(Associated Press) This photo from October 1950 shows Howe, 22, in his fifth season with the Detroit Red Wings. (File/Associated Press) Gordie Howe ... Howe signed with the World Hockey ...

OTTAWA—In Canada’s escalating feud with the U.S., people here are rallying around the sharp elbows of hockey legend Gordie Howe. Another hockey icon, Wayne Gretzky, is getting an ice-cold ...