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Mar 1 @ 12:53 PM ET
The Flyers have chosen me to write the articles for Mark Howe's jersey retirement game that will run next week for their official site. Here's what I have planned:
1) A main article previewing the night, and the way Howe now has achieved just about every possible post-career individual honor: Hockey Hall of Fame, U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame, Flyers Hall of Fame, NHL jersey retirement.
2) A side article looking at Howe's top five moments in Philadelphia and a collection of tributes from former teammates.
3) Apart from the articles, there will be related links posted to the lengthy two-part Heroes of the Past retrospective and Spectrum Memories articles I did for the Flyers' site a few years ago, as well as links to other Howe-related articles that have run on the Flyers' site.
4) There should also be a video highlights package put together by the Flyers, which will be linkable from the main article.
I am really psyched to be doing this. Howe's jersey retirement is something I've been waiting a long time to see, and be even a small part of chronicling it is a thrill for me. I think everyone here knows what Howe's career meant to me -- he was my all-time favorite player. - bmeltzer
I got to meet Katcavage a few years before he died. Very nice guy, indeed. - tangent_man
He was from a different era of athlete. He was touched that people still remembered who he was and even though his body was battered and broken down (I'm sure his physical quality of life was mighty rough in his later years) and he played long before even All-pro linemen such as himself made even half-decent salaries, he talked about how lucky he was to have a football career.
Yup. Always liked the look of those. Some wannabe hip granny in the real estate office I used to work in back in the day had a red one. I was always a bit envious of it.
He was from a different era of athlete. He was touched that people still remembered who he was and even though his body was battered and broken down (I'm sure his physical quality of life was mighty rough in his later years) and he played long before even All-pro linemen such as himself made even half-decent salaries, he talked about how lucky he was to have a football career. - bmeltzer
There were a lot of shenanigans going on in those linemen scrums back then, too. They definitely weren't compensated nearly enough.
Yup. Always liked the look of those. Some wannabe hip granny in the real estate office I used to work in back in the day had a red one. I was always a bit envious of it.
- rockychocbill
I could spin the tires out @ 50.....lol it was a lot of fun...except winter cause it had no heat.
