Mister Hockey, the legendary Gordie Howe, was almost a Ranger. This is a true story, told to me by Howe, himself.

On March 23, 1994, Wayne Gretzky scored his 802nd career goal to pass Gordie Howe as the NHL's all-time leading goal scorer.

With the puck on his stick at the side of the net ... Credit to Bennett, who completed himself a nice Gordie Howe hat trick after fighting Cole Smith earlier in the period. Overall, it was ...