Wayne Gretzky Remembers Gordie Howe | CONAN on TBS

The Great One remembers the man HE considers "the greatest hockey player that ever lived."
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[@quadtran]

It’s very cool and very humble that Gretzky calls Gordie the greatest hockey player that ever lived. Both men great and class acts.

[@seltonk5136]

Chewbacca mom and Capt sullenbergur are heros . Not these hockey games men

[@kris6038]

Wayne has always been a class act

[@cristiandelvillar3121]

Super dope moment, it’s also because I mean it’s true. Gordie is the greatest.

[@sammyweed4771]

I’ve been saying this for 20 yrs or better. The Great One who holds nearly ever record knows Gordie was an All round player who could do it all… period !!! MR HOCKEY!! The greatest to ever play Hockey on and off the ice !! And no disrespect to other greats as Gretzky, Orr, Mario, and many more that where great off the ice, cause that’s where you at another level !!

[@robertmoniz6633]

You people are all wrong.Bobby Orr is the greatest player that ever lived by far.

[@itgoalie]

Thank you Conan for talking about hockey!

[@mangrove]

1:34 that blinking that Gretz mentioned was a facial tic from a head injury that Gordie suffered early in his career. In a game at the old Detroit Olympia Arena, Gordie missed a check and went crashing head-first into the boards, fracturing his skull. He nearly died, but made a full-recovery and went on to become the greatest hockey player ever (I'm from Michigan, so of course I say Gord's the greatest ;) ).

[@WillysToys]

Wayne is a living legend

[@lobsterrock4570]

i was gonna like this comment but it has 99 likes rn!

[@kylefisher1458]

gordie howe ... nicest man off the ice ... meanest SoB on it

[@jaytee4374]

I think I'm remembering this correctly when I say that Gretzky said "A team of 5 Gordie Howe's beats a team of 5 Wayne Gretzky's," that humility and class and, most of all, TRUTH

[@billviola7884]

Funny how the big 3 are the most humble guys. Howe, Orr and Gretzky

[@robo45957]

Lemieux too

[@jkdm7653]

Not only is Wayne "The Great One", he's also a great person...class on and off the ice!

[@wolvves4293]

Remember the Michael Jordan story in Las Vegas? Classy.

[@genetiik9367]

Its beautiful to see how humble Gretzky is calling Gordie Howe the best player ever even thought most would regard him as the best.

[@BBBYpsi]

Wayne has admitted he would not have been good when Gordie played. 6 teams & you had to be able to fend for yourself. It would have been a tougher game for him then. Gordie was as tough as they come & could score with the best of them. He was goal scorer,assist maker,defensive player.penalty killer & enforcer all rolled into one. He was the best all around player hockey has ever seen. He could do it all.

[@nthdegree1269]

Think of the era. Think of the skates. Even the guys today, the best players would have trouble on those skates. No anlke support. Little equipment. No helmets. Wooden sticks.

[@Losrandir]

People who say later players would have scored crazy much back then miss a lot of key things, many of them mentioned before in this thread

[@TheHeston83]

yeah I love it even Tom Brady Says that About Joe Montana

[@elvicare35]

@@TheHeston83 WELL, at least I like him for THAT, well, he REALLY did luck into A LOT of great stuff and he and his coach got caught up in a whirlwind of "good fortune", hmm, hmm, but I know he's a great player, but I think that Joe is the BEST, and it's awesome of him to give Joe credit like that!!!!! P.S.-Doug Flutie has been the most exciting quarterback for me to watch, and Randall Cunningham with Randy Moss, WOW!!!

[@liquidalloy]

I watch and play hockey because of Wayne Gretzky. He is my only celebrity idle and feel lucky enough to have seen him play. He's the best on and off the ice.

[@choosenone2die]

idle ??

[@liquidalloy]

@@choosenone2die **Idol lol

[@liquidalloy]

@@choosenone2die I work on cars too much :P

[@nicoleordyniec720]

Man i grew up in the same city wayne grew up in and his dad is a local celebrity around here. he's so kind and friendly, always stops and chats with you, one time he randomly gave me a calendar just because he enjoyed our conversation like hes legit such a great guy

[@Mr_Jish]

Nicole Ordyniec Gotta love Wally. Truly, truly a great man.

[@shanebaxter3056]

Nicole Ordyniec agreed met walter many times hes an amazing man

[@treehousesmotors2562]

I can imagine him just walking home from the store with his groceries, stopping every other step to talk and hand out items to random people only to come home and say "where did i put the milk?"

[@Imajinnin]

Walter Gretzy is truly a nice man.

[@ericred3731]

The great one talking about the great one. Truly 2 gentlemen.

[@gc6888]

Wayne is all class

[@HarrisonHollers]

We can debate who the best is and all that. Gretzky is such a fantastic ambassador for the game of hockey!

