Here is a quick video that shows a couple of hits
And just for the heck of it, here is Howe on "What's My Line" and they guessed who he was pretty quickly.
What a gentleman off the ice though. Humble. Still a shy small town boy. The thing with Howe is that at 6'1" 200lbs. he was for sure above average when he played, but he was so strong, farm strong. He'd be similar today because he had no fear and he had that obscure natural strength. We are talking about two different athletes here, but Babe Ruth and Gordie Howe both had strength to them without looking like they were the biggest people in their sport. Like Ruth, Howe was born to play his sport as well as he did. This is why it is hard to explain why Howe was good. We know with Orr it was the skating, Gretzky the vision, Mario the size and skill, but Howe it was just the natural strength and freak of nature body type that was durable. If you compare him to anyone it could be Tom Brady who was another durable player who played far longer than you would think he could have. But Howe was definitely stronger.