Easy big boy, Yogie always sadi it ain't over til it's over so let's wait and see what happens over the next few games before we send the Habs off to play golf
Bruins to win in Four!!
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Ruptured jugular vein incident, Bobby, etc....
EB: The goalie you are referring to is Clint Malarchuk, who was playing for the Buffalo Sabres at the time. I spoke to him a couple of years ago at an NHL old-timers' charity game and he still avoids speaking of the incident. Yes, it was very gruesome, i admit. Luckily for him, the trainer knew exactly what to do in order to save his life.
As for Bobby Orr, i saw him play in person once, against the Toronto Maple Leafs. I actually was fortunate to speak to him in person after the game, in the team bus, as the team's head coach at the time was an acquaintance of my father's. I got autographs by many of the former Boston greats, such as Esposito, Cashman and Kenny Hodge, and a very young Terry O'Reilly. Too bad i was a careless teen at the time and didn't bother preserving that game's program which the players had signed.
Orr was as great defensively as he was offensively. On the defensive, he could be compared to any of today's best defensive defencemen. Offensively, a combination of Paul Coffee and Brian Leetch, but better, believe it or not. I haven't checked the stats lately, but i believe he was the first defenceman to ever score 100 points in a season, and the first (and maybe only) player to be barefoot in his skates.
The game Willy is referring to was against the Atlanta Flames (now Calgary), where Orr made the whole Atlanta team look like pylons. He didn't apologize to the opposing team for the goal, but the celebration on his part after scoring that goal was non-existent. He just kept his head down, skated away from his cheering teamates, and appeared totally embarrassed about the whole thing. If my memory is correct, Don Cherry was coaching the Bruins when he scored that infamous goal.
Trivia question: Which Toronto Maple Leafs player decked Orr with a tremendous bodycheck (some say it was an elbow that hit him) and knocked him totally unconscious during a game in the late 60's? It seems this 'hit' was this player's only claim-to-fame as a player.
EB: The goalie you are referring to is Clint Malarchuk, who was playing for the Buffalo Sabres at the time. I spoke to him a couple of years ago at an NHL old-timers' charity game and he still avoids speaking of the incident. Yes, it was very gruesome, i admit. Luckily for him, the trainer knew exactly what to do in order to save his life.
As for Bobby Orr, i saw him play in person once, against the Toronto Maple Leafs. I actually was fortunate to speak to him in person after the game, in the team bus, as the team's head coach at the time was an acquaintance of my father's. I got autographs by many of the former Boston greats, such as Esposito, Cashman and Kenny Hodge, and a very young Terry O'Reilly. Too bad i was a careless teen at the time and didn't bother preserving that game's program which the players had signed.
Orr was as great defensively as he was offensively. On the defensive, he could be compared to any of today's best defensive defencemen. Offensively, a combination of Paul Coffee and Brian Leetch, but better, believe it or not. I haven't checked the stats lately, but i believe he was the first defenceman to ever score 100 points in a season, and the first (and maybe only) player to be barefoot in his skates.
The game Willy is referring to was against the Atlanta Flames (now Calgary), where Orr made the whole Atlanta team look like pylons. He didn't apologize to the opposing team for the goal, but the celebration on his part after scoring that goal was non-existent. He just kept his head down, skated away from his cheering teamates, and appeared totally embarrassed about the whole thing. If my memory is correct, Don Cherry was coaching the Bruins when he scored that infamous goal.
Trivia question: Which Toronto Maple Leafs player decked Orr with a tremendous bodycheck (some say it was an elbow that hit him) and knocked him totally unconscious during a game in the late 60's? It seems this 'hit' was this player's only claim-to-fame as a player.
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Yes he was incredible, and at the time the Bruins were very impressive.......by the way Willy, you have a great team there, maybe not a Stanley cup team, but a great team anyway, bettter than our beloved canadiens (at this moment anyway), but we're coming back, within a couple of years, if Gainey keps up the good work, we'll be there too......so enjoy the playoffs......whoever wins, lets hope it doesn't get violently stupid......have fun.
hmmmmmmmmm I saw Mr. Orr play many times....went to Toronto on my honeymoon in '74 and bought scalped tickets for a playoff game...#4 was lustily booed and he responded with 2 goals....by far he was the most dominate player I have ever seen...Howe & Gretzky close behind...
Good game Friday night Vintage Playoff hockey!!!! Have a felling that the habs are going to come out hitting Sunday, but it will not be enough!!! The bruins have the best road record in the NHL.
Even the sun shines on a dog’s ass some days!!
Even the sun shines on a dog’s ass some days!!
hard time is coming for boston
remember the last time they won the cup they lost(the canadien)
the two first game to the nordique then came back winning the next four games
remember history have a tendancy to repeat itself
FLUSH
remember the last time they won the cup they lost(the canadien)
the two first game to the nordique then came back winning the next four games
remember history have a tendancy to repeat itself
FLUSH
bruins to win in five!!
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Lawless I tried to amend the name of the thread. But I do not know how to!!!