[@cjhs2006]

I Can Understand Why Canada Would See Wayne Gretzky as a National Treasure,Along With Michael J.Fox,They're Both Really Cool,&,Nice Guys

[@kalepaladeau6499]

Hes more than a national treasure. hes the most dominant athlete of all time, any sport. Every other sport there's some debate as to who was the greatest of all time, with hockey, gretzky is undisputed. 60 of his records wont ever be touched.

[@imacsmusic2581]

hockey GOAT Wayne

[@kyokogodai-ir6hy]

Sorry, Gordie Howe is the GOAT.

[@shawncavanagh401]

The same there's this other guy Orr, Howe and Orr didn't need a " Cement Head To look after them, they took care business the old fashion way. !!! 🍻🇨🇦😎

[@BBBYpsi]

There is a reason why he was refered to as Mr. Hockey. Also most respected player ever. Ask Scottie Bowman who greatest player ever was.

[@shawncavanagh401]

BBBYpsi I had the opportunity to have Mr Howe tell me who was the greatest player ever is, So I'm all good, no disrespect to Scotty.

[@BBBYpsi]

@@shawncavanagh401 No player ever chooses themselves unless they are a basketball player or boxer.

[@Andreas-oq1jd]

when he said he was dead one dude started clapping...rip that dude's sex life

[@willamderrick]

I was on the ice when I was 7yrs. old. Put me in the boards & gave me his famous wink & said this is how we play in the big time.

[@deadkey5737]

Im from canada and am a huge red wings fan, my dads work set up an oilers red wings game, my dad was an oilers fan so it was a perfect work event to take me to, mr hockey was there and was my hero, i waited in line to get my white away detroit jersey signed, but he was there selling an autobiography or some book about him and i had no money to buy it so all i heard was "Get out of line kid" or something like that😅 shattered me at the time but funny to think back on

[@lawrencewright2816]

Gordie was the athlete of the century.

[@THELEAFSFAN]

9 and 99 great combo

[@danb4811]

A legend filled to the brim with class.

[@gymguy25]

Gretzky scored 894 NHL regular season goals to Howe's 801, but it is a fact that for much of Howe's career, the NHL only had a 60-70 game schedule, Gretzky had 80 per season every year except the lockout season. I was wondering how many goals Howe would have scored if he played with an 80 game schedule is entire career, so took the games he played, relative to the full schedule every year (ex: if he played 90% of his games in 70 games, that was 63, in 80, it would have been 72) and I gave him the same goal per game average he had in the season, for the entire 72. Yeah, I know this would not have been 100% accurate but it gives us a good idea of how many goals he would have had, guess what? He would have had roughly 1075... in fairness to Gretzky, I calculated that had the 94-95 season not been locked out, he would have scored roughly 7 more goals for 901. Wanna get technical? Well Howe played 6 years in the WHA where he scored another 174 g, it is a fact that the NHL was stronger, but if he played those years in the NHL and scored even half that many goals, that would have given him 87 more for 1162, Gretzky also, played one WHA season where he got 46 g so half that would be 23, giving 924. Conclusion? I think Howe was a much better goal scorer than Gretzky but Wayne benefitted from a better era in which to score goals.

[@uriah9645]

He played 36 years.... while Gretzky played 20

[@nakilpatrick]

and Wayne was protected and escorted around the ice... Gordie did that for himself, and for others ... think of a bob probert with waynes scoring ability...

[@danman1809]

@@uriah9645 your point is not taken by Wayne Gretzky himself so go away or apologize.

[@kyokogodai-ir6hy]

@@uriah9645 Gordie Howe also played in an NHL of six teams for 21 of those seasons. That pretty much meant that the best players in North America made up just six teams, so there was no leeway. It was the best goalies, defensemen and forwards...period...across each and every line. And those were Howe's best years.

[@jkdm7653]

Remember too that when Howe played those years in the weaker WHA, he was old and well past his prime. Quite an athlete, eh?

[@GG-ou2tz]

You can tell Wayne Grezsky is an athlete even in his old age you can stil see the body of a racehorse

[@BBBYpsi]

Gordie great human being & extremely nice guy. But on the ice was a killer. He took no prisoners on the ice & even at 52 yrs of age players feared him.

[@braydenkinder75]

Gordie Howe makes you proud to be a Red Wings fan

[@dannyboy6349]

A complete gentleman. Like Gordie. Humble, classy...bright. We should all take note. A deep subject. Unbringing is everything....some didn't do so well there. A fact of life....and why....we should never stop learning and growing...just my lousy 2c. Humble...the ticket, no matter how great you are. ;) Just what we see in the NBA. (it's a joke) Guys from Harlem making $15 mill. ?? ps...don't ya love those vids, 'celebrating too soon' ?? i love them. Nipped at the wire...big learning curve....but some never get it.

[@RichardDaniels-xo7pk]

I remember Keith Magnusson defenseman for the Blackhawks and who idolized Gordie. Keith took boxing lessons, and karate etc. In the playoffs he challenged Gordie to a fight. Big mistake. Gordie mopped the ice with him. Gordie worked summers at the cement plant moving bags of cement around. Had wrists and forearms of steel. If Gordie grabbed you, there was no letting go and he worked you like a rag doll.

