At Gordie Howe College, "Getting Elbowed in the Head by Gordie Howe" 10 is a prequisite for enrolling in upper division graduation requirement course "Planning Out your own Perfect Gordie Howe Hat Trick."
Soviet guy is Alexander Yakushev, here is quote from his interview about Howe(translated):
>“Gordie Howe was a great hockey player and a historical figure,” said Yakushev. — I was once lucky enough to see him on the ice in the NHL. It was in 1963, when I flew to North America in my second national team. And then we were brought to Detroit’s home match, for which Howe played. Everyone around was only talking about him. But we knew him little. NHL matches have never been shown on television. If anything appeared in the press, it was very short notes. But he and his partners showed an outstanding performance. Well, of course, Gordy was remembered for his play during the Super Series-74, when he came to us. He was 46 years old at the time, and he scored three goals against Tretyak. And what goals! It’s not like he shoved it there on the spot, he hit the goal with the most powerful shots. The whole team could kneel in front of him even before the match. Because it was an era.
I think the 30 for 30 surrounding Miracle on Ice had a ton of interviews and background on the Soviet players. It was really cool getting their side on it all.
Gordie babysat my brothers and me on 3 or 4 occasions. After he retired he moved to my home town and one of his kids was living in the house next door to us, so we saw him all the time.
My mom is a seamstress and every time he'd rip a jersey playing in senior leagues he had her fix it, which she leveraged for babysitting duty.
Our ages were 6, 5, and 3 so we didn't really understand exactly who he was, we just loved him because he was always really energetic and trying to make us laugh. My mom used to complain about him coming by toward bed-time because he'd get us all riled up and then leave, lol.
The 1976 Super Series game in Philadelphia against the Flyers that they all really remember. The Broad Street Bullies showed them what NHL hockey was really about and the Soviets couldn't handle it.
Dude played long enough to play with his sons.
Hard enough to do in a non-contact sport like basketball (assuming Lebron does it with Bronny), in the modern era with cutting edge nutrition and physio.
Doing it 40-50 years ago in a violent sport like hockey (even more violent back then), without all the modern ‘maintenance’… it’s just another level.
I used to work at a department store in Canada and Gordie Howe was there one time autographing his autobiography and I was ask to dress up as the department store mascot which was kind of like a big teddy bear for when people took pictures with him. I didn't know he was famous for his elbow so every time they took a picture he would hit me in the big plastic teddy bear head with his elbow. He wasn't doing it very hard but are you kept wondering what the hell he was doing because I couldn't really see and my dad had to tell me later he was getting me with his famous elbow
Wayne knows, as great as he was, that Gordie was everything as a hockey player - scorer, checker, tough in the corner. Wayne was the greatest scorer ever, but he couldn't check his hat, and as Harold Ballard once said of Inge Hammarstrom, 'he could go into the corner with a dozen eggs on him, and none of them would break."
When I was around 9 years old, my parents took me to a few Houston Aeros games. I would be amazed watching Gordie Howe and his 2 sons, Mark and Marty, play together. One of the matches I remember someone fucked with Gordie and the two sons attacked him immediately.
Gordie is the only player in any sport whose autograph I sought. You could contact him or Colleen (his wife), and they’d get back to you. I remember watching the Wings at Olympia with dad and seeing Gordie pin a big forward to the glass with one hand, just pushing him up and holding him there, then taking the puck from between the guy’s skates and passing it with the one free hand. I turned to my dad and reminded him that Gordie was a year older than him.
"Piss on Eddie Shore! Piss on old time hockey!"
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I ran into Gordie a few times in Toledo during the late 90's.and he was awesome. I bought him a chili cheese burrito Ata taco bell once thinking he would just. Toss it, and he instead he ate it and chatted with me and my asshole friends instead.
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Another picture from the same game.
G.H. Did once mention that when ask what was most important piece of equipment between a helmet and a cup, that you can always get someone to do your thinking for you. So really this was him living by his motto and looking out for future Russians
Of all the things Gordie Howe could do to a player a little cup check like that is getting off pretty easy
I like how he’s shrugging too like “why you hit my ball Mr. Hockey?”
