Old Time Hockey
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A Time Capsule Full of Goons.
Road to the Stanley Crunk.
What in the name of God’s Sam all Hill that’s green holy Earth is this? I feel like I’m taking crazy pills. I know Lil John likes to sport impressive custom made goblets to all the heppest Miami clubs, but this is bordering on sacriledge. All I know, is that if someone is going to be drinking Cristal out of Lord Stanley’s cup – it better fucking be Guy LaFleur.
Hey Little John, do you wish there was more fighting in the new NHL? YEEEEAH! Did you hear Hal Gill is still playing? WHAAAAT? I’d love to know how this photo came about, because all due "respect" – I don’t think that LJ typically hangs out in the sorts of places that the Cup tours through. Unless it was featured as the finale of a recent booty clap contest in Atlanta. Still, stranger things have happened. Alright – no they haven’t.
All Hail Number 8! Neely gets Inducted
"Neely went through, not around." – Scott Burnside
It is time that we all pay our respects to one of the greatest hard-nosed hockey players EVAH! Watching Cam on the ice, and never knowing if he was going to score – or just beat the tar out of any tough guy going on the other team – was one of the things that made him great. He wore the Black and Gold with pride.
Some random statistics from BostonBruins.com:
- Was traded to Boston on his 21st birthday, June 6, 1986. I’ll bet that was a party.
- Became only the second Bruin in club history to record consecutive 50-goal seasons.
- A hit taken on his thigh in game six of the 1991 Prince of Wales Conference Championship series in Pittsburgh caused him to develop a condition known as myositis ossificans, where a portion of the muscle in his thigh turned to bone.
- Set a club record for playoff goals in a year with 16, second in the league in that category (1991).
- Scored 694 career points, ending with his retirement in 1996.
Please feel free to share your personal memories of Cam’s career. Jeepers – I’m talking like he’s dead or something. Tonight the Hall of Fame, and not the mortuary, gets a very worthy addition.
Old Days Of Bruce Shoebottom
May 14th 1988, started like any other day. The four of us a cooler of Bud and tickets to the Devils game, oh yeah it was game 7. Anyway typical trip into the GARDEN four of us in a Monte Carlo most likely listening to some Van Halen and drinking beer like it was our job. Our scenario usually went like this: drive to the parking garage next to the garden, site in the parking garage and have at least 6 or 7 Buds before we make our way over to Sullivan’s Tap, those of you who know the Tap this is before they expanded it, hang out at the Tap and drink 16oz. Knickerbockers for a $1.00 or less. Why the Tap some may ask, being that I was still 3 days shy of my 20th birthday and I have been going to the Tap uncarded for 2 years, it seemed like the only place to go. 6 or so goons of Knickerbockers and we were ready to head into the game.
Needless to say the electricity in the Old Garden was unmatched only by the hatred of the Devils. We had seats in the upper level in the corner, great view of all the action. Just as we entered the garden my bro’ in law realized he left his glasses in the car, being the nice kind hearted people we are, we all said "Tough Shit". We were heading up to our seats and to get two Busch beers on the way. Leaving my bro in law to figure it out on his own, he heads to the security guys and ask’s if he can leave the garden so he can get his glasses. Thinking they were just going to laugh at him one of the gaurds says sure but you have to hold this when you get back to your seat.
He comes back to the seat shortly before they drop the puck with glasses on and a sign that said "DEVILS SUCK". A small price to pay to see the B’s beat the devils to go the Stanley Cup Finals.
I do miss the days of Cam beating the tar out of people on his way to scoring 50 goals and the fans throwing their shoes on the ice when ever Bruce Shoebottom would drop the gloves. Long live number 8.
Being this is my first post I apologize in advance for the spelling errors and nonsense that I write. I do have more of these stories that are mostly going to revolve around beer and some sporting event or another and when I dig out my old ticket stubs I will put the pictures up.
10 Hockey Violence Lowlights
Sometimes when the boys drop the mitts and square off, it’s Shakespearean in scope – a chivalrous enforcer coming to the aid of an abused teammate. But as we all know, sometimes the goonery can be malicious, nasty and unwarranted. CBC Sports recently ranked their 10 most noteable dispicable hockey hits:
- #1 Retaliatory hit begets All-Star Game
- #2 Rocket" Richard’s tomahawk & the ensuing riot
- #3 Wayne Maki fractures Ted Green’s skull
- #4 Bobby Clarke’s Summit Series chop
- #5 Maloney crowns Glennie; crown sticks it to Maloney
- #6 The night the lights went out
- #7 Hunter ends Turgeon’s playoff run
- #8 Jeff Kugel runs wild in OHL game
- #9 Gary Suter ruins Paul Kariya’s Olympics
- #10 The Marty McSorley trial
- #11 Todd Bertuzzi’s sucker on Steve Moore. (Thanks to Greg from Puck Update for keeping us honest.)
Here’s hoping nobody gets seriously injured this year, as there are many proponents of a completely fight-free game waiting in the wings to slap down a host of new rules.