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Legendary Gordie Howe acknowledges the crowd in 2008 during an 80th birthday celebration the Detroit Red Wings held in his honor. Now, the Red Wings are honoring him for turning 85.

The Detroit Red Wings will honor the legendary Gordie Howe before Sunday's game against the Chicago Blackhawks.

In honor of Howe's 85th birthday Sunday, all of the Red Wings will wear special jerseys with his familiar No. 9 on the back during warmups.

Each jersey will have a special patch above the tip of the Red Wings logo on the front of the jersey and the player's number will be on the upper right crest. The patch will be encircled by the words "Gordie Howe's 85th birthday."

The jerseys will be available for purchase. Fans must fill out a form of interest at DetroitRedWings.com/GordieHowe with proceeds going to the Detroit Red Wings Foundation and the Gordie Howe Foundation.

Interest forms will be available until 11:59 p.m. Monday, April 1.

The jerseys will be autographed by the player who wore it at the purchaser's request. The jerseys are numbered and will featured a bar code so they can be verified for authenticity.

All fans in attendance will receive a Gordie Howe birthday card, fans can sign a Happy Birthday banner that will be located behind section 112 at Joe Louis Arena and fans can meet Howe by purchasing an autographed copy of his book, "No. 9: A Salute To Mr. Hockey, Gordie Howe."

The Red Wings are also among nine teams taping a video birthday greeting for Howe.