( CNN ) -- Hockey great Gordie Howe suffered a stroke this week , his son said Tuesday night . `` It has affected his entire right side , '' Marty Howe said . `` We are all on our way to Texas to see Gordie . He is not looking good but do n't give up on him yet . '' Howe , 86 , was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1972 . He was a member of four Stanley Cup champion teams with the Detroit Red Wings and was the NHL 's Most Valuable Player six times . `` Our thoughts and prayers are with Gordie and the Howe family . Get well soon , Mr. Hockey , '' the Red Wings tweeted . Howe scored 801 goals in his 26 years in two stints in the league . In between , he also played six seasons in the World Hockey Association and added 174 more goals . The Detroit News reported that Howe had spinal surgery during the summer , according to another son , Dr. Murray Howe . But the son said Howe had been doing well in the months since the surgery and told the newspaper the hockey legend had been walking a mile a day pain free . `` So we helped him with one problem , '' Murray Howe , a radiologist in Ohio , told the News . `` But this one is a little bit tougher to fight . '' The paper reported Gordie Howe was resting at his daughter 's home in Lubbock , Texas . CNN 's Kevin Dotson contributed to this report .
Gordie Howe was a six - time Most Valuable Player in the NHL . He had a stroke that has affected him on his right side . Howe scored 975 goals in his professional hockey career . He is known as ` ` Mr. Hockey ''