With same Prairie grit, Marleau prepares to break Howe s games played record
Patrick Marleau joined Ron MacLean and Kelly Hrudey to talk about tying Gordie Howe’s record for NHL games played, and looks back at his favourite memories of the legendary Howe. | April 19, 2021, 9:41 AM
April 19, 2021, 9:41 AM
Any hockey observer can tell you they make ‘em farm-boy tough on the Prairies. That strength doesn’t have to come at the expense of sweetness, though. Take, for instance, the scene that involved two sons of Saskatchewan more than 10 years ago at the 2009 NHL All-Star Game in Montreal.
There was Patrick Marleau, exploiting a patch of concrete in the bowels of the Bell Centre to play a game of mini-stick with his then-toddler son, Landon. Suddenly, 80-year-old Gordie Howe did what the game’s best goal-scorers do materialize from nowhere and jumped in on the action.
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