Mister Hockey, the legendary Gordie Howe, was almost a Ranger. This is a true story, told to me by Howe, himself.

Gordie Howe, 50 years old and playing for the New England Whalers at the time this photo was taken, delivers one of his infamous elbows to the head of Quebec Nordiques forward Curt Brackenbury in ...

Gordie Howe had smiled at Gatt back then, just as he smiled at him now. Howe sat in that chair for hours, watching over Gatt after he suffered a severe stroke that pushed him to the edge of death.