Kukangaki uGordie Howe ethatha umhlalaphansi?
Context:UHowe wathatha umhlalaphansi okokuqala ngo-1971 futhi ngokushesha wangeniswa eSaskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame ngalowo nyaka. Wabe esethulwa eHholo Lomdlali WeHockey ngonyaka olandelayo, kodwa wabuya eminyakeni emibili kamuva ukujoyina amadodana akhe uMark noMarty eHouston Aeros we-WHA. Yize eseneminyaka ephakathi kuka-40, washaya amaphuzu angaphezu kwekhulu kabili eminyakeni eyisithupha, wanqoba ama-Avco World Trophies amabili alandelanayo (1974 no-1975) futhi waqanjwa njengomdlali obaluleke kakhulu ngo-1974. Wenza ukubuya okufushane ku-NHL ngo-1979-80, edlala isizini eyodwa neHartford Whalers, wabe esethatha umhlalaphansi eneminyaka engu-52. Ukuzibandakanya kwakhe ne-WHA kwakubaluleke kakhulu empumelelweni yabo emfushane yokuhlangana ngaphambi kwe-NHL, okuphoqa i-NHL ukuthi iqashe ithalente laseYurophu futhi ikhule iye ezimakethe ezintsha.
Ngokusekelwe olwazini olunikeziwe, uHowe wathatha umhlalaphansi kabili.  UHowe wathatha umhlalaphansi okokuqala ngo-1971, kodwa kamuva wajoyina amadodana akhe uMark noMarty eHouston Aeros we-WHA. UHowe wabe esebuyela ku-NHL ngo-1979 lapho adlala khona isizini eyodwa ngaphambi kokuthatha umhlalaphansi okwesibili.