there is a funny and tragic story about shore and clancy that highlights different attributes of each player. shore's temper and clancy's agitating.
in '36, TML and boston played a 2 game, total goals series. boston won game 1 3-0 (in which shore was very good), and so boston would win the series if they did not lose game 2 by more than 3g.
early in game 2, boston got a 1g lead (4g lead in the series), and TML players were hitting, high sticking, crosschecking shore to try to throw him off his game and to draw penalties from shore's temper. but shore kept his emotions in check.
shore eventually got a minor penalty for tripping, and the bruins became disorganized without him. clancy and another player both scored on the (same) PP to give TML a 2-1 lead. TML were now outplaying boston, even after shore returned, but were still behind 4g to 2g in the series.
a TML player knocked in a rebound near the boston crease, and the bruins complained that it was goalie interference or that the puck had been kicked in. elmer dulmage, reporter for the canadian press, wrote that it was clear that the TML player had been in the crease, but the referee allowed the goal. series was now 4g to 3g for boston.
shore argued in vain with the referee, and clancy began to pester shore, saying gee, eddie, you're not gonna let him get away with that, are you?
clancy's comments pushed shore over the edge and he (lightly) shot the puck into the referee's back as he was skating away, which was a 10 minute misconduct penalty.
2 other bruins took minor penalties soon after and TML soon scored 2g, to take the lead in the series. TML scored twice more. boston scored late in the 2nd and once in the 3rd. TML scored again late to win the game 8-3 and the series 8-6.
it was the biggest comeback in history.
this also shows how important shore was. i read much about him recently, and boston tended to be mediocre when shore was not on the ice.
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Charlie Conacher RW
frank selke said in 1962 that charlie conacher was the greatest all around athlete he has known, meaning hockey and other sports. he also said "i have never known any player who has reduced the scoring of goals to as exact a science as charlie conacher."
selke said conacher was not as good a goalscorer as maurice richard b/c conacher tried to make the perfect move, but richard would shoot from anywhere.
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. However, if we say that Stevens is one of the best defensive defenceman of All-Time, we can't give him credit for the offence he had in Washington. Just like Yzerman, you can't have the best of both world. You choose either a side or another, or you normalize both part of their career together. If you do so, Stevens is a notch below Lidstrom, Harvey etc ...
