Did you know… Flyers defenseman Mark Howe was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2011 joining his legendary father Gordie Howe. They were just the 4th father-son duo enshrined as players in NHL history (Bobby and Brett Hull, Lynn and Lester Patick, and Earl and Oliver Seibert).
Happy 63rd Birthday Flyers Hall of Fame defenseman Mark Howe!
Mark Howe. – Flyers/D (1982-1992). Son of hockey legend Gordie Howe, Mark was a four-time NHL All Star, a four-time Barry Ashbee Award winner, a three-time Norris Trophy finalist, and an Olympic Silver Medalist with USA Hockey at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo Japan. Howe’s 28 career shorthanded goals by a defenseman, and +87 plus/minus in 1985-86 are still NHL records. Howe’s career +400 is most-ever by a US-born defenseman. Howe had his #2 retired by the Flyers and was inducted into the Flyers HOF in 2001, the US Hockey HOF in 2003 and the Hockey HOF in 2011.
