In Memoriam Tom McVie

[smithformeragent]

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[Gee Wally]

RIP

Great guy. Loved hearing him m talk old time hockey. True character.

 

[bruinsfan1970]

Wow this is sad he was a great. RIP Tom McVie.

 

[sarge88]

Rest in Peace

 

[aguineapig72]

 

[Terrier]

RIP


One vivid memory I have of Tom is him leading workouts in the stairwell at the old Garden, doing pushups on the steps.

 

[TP70BruinsCup]

Glad he got a Cup in 2011 after all those years of being dedicated to the game

RIP Tommy

 

[BruinDust]

RIP Mr. McVie.

 

[EverettMike]

One of my favorites.

 

[crimsonace]

When Brian Sutter was hired in 1992, he said “I want one assistant coach, and it’s Tom McVie.”

RIP

 

[Ladyfan]

RIP

Great guy. Loved hearing him m talk old time hockey. True character.

He really seemed like a great guy.

R.I.P.

 

[Fenway]

Tom was the best

 

[smithformeragent]

McVie dies at 89, was ‘quite a character’ as coach for Devils, Capitals, Jets | NHL.com

Had served as Bruins ambassador for past 30 years

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He truly was a hockey “lifer” given all the jobs he had along the way.

“If I wasn’t coaching hockey, then I’d probably be driving the Zamboni,” McVie told Boston Globe hockey writer Kevin Paul Dupont in October 1992, then a freshly minted assistant coach with the Bruins.

Dupont related how McVie had been using the same piece of Samsonite luggage for 32 years, its owner estimating 750,000 miles on the suitcase in the baggage holds of buses with thousands more travelled by air.

“My first two years of pro hockey, I never had a piece of luggage,” McVie said. “I was playing for Seattle -- Keith Allen was the general manager -- and I got hurt in Calgary on a trip that was going to Edmonton. Well, they decide to send me home, and Allen takes my meal money; that's the way it worked -- no play, no meal money.

"Like I say, I never had a suitcase. Those first two years, I threw what I needed into a bag with Les Hunt -- he played in the Detroit organization. I'll never forget, I'm standing on this train platform in Calgary, and Les just hands me my clothes. They're going on, and I'm going home. My clothes, all over the platform. I had to go get a paper bag and throw all my stuff in it."

 

[Alicat]

Rest in Peace