Ashes of Gordie Howe and wife placed beneath Howe’s statue in Saskatoon
Saskatoon’s greatest hockey hero now lays to rest in the city he grew up in.
Family and friends of Gordie Howe gathered outside SaskTel Centre on Sunday for a ceremony where the ashes of Howe and his wife Colleen were interred beneath his statue.
The city declared Sunday “Thank You Mr. Hockey” day.
Howe was born in Floral, Saskatchewan, but grew up in Saskatoon
Following the ceremony, the Howe family toured Saskatoon, visiting the newly-named Gordie Howe Bridge as well as the home where Howe once lived.
Howe died June 10th at the age of 88.
Howe spent 26 seasons in the National Hockey League and six in the World Hockey Association. He is still No. 2 on the NHL’s all-time goals list behind Wayne Gretzky.
(CKOM, CJWW)
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