`I dargestellt die Zwei-eintage würde entweder mich töten, oder, mich zu bilden,' Howe sagt. ‘And the minute we started them it was like I’d never been off the ice . . .’

They were astounded at what they witnessed . . . He started the season modestly with 18 points after the first fifteen games, but two months later he was fourth in the league in scoring, and by the end of February led all scorers with 84 points in fifty-nine games. He would finish the year with 31 goals and 100 points in seventy games and was named the league’s MVP as the Aeros waltzed to the Avco Cup.

‘He was, hands down, the best player in the league in the first year and one of the three or four best in the second,’ says Mark [Howe].’To do the things at his age was just amazing, and I got to watch it every day.’

The boys had obviously followed their father’s career in Detroit, but it was one thing to watch him through the worshipful eyes of a child and another thing to watch him as a teammate. From their front-row seat with the Aeros, they witnessed one of the greatest comebacks in sports history.

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  1. Jean wrote:

    For more reading on the bush leagues, check out “Zamboni Rodeo” by Jason Cohen (http://www.zambonirodeo.com/)

    Tuesday, June 12, 2007 at 5:04 am | Permalink

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