Gordie Howe's First NHL Training Camp
In his own words, Gordie Howe tells the story of attending his first NHL training camp prior to the start of the 1943-44 season in Winnipeg.
Gordie Howe was born in a little dot on the map of Saskatchewan called Floral that disappeared long ago as neighboring Saskatoon expanded.
Everybody knows that he went on to be one of the game’s all-time greatest hockey players. But it was in Winnipeg where his career as a professional really began.
The year was 1943 and Howe, just 15 years old, had been …
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