The History of the Boston Bruins
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Does anyone have a recollection about this 1972 movie? I am posting it here as the trailer has some great Bruins footage from the early 70's.
I found a review in the Harvard Crimson written by John Powers who would go on to a long career writing sports for the Boston Globe.
http://www.thecrimson.com/article/1972/3/23/winter-comes-early-pbib-suppose-it/
Appears it was released in Canada with the title Faceoff
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Does anyone have a recollection about this 1972 movie? I am posting it here as the trailer has some great Bruins footage from the early 70's.
I found a review in the Harvard Crimson written by John Powers who would go on to a long career writing sports for the Boston Globe.
http://www.thecrimson.com/article/1972/3/23/winter-comes-early-pbib-suppose-it/
Appears it was released in Canada with the title Faceoff
Yes, great footage throughout the movie indeed. And it was re-released as Face Off on DVD a few years ago. Good collectors item.
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"Does anyone have a recollection about this 1972 movie? I am posting it here as the trailer has some great Bruins footage from the early 70's"
Absolutely!
I remember when it came out i was a huge Sanderson fan (still have a picture as a kid with me wearing a "Derek Is Unreal" tee shirt, i lived in that thing), so it was a much see.
Had a thing for Trudy Young after the movie, she played such a 'cool' hipster chick in the film.
Man, nice blast from the past.
Absolutely!
I remember when it came out i was a huge Sanderson fan (still have a picture as a kid with me wearing a "Derek Is Unreal" tee shirt, i lived in that thing), so it was a much see.
Had a thing for Trudy Young after the movie, she played such a 'cool' hipster chick in the film.
Man, nice blast from the past.
Here is a full broadcast from 1989 that appeared would be an easy Bruins win.
Not exactly - but it was great hockey to watch.
Not exactly - but it was great hockey to watch.
Rene singing the anthems in 1985
This game was played on March 18, 1985 and notice who is behind the bench.
The PA announcer was Joel Perlmutter who thought he could scam Jacobs on tickets and lost everything and he died in 2001 at the age of 46.
The flag waver was a season ticket holder from Melrose and he was banned from the Garden by Harry a couple of years later when he waved the Quebec provincial flag instead of the Canadian Maple Leaf before a Nords game.
This game was played on March 18, 1985 and notice who is behind the bench.
The PA announcer was Joel Perlmutter who thought he could scam Jacobs on tickets and lost everything and he died in 2001 at the age of 46.
The flag waver was a season ticket holder from Melrose and he was banned from the Garden by Harry a couple of years later when he waved the Quebec provincial flag instead of the Canadian Maple Leaf before a Nords game.
Scene I: Bruins management & staff are in Claude Julien's office. They are discussing tonight's game against Montreal:
Don Sweeney(constantly scanning his cell phone for proposed deals): You know Claude, with all the new guys on the team I'm not sure they truly understand what it means to play against those mother bleepers.
Claude(munching on KFC Extra Crispy): Hmmm....better have a talk with them. *Burps* Jay, (Pandolfo former Bruins whipping boy & present assistant coach) get the team into the locker room!
Scene II: Bruins locker room. The entire team is assembled and the new guys are wondering what this is all about.
Danton Heinen (rookie winger): I wonder what this is all about?
David Backes (new Bruins UFA signing) No idea. Hopefully it's not a reaming. Hitch used to get on us all the time back in St. Louis...no wonder we didn't have anything left for the playoffs.
*Claude strides into the room and faces his squad*
Claude: I want to talk to you about tonight's game. You are members of the Boston Bruins. One of the Original 6 franchises of the National Hockey League. It is both an honor and a privilege to wear that Spoked B on your sweater. Tonight we play the Montreal Canadiens who are also an Original 6 franchise. Now maybe you new guys don't know this but Montreal is, has been and always will be our most hated opponent. No other team even comes close. No Marchy, not even Vancouver (everyone looks at Brad Marchand who made one of the Sedin twins his personal ****** during the 2011 Cup Final) Now let me make this clear to all of you: You are the Boston Bruins. You have the best equipment and the best training money can buy. You are going to whip those poutine swilling sons of ******es every time you step on the ice. You're not just going to check them out of the play, you're going to check them 30 rows back into the stands. You're not just to defend your goalie when those jackwagons try to pile in on him, you're going to sweep that crease so clean you can eat your dinner off of it. You're not just going to fight those Montreal mother ******* you are going to beat them to such a pulp their own mothers won't recognize them. Why? Because they are Montreal. The Evil Empire of the NHL. The New York Yankees of the NHL. The biggest collection of diving, whining and cheap shotting swine you will ever encounter in your NHL career. Remember, there is a reason why they wear a toilet seat logo on their sweaters. That is all.
