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Breaking News...Mrs. Hockey Colleen Howe has pasted away?
Colleen Howe the wife of Mr. Hockey Gordie Howe passed today from Picks which is form of dementia. She was a powerful force herself, most noted for her charitable work and of course being the matriarch of the Howe clan. Many also may not be aware that Colleen along with Peter Karmanos (Hartford Whalers, Carolina Hurricane) were the driving force behind the Jr. Red WIngs franchise. So I guess I am obligated to ask a question....Will the game of hockey miss what was essentially the first ladfy of hockey?
Furthermore and likely not known to many fans (except probably Lity and other of us older fans) she was also "blamed" by Bruce Norris for forcing Mr. Norris to pay Howe $100,000.00 after discovering that he was only the 3rd highest paid Red Wing.
sorry about the typo..."passed" away
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- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
Who?
Never Heard of Her?
The news came by the NHL offices earlier today, and several areas closed early in her honour. She was amazing woman.
- At one time she acted as the agent for Gordie, Mark, and Marty, and she was a tough negotiator. - She also worked with Clarence Campbell and most recently Gary Bettman on bringing hockey to the inner city of Detroit
- She ran for the US Congress in Connecticut
- She was the President of all of her and Gordie's companies (Gordie will tell anyone who listens he knows nothing about business - qand has no desire to learn)
- She was the Red Wings accountan for a time in the 1980s after the Ilitch family bought the team
In a lot of ways she was the NHL's first lady. Most players kept their wives/girlfriends out of the sport, but Colleen always wanted to be as close to it as possible. She was probably the only woman in the 60s who knew everybody in the NHL (players, coaches, trainers, scouts, GMs, and owners) on a first name basis.
This will be very hard on Gordie especially!
- DougLv 41 decade ago
A sad day for the NHL. She did wonders for the Red Wings and Junior hockey leagues
RIP Mrs Hockey
- Sweety SinghLv 51 decade ago
I just read this story and was looking for a question when I cam upon this one.
Although I knew little about her, she sounded like a great woman.
RIP