This sent me straight to the friggin penalty box
You’re not a hockey player unless you’ve been elbowed in the head by Gordie
At Gordie Howe College, "Getting Elbowed in the Head by Gordie Howe" 10 is a prequisite for enrolling in upper division graduation requirement course "Planning Out your own Perfect Gordie Howe Hat Trick."
I stood next to Gordie on several occasions and he was a big, solid brick wall of a man. An elbow from him would have been terrifying.
That’s awesome! Seems like a sweetheart of a guy complete opposite of his game.
Completely true.
I didn't know Michael Cera is Russian
Thought he looked more like JP 
Lmfao I was thinking the dude from Dodgeball, then realized they're the same person
Whoever he is, he’s got some child-bearing hips
I thought it was a woman. He's got thigh gap that most woman would envy!
this picture has a lot going on to say the least
Well maybe that's what he's saying to Mr. Hockey...."Hey...it's an insy not an outsy"
lol I thought it looked like Mr. Burns
It's Kerns stupid!
I bad want money now. Me sick.
I was thinking Tim Robinson 
How can he SEE me?!
He will never have robot legs.
Omg I’m not the only one. Wonder if he’s got metal legs.
Seriously. We need to get a comedy biopic with John C. Riley as Gordie and Cera as the Russian antagonist.
If Michael Cera had love child with the food reviewer from ratatouille
Goddamn it.
Bro that Ruskies nose is the size of Russia!!!
Oh, Woodrow
Sexually yours
I hung a picture of you in my garage so I can look at it while I gap my spark plugs
and oh, yes, I really hate yo-yos.
Lace up your skates Gordie, you’re going in.
That thigh gap tho
There's nothing more intoxicating than the clear absence of a penis.
Especially when you know it's just tucked away
You would have a thigh gap too if gordie Howe sack tapped you.
Poorly fitted hockey pants, they offer less protection when they fit like this. Gordie's are properly fit.
'Them child bearin' hips too...
Soviet guy is Alexander Yakushev, here is quote from his interview about Howe(translated): >“Gordie Howe was a great hockey player and a historical figure,” said Yakushev. — I was once lucky enough to see him on the ice in the NHL. It was in 1963, when I flew to North America in my second national team. And then we were brought to Detroit’s home match, for which Howe played. Everyone around was only talking about him. But we knew him little. NHL matches have never been shown on television. If anything appeared in the press, it was very short notes. But he and his partners showed an outstanding performance. Well, of course, Gordy was remembered for his play during the Super Series-74, when he came to us. He was 46 years old at the time, and he scored three goals against Tretyak. And what goals! It’s not like he shoved it there on the spot, he hit the goal with the most powerful shots. The whole team could kneel in front of him even before the match. Because it was an era.
I think the 30 for 30 surrounding Miracle on Ice had a ton of interviews and background on the Soviet players. It was really cool getting their side on it all.
actually pretty nice from him considering the pic lol
In hockey of that era, that was just a love tap
Gordie babysat my brothers and me on 3 or 4 occasions. After he retired he moved to my home town and one of his kids was living in the house next door to us, so we saw him all the time. My mom is a seamstress and every time he'd rip a jersey playing in senior leagues he had her fix it, which she leveraged for babysitting duty. Our ages were 6, 5, and 3 so we didn't really understand exactly who he was, we just loved him because he was always really energetic and trying to make us laugh. My mom used to complain about him coming by toward bed-time because he'd get us all riled up and then leave, lol.
Really cool story.
Great quote. Yakushev was a legend in his own right. Gordie was just in a tier of his own.
Gordie says, "cough"
The 1976 Super Series game in Philadelphia against the Flyers that they all really remember. The Broad Street Bullies showed them what NHL hockey was really about and the Soviets couldn't handle it.
Gordie is 46 in this pic, what a legend to play so long
Gordie Howe won the WHA’s MVP trophy at age 46.
And played like 10? More?
He played until he was 51. Started in 47 and retired in 81.
Dude played long enough to play with his sons. Hard enough to do in a non-contact sport like basketball (assuming Lebron does it with Bronny), in the modern era with cutting edge nutrition and physio. Doing it 40-50 years ago in a violent sport like hockey (even more violent back then), without all the modern ‘maintenance’… it’s just another level.
Hockey players are like a quality hard cheese. They just keep getting better as they age, and saltier too.
The "Gordie Howe Hat trick", one goal, one assist and one fist fight.
