old Olympia all night to get the the tickets for the New Joe Louis. It was still Cement and Block. but you know it was the greatest game because of all the greats. It will never happen again. Hockey is not the same.
tnekm 4 years ago 3
Things were different back in those days. The world was just beginning to see the greatness of Wayne Gretzky.
The only European player I can think of who might have played that night was Bojre Salming.
Times have changed.
CrazyCoach 4 years ago
I thought the speacher said that Phil Esposito was replacing Anders Hedberg.
ReinoSTAR 4 years ago
Yes, you are correct. Hedberg was awesome. Another great player out of the Modo hockey factory in Ornskoldsvik.
CrazyCoach 4 years ago
@CrazyCoach trying to think of the Europeans playing that year..lets see: Salming,Hedberg,U.Nilsson,K.Nilsson,S.Persson,B.Gustafsson,T.Gradin,R.Siltanen…V.Nedomansky,Hammerstrom was gone…Bubla, Stastnys,Naslund would arrive a year or so later. 10 yrs later Eastern European political reform changed things in a big way …for me too as a couple of yrs later after I went to Prague where I’ve lived ever since. First Euro goalie I remember was Jiri Cyra….Pelle Lindberg the first successful.
ldhorricks 1 year ago
Back when hockey players looked like men, not pretty-boy faggots!
cholling 4 years ago 3
Not exactly, did you see that hairdo on Espo? What the heck was that?
hennesst 4 years ago
Yeah. Looks like some serious hairspray goin' on at the back!
cholling 4 years ago
Fuck Me, that's not an All star game
its a HALL OF FAME GAME !!
allenst 4 years ago 4
Anyone know the rosters for both teams?
mete91 4 years ago
Gordie Howe is god!
kouji4797 4 years ago
great clip..
josatinho 4 years ago
we've allready beaten detroit twice this year
tonykartyz125 4 years ago
I miss hockey the way it was :(
Gordie could knock someone's
teeth out at 52!Todays game
lacks everything.
whoshaq06 4 years ago
gordie where is your wheelchair?
stevetboqc 4 years ago
Gordie is Awesome
TheKipperNum18 4 years ago
MAN THIS WAS WHEN HOCKEY WAS THE BOMB I REMEMBER SOMEONE TELLING A STORY HOW THEIR DAD WOULD GET DRESSED UP IN THIER SUIT ON SATURDAY NITE TO WATCH THE CANADIENS ON TV THOSE FROZEN TUNDRA NEW YORK PENNSYLVNIA DETROIT o CANADIEN NITES WERE MADE BEARABLE PLAYING HOCKEY IN THE YARD OR STREET DREAMING OF SCORING AND BEING POTVIN LAFLEUR SHUTT ROCKET RICHARD ORR OR BOSSY AWESOME CLIP
kurtscash 4 years ago
why does the crowd dont like phil esposito and marcel dionne?
Bord98 4 years ago
I Think Esposito Was Booed Because He Was A Former Blackhawk & Dionne Was Booed For Leaving Detroit For The Kings. As Anybody Who Really Knows Hockey, The Big Three Rivalrys In Hockey Are Canadiens-Maple Leafs,Bruins-Rangers & Red Wings-Blackhawks.
trdcleveland858 4 years ago
The Original Six rivalries don't really exist anymore. It's really sad! Wings-Maple Leafs were a pretty big rivalry, as well! In the fifties, that was the biggest rivalry. It's too bad that the Leafs are in the East. Chicago-Detroit isn't that great, anymore. The Hawk's always suck and there's no competition between the two. Hawk's fans still hate Detroit and it's fans. Detroit fans stopped hating Chicago when the Wings traded for Chelios.
HolyHellPreacher 4 years ago
Well I think you are wrong about something. because, as a HAbs fan, i know that our best rivalry was against the Big Bad Bruins! We had a lot more exciting and emotional (playoffs and season) matches against them... But we do HATE also the Blue Shirts, mainly because of the old history of prejudices of superiority that english canadians felt on french canadians... and it is still the case for a portion of the englishes...
Nirmajek 3 years ago
@trdcleveland858 Espo was a hawk for only 3 seasons (his first 3)...they booed him just because he was Espo...IMO since the late early 70's Mtl-Boston has been a stronger rivalry that Mtl.- TO...all stemming from some of the greatest playoff battles in league history. IMO rivalries develop more from post season rather than reg season play...of course natural rivalries like Edm-Cal,Ott-TO,Mtl-Que are a different story
ldhorricks 1 year ago
Nothing like the intense rivalry of the Campbells versus the Wales, huh? The NHL ought to go back to the Stanley Cup champs versus the All-Stars.
Lava1964 4 years ago
Phil Esposito looks like Rambo. LOL
randazsan 4 years ago
Gordie is THE MAN! I had the pleasure of meeting him recently. He couldn't be a nicer human being, on top of being one of the world's greatest athletes ever. He started in the NHL in the 50's...told me he played baseball the first few years (made more $ doing that than what he was paid by the Red Wings at the time)
sesrlewis 4 years ago
incorrect. Howe started in the NHL in the 40's!!!
rgfcan 4 years ago
one thing i noticed is there isnt a single European on that lineup, really a sign of how hockey has changed over the last 30 years
Sleemz 5 years ago
You are right, Sleemz...in fact, all of those players shown in this video were born in Canada.
Infofan 4 years ago
So who is he. The announcer just said #9.hhehahahaha
vidlivs 5 years ago
because he's number 9, the greatest player ever to wear that number
Sleemz 5 years ago
it's between him and Maurice Richard....and then Bobby hull
iamthewalrus1983 5 years ago
I grew up as a kid watching Gordie, Everyone wanted to be number 9
nhlfan2002 5 years ago
hey nhifan2002 ... I grew up as a kid TOO! Cool.......
heh heh
thebootcampbabe 4 years ago
Howe played professionaly in the 40s 50s 60s 70s 80s and 90s(he played in a few shifts in 1 game for the Detroit Vipers of the IHL in 97) why doesnt he skate up again in a minor league team for ceremonial purposes, or at least sign a 1 day contract with the Flyers and maybe he can help them on offense
KDL79 5 years ago
I met Gordie Howe, in the late 60s. I was a kid as was in awe of his talent. Now, I still am.
merlot679 5 years ago
Hey is Gordie Howe on the same team as Wayne Gretzky or are they in diferent teams?
tonyofthedoom 5 years ago
They were on different teams. Gordie's Hartford Whalers were in the Wales Conference, Norris Division, while Gretzky's Oilers were in the Campbell Conference, Smythe Division.
Tubewings 5 years ago
Go Whalers!
futbolt 5 years ago
I miss the Campbell and Wales conference dont you?
eeelick 5 years ago
Brilliant footage!
I'm willing to make a trade with someone :0)
pvoiceman 5 years ago
Howe started in the early 1950's and could still skate circles around the young guys in the late 1970's. Amazing
jonpaulmoen 5 years ago
wow so many legends in one building...
killa328 5 years ago
Is it just me or did Mr Hockey have tears in his eyes?
barriedude1 5 years ago
}3 }3 }3 }3
gymerap 5 years ago
It's like a Hall of Fame parade.
justenoughrope 5 years ago
Absolutley fabulous!!
CCampLI 5 years ago