SASKATOON -- The family of hockey great Gordie Howe wants to return Mr. Hockey to his home.
A city official says the family has requested that the cremated remains of Howe and his wife Colleen be interred at the base of a statue that honours him in Saskatoon.
Catherine Gryba says the city will have to apply to the province to have the statue at SaskTel Centre and a small portion of adjacent area declared a cemetery.
Gryba says it would be a fitting tribute to someone who always remembered his roots.
Howe was born in Floral, Sask.