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With 24.4 million cable customers, 14.7 million high-speed Internetcustomers, and 6.1 million Comcast Digital Voice customers, Comcast isprincipally involved in the development, management and operation of broadbandcable systems and in the delivery of programming content. Comcast also has a majority ownership in Comcast-Spectacor,whose major holdings include the Philadelphia Flyers NHL hockey team, thePhiladelphia 76ers NBA basketball team and two large multipurpose arenas inPhiladelphia.About CableLabsFounded in 1988 by cable operating companies, Cable Television Laboratories,Inc. (CableLabs(R)) is a non-profit research and development consortium thatis dedicated to pursuing new cable telecommunications technologies and tohelping its cable operator members integrate those technical advancements intotheir business objectives.TM tru2way, CableLabs and OpenCable are trademarks of Cable TelevisionLaboratories, Inc.SOURCEPanasonicChris De Maria of Panasonic, 1-201-348-7182, , orJenni Moyer of Comcast, 1-215-286-3311, , or JeffSamuels of Panasonic, 1-201-392-4571, . 9 was also selling like hot cakes in sporting-goods stores.The reason the number is so popular and revered was due to the early exploits of those two exceptional hockey players. Bobby Hull has spoken about his excitement in meeting Gordie Howe when he was a boy Hull graduated from St. Catherine's in junior hockey and was signed by the Chicago Black Hawks He eventually claimed No. Children and their parents would often battle to determine which of the star players on the team would receive the number Wayne Gretzky, who was a huge Gordie Howe fan, wore No.

9 while playing youth hockey until he had to switch to 99 due to another player already claiming the 9 sweater.Let's look at some of the famous 9's who made a name for themselves in the NHL.. Maurice Richard's exploits were legendary in the world of hockey. Richard was said to have fire in his eyes when going toward the goal. He even carried opposing players on his back as he fought his way toward the net for a shot. Richard was more than a hockey star, he was a cult hero who carried with him the hopes and dreams of many French-Canadiens with every shift he took on the ice. It is no wonder that his funeral was as important as that of a Prime Minister or President Richard made the number 9 elite..

As important as Richard was to Montreal, Howe was hockey to the rest of theworld. A creative and tough performer, Gordie Howe was the perfect hockey player in his era.He had the size, the disposition and the talent that allowed him to score over 700 goals and retire as the No. 1 scorer in NHL history.His records were eventually surpassed by a young man who idolized him and also wore number 99, Wayne Gretzky. Bobby Hull also idolized Gordie Howe as a youngster. Hull often commented about how much he enjoyed matching up to Howe when the Black Hawks faced Detroit.Hull was a offensive force to be reckoned with possessing a extraordinary slapshot traveling at speeds above 100 mph. Hull also was a explosive skater and puckhandler capable of breaking a game wide open Hull also wore the No 9 when he moved to the Winnipeg Jets of the WHA.. Wayne Gretzky in his book "Gretzky: An Autobiography" described his warm feelings for Howe and his admiration for Richard. Gretzky, of course, wore the numbers 9 and 99 and rewrote the record books, scoring over 800 goals and 2,000 points in his career Howe and Gretzky took a now-famous picture together.