I want to change the thread to (Habs get luck win one, But the B's still win in five.)
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Lawless I tried to amend the name of the thread. But I do not know how to!!!
I want to change the thread to (Habs get luck win one, But the B's still win in five.)
Disgusted with Montreal Fans
I'm appalled that the Montreal fans are again booing during the American National Anthem. It f*cken pisses me off to no end, and there's absolutely NO need to show such disrespect to America.
That's all I'm going to say for now.
I'm appalled that the Montreal fans are again booing during the American National Anthem. It f*cken pisses me off to no end, and there's absolutely NO need to show such disrespect to America.
That's all I'm going to say for now.
Ribeiro's antics
I was more disgusted with what Ribeiro did near the end of the game, even though i'm pulling for the Habs. What an embarrassment to the team! I guess Claude Lemieux's antics weren't so bad after all, back in the days when he used to play for Burnsie in a Habs sweater.
As for the national anthem booing, well...i don't know why, but i wasn't as surprised as others seem to be. There is quite an anti-american sentiment throughout the whole world these days. Actually, all over the world, it seems. Anyway, i think we should keep politics out of this thread.
Answer to my previous trivia question: none other than present Toronto Maple Leafs coach Pat Quinn.
I was more disgusted with what Ribeiro did near the end of the game, even though i'm pulling for the Habs. What an embarrassment to the team! I guess Claude Lemieux's antics weren't so bad after all, back in the days when he used to play for Burnsie in a Habs sweater.
As for the national anthem booing, well...i don't know why, but i wasn't as surprised as others seem to be. There is quite an anti-american sentiment throughout the whole world these days. Actually, all over the world, it seems. Anyway, i think we should keep politics out of this thread.
Answer to my previous trivia question: none other than present Toronto Maple Leafs coach Pat Quinn.
Only jackasses boo
Any one who boos the US nation anthem or the Canadian anthem is a jackass!!! It uncalled for and disrespect full people should have more class. This goes for Americans and Canadians.
I remember a couple of years ago I think it was in Detroit where Americans started booing that made me ashamed of them.
Bill Guerin was a Boston native and a bruin at the time pleaded with people to stop booing it seemed to work. Maybe we need some one to step up and do the samething.
Any one who boos the US nation anthem or the Canadian anthem is a jackass!!! It uncalled for and disrespect full people should have more class. This goes for Americans and Canadians.
I remember a couple of years ago I think it was in Detroit where Americans started booing that made me ashamed of them.
Bill Guerin was a Boston native and a bruin at the time pleaded with people to stop booing it seemed to work. Maybe we need some one to step up and do the samething.
I agree with you. It seems that it's a continuously recurring problem whenever the playoffs are around the corner. One year, it was Killer and Q on the scoreboard telling patrons not too boo the US anthem.
I always wondered, though, what singing or playing the national anthems have to do with sports. Personally, i think it's a waste of time and the practice should cease. There are as many players from Europe today as from Canada or the US. What's with the anthems?
All they do is attract incidents such as the last one and creates unecessary controversy. Aren't the games long enough already?
Get rid of the anthems!
I always wondered, though, what singing or playing the national anthems have to do with sports. Personally, i think it's a waste of time and the practice should cease. There are as many players from Europe today as from Canada or the US. What's with the anthems?
All they do is attract incidents such as the last one and creates unecessary controversy. Aren't the games long enough already?
Get rid of the anthems!
Stripperlover,
don't forget that the Canadiens headcoach Claude Julien is also a balding gentleman
don't forget that the Canadiens headcoach Claude Julien is also a balding gentleman
“And the Emmy for the best sports over acting drama goes to the Montreal Canadiens”
They are faking everything but a win.
They are faking everything but a win.
I don't even think the 'slashing' warranted a penalty. The reason Kovy felt anything was because like many players, he wears those short gloves that leave the wrists practically uncovered. He's also been known as a bit of a faker ever since his early days with the Rangers, so the refs will tend to look the other way whenever a borderline infraction is committed against him.
The real reason why the goal was scored wasn't the fact he was slashed or let go of the puck, but mostly because Souray wasn't looking where he was going and let Kovy crash into him.
Leafs Rule, Sens Suck!! Go Eddie!!!
The real reason why the goal was scored wasn't the fact he was slashed or let go of the puck, but mostly because Souray wasn't looking where he was going and let Kovy crash into him.
Leafs Rule, Sens Suck!! Go Eddie!!!
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I'm in my 50s' and I still play hockey (though not as well as before and not much contact now) and if I got hurt ,the last thing I want is to give the satisfaction of it to the guy that hit me...thats the way I was taught in the sixties (I'm old).....my 2 cents
EB,
I realize that...in my left handed way I was trying to defend you about having ever played hockey....faking injuries seems to be a soccer thing that is creaping into hockey and I don't like it....it has nothing to do with age, beer or macho... 5 cents
I realize that...in my left handed way I was trying to defend you about having ever played hockey....faking injuries seems to be a soccer thing that is creaping into hockey and I don't like it....it has nothing to do with age, beer or macho... 5 cents
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