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This game issued stick comes from Gordie Howes final NHL season with the Hartford Whalers. In the photo of him using this exact style Sherwood, you can notice how wide the blade is which is a very neat detail as is with the one shown here. Date stamped in red below the fiberglass tape 5 Dec 1979, for when it was made for him. This stick comes from the collection of long time athletic trainer for the Canadiens, Gaetan Lefevbre. Gordie Howe was Mr. Hockey for a reason. Playing in 6 different decades, he had it all. Tough as nails and would beat teams in all different ways. Beat you to the puck and beat you at glove drop time. Howe played in 1,767 NHL games and tallied 801 goals and 1,049 assists. He won the Stanley Cup four times with the Detroit Red Wings. The big man also won the Heart Trophy 6 times as the NHL's most valuable player. Gordie Howe played for the Detroit Red Wings, Houston Aeros, New England Whalers and the Hartford Whalers. He last skated for the Detroit Vipers in 1997 for one game to complete a long storied career. Howe made his NHL debut with the Red Wings in 1946. He won the Art Ross Trophy for leading the league in points each year from 1950–51 to 1953–54, then again in 1956–57 and 1962–63, for a total of six times, which is the second most in NHL history. He led the NHL in goal scoring four times. He ranked among the top ten in NHL scoring for 21 consecutive years and set an NHL record for points in a season (95) in 1953, a record which was broken six years later. He won the Stanley Cup with the Red Wings four times and won six Hart Trophies as the NHL's most valuable player. He also led the NHL in playoff points six times.  He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1972.