Say what you want about his personal life but on the ice, he was an absolute warrior.
By all accounts he was a fantastic ambassador for the Chicago Blackhawks. If you want to know how much he’s still loved in Detroit, look back to Steve Yzerman’s jersey retirement, when the only people who were cheered more loudly were Gordie, Vladdie, and Stevie himself.
From the Windsor Star, via <a href='http://blog.mlive.com/snapshots/2010/07/cklw_reports_that_former_red_w.html?