*Claude leaves the room. The new guys are shocked. They have never heard such angry words from their coach. Except when they fail to back check. Then they get it both barrels...*
Brandon Carlo (rookie defenseman) Wow. Claude really hates them.
Zdeno Chara (The Captain): And with good reason my young partner. Anyone who has coached or played against them despises them for they are a prize collection of ********** on skates. They are the opposite of what we Bruins are about. Never never forget that.
Tuukka Rask(5-15-3, .909SV% lifetime vs Habs): I don't know guys. We haven't beaten them here in 4 years. I don't think we can do this.
Chara: What? What was that you said? To hear you talk the game is over already. Well **** you. **** that. The game isn't over until the final siren sounds. Was it over when the Maple Leafs were up on us 3-1 during that playoff game? Was it over when the Sox were down 0 games to 3 against the Yankees in 04? Was it over when the Sox were down 2 games to 3 against the Reds in 75?
Rob O'Gara (rookie defenseman): Red Sox? 75?
David Krejci (veteran center): Forget it he's rolling. Besides you weren't even born yet.
Chara: Hell no! And it ain't over now! This could be one of our best games of the season. I don't care if a Montreal fan does call the police from his seat in the Garden when I plaster a smurf into the glass. I know the surrounding Bruins fans will make his life an absolute hell until security can get there. I'm not afraid of those little toilet seat logo wearing pieces of **** and neither should any of you. Now let's go out there and smear the blood of their corpses all over our ice. This is our ****ing house and our ****ing city!!!!!!!!!
**** the Habs!!!!
Don Sweeney(constantly scanning his cell phone for proposed deals): You know Claude, with all the new guys on the team I'm not sure they truly understand what it means to play against those mother bleepers.
Claude(munching on KFC Extra Crispy): Hmmm....better have a talk with them. *Burps* Jay, (Pandolfo former Bruins whipping boy & present assistant coach) get the team into the locker room!
Scene II: Bruins locker room. The entire team is assembled and the new guys are wondering what this is all about.
Danton Heinen (rookie winger): I wonder what this is all about?
David Backes (new Bruins UFA signing) No idea. Hopefully it's not a reaming. Hitch used to get on us all the time back in St. Louis...no wonder we didn't have anything left for the playoffs.
*Claude strides into the room and faces his squad*
Claude: I want to talk to you about tonight's game. You are members of the Boston Bruins. One of the Original 6 franchises of the National Hockey League. It is both an honor and a privilege to wear that Spoked B on your sweater. Tonight we play the Montreal Canadiens who are also an Original 6 franchise. Now maybe you new guys don't know this but Montreal is, has been and always will be our most hated opponent. No other team even comes close. No Marchy, not even Vancouver (everyone looks at Brad Marchand who made one of the Sedin twins his personal ****** during the 2011 Cup Final) Now let me make this clear to all of you: You are the Boston Bruins. You have the best equipment and the best training money can buy. You are going to whip those poutine swilling sons of ******es every time you step on the ice. You're not just going to check them out of the play, you're going to check them 30 rows back into the stands. You're not just to defend your goalie when those jackwagons try to pile in on him, you're going to sweep that crease so clean you can eat your dinner off of it. You're not just going to fight those Montreal mother ******* you are going to beat them to such a pulp their own mothers won't recognize them. Why? Because they are Montreal. The Evil Empire of the NHL. The New York Yankees of the NHL. The biggest collection of diving, whining and cheap shotting swine you will ever encounter in your NHL career. Remember, there is a reason why they wear a toilet seat logo on their sweaters. That is all.
*Claude leaves the room. The new guys are shocked. They have never heard such angry words from their coach. Except when they fail to back check. Then they get it both barrels...*
Brandon Carlo (rookie defenseman) Wow. Claude really hates them.
Zdeno Chara (The Captain): And with good reason my young partner. Anyone who has coached or played against them despises them for they are a prize collection of ********** on skates. They are the opposite of what we Bruins are about. Never never forget that.
Tuukka Rask(5-15-3, .909SV% lifetime vs Habs): I don't know guys. We haven't beaten them here in 4 years. I don't think we can do this.
Chara: What? What was that you said? To hear you talk the game is over already. Well **** you. **** that. The game isn't over until the final siren sounds. Was it over when the Maple Leafs were up on us 3-1 during that playoff game? Was it over when the Sox were down 0 games to 3 against the Yankees in 04? Was it over when the Sox were down 2 games to 3 against the Reds in 75?
Rob O'Gara (rookie defenseman): Red Sox? 75?
David Krejci (veteran center): Forget it he's rolling. Besides you weren't even born yet.
Chara: Hell no! And it ain't over now! This could be one of our best games of the season. I don't care if a Montreal fan does call the police from his seat in the Garden when I plaster a smurf into the glass. I know the surrounding Bruins fans will make his life an absolute hell until security can get there. I'm not afraid of those little toilet seat logo wearing pieces of **** and neither should any of you. Now let's go out there and smear the blood of their corpses all over our ice. This is our ****ing house and our ****ing city!!!!!!!!!
