Photos: Gordie Howe | 1928-2016

Rangers goalie Jacques Plante, left, tries to keep Gordie Howe (9) from scoring on Nov. 7, 1963, at Madison Square Garden in New York.

Detroit Red Wings star Gordie Howe signs autographs in Montreal in the 1950s.

After retiring from the NHL for the first time in 1971, Gordie Howe joined his sons, Marty, left, and Mark, two years later to play for the Houston Aeros of the World Hockey Assn. The Howes played on the same line.   (B Bennett / Getty Images)