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Bobby Schmautz?

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Hi. There are no threads about Bobby Schmautz on these forums and very limited information on the web. I'm interested in knowing if he was more than a reasonably talented offensive player and a pest. Did he play on the second line? How was he defensively, did he play box play? Did he skate well?

Thanks in advance.
 
Darth Yoda said:
Hi. There are no threads about Bobby Schmautz on these forums and very limited information on the web. I'm interested in knowing if he was more than a reasonably talented offensive player and a pest. Did he play on the second line? How was he defensively, did he play box play? Did he skate well? Thanks in advance.
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Before my time. Stand to be corrected here. But from what I have been told: 'Reasonably talented player' would fit. What would be considered 2nd-3rd line player today. Schmautz offensive game comparable to, maybe, Rich Peverly-type player, with fighting spunk. Boston known more for offence back then, not defence. 1974-'75, Boston totaled 345 goals; in comparison, 2011-'12, 269 goals. Any player inserted in lineup with Orr-Esposito could be expected to maximize their offensive stastics. Can't really comment on defence ability, or skating. Not a front-line super player.

http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues/seasons/teams/0000321975.html
 
Agree with the previous poster except he in no way resembles Peverley in any way to me. No present Bruin does. Loved Schmautz,nasty,dirty player with a scary shot,perfect fit on those Bs. Defense was for defensemen and checking lines. Outscore the opponent was the name of the game. Watched him many times and can't ever remember thinking about his defense,good or bad.
 
He was a character. As were a few of the Lunch Pail gang in those days. He score. Consistently 20 plus. Normally in shortened injury riddled seasons.

Was willing to fight. Was a bit on the dirty side. He could carve you up.

He had one of the hardest slap shots I've ever seen. But, yes, when he wound up, you had no idea where it was going. I did see him put one up in the balcony once.

Ultimately his knees gave out on him.

http://web.archive.org/web/20041013103328/http://www.bruins-legends.com/S/schmautz.htm
 
Always enjoyed watching him play. He played around the time my family still had season tickets in the old Garden. We were high up enough so that none of his shots landed near us, but we always hoped.:naughty: Very entertaining player and we always talked about something he did after most Bruins games.
 
He is from Saskatoon and played for the Blades.

My dad loved watching him play as a blade. I am not sure if he followed him in NHL or not.
 
I remember ole Schmautzie.He was dirty at times.He was not a bad player either but not the go to guy or nothing like that.Get ya 20 and wicked shot but not clue where it was going.:) I remember Trembley dropping him at MTL forum.
 
Schmautzie was singlehandedly responsible for the installation of safety nets behind the end glass. :sarcasm:

Seriously, great if unpredictable shot, decent speed, feisty attitude that fit in well with the Lunch Pail AC. Not a great fighter, lost a one-punch TKO to Mario Tremblay in a playoff game. But also scored the OT winner in Game 4 of the 78 SCFs, still the greatest hockey game I've ever attended.

Often played on a line with Gregg Sheppard, IIRC, another smallish underrated player whose career was cut short by injuries.

5 straight 20 or more goal seasons with Bs, not too shabby. Closest comparable player today would be Marchand. Schmautz had a harder shot but Marchand is a better skater and better all-around.
 
Therick67 said:
He could put the puck in the balcony from the top of the crease. great but unpredicatble shot..
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Ha ha..... I remember that well, and that was way before the days with the nets/screens to protect fans!!! Wild slapshot that, as you say, was unpredictable at best. Many claimed he was a headhunter as far as going high on the goalie.

Pretty feisty player with some offensive abilities, no doubt. However, the Bruins were such an offensive oriented team in those days and to say the game is different today would be a major understatement. So difficult to project where/how he'd fit today.
 
Schmautz was a nice edgy player. Great fit for the 70's Bruins

8 straight years with 20+ goals with a big playoff year in 76-77 when the Bruins went to the finals against Montreal. During the run that season he was the NHL leader in playoff goals with 11.

Seemed to get dinged up a lot. Probably because he was chippy, physical guy who had very ordinary size.

Tried to take on Larry Robinson once. Not a good choice for most players, but even more of a mistake for a 175 pounder. But that just demonstrated his edgy, energetic, game.
 
I used to do a weird schmautz saying when the B's needed a big goal. I swear whenever I did it he would score.
Time obscures memories. So it probably happened once or twice.
The Bruins of the mid to late seventies were like the Red Sox before they won and like the Pats of late. So frigggn close.
 
Every slapshot was an adventure. I remember they'd put him on the left point opposite Orr on the right point. When they'd feed him the puck he'd wind up to the point where his stick would go straight up vertically. Whenever he'd shoot it (fairly often) out he'd looked slightly pissed, when he'd hit the net he'd look surprised. I wish someone had a radar gun to clock that shot. He was a hoot to watch but many times slightly aggravating inthat he had loads of talent but it was undisciplined IMHO.
 
talk about a blast from the past!

He is most famous for playing with both Orr and Gretzky and for his great one liner about it - Gretzky was protected, Orr was a target.

That and he is the only man to have a division named after him. ;)

He was a chippy, nasty player with a nose for the net. I seem to remember some really big goals coming off that wild stick of his. He wasn't a pest because back then there really were no pests. You start something, you finish it. end of story. that was the motto of the league, but now only a few teams play that way.
 
I think in one of Don Cherry's books Don mentioned how he would always talk to the boys in training camp who where trying to make the team,he said something along the lines of ''if you guys want to fight Oreilly ,go for it ,if you guys want to tangle with Jonathan ,good luck but stay away from that little guy [Scmautz] with the big nose or he will carve you up''.:laugh:
 
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