LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA -- Wayne Gretzky, Bobby Orr and Mario Lemieux, the three greatest living hockey players of all time, made a rare appearance together Friday night and agreed on one important fact: the greatest player of all time was not sitting among them.
The three Hall of Famers, part of the National Hockey League's naming of the top 100 players of all time Friday night, agree that Detroit Red Wing great Gordie Howe was the best who ever played.
Howe died at the age of 88 last spring.
"I think we're all in pretty much agreement that Gordie was pretty special," said Gretzky the game's all-time points leader with 2,857.