Mark Howe
| Mark Howe | |||||||||||||||
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| Hockey Hall of Fame, 2011 | |||||||||||||||
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| Born |
May 28, 1955 Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
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| Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 190 lb (86 kg; 13 st 8 lb) | ||||||||||||||
| Position |
Left Wing (1973–79) Defense (1979–95) |
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| Shot | Left | ||||||||||||||
| Played for |
WHA Houston Aeros New England Whalers NHL Hartford Whalers Philadelphia Flyers Detroit Red Wings |
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| National team |
 United States  Canada
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| NHL Draft | 25th overall, 1974 Boston Bruins |
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| Playing career | 1973–1995 | ||||||||||||||
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Mark Steven Howe (born May 28, 1955) is a retired American professional ice hockey left winger and later defenseman who played 16 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) and 6 seasons in the World Hockey Association (WHA). He is currently serving the Director of Pro Scouting for the Detroit Red Wings.
He is the son of Gordie and Colleen Howe, younger brother of Marty Howe, and nephew of Vic Howe. Despite the enormous shadow cast by his father and splitting time between two leagues, Howe shone as one of the best two-way NHL defensemen of the 1980s, being a three-time runner-up for the Norris Trophy and making the Stanley Cup finals three times as a player. He is a member of both the United States Hockey Hall of Fame and the Hockey Hall of Fame in to which he was inducted in 2011.
Howe played junior hockey for the Detroit Jr. Red Wings. As a 15-year-old, he led his Red Wings to the US Junior Championship in 1971. In 1972, the United States earned a Silver Medal at the 1972 Olympics in Sapporo, Japan with 16-year-old Howe as one of the stars, the youngest hockey player to win an Olympic medal. Howe eventually ended his junior hockey career playing for the Toronto Marlboros of the OHL, winning a Memorial Cup MVP in the process.
In 1973, he decided to play in the WHA alongside his brother, Marty and his father Gordie. Led by the Howes, the Houston Aeros won the 1974 and 1975 Avco Cups, awarded to the league champions of the WHA. Mark, playing left wing, was awarded the Lou Kaplan Trophy as Rookie of the Year and earned 2nd team All-Star status. Having dual citizenship, he represented his father's country in the 1974 Summit Series, where he was one of Team Canada's leading scorers.
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