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 …