**** the Habs!!!!
From doc5hole:
‘The Tradition’ to honor ‘Cash,’ an old-school money player
http://blogs.southcoasttoday.com/br...ion-to-honor-cash-an-old-school-money-player/
Watch out tonight, Cash, because Espo is introducing you.
Big Phil, based in Florida and still connected to his brainchild, the Tampa Bay Lightning, via broadcast work, doesn’t visit Boston for Bruins functions. He never fully recovered from the Nov. 7, 1975 trade to New York. When the Bruins and the Blackhawks were set to play for the Cup in 2013, Esposito, whose career began in Chicago, was asked to comment on the series and offered a “What do I care? They both got rid of me – screw ‘em,” type response. But he’s here tonight at TD Garden in an act of loyalty that echoes the words of late Flyers coach Fred Shero: “Win today, and we walk together forever.”
In Rink Rap’s view, the more significant piece of Cashman’s career was those later ’70s and the second transition to the young club that finished first overall and gave the Islanders their longest series as a Stanley Cup dynasty, taking them to six in the ’83 conference final.
“Our identity went from a swashbuckling bunch of guys to a team where, basically, hard work. That’s how we had to win, we had to outwork people,” said Cashman.
‘The Tradition’ to honor ‘Cash,’ an old-school money player
http://blogs.southcoasttoday.com/br...ion-to-honor-cash-an-old-school-money-player/
Watch out tonight, Cash, because Espo is introducing you.
Big Phil, based in Florida and still connected to his brainchild, the Tampa Bay Lightning, via broadcast work, doesn’t visit Boston for Bruins functions. He never fully recovered from the Nov. 7, 1975 trade to New York. When the Bruins and the Blackhawks were set to play for the Cup in 2013, Esposito, whose career began in Chicago, was asked to comment on the series and offered a “What do I care? They both got rid of me – screw ‘em,” type response. But he’s here tonight at TD Garden in an act of loyalty that echoes the words of late Flyers coach Fred Shero: “Win today, and we walk together forever.”
In Rink Rap’s view, the more significant piece of Cashman’s career was those later ’70s and the second transition to the young club that finished first overall and gave the Islanders their longest series as a Stanley Cup dynasty, taking them to six in the ’83 conference final.
“Our identity went from a swashbuckling bunch of guys to a team where, basically, hard work. That’s how we had to win, we had to outwork people,” said Cashman.
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Bill 'Spaceman' Lee on Cashman
https://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/...ns-spaceman/1cqxc57EcjZC011fw0pWVO/story.html
https://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/...ns-spaceman/1cqxc57EcjZC011fw0pWVO/story.html
I was at this game in Chicago in 78 when 32 year old Cashman fought 23 year old Dave Logan.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAGAgI4dt1s
Broadcast in 1990 on WCVB-TV, Boston. Outstanding footage, interviews with great figures in Bruins history. Much Bobby Orr and the Stanley Cup Bruins, Milt Schmidt, rivalry with Montreal, end of Orr’s career, Terry O’Reilly, Don Cherry, too many men on the ice, Jonathan/Wenskin/Cashman fights, Schoenfeld/Koharski “have another donut,†1988 Finals and lights out at Boston Garden, etc. Runs 15 minutes.
Extensive look at Bruins fans, their loyalty and what makes them tick. Interviews and footage include Roger Naples and the “Gallery Gods†of Boston Garden. Runs 5:22.
February 4, 2017
Don Cherry sits down with Jean Ratelle, Brad Park and Phil Esposito to discuss trades, fighting and the 1972 Summit Series.
http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/don-cherry-sits-esposito-park-ratelle/
Don Cherry sits down with Jean Ratelle, Brad Park and Phil Esposito to discuss trades, fighting and the 1972 Summit Series.
http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/don-cherry-sits-esposito-park-ratelle/
Amazing how long they let them go . The officials today would have moved in pretty quickly .
Wren Blair courted the Orr family heavily but they were reluctant to have Bobby sign a 'C form' with Boston hoping Toronto would finally make an offer. The Leafs never did and Bobby signed with Boston. Keep in mind when this was happening the Leafs had become a dynasty winning 3 Cups in a row something that would not happen again until .......... like never
It's coming along, my friend. Next five years, possibly.
I think, as do many NHL lifers (Barry and Brick come to mind), this might finally be the Capitols year. Someone said they remind of the Bruins of 2011-13. Billy Jaffe noted that they're "winning the right way." They've been through all of the classic obstacles many eventual Cup winners confront & ultimately surpass. My long suffering nephew Ned, a life long Caps fan, may at last have his day.
