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Post by galaxytrash on Jul 27, 2020 19:30:15 GMT -6
Yes it is. He’d be a solid guy to have around an org. I love stories like his. No one wanted him. He was put on waivers and it fuelled him to be great. I would bet that he will be a good executive in hockey!!! Very cool! Not to mention the famous puck hitting the "fan" incident.
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Post by tincup on Jul 28, 2020 19:16:54 GMT -6
likely well before most people's time here, but eddie "the entertainer" shack is dead at 83. i just remembered he was always fun to watch.  not known as a goal scorer so much, but he managed at least 22 goals with 5 different teams. (toronto, boston, l.a., buffalo and pittsburg) And he went through life basically illiterate. Something he regretted a lot. A character like him would probably be driven from the league now, not sure they like their product so colourful. |
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Post by galaxytrash on Jul 28, 2020 19:49:15 GMT -6
likely well before most people's time here, but eddie "the entertainer" shack is dead at 83. i just remembered he was always fun to watch. not known as a goal scorer so much, but he managed at least 22 goals with 5 different teams. (toronto, boston, l.a., buffalo and pittsburg) And he went through life basically illiterate. Something he regretted a lot. A character like him would probably be driven from the league now, not sure they like their product so colourful. |
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Post by galaxytrash on Jul 29, 2020 6:28:02 GMT -6
Gordie himself only had 2 surprisingly enough.
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Post by creature on Aug 11, 2020 9:35:06 GMT -6
I came across an article about the Chicago rabbit in a November 1983 Goal magazine and did a search. Can't find the date but it did happen that a fan threw a rabbit on the Stadium ice.
Anybody have some time to read all this it is unreal how crowds behaved and the things they threw back in yesteryear. Go to puckstruck.com and things thrown on the ice. WOW just WOW
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Post by Tater on Aug 13, 2020 0:59:36 GMT -6
I came across an article about the Chicago rabbit in a November 1983 Goal magazine and did a search. Can't find the date but it did happen that a fan threw a rabbit on the Stadium ice.Anybody have some time to read all this it is unreal how crowds behaved and the things they threw back in yesteryear. Go to puckstruck.com and things thrown on the ice. WOW just WOW I had a lot to drink that night.
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Post by creature on Aug 13, 2020 7:10:53 GMT -6
I came across an article about the Chicago rabbit in a November 1983 Goal magazine and did a search. Can't find the date but it did happen that a fan threw a rabbit on the Stadium ice.Anybody have some time to read all this it is unreal how crowds behaved and the things they threw back in yesteryear. Go to puckstruck.com and things thrown on the ice. WOW just WOW I had a lot to drink that night.
Apparently they let you bring a lot of stuff into the arenas way back when. One story I read was fans use to bring decks of playing cards and played cards between periods and before the games. If a bad call was made the ice was littered and would take like 5-10 minutes to clear especially when whiskey bottles were thrown and broke. I forgot the name of the player but one player picked up a deck of cards sat down at center ice and played solitaire while they cleaned the ice. Funny stories in there. |
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Post by galaxytrash on Oct 5, 2020 5:47:18 GMT -6
55 years ago today both patrick roy and mario lemieux were born in quebec.
(different mothers)
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Post by jaty84 on Oct 5, 2020 6:31:11 GMT -6
55 years ago today both patrick roy and mario lemieux were born in quebec. (different mothers) Fathers as well? |
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Post by galaxytrash on Oct 5, 2020 6:46:14 GMT -6
Pretty sure but don't quote me.
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Post by hsbob on Oct 5, 2020 9:19:20 GMT -6
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Post by galaxytrash on Oct 5, 2020 17:20:33 GMT -6
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Post by galaxytrash on Oct 8, 2020 7:45:19 GMT -6
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Post by galaxytrash on Oct 13, 2020 6:38:49 GMT -6
Fun fact o' the day.
