Some sports legends announce themselves with a championship. Others need a highlight reel, a documentary, and a few decades of people arguing about whether they were the greatest ever.
And then there’s Gordie Howe.
On October 16, 1946, an 18-year-old kid from Saskatchewan made his NHL debut for the Detroit Red Wings and scored his first NHL goal against the Toronto Maple Leafs. Eighty years later, the rest is history.
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