People forget how tough Bobby Orr was. When you think of him it's usually his godlike skating and elusive puck protection but when things got messy and you pissed him off LOOK THE HELL OUT LOL.
All true. I recall a playoff game vs Toronto when he took a blindside cheap nasty cross check by tough guy Pat Quinn. When he recovered from the hit he later tangled with Quinn and absolutely whipped his butt silly. Mind you Quinn was 6'3 220 or so and Orr was 5'11" 195'ish. Great fight and a clear victory for Orr. He was strong on his skates, had very quick hands, and a nasty temper when angered. Loved it!🏒
Sad that his son achieved fame as a pro wrestler, a musician, and an author of several books, and is a multi millionaire? Too bad every parent can't have a son that makes them sad like that.
I like his characterization of Clarke: How do you like me now when I'm hiding behind other players? Accurate. I remember. He had the talent but used his stick for a lot more than scoring goals. He gave Rod Seiling 16 stitches one night at MLG around 75 or 76----with his stick.
Clark also helped Canada win the 72 series by breaking Kharlamovs ankle with a lumber Jack axe attack. Canada would never have won if Kharlamov continued in the series. And that’s coming from a rabid Canada hockey fan. I watched every single one of those games when I was12 years old. I was so proud at the time. But on reflection I know the Russians were the better talented players. Canada were cocky and arrogant and found out they weren’t the best they thought they were. I think Espo pleading with fans after their game 4 loss said it all about where their confidence was at. The Russkies taught us a few lessons in that series and continue to do so. They have also learned from us and that’s what makes them great too. USA will probably be the most dominant hockey nation going forward for a number of years
#1 Larry “ The Rock” Zeidel. A totally crazed, bizerk, fearless, violet madman on ice. Or a we use to say in the minors a thing of beauty- the perfect player. Naturally gifted and blessed with the rare combination of Zoro like carving skills and fast stone like hammer fists. Truly poetry in motion, a hockey Picasso if you will. An illustrious glorious and wonderful career on the ice was the stuff of legend with the over 100 concussions. More like a 1,000 with practice fights and stick swinging battles targeting the head, not to mention regular bar fights. The Rock was a true competitor selfishly always wanting more blood on the other guy than himself. Truly a key cog in any long playoff run. A typical sports newspaper post game summary: The two of them went at it like medieval gladiators. First they broke their sticks banging them on each other's heads. Then they carved at each other with the jagged stumps. Covered with blood they began to trade punches. Finally they wrestled each other to the ice exhausted. 'As we were being led from the ice,' Zeidel remembers, 'I noticed I was bleeding more than Evans. So I grabbed a loose stick and hit him over the head with it. Funny, but I remember holding back just a little bit as I hit him. If I hadn't restrained myself, he'd be dead'." The Rock was a true legend. #1. 👍
Sweaters ! Hockey’s a Canadian game and they’re called sweaters, not jerseys ! Go to a pub in England, with the patrons watching soccer and say out loud “ nice save by the goalie” & the whole place will go silent until one of them yells at you “he’s a ‘keeper’ not a fuckin’ goalie’. It’s a sweater, not a fuckin’ jersey !
RIP Bobby Plager. He's hip checking angels now. Wouldn't have wanted to play against early 1970's Blues with Barclay & Bobby Plager, the giant Frenchman Noel Picard, Steve "Mental Case" Durbano (still owns most penalty minutes for any player with more than 220 games of 5.2 PIM per game) and Bob "Battleship" Kelly all coming over the boards.
That Blues team was responsible for the Broadstreet Bullies. The Plager brothers would terrorize the Flyers in the early years so Philly became a fighting team because of them.
@@stumarston6812 I was starting to think I was the only person who accepted that as fact. The Flyers owner said they'd never get bullied again after losing in postseason due to Blues beating them down. The Plager Brothers basically kicked off the 1970's goon hockey arms race.
@@elvicare35 Depends on the angle the ref sees it & how far away the puck was at the point of contact. Have to think hockey in Heaven has good referees & never implemented the instigator rule.
Barclay & Bob were definitely tough customers. Years after their days with the Blues, we in Pittsburgh were happy to get Durbano and Kelly. They injected at least a little life into our otherwise mediocre teams through the late 70s and 80s.
those so called tough guys never bothered to snap at gordie howe....as he would have messed them up really good any one of them .......howe was the toughest man to ever play the game
@@elvicare35 that’s probably true. Schultz once said that Horton gave him a bear hug and he could barely breathe. Horton’s teammate in Buffalo, Peter McNab, also said Tim Horton was the strongest player ever.
This is a great interview but I call BS on the Sanderson/Howe interaction.....Simply stated....Mr. Howe would have had Derek as a dinner appetizer............
