randy holt record setting brawl vs flyers

[mrklaw1844]

4:21

[77davince]

randy holt HAS the biggest heart of all time in any sports!he would be on the worst teams and putt out every single night!he'd play injured all the time and took lumps like no other person in any sport especially the fierce times of the days of the broad street bully ere!!bless your heart randy!

[altfactor]

The camera angle from the corner looked like it was in black-and-white.

perhaps it was black-and-white coaching film or tape that was edited in and synchronized to the tape of the TV coverage to provide a better look at the mayhem.

[gtrefghuk]

HaHaHa, Ahhh.... the old days.

[DynamiteD9]

@tyme4mike he and his wife just went down to south america to travel for a 3 weeks, i dont think someone who has serious brain disabilties travels for that long and is still one of the best story tellers ive ever heard. but still let me know your relation.

[DynamiteD9]

@TYME4MIKE I'd like to know how you know randy, i spent a week with him and his family last feburary and the guys is in amazing shape, working out two times a day sometimes... Yes it is true he was hit by a truck and for awhile had some serious disablities but has worked through those and is in very good shape, he is not "still very sick" unless someone can fake it for a week to his nephew, and brothers.

[ehakk]

funny how everyones paired up waiting for their turn to fight in the spot light

[kingbear3472]

I love how @ 2:39 # 3 comes over and trips one of the fighters with a shove from his stick.

[KarmicOmen]

Randy Holt is the record holder ... most penalty minutes in one period = 67 and most penalties in one period = 9 in game played March 11, 1979.

Gotta love old time hockey, and we certainly did!

[bronze5420]

@KarmicOmen i know his cousing

[fenderbassfan]

Ol. time Hockey at it's best, and not just the fights. Even regular season games were so intense. Hockey bores me now. Loved Bert Wilson. Even though he wasn't very big he always held his own against anyone (except Boston's Stan Jonathan, that guy was crazy). Steve Jensen never fought, but if he did he was a bruiser.

[bishopaz]

@fenderbassfan i soo 100 pct agree

[Keyo717]

This is when the Flyers were worth watching

[EMCEMITCH]

raquello---thats becuse emile francis was a pussy

[peteylax]

you may have known Randy and his family but you obviously dont know him that well now cause he isnt even close to seriously disabled... learn your facts before you try and hurt someones public image....

[tyme4mike]

@peteylax The man is right. Randy went through some serious physical problems so it's you that better get your facts straight because I know the man too. He's still very sick and has disabilities. He didn't do anything to hurt Randy's image. It seems he was trying to let those others know that Randy has had some illnesses. So shut your cakehole retard.

[here4family]

Grew up with Randy Holt and his brothers Gary, and Timmy. Randy has since had a bad accident and ended up with a seriously debilitating brain injury. He's still an easy going guy but it's sad to see how disabled he is from the injury. He can still walk and all that but has memory problems and talking issues. He is one of the five toughest s.o.b.'s to ever be in the game.

[hammer231984]

Where is Jack McGetty when I need him the most

[CanadasHardest]

Listen to the neanderthal philly fan yelling throughout... C'MON HOLMGREN!!! GET HOLT!!!

[fenderbassfan]

I remember watching this game on TV. I think Holt was with the Kings for only one season but he didn't back down from anyone. I remember him bouncing Ken 'the Rat' Linesman's head of the ice over and over which of course precipitated a big bench clearing brawl. :).

Except for the playoffs, Hockey is boring compared to the 'Good Ol' Days'.

[jonasnight]

the kings sure stood up well for themselves in this brawl...

[hockeybooks]

this game had it's anniversary the other day

randy holt is an all-time classic

[RRaquello]

I remember when Bert Wilson first came up with the Rangers. He wasn't big, but he wouldn't back down & had a lot of fight. But in those days, any Ranger who was tough & a scrapper would get traded right away (think of Jerry Butler, Steve Durbano, Johnny McKenzie, Ted Irvine, even Moose Dupont) which was why they were always getting their asses kicked by the Bruins, Flyers, Islanders. I never understood it. They were always saying "we need tough guys", but when they had them, they'd trade 'em.

[fabrasham]

4:10....Holmgren out cold !

[bishopaz]

i remember that bert wilson,when he was with the kings,decisioned the great dan maloney.

[ekimfloom]

I love the comment at the end...

AND HOLMGREN IS LIVID!

[Camel22221]

Never noticed Behn Wilson taking jensen's skates out from under him when he started tatooing Bridgman. Thanks for pointing that out. Poor Jensen got the same treatment in Fight 3 with Bridgman after he started unloading, Holmgren came in and fed him some uppercuts.

