And most cars didn’t have seat belts back then. And the lack of helmets resulted in Masterson’s death on the ice and the hundreds of athletes who have now died of CTE due to concussions.
Look who it is. An impressive carrier named after you became aware not too too long ago of a pretty decent stretch of beach as well, not as nice as the adjacent Eisenhauer one but a heck of a lot easier to access than my great gramps mountain peak I can tell ya. I guess some admirals get all the glory, and some get ................?............ rock.
But it was a team on the cusp of being a contender with a host of young and up and coming stars Richer, Lemieux, Chelios, Corson, Roy, Naslund, Smith, etc. who were about to make their mark on the game.
Don't know quite what your point is, but for the record, Dwight D. Eisenhower was the 34th president of the U.S. and a five star general in the U.S. Army. In recognition of his great service to his country ,the second of ten Nimitz - class nuclear - powered aircraft carriers was named the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) which is currently still in service with the United States Navy. There may be other places named in this great man's honour.Look who it is. An impressive carrier named after you became aware not too too long ago of a pretty decent stretch of beach as well, not as nice as the adjacent Eisenhauer one but a heck of a lot easier to access than my great gramps mountain peak I can tell ya. I guess some admirals get all the glory, and some get ................?............ rock.
I wish we saw a rebuild in the mid to late 90s...
Might've actually won a cup by now.
I liked the game better back then more than now. More character in it. No helmets etc... Guy Lafleur skating down the ice hair flowing. Great broadcasting Danny Gallivan, Foster Hewitt, etc... Every rink had its own identity. Pipe organ in Chicago, Boston Garden right over the ice.
That was a fun time, to be a Habs fan..............that said, the kids now are better athletes no question.
I grew up in '70s. Mostly, little late '60s early '80s. Character in the game back then. I remember being on pins and needles during any of the Russian series. From '72 to '84. Even '87.
Well it's actually a little funny to me as you never know when a memory resurfaces, in some cases a scent, a song a particular taste and in this case an uncommon name. And you can chalk all that up to boredom as I set aside time to observe the TDL and reading threads and flopping all over the place and came across your name, BAM! triggered recent events. It's as simple as that. We had been to the beach not that long ago and there is also a hiway named after Nimitz BTW. We had been visiting family and friends and also discussed some historical events pertinent to the area and date at the time. Many things are named after key figures in history for their accomplishments, rightfully so. It was simply an observation seeing as my great gramps ( Admiral of the fleet and also the first governor general of the VOC ) only got the mountain, as far as we know considering all his accomplishments. We, the mrs and I feel as if we've come full-circle in a roundabout way with our union almost predestined. Anyways, enough blather and back to the boards ramblings and idiosyncrasies and see what this Montreal organization is and will be up to come Draft day and Free agency frenzy.
The odds are stacked against it, that's for sure..............7 teams, out of 32 and not to mention weather, taxes etc have the kids all clamouring for playing in big US cities so as hockey players they can live quietly and keep to themselves....
But then they beat Boston, Quebec, and went to the Conference Finals and won the first 2 games. Two years later, despite finishing 7th or 8th overall in a then 21 team league (i.e. middle of the pack) we managed to win a Cup with a hot goalie and a lot of luck (mostly having the teams that would have certainly beaten us get beat by other, lesser teams that we could beat)
The day I was born the Leafs waltzed into the Forum and beat the Habs 6-0. Fortunately the Habs went on to win the Cup that year.
