Tony Esposito Special Tribute Video

[wisers001]

i was a boy in Germany on a Canadian base- I love him- i really do, i can't tell you how many road hockey games that everybody wanted to be Tony ! When you made a save everybody would yell out TONY !!

[SabresFan2611]

im not a hawks fan but espo was a true goalie legend 

[IDF1987]

I love the Orchard videos during the pregame.

[pjartmanstudio]

Best ever!! 4 sure

[unclebobunclebob]

Fancy schmancy...but I would have liked to see more actual SAVES.

[camper88]

I owe so much of my appreciation for the game to this guy. Thanks Tony for helping understand that beauty, skill, passion, and heart that is great hockey.

[Onegoalhawks]

Tony O was da' best

[Dwotal]

I thought Tony O was a God when I was a kid.

[azzorroww]

@Dwotal

yes, he could win games for chicago all by him self i remember the late 70's when this was very true

[flyerspa67]

A Class Act...

Great Goalie....

[alexcubs25]

I wish Tony was our goal tender today!

[mfp508]

If you put the 1971 to 1978 Montreal Canadians in front of this guy it would not have been 15 shutouts in on one season it would have been 25 shutouts a season for 7 years straight..

[goalie1351]

@mfp508 This person is right; go back and watch the 72 series where Esposiro and Dryden played with the same team in front of them; it was clear Esposito was flat out a superior netminder by far. With the Canadiens in front of him his numbers would have been ridiculous.

[103Uke]

@goalie1351 The Canadiens actually regretted trading this guy to Chi town, according to Red Fisher.

[Gooster43]

Not the first butterfly goalie, but definitely the first to make the majority of his saves from that position. Innovators like Glenn Hall, Tony Esposito and Patrick Roy are why goalies today are as good as they are. Great tribute to a true legend.

[Orton181]

EPIC

[smallsaves]

Tony Esposito was the inspiration and reason I became a goaltender. He was elite!

[AllenHarms88]

Great Vid.

[FoxRacing85]

HUGE LEGEND TO OUR HAWKS

[MasterOfPuppets1140]

Esposito = Greatest goalie to ever take the ice.

[och70]

I don't know about greatest EVER, but he was unquestionably one of the elite goalies of his era.

[MasterOfPuppets1140]

If not then who?

[och70]

It would depend on what criteria you're using to judge "greatest ever". Number of games won? Career GAA & save %? Number of Stanley Cups won?  Did the goalie in question "revolutionize" the position for the next generation? I prefer to go by greatest of a particular era, 50's, 60's, 70's, etc. because you can't realistically compare a guy that played when Tony-O, or Jacques Plante did to a guy that played in the 80's, 90's or today.

[MasterOfPuppets1140]

I think he revoulutionized the position and changed it forever, but I think the greatest modern day (or closest to) would be Patrick Roy.

[burnz0021]

tony 0 was the best