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Post by vadarx on Oct 13, 2020 9:12:57 GMT -6
gross
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Post by Tater on Oct 14, 2020 1:01:34 GMT -6
I love the Fun Facts. (except that last one)
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Post by galaxytrash on Oct 19, 2020 18:42:17 GMT -6
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Post by galaxytrash on Oct 19, 2020 19:26:38 GMT -6
pat stapleton's rookie card. before whitey was whitey i guess. i wouldn't have recognized him in a million years.  he wore #4 in boston 5 years before some guy named orr came along. |
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Post by galaxytrash on Oct 23, 2020 18:11:25 GMT -6
to put in perspective just how long ago that was...on the ice at the time with keith was matthew barnaby, jason cullimore, rene borque, tyler arnason and nikolai khabibulin.
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Post by galaxytrash on Oct 27, 2020 6:56:47 GMT -6
F. U. McCool....woulda' been a good rap star name.
edit: apparently he never let in very many on the glove side.
no wonder....look at the size of that thing!
looks like a bloody prosthetic. : )
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Post by T-man2010 on Oct 27, 2020 7:47:55 GMT -6
F. U. McCool....woulda' been a good rap star name. edit: apparently he never let in very many on the glove side. no wonder....look at the size of that thing! looks like a bloody prosthetic. : ) Goalie gloves then and now. About 3 times the size.  |
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Post by BigT on Oct 27, 2020 20:57:29 GMT -6
Lotta net to shoot back then, yet they didn’t allow many. Gotta love Frank McCool and good ole Harry Dick. Both were legendary in their time!!!
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Post by galaxytrash on Oct 27, 2020 23:24:48 GMT -6
Lotta net to shoot back then, yet they didn’t allow many. so true. and they were a lot more fun to watch, so many different shapes, sizes and styles. i mean....you could take most any goalie from 40 years or more ago, slap them in identical equipment and masks and you'd still recognize 90% of them once you saw them in action. these days, i guess you still can to some extent but today's goalies are far more....idk..."generic" than goalies of the old days. |
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Post by BigT on Oct 28, 2020 4:47:41 GMT -6
Lotta net to shoot back then, yet they didn’t allow many. so true. and they were a lot more fun to watch, so many different shapes, sizes and styles. i mean....you could take most any goalie from 40 years or more ago, slap them in identical equipment and masks and you'd still recognize 90% of them once you saw them in action. these days, i guess you still can to some extent but today's goalies are far more....idk..."generic" than goalies of the old days. Absolutely, plus they’re lives were on line every time someone skated near them. Skates can cut whether they’re sharp or not. Especially when someone is buzzing around at those speeds. Like they say now, goalies are basically “shot blockers”. I still think they’re very athletic, no doubt there. But I feel the goalies back then had to be..... well, an actual goalie..... but with the threat of death around every corner!!! |
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Post by galaxytrash on Oct 28, 2020 5:11:54 GMT -6
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Post by hsbob on Oct 28, 2020 9:21:40 GMT -6
Lotta net to shoot back then, yet they didn’t allow many. Gotta love Frank McCool and good ole Harry Dick. Both were legendary in their time!!! It had to be hard to shoot with a guy draped all over you though. |
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Post by hsbob on Oct 28, 2020 9:24:25 GMT -6
Coulda signed Marcel Dione for the same money they paid Orr back in the summer of '76' but the brain trust thought Orr'd be the bigger draw......some things never change. |
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Post by vadarx on Oct 28, 2020 12:22:42 GMT -6
Coulda signed Marcel Dione for the same money they paid Orr back in the summer of '76' but the brain trust thought Orr'd be the bigger draw......some things never change. well...... technically they were right, Marcel was 4 inches shorter.....😛 |
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Post by galaxytrash on Oct 29, 2020 1:42:21 GMT -6
Coulda signed Marcel Dione for the same money they paid Orr back in the summer of '76' but the brain trust thought Orr'd be the bigger draw......some things never change. no way he looks better than orr in a hawk's uni. : ) but dionne did have six 50 goal seasons, all after 1976/77, that woulda' been nice alright. |
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Post by hsbob on Oct 29, 2020 7:18:47 GMT -6
Coulda signed Marcel Dione for the same money they paid Orr back in the summer of '76' but the brain trust thought Orr'd be the bigger draw......some things never change. no way he looks better than orr in a hawk's uni. : ) but dionne did have six 50 goal seasons, all after 1976/77, that woulda' been nice alright. Bobby Orr being the great individual he is gave back a large amount of the money from that contract if I recall.....to an undeserving franchise! |
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