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June 12, 2008. NHL Awards Show Elgin Theatre Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Gordie Howe's illustrious 52-year career ended almost 30 years ago, but the 80-year-old known as "Mr. Hockey" was the recipient of the first ever NHL Lifetime Achievement Award on Thursday night. The man the hockey world affectionately calls Mr. Hockey was honored with the ultimate award for his lifetime accomplishments in the game Gordie Howe, who turned 80 on March 31, was presented with the NHL's Lifetime Achievement Award by Commissioner Gary Bettman and Canadian television sportscaster and author Brian McFarlane. Howe won six Art Ross trophies as the NHL's top point-producer and six Hart trophies as League MVP during an illustrious Hall of Fame career that began in 1946 at the age of 18 and ended in 1980 at age 52.

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