DETROIT -- On a gray, overcast day in Hockeytown, friends, family and hockey royalty gathered at the Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament for the funeral of Gordie Howe, who died Friday at the age of 88.
One by one they filed into the majestic church, including Hall of Famers Wayne Gretzky, Guy Lafleur, Scotty Bowman, Johnny Bower, Glen Sather, Chris Chelios along with NHL commissioner Gary Bettman.
A bus dropped off a large group of Detroit Red Wings, current and retired -- from 19-year-old Dylan Larkin to four-time Stanley Cup winner Darren McCarty.