Mark Howe on life, hockey and being ‘Gordie Howe’s Son’

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    NHL Hall of Famer Mark Howe spent more than three decades playing professional hockey and won a silver at the 1972 games.

    The US women’s hockey team suffered a heartbreaking loss to Canada in Thursday’s Olympic final.  The men are still in the hunt — it’s a position our next guest has some experience with. 

    NHL Hall of Famer Mark Howe spent more than three decades playing professional hockey and won a silver at the 1972 games. He was 16 years old. 

    The son of hockey legend Gordie Howe, aka “Mr. Hockey,” spent his best years playing for the Flyers from 1982 to 1992, including two trips to the Stanley Cup.  He recalls this and much more in a new memoir: “Gordie Howe’s Son: A Hall of Fame Life in the Shadow of Mr. Hockey.”  Mark Howe spoke with NewsWorks Tonight Producer Shai Ben-Yaacov.

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