Gordie Howe's recovery from stroke caps challenging years

In this Nov. 1, 2000, file photo, Hockey legend Gordie Howe speaks to the media before the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame's 27th Annual Enshrinement Dinner at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minn. An experimental stem cell treatment in Mexico late last year brought a iI life changingiI turnaround thatiI s put the 87-year-old back Howe back on his feet after a significant stroke robbed him of the ability to walk and talk normally.

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