His producing credits also include Legends of Hockey, Legends of Hockey – A Personal Journey, CFL Traditions, CBC’s Life and Times Biographies (featuring Wayne Gretzky, Mario Lemieux and Gordie Howe), and the theatrical release of The Stanley Cup Odyssey which is currently showing at the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto, Canada.
He was part of the inaugural group of recipients of the Order of Hockey in Canada along with Jean Béliveau, Cassie Campbell-Pascall, Wayne Gretzky and Gordie Howe.
His point total set a professional record, exceeding even Gordie Howe's output to that point, and is still the all-time minor league mark.
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He is the third-leading scorer in professional hockey history, behind only Wayne Gretzky and Gordie Howe, and holds the records as the leading games played, career assists and career points in minor league hockey history.
Previous events have featured celebrities including Charles Barkley, Ray Bourque, and Gordie Howe.
Mr. Hockey, Gordie Howe, served as the REPLAY Season 2 game day commissioner while Brendan Shanahan and Scotty Bowman served as honorary coaches.
He has also written Gordie: A Hockey Legend (1994), an unauthorized biography of Gordie Howe; and Cold War (1996), a reassessment of the 1972 Canada-Soviet hockey series.
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This was the Stanley Cup debut series for Detroit's Gordie Howe, and the last for Toronto's Syl Apps who retired after the series.
It has hosted a wide variety of guests and performers in its history, including Tiesto, Bobby Orr, Pearl Jam, Judas Priest, Megadeth, Metallica, Slipknot, Stone Temple Pilots, Paul Rodgers, Scorpions, Goo Goo Dolls, Dream Theater, In Flames, Deftones, Sum 41, Jean Chrétien, Desmond Tutu, Gordie Howe, Prince Charles, Diana Princess of Wales and Tina Turner.
The inaugural members of the WHA Hall of Fame were announced in 2010, with 41 indivividual members, plus The Howe Family (Gordie, Marty, Mark, and Colleen Howe who were inducted as a family), making up the initial group of inductees.