Big Phil
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There are images, could be of a funeral, or old former friends having a good laugh or even just anything in general. What is a sad picture to you in hockey history?
I don't know how well you can see this but that's Alan Eagleson and Brad Park having a beer together. It doesn't look like during the 1972 Canada/Russia series, Park looks a little more grizzled and older in this picture. Maybe it is late 1970s while he's a Bruin? Judging by the beer bottles it isn't anything after that. Anyway, I always wonder with this image what was happening. We know the story with Eagleson but at this time he would have had the trust of people like Park and they both look like old buddies in this photo sharing a laugh.
Terry Sawchuk after getting his record setting shutout to secure the all-time lead in 1964. That's Gordie Howe and Sid Abel standing above him. I know it is just a picture, but with the stories we know about Sawchuk with what sounds like massive depression during his career and how hot and cold he was the truth is while this should have been a very happy moment for him he looks sad as if he'd rather not be around anyone. Maybe he is smiling a second after this, I don't know, but this is the image snapped.
Maurice Richard at the final game of the Montreal Forum. The most fierce man who arguably ever played the game is wiping away some tears during his 8 minute standing ovation at the post-game ceremony. That says it all right there. I wish hockey had learned a few things from Baseball and managed to keep some of their timeless sports venues (Fenway Park, Wrigley Field, even Dodger Stadium). Hockey has turfed all of these over the years. Why not just renovate the heck out of them but still have the same old place that someone like the Rocket played in? Oh well. But it was an emotional night for sure.
The heartbreaking loss after the 1996 World Cup. This was a tough one. I honestly don't remember a game that made me so sad at the end of it, not even the 1998 shootout vs. the Czechs at the Olympics. This was was almost a final good-bye. Gretzky did play in 1998 but Coffey and Messier didn't. You just never saw those old Oilers together ever again. I couldn't find the image where Gretzky is almost got his head on Coffey's shoulder. It was right at this time, I know for sure it was on the CBC feed of this game but not the U.S. version that is the only one I can see on Youtube. Anyway, I always found it heartbreaking.
I don't know how well you can see this but that's Alan Eagleson and Brad Park having a beer together. It doesn't look like during the 1972 Canada/Russia series, Park looks a little more grizzled and older in this picture. Maybe it is late 1970s while he's a Bruin? Judging by the beer bottles it isn't anything after that. Anyway, I always wonder with this image what was happening. We know the story with Eagleson but at this time he would have had the trust of people like Park and they both look like old buddies in this photo sharing a laugh.
Terry Sawchuk after getting his record setting shutout to secure the all-time lead in 1964. That's Gordie Howe and Sid Abel standing above him. I know it is just a picture, but with the stories we know about Sawchuk with what sounds like massive depression during his career and how hot and cold he was the truth is while this should have been a very happy moment for him he looks sad as if he'd rather not be around anyone. Maybe he is smiling a second after this, I don't know, but this is the image snapped.
Maurice Richard at the final game of the Montreal Forum. The most fierce man who arguably ever played the game is wiping away some tears during his 8 minute standing ovation at the post-game ceremony. That says it all right there. I wish hockey had learned a few things from Baseball and managed to keep some of their timeless sports venues (Fenway Park, Wrigley Field, even Dodger Stadium). Hockey has turfed all of these over the years. Why not just renovate the heck out of them but still have the same old place that someone like the Rocket played in? Oh well. But it was an emotional night for sure.
The heartbreaking loss after the 1996 World Cup. This was a tough one. I honestly don't remember a game that made me so sad at the end of it, not even the 1998 shootout vs. the Czechs at the Olympics. This was was almost a final good-bye. Gretzky did play in 1998 but Coffey and Messier didn't. You just never saw those old Oilers together ever again. I couldn't find the image where Gretzky is almost got his head on Coffey's shoulder. It was right at this time, I know for sure it was on the CBC feed of this game but not the U.S. version that is the only one I can see on Youtube. Anyway, I always found it heartbreaking.