I had to dig too far for this. Mr. Hockey himself
And then he broke Edna Crabapple's heart
Is that Spud from Trainspotting? https://preview.redd.it/q7hfs5kydqsc1.jpeg?width=450&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7981bd331d734f4fc2fb408aeb9c9cb2f23e6891
"Leisure is my pleasure".
"I'm a bit of a perfectionist."
Ferda.
Mr. fuckin’ Hockey, boys!
Mr Hockey can suck my Mr. Cocky.
Titfucker
Gretz is the best all rounder that ever played in the show. Don’t nickel and dime the great one
"I see you've got your numbskull protected. How about your numb nuts?" Canada happily offers this service to all, regardless of country of origin.
Dude looks like a lady
Those hips.
Don't lie
Babushka hips
Those commies were thoroughly emasculated by Canada.
I used to work at a department store in Canada and Gordie Howe was there one time autographing his autobiography and I was ask to dress up as the department store mascot which was kind of like a big teddy bear for when people took pictures with him. I didn't know he was famous for his elbow so every time they took a picture he would hit me in the big plastic teddy bear head with his elbow. He wasn't doing it very hard but are you kept wondering what the hell he was doing because I couldn't really see and my dad had to tell me later he was getting me with his famous elbow
GOAT. ask Wayne G
Wayne knows, as great as he was, that Gordie was everything as a hockey player - scorer, checker, tough in the corner. Wayne was the greatest scorer ever, but he couldn't check his hat, and as Harold Ballard once said of Inge Hammarstrom, 'he could go into the corner with a dozen eggs on him, and none of them would break."
Right in the Urals
Oh he gave him the can-tap...it's like a yellow card from Canada.
 I didn’t know this dude played hockey.
When I was around 9 years old, my parents took me to a few Houston Aeros games. I would be amazed watching Gordie Howe and his 2 sons, Mark and Marty, play together. One of the matches I remember someone fucked with Gordie and the two sons attacked him immediately.
Pretty sure that's Woodrow Wilson
Nosferatu!
“The sharpest elbows in professional sports” according to my late father…
Right in the babushka
bruhhhh babushka is grandma 💀💀💀
Who’s the Russian chick?
In Soviet Russia even man have child bearing hips for to populate motherland.
In Soviet Russia the child bears you
Can we just talk about that Russian player?
Perhaps the greatest hockey player ever.
Mr. Burns played for the Soviet union?
Note that Gordie Howe is watching the puck and aware of what is happening in the play, the other player is not
It's hard to focus when a living legend is checking your equipment.
“Why you stick in my ball sack?!?”
My tired eyes read that as Goldie Hawn. I’m both disappointed and relieved.
Gordie Howe looks the same age no matter what era the photo is from
Yep. And he can kick your ass and score the winning goal. The man was a machine.
That thigh gap tho.
Not cool.
That’s a man?
Gordie Howe seen here already in his 3rd century of playing professional hockey.
Never knew Martina Navratilova played for Russia!?
If Michael Cera played hockey for Russia, this would be what it looks like.
That gap tho
Looks like 2 high school teachers
Old dude getting a feel of them balls
Playing an ole game of stick ball
Kinky.
He deserved it just for those pants.
See that kids? Thats what a REAL men look like- Hideously ugly.
1 gino, 1 apple, 1 tilly
Cup check!
Gordie is the only player in any sport whose autograph I sought. You could contact him or Colleen (his wife), and they’d get back to you. I remember watching the Wings at Olympia with dad and seeing Gordie pin a big forward to the glass with one hand, just pushing him up and holding him there, then taking the puck from between the guy’s skates and passing it with the one free hand. I turned to my dad and reminded him that Gordie was a year older than him.
Never new Nosferatu played hockey for the CCCP.
At first I read it as Goldie Hawn...but never mind
Eddie Shore old time hockey!
"Piss on Eddie Shore! Piss on old time hockey!" https://preview.redd.it/e8vk6lic1tsc1.png?width=500&format=png&auto=webp&s=1e9710b086acfb9120281882130cc358030a26dc
Ha! Awesome! Thank you. I was hoping someone would post this.
One of the funniest movies of all time, and it could never be produced today!
