To the National Hockey League (NHL): Please retire "Mr. Hockey" Gordie Howe's #9 jersey throughout the league. His number should be retired in every NHL arena. There will never be another Gordie Howe and his impact on the game and in every city he played for or visited is immeasurable.
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Reached 100 supporters
June 12, 2016
57 Comments
There is no Mr Baseball, Mr Football, etc... there is a Mr Hockey. Retire the 9
My family was in the Whalers booster club, and would love to honor Gordy by retiring his number.
Although alot of other great players wore #9, it should be retired because one of the most historical players to the game is now gone physically and we should respect his accomplishments alot like Gretzky as Gretzky wore 99 for Howe. And for future, there should be a gate you have to pass in order to get your number retired to prevent running out of numbers.
What a tough SOB....he will surely be missed. I was a deli clerk at Andys Food Store in E. Htfd in my teens, and Mr. Hockey would come in all the time, say hi, sign an autgragh....a true gentleman...off the ice!
If the league is going to retire #99 league wide, and MLB retired #42 league wide, then do it for #9. This number has been used time and again by many great players, but none as great as Gordie Howe. Retire #9!!
That's absolutely crazy the league has not retired the number 9 , yes other great players have worn the number 9 but Gordie Howe is the only number 9 sorry Bobby Hull but the main man Gordie deserves the number to be retired
I saw him play in Hartford
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To the National Hockey League (NHL): Please retire "Mr. Hockey" Gordie Howe's #9 jersey throughout the league. His number should be retired in every NHL arena. There will never be another Gordie Howe and his impact on the game and in every city he played for or visited is immeasurable.
Support the idea of retiring "Mr. Hockey” Gordie Howe's #9 league-wide by signing this petition. Also please share the petition via social media. Also, contact the NHL and your favorite franchise to help push the idea of retiring #9 to honor "Mr. Hockey” Gordie Howe.
For more news, please follow @WhalerWatch and @CThockyviolence on Twitter.
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Reached 100 supporters
June 12, 2016
57 Comments
As I have said before, retiring#9 is a wonderful idea to honor Mr Howe but we can't forget he's not the only great player to wear that number and there are some good players still wearing the number now. If the current players can wear their numbers until the end of their careers I can see not assigning the number anymore. I don't think it can go any further than that, you can't take anyone's number away from them in the middle of their NHL career
There is no Mr Baseball, Mr Football, etc... there is a Mr Hockey. Retire the 9
My family was in the Whalers booster club, and would love to honor Gordy by retiring his number.
Although alot of other great players wore #9, it should be retired because one of the most historical players to the game is now gone physically and we should respect his accomplishments alot like Gretzky as Gretzky wore 99 for Howe. And for future, there should be a gate you have to pass in order to get your number retired to prevent running out of numbers.
What a tough SOB....he will surely be missed. I was a deli clerk at Andys Food Store in E. Htfd in my teens, and Mr. Hockey would come in all the time, say hi, sign an autgragh....a true gentleman...off the ice!
If the league is going to retire #99 league wide, and MLB retired #42 league wide, then do it for #9. This number has been used time and again by many great players, but none as great as Gordie Howe. Retire #9!!
That's absolutely crazy the league has not retired the number 9 , yes other great players have worn the number 9 but Gordie Howe is the only number 9 sorry Bobby Hull but the main man Gordie deserves the number to be retired
I saw him play in Hartford
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As I have said before, retiring#9 is a wonderful idea to honor Mr Howe but we can't forget he's not the only great player to wear that number and there are some good players still wearing the number now. If the current players can wear their numbers until the end of their careers I can see not assigning the number anymore. I don't think it can go any further than that, you can't take anyone's number away from them in the middle of their NHL career