DETROIT (AP) " Gordie Howe has drawn some of the biggest names in hockey, including Wayne Gretzky and Gary Bettman, to the Motor City to celebrate his life and legacy. Gretzky said he was "embarrassed" to break Howe's records because he played in an incomparable era. "He had so much power," said Scotty Bowman, who won an NHL-record ninth Stanley Cup as a coach with the Red Wings in 2002. Thousands of people, famous and relatively anonymous, paid respects to Howe at Joe Louis Arena on Tuesday. Howe's funeral was to begin at 11 a.m. Wednesday in a packed Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament.

Source: New Zealand Herald June 15, 2016 06:11 UTC