The Capitals’ captain, who scored to move within three goals of breaking the NHL’s most hallowed record, is the rare ...

Mark Laforest, an undrafted goalie who played two seasons for the Red Wings in the 1980s, died on Monday. He was 62.

In Wayne Gretzky's hometown of Brantford, Ontario, and across Canada, the Great One's loyalty and legacy are being questioned ...

Nation draws inspiration from hockey legend Gordie Howe’s rough style of play; Gretzky to the penalty box ...

1994 — Wayne Gretzky scores his 802nd goal, passing Gordie Howe as the top goal scorer in NHL history ... 2002 — Brendan Shanahan of the Red Wings scores his 500th career goal, breaking a scoreless ...

1994 — Wayne Gretzky ties Gordie Howe’s NHL record of 801 goals. 1996 — Todd Eldredge becomes the first American in eight years to win the gold medal at the World Figure Skating Championships.

1893 — The first women’s collegiate basketball game is played at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts. In this game, each basket is worth 1 point and the freshman class defeats the ...

The phrase is linked to Gordie Howe, a longtime Detroit Red Wings player who was born in Saskatchewan, a province in western Canada. Howe, who is synonymous with the Red Wings, was known for his ...

It's unlikely to happen again when Kane and the Detroit Red Wings visit Ovechkin and the ... joining Gretzky and Gordie Howe (801). Kane and longtime Blackhawks teammate Jonathan Toews skated ...