DETROIT, MI - OCTOBER 24: Gordie Howe #9 of the Detroit Red Wings sits in the locker room and holds a hockey puck numbered 544 on October 24, 1963 at the Detroit Olympia Stadium in Detroit, Michigan. With his 544th goal, Howe ties the league record for goals scored, a record he broke a couple of weeks later, on November 11. (Photo by Bruce Bennett Studios via Getty Images Studios/Getty Images)
DETROIT, MI - OCTOBER 5: Gordie Howe #9 of the Detroit Red Wings poses with 540 pucks while holding 5 in his hand to show how many more goals he will need to pass Maurice Richard's all-time record of 544 goals on October 5, 1963 at the Detroit Olympia in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by B Bennett/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 14: Gordie Howe #9 of the Detroit Red Wings stands in a locker room in his undershirt as he holds a hockey puck and stick labeled 500, in honor of his 500th career goal, which came during a game against the New York Rangers on March 14, 1962 at the Madison Square Garden in New York, New York. (Photo by Bruce Bennett Studios via Getty Images Studios/Getty Images)
BOSTON, MA - NOVEMBER 28: Gordie Howe #9 of the Detroit Red Wings holds the puck that he scored his 600th career goal with from the night before against the Montreal Canadiens before his game against the Boston Bruins on November 28, 1965 at the Boston Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Bruce Bennett Studios via Getty Images Studios/Getty Images)
DETROIT, MI - NOVEMBER 10: Gordie Howe #9 of the Detroit Red Wings pats the head of his teammate Billy McNeill #19 as they sit on the bench after Howe scored the 545th goal of his career against the Montreal Canadiens on November 10, 1963 at the Detroit Olympia in Detroit, Michigan. McNeill assisted on the goal. (Photo by B Bennett/Getty Images)
