but Harper and Michigan Governor Rick Snyder were joined by three of Howe's children. When asked what his dad thought about the naming of the bridge, Gordie's son Murray said his father had told ...

Howe's first training camp with the Detroit Red Wings came in 1944, when he travelled to Windsor, Ont. But it wasn't his first NHL training camp. That happened the year before in Winnipeg.

Gordie Howe had smiled at Gatt back then ... Howe fell into a deep depression and took some time away from the spotlight. The Howe children worried about their father, unsure whether he’d ...