Gordie Howe Whalers Career Highlights
Whalers cards
| DATE |
HIGHLIGHT |
|---|
| 10/15/1977 | Gordie Howe scores his 1st career Whalers goal vs Birmingham. |
| 11/10/1977 | Gordie Howe scores his 999th career goal vs Edmonton. |
| 12/7/1977 | Gordie Howe scores his 1000th career goal vs Birmingham. |
| 12/17/1977 | Gordie Howe plays his 2000th career regular season game vs Winnipeg. |
| 1/1/1978 | Gordie Howe scores only the 2nd overtime goal of his 30 year career vs Cincinnati. |
| 1/17/1978 | Gordie Howe represents the Whalers in the '78 WHA All-Star game in Quebec. |
| 3/29/1978 | Gordie Howe becomes the first 50 year old to play professional hockey vs Cincinnati. |
| 10/3/1978 | Gordie Howe makes his 1st appearance against Detroit receiving a 7 min. standing ovation. He scores a 3rd period goal (assisted by Mark and Marty), and receives another 6 min. ovation. |
| 1/2/1979 | Gordie Howe represents the Whalers in the 3 day '79 WHA All-Star vs Moscow Dynamo series recording 1 goal and 2 assists in Edmonton. |
| 10/11/1979 | Gordie Howe plays his 1st career Whalers NHL game (his first NHL game in over eight years) vs Minnesota. |
| 11/30/1979 | Gordie Howe scores his final career power play goal vs Pittsburgh. |
| 1/2/1980 | Gordie Howe becomes the first to have a pro career that spans five decades vs Edmonton. |
| 1/6/1980 | Gordie Howe faces Detroit for the 1st time in his career. |
| 1/12/1980 | Gordie Howe returns to Detroit to face his former team for the 1st time in his NHL career. |
| 2/5/1980 | Gordie Howe represents the Whalers, recording an assist in his last NHL All-Star game in Detroit. |
| 2/29/1980 | Gordie Howe score his 800th career NHL goal vs St. Louis. |
| 3/8/1980 | Gordie Howe plays his 2,400th career game vs Washington. |
| 3/9/1980 | Gordie Howe skates for the 1st time in the NHL with sons Mark and Marty vs Boston. |
| 3/12/1980 | Gordie Howe starts his 1st NHL game at center, with sons Mark on left wing and Marty on right in Detroit. |
| 4/6/1980 | Gordie Howe and Bobby Hull play their last regular season NHL game vs Detroit. |
| 4/6/1980 | Gordie Howe scores his 801st and final regular season NHL goal in his 1,767th NHL game vs Detroit. |
| 4/8/1980 | Gordie Howe sets the NHL record for most years in the playoffs at 20 vs Montreal. |
| 4/9/1980 | Gordie Howe scores his last NHL goal, 68th Stanley Cup, 96th Playoff, 1071st overall. |
| 4/9/1980 | Gordie Howe scores a goal (assisted by son Mark) and an assist, his last NHL points vs Montreal. |
| 4/11/1980 | Gordie Howe and Bobby Hull play their last NHL game vs Montreal. |
| 6/4/1980 | Gordie Howe announces his retirement as a player and becomes Director of Player Development. |
| 11/1/2000 | The Gordie Howe family receives the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame's Wayne Gretzky Award given annually to individuals who are deemed to have made significant contribution to the growth of American Hockey. Gordie, Colleen, Mark, and Marty are all honored. |