[@michaelmohrle1773]

Gordie is the greatest of them all and he is still in 2023 the all time WHA/NHL goals scorer with 975, Wayne has 940 !!!

[@dexterrahm1922]

I love gordgi howe

[@nakilpatrick]

how is it possible to dislike this? who are you 13 miserable sad people... please go get some fresh air or something...

[@zairefrancis5396]

1:25 he hits a line thats almost similar to norm macdonald, you can see the Canadian humor

[@wolvves4293]

[@barryallen827]

Thats the greatest!!!!

[@AlexColberg]

Gretzky's the best that's ever been, and it was the sports event of a lifetime for me when I saw him at Maple Leaf Gardens score 6 points, but enough of that Gordie Howe story already.

[@willamderrick]

Bobby Hull always called him Gordon Howe out of respect. RIP to both legends.

[@Dazlidorne]

9 in the morning until 9 at night. 99. Interesting.

[@themusicfactory99]

LEGENDS.

[@rxjnnigafan123]

so early, I saw Larry King take birth

[@rxjnnigafan123]

thanks man

[@rxjnnigafan123]

***** thanks man

[@ShallowDepression]

Anyone remember the cartoon he had, where I think there were 2 other sportstars in it. I think maybe a basketball player was 1 of them?

[@dominickmoreno4904]

it was Michael Jordan and Bo Jackson

[@vicksidhu616]

ShallowDepression Prostars!

[@ShallowDepression]

Vick Sidhu Thank you!

[@toddjohnson271]

Gordie Gretzky Orr the holy trinity.....Father, son, and holy ghost

[@patrickc3419]

When athletes had class.

[@Jonathan.Tremblay]

Next one guy Lafleur !!

[@4djwhateva]

P

[@jimwade7680]

Orr

[@happypcs515]

Notification squad

[@sametozkan9175]

Why Lemieux was not there and why NHL never retired number 66.

[@shrimpflea]

Because this is about Gretzky not Lemieux. They never retired his number because he didn't change the game in so many ways like Gretzky did.

[@KingK-ke4kn]

@@shrimpflea plus Wayne Gretzky always talks about how much Gordie Howe impacted this game, Mario’s a top 3 player all time in my book but there will never be anyone as great as Gretzky

[@jansenart0]

TGO looks a LOT like George Washington.

[@colinmontgomery1956]

You're right.

[@Fenixdeorleans]

It's Wayne Gritzky

[@Madagon367]

Legend. Should get better dentures though. Would help with the mumbling. It's not like he couldn't afford the best just looking at his very understated watch! ;)

[@ShallowDepression]

He'd probably reply, but he's too busy living it up.

[@DonaldSeungIlChoi]

Friis Tappert you are truly an idiot.

[@josiahbvevo]

Too Early

[@aggabus]

Kid don't ... Take No I never will.

[@edwardgrimes7535]

FIRST!

[@mrsloppytom]

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[@xstrawberryicex6852]

Everybody here is talking about how he is a living legend, obviously none of you are coyotes fans, he ruined us 😞

[@Overflowingg]

XStrawBerryIceX nobody is a coyotes fan lol

[@h4a2u0s]

You were ruined as soon as it was announced you had a franchise.

[@harjunb3692]

@@h4a2u0s Thats very funny

[@amazinmets8439]

Honestly, Phoenix shouldn't even have a franchise. The fact that Gretzky donned a Yotes jersey once is a gift none of your "fans" ever deserved to see. Yotes should move to Quebec, a city that DESERVES a franchise.

[@harjunb3692]

@@amazinmets8439 No team south of the Mason Dixon line should have an NHL team

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[@Michael-fw5ef]

Howe wasnt the nicest man. He would always cheap shot other players and try to hurt them. He hit Phil Esposito right in the face, on Esposito's first shift in the NHL, just to try and dominate him. Howe was a great player but he definitely was not a nice man. If players did that today, we would call them dirty players. Howe was a dirty player.

[@arkhllraiser]

depends what your definition of "dirty" is...Never played the game , have you?

[@TheHeston83]

"Dirty" its part of the game Hockey is a contact and in Anaheim We Love Fedorov and Corey Perry there our Jerks and Gordie is too

[@Michael-fw5ef]

@@TheHeston83 Dirty isn't part of the game. That's why there are penalties given for dirty play from time to time. Because it's actually not part of the game and isn't warranted. If people did such things to Mario Lemieux, we wouldn't say 'that's just part of the game'.

[@TheHeston83]

@@Michael-fw5ef your soft HOCKEY IS CONTACT SPORT and Gordie Howe is loved and considered the Greatest

[@johnkidd1226]

No different than sacking the quarterback on the first play. Gordie would intimidate new guys so they wouldnt be tempted to cheap shot him. It also gave him room to make plays, win corner scrums and accelerate. If he didnt have guys clutching, grabbing, slashing and draped over him all night he could be more effective and once you got a taste of an elbow from Mr. Howe you generally kept a respectful distance.

[@ra1den305]

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