When Gordie Howe, aka "Mr. Hockey," came out of retirement to sign with the Houston Aeros, it was a shocker for the hockey ...

The Houston sports landscape was much different ... The Avco Trophy the Aeros won in 1974 and 1975 as WHA champions was also on display, on loan from the Hockey Hall of Fame.

The deal that made hockey less foreign to Houston began in the kitchen of a suburban Detroit home. Mark and Marty Howe let their parents, Colleen and Gordie, negotiate their first professional ...

who played for the original Houston Aeros team that won the WHA championship in 1974 and later worked in broadcasting. The Hockey Day in Houston event is Saturday beginning at 11 a.m. at Saint ...

Houston finished with the league’s best record and breezed through the playoffs, sweeping the Chicago Cougars in the WHA finals. The Aeros’ average home attendance improved by 48 percent to ...

The more recent Houston Aeros were named after the WHA Houston Aeros, who existed from 1972-78 and famously boasted Gordie Howe and his sons Mark and Marty on its roster.

"There is a great hockey history in Houston, beginning with the Apollos in 1965, and continuing with the Aeros in the WHA, IHL and AHL. We are honored to have been a part of this hockey tradition." ...

In 1977, owners from the maverick World Hockey Association reached an agreement with the NHL to bring the New England Whalers, Winnipeg Jets, Edmonton Oilers, Quebec Nordiques, Houston Aeros and ...