Gordie Howe played for the NHL’s Detroit Red Wings for 25 years (1946–71), during which time he helped the team win four Stanley Cup titles ((1950, 1952, 1954, and 1955). After a brief retirement, he joined the Houston Aeros of the New World Association (WHA) in 1973. Four years later he signed with the WHA’s New England Whalers. In 1979 the team was absorbed into the NHL as the Hartford Whalers (now the Carolina Hurricanes). Howe retired in 1980.
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