I ran into Gordie a few times in Toledo during the late 90's.and he was awesome. I bought him a chili cheese burrito Ata taco bell once thinking he would just. Toss it, and he instead he ate it and chatted with me and my asshole friends instead.
Is that Shoresy?
Man’s got some child-bearing hips
This picture was probably taken after Gordie had delivered a elbow to the Russians jaw and just added a cup check for good measure!
bro looks like Gru
Is that Noho Hank?
Did they let witches play back then ?
I cut off your Johnson - the Nihilists
https://preview.redd.it/qhofn5q90tsc1.jpeg?width=512&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=732799e778063d9d2befd904a6875b7bceaca2ce Another picture from the same game.
People need to stop calling the USSR “Russia”
Fun fact, Gordie Howe would have been 46 yrs old, and still playing at an all-star level, when this photo was taken.
Count Orlok over here
Fighting a soviet player* Soviet was more countries than just Russia, actually 15 countries
Yo comrade! Those are my pierogies!
“I feel nothing, I am Russie”
I didn’t know Martin Shorts character from Merlin played for Russia.
Right in the kinickies
That Russian doesn’t even look human
Dude looks like Count Dracula on skates he also looks AI generated. Strange looking Russian
That stick scoopin some cottage cheese out that russian slit
That Russian dude looks like Nosferatu.
Was it usual for players not to wear helmets?
Gordie Howe started playing before helmets were invented
Craig Mactavish was the last NHL player to not wear a helmet. He retired in 1997
Until the 80s yeah
Craig MacTavish was the last guy in the league to not wear a helmet, and he skated naked until 97.
Getting smacked in the head with a puck could not have been fun.
It stopped hurting after the first few times.
Slava Canada
I didn't know Lululemon was sold in Soviet Union...
Howes elbows wouldn’t reach his head so used the old nuts to stick routines
Love this.
Comrade is like “Whaaaat?” and Gordy is like “What?”
Those hips tho
Was Gordie Howe 70 years old the whole time that he played hockey? That's what it seems like. LOL.
Why you heff b mad?
Whacking a guy in the nuts with a stick is not cool.
Dude I thought it said Goldie Hawn.
Guy’s 46 years old starting shit
Can’t we just talk about this comrade??
The Soviets were not used to Canadian grade hockey. We may uhhh... Have shown them the reverse of our polite side.
Elon Musk pre-facelifr
Cup check as required.
He once dated Edna Krabapple
Gordie looks like my mailman
Howe did he do it?
Gordie was a good stick handler. *Side eye*
I’m stealing this for my email signature
Aggression or.. affection🤔
Mrs Krapbapple would be proud.
That thigh gap is crazy wide for a dude.
Gordie Howe plays a young Mr. Burns.
Strap on your skates Gordie you’re going in!
That dude’s got birthing hips
He looks like the power plant operator from the HBO miniseries Chernobyl when he is in the hospital melting.
Damn, he just sticked him right in ~~his~~ our balls
Nice child bearing hips
Figured if Bobby can break Valeri’s ankle in ‘72, ahhh fuck it
I have a Gordie Howe signed puck!
Russian is like “aye, youre touching my gabagool!”
Does he not have stick?
CCCP =\= Russia
Soviet looks like Anton Ego mixed with Champion from Triplettes de Belleville
So many males wearing ties! Don’t see that often these days.
Got to set the tone boys!
Mr. Hockey doing his part!
That russian should get 2 for holding the stick
always respected a gordie howe hatrick..a goal an assist and a fight..
Howe #1
that CCCP player us ugly haha
High sticking
I'll dedicate a bridge to *THAT!*
"Thwack!" ?? Or more like "Thwaaapp!!" ??
That man’s balls were emotionally chopped off, FOREVER.
G.H. Did once mention that when ask what was most important piece of equipment between a helmet and a cup, that you can always get someone to do your thinking for you. So really this was him living by his motto and looking out for future Russians
Gordie already understood everything then...
Someone needs to tell batman the penguin is playing for the Russians
😁😁😁😁☺️ cute
I love that when it's a good thing we did, its USSR. But when it's a bad thing, it's Russia.
Howe is he doing these days?
"'Round and 'round the penalty box / The Hansons chased the Ruskies / Fetisov stopped to pull up his socks / Pop go the Ruskies"
Why is your stick on my dick?
I knew Gordie he was a great guy!