Detroit Red Wings great Gordie Howe is resting after suffering a stroke over the weekend. (USATSI)

Gordie Howe, one of the NHL's all-time greatest players, is resting at his daughter's home in Lubbock, Texas after suffering a serious stroke on Sunday according to his son, Dr. Murray Howe, via a report from Gregg Krupa of the Detroit News.

According to the report, Howe, who turned 86 last March, has lost some function on the right side of his body and is having a difficult time speaking.

From the Detroit News:

"Basically, sometime in the early morning on Sunday he suffered a pretty bad stroke," said Howe, who heads the department of radiology at Toledo Hospital.

"The right side of his body is very, very weak. He's unable to stand without help. He's able to speak, but very, very difficult to speak.

"He knows who he is. He knows the people around him. But it is very difficult for him to get up and walk around. So he is pretty much confined to his bed right now. So we're just trying to keep him comfortable, and that's our goal."

Howe played 31 seasons professionally in a career that touched five different decades (the 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s and a few months in 1980) in both the NHL and WHA.

During his NHL career, which was spent almost entirely with the Detroit Red Wings minus one year with the Hartford Whalers when he was 51 years old, Howe scored 801 goals, second only to Wayne Gretzky, and recorded 1,850 points, third behind only Gretzky and Mark Messier.

He was a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame class of 1972 and during his time with the Red Wings was the foundation of four Stanley Cup winning teams in 1949-50, 1951-52, 1953-54 and 1954-55.

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