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Pictures that make you sad in hockey
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MiamiScreamingEagles
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This photo was a wakeup call especially for those of us who were of age. To see the excruciating pain of parents, the look on Mr. Lindbergh's face, to have to bury a child is sickening.
Sentinel
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Google Image Result for http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/1973247/LidstromBannerRaise.jpg
For some reason I can't post it as a picture. Would someone please assist?
For some reason I can't post it as a picture. Would someone please assist?
sr edler
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Sentinel
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Neal Broten leaving the ice at the last home North Stars game in Minnesota.
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The Panther
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That's a good one. The North Stars' leaving Minneapolis (for Texas...?) was one of the more bizarre relocations in NHL history. Just made no sense from a hockey perspective. Of course, there are other reasons...
EpochLink
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His playing career would end less than a week later in the well-known limousine crash that also severely injured Sergei Mnatsakanov. A damn shame.
McGarnagle
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I always thought Gilles Gilbert's body language after Lafleur's tying goal on the PP was the height of pathos. Even though the game wasn't over and there was still OT to go, he knew that they had it in their grasp and lost it. They were defeated, crushed by the weight of history in the Forum, again.
Somewhere in an alternate universe, the Bruins won that game and Bobby Orr had a goal and two assists. Consider yourself lucky that you live in THIS universe and avoided the heartbreak.
I’ve seen the lowlights; read about; and posted about this game so many times, that I actually feel like I was there. I was only 4, but this one hurts, and goes a long way towards fueling my hatred of the Canadiens.I always thought Gilles Gilbert's body language after Lafleur's tying goal on the PP was the height of pathos. Even though the game wasn't over and there was still OT to go, he knew that they had it in their grasp and lost it. They were defeated, crushed by the weight of history in the Forum, again.
For every winner, there must be a loser. The only Boston sports losses that could be considered worse than this would be Game 6 of the ‘86 World Series and Super Bowl XLII.
The pictures from this game make me sadder than any Bruins loss I’ve ever watched myself since I became a fan in the ‘80s.
sabremike
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I went looking for it, but there was a photo posted elsewhere of Gilles Gilbert following that game after he was told he was a first star.
Probably need to categorize, because let's face it, the images from Lindbergh, or Tim Horton, or other players that died/were near death, really make the others seem like petty concerns.
As far as straight hockey, then you have players retiring, and losses. Again, two different things. There is another season, so a loss can be tough, but there is another season. A player retiring....
For me the saddest is any one of Gretzky's last game. Even though I was well into my 20s by that point, it was the biggest thing that told me I wasn't a kid anymore.
As far as straight hockey, then you have players retiring, and losses. Again, two different things. There is another season, so a loss can be tough, but there is another season. A player retiring....
For me the saddest is any one of Gretzky's last game. Even though I was well into my 20s by that point, it was the biggest thing that told me I wasn't a kid anymore.
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Being from Minnesota, these pictures of George Pelawa are heartbreaking...
Pelawa was the 1986 Minnesota Mr. Hockey. Drafted in the 1st round by Calgary 16th overall, committed to North Dakota, died tragically in a car accident three months after the draft.
Pelawa was the 1986 Minnesota Mr. Hockey. Drafted in the 1st round by Calgary 16th overall, committed to North Dakota, died tragically in a car accident three months after the draft.
mrhockey193195
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Quick point of clarification: that first pic can't be from 1997 since Mario is wearing a Nike helmet instead of the Jofa bucket from the 90s. Without knowing anything else, I'd guess that pic is actually from his return night in 2001 against Toronto?
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The popular theory is that Mario's last game in 1997 was that game in Pittsburgh where he scored on that breakaway late in the game with a minute left. Not true. This was Game 4 and the Pens played in Philly for Game 5. Mario had two points but was -4 that game. Rod BrindAmour had two shorthanded goals within a minute which I am guessing Mario was on the ice for. So that picture is definitely not his LAST game. Possibly the last one in Pittsburgh in 1997, or as you mentioned the December 2000 return game in Pittsburgh.
JianYang
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Yeah, he originally ended his career on the road in Philly.
That whole scene in his last home game, where he scored the backbreaker against philly felt like his last game though.
I get that it was possibly his final home game, but it also felt like there was a sense of certainty that philly was not losing the next game at home. The fans appeared to have it with the way they poured out their emotions, mario had it with the way he did his victory lap, and how he left the ice.
I dont think pittsburgh themselves even believed they could win the next game in philly.
GrizzGreen
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Boston pretty much prints titles at this point so I think you'll be fine
Sincerely,
The Toronto Maple Leafs
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I agree it definitely did feel like his "last" game, because there was just a sense that Philly was much better and poised for a long run, which they did. Surprisingly the Flyers fans gave him a nice tribute, something that was the reversal of what they normally did to him.
An 86-year World Series drought for the Red Sox.
A 39-year Stanley Cup drought for the Bruins.
It took the Patriots 41 years to win their first Super Bowl.
And the best Celtics prospect since Bill Russell dropped dead of a cocaine overdose two days after he was drafted in ‘86 - ending the Celtics’ dynasty of 16 championships in 29 years.
The Boston successes of the 21st century were paid for up front and in advance.
Sincerely,
A Boston fan who knows his history.