[riccobooner]

Randy Holt is my Dad's Cousin...I've always wanted to see this video...thanks for posting it!

[alimackjack]

He's my cousin, really a nice guy when you meet him. I think he's a scout for Calgry now, or he was anyways. He also scouted for the Flyers at one time.

[fabrasham]

Did anyone notice in the fight at 2:39 Behn Wilson uses his stick and trips Jensen..... because he is pummeling Bridgeman. Typical cheater move. Did the Flyers ever fight fair ?

[justice008a]

looks to me like Jensen can try Wilson anytime during this clip if he wants..... he sure doesn't want..... Randy Holt was great; anyone who can stand toe-to-toe with Holmgren... Holmgren looked to be fighting fair when he was feeding some stiff at the end of this clip though....

[illicitstill]

Old time hockey, thanks for posting.

[ProbertFire]

Good showing by the underrated Bert Wilson. Neither Holt or Bert Wilson were big guys but both could fight, and Holt was just plain nuts. Bathe was a phony.

[RazberyBandit]

That'd be Behn Wilson, and yeah, he could fight.

[ProbertFire]

Actually, I was talking about the Kings' Bert Wilson. Bert Wilson was involved in a fight in this game against BEHN Wilson, and managed to score a slight decision. That's BERT fighting BEHN Wilson at the 1:25 mark. Bert "Long Arms" Wilson was a guy who deserves mantion as a guy who could really fight, but didn't do it a lot.

[hockeybooks]

there's a few versions of this brawl, but not many have the # 8 bert wilson at #3 behn wilson match

thanks for doing it justice with your review

[BostonGarden]

Bridgman lurking around trying to find the Kings trainer so he can sucker punch him

[webulls]

4:23 - "unbelievagable" What a moron.

[bronxsportsfan]

This brawl took place exactly 29 years ago today (March 11, 1979). 372 PIMs in that 1st Period alone! Randy holt recorded 67 PIMs by himself. By the way, Marcel Dionne scored his 50th goal of the game & Philly won the game 6-3. [Thanks to the NY Daily News for that piece of info.]

[swany65]

I always wondered if there was another version of this historic brawl.

[vidlivs]

I've seen a better angle of the last fight between Bridgeman and Jensen on youtube, but I think it might not be on anymore. It was put to music and had no play-by-play.

[koing32]

i lose alot of respect for anyone that fights with a helment on...at least in the minors they agree to fight and drop helmets.....search mirasty to see what i mean

[blackngold41]

That's because in the minors everyone wears visors as they are mandatory, so obviously they're gonna remove their helmets so they don't have to punch shield.

[mikekole]

Holt really took some from Holmgren, but wouldn't go down. Heck of a chin on Holt there!

[meanwiddlekid]

This was great. Dirty flyers at their low life worst. Nick Fotiu beat the crap out of Homlgren and Behn Wilson but Schultz was too scared to fight him.

[thetank922]

fuck u

[ShermanOaks1972]

Holt was freakin tough. If I remember correctly he cut Holmgren pretty good.

[fenderbassfan]

Being a King's fan from starting in the mid-70's I saw Bert Wilson fight quite a few times. He always fared well or at least held his own except for once against Stan Jonathan from Boston. A one punch knock-out.

[dagwood2001]

bert wilson was one of the most under-rated scappers of all time. also, note gary dornhoeffer on color....he had retired just a season ago and was just starting his career as a colorman....

i hope you guys all enjoy this tape....i "discovered it" 5 years ago and put it out on the market right away...again, enjoy.

[Puckhog9]

Thanks for all these great old fights, Hockeybook. I've been watching them for the last hour...so many great memories. The thing I like about these old fights is the players genuinely hated each other and wouldn't stop even while on the ice. So many of todays fights are staged passionless exhibitions

[vidlivs]

I agree with everything you said. Today's WWE imitation hockey fights are no match as far as intensity. Sure the guys are bigger, maybe punch harder and god knows do what to their bodies to stay bigger, but the fights were more genuine in the past.

[MickR55]

Great video! I used to watch Randy Holt play when he was with the Dallas Blackhawks. He was a freakin' animal on and off the ice - I also saw him pound a few tough guys in bar fights. Thanks for the video.

[zubizuva]

"Unbelieveagable." Classic.

[DynastyDavid]

yes, very rare. Thanks for posting this!

[Camel22221]

Great stuff. That's a VERY VERY Rare fight between Behn Wilson & Bert Wilson -- the fight that happened prior to the brawl at the end of the 1st period. That's a fight that's on none of the tapes out there. Also love how Holt was about to come out of the box to get at Dunlop and then Bathe was ready to join. Classic.