The following statement was issued on June 10.
The list of
hockey players who suited up in six different decades, including
returning to the ice after being inducted into the Hall of Fame, is a
short one: it starts and ends with Gordie
Howe. But the list of kids who skated around the pond until dark,
picturing themselves passing, scoring, and enforcing like Howe, dreaming
of hoisting the Stanley Cup like him – that one comprises too many to
count. Howe’s productivity, perseverance, and
humility personified his adopted hometown of Detroit, to which he
brought four championships and which he represented as an All-Star more
than 20 times. The greatest players define their game for a generation;
over more than half a century on the ice, Mr.
Hockey defined it for a lifetime. Michelle and I send our condolences
to his sons and daughter, his family, and his loyal fans from Hockeytown
to Hartford to Houston and across North America.
Source: The White House, Office of the Press Secretary
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