Hockey captains usually come with a soundtrack. There are the parade-ring legends, the fiery speechmakers, the ones whose names get chanted in May and June. Then there’s the kind w

Ask an older Detroit fan to describe Gordie Howe, and they often skip the numbers. They talk about the way he carried a puck through a crease, the way he leaned into a defenseman w

Born on March 31, 1928, in Floral, Saskatchewan, Gordie Howe grew up during the Great Depression in a family that knew financial hardship well. His father, Albert Howe, worked as a