Event Series: Detroit Red Wing rookie Gordie Howe scores 1st goal
Detroit Red Wing rookie Gordie Howe scores 1st goal
October 16
Eighteen-year old Detroit Red Wing rookie, Gordie Howe scored a goal in his first appearance at Olympia Stadium on this day in 1946. Howe played for 25 seasons with the Detroit Red Wings, and would come to be known as “Mr. hockey.”.