RECEIVING A lifetime achievement award for his service to hockey in the United States stirred up a wonderful childhood memory for 61-year-old Mark Howe.
His father, the legendary Gordie Howe, was given the same award 49 years ago. Mark Howe, who was born in Detroit where his father was a superstar, was 12 at the time - and still a long way from starting out on his own Hall of Fame career.
He recalled being at the ceremony in Manhattan surrounded by hockey royalty. Budd Lynch, the Red Wings radio announcer who had lost an arm as a Canadian soldier during World War II, was there.