This is why the old time fights have it all over the newer fights.....back then the guys just wound up and threw punches.....today its lets grab a jersey swing each other around like its a dance routine and maybe just maybe we'll remember to throw a punch
@greatrighthope When I watched him coach in Toronto for a few years I found him to be (on a regular basis) a loud, obnoxious, foul-mouthed bully.
But I don't have intimate knowledge of his character like you apparnetly do....did he sign his autograph for you and say something nice? Sorry if you find my opinion sorrowful. You might want to stop reading the comments.
@ggtrains Fair enough but I actually worked as a reporter on the Canucks for three years and MC'd a number of events he attended. He was a decent guy and quite friendly. Always easy to talk to and fair in how he treated those working around him. I didn't get an autograph...is that the issue here? Did he blow you off coming out of Maple Leaf Gardens? Or was it at the new Air Canada Centre? If I see him again maybe I can mention something and try to heal your old wound. Do you need a hug?
@greatrighthope....then you clearly know him better than me....i'll stick with my earlier observations after years of watching a big, fat, gum-smacking, obscenity wielding bully behave with zero class while inside one of the hottest/most-watched hockey cities in the world.....he had a great job and owed hockey fans (youngsters in particular) more than that.....you're a bit weird....no autograph issue here my friend.
@ggtrains Seriously man, Quinn is a hell of a nice guy, and he was a great coach. He was and still is revered by any player of his. Extremely respected.
I did research on this subject in particular. The CBC began broadcasting games in colour circa 1966 (at about the time they started colour broadcasts), however, it was not until about 1971 that they began preserving the games on colour videotape. This is a shame since it would have been nice to have this game and others from that 1966-71 era available in colour as well. I'd love to see the early expansion teams and uniforms and characters in full colour as they were originally seen.
Thanks for the info! That's what CBC used to do. How about the other channels that aired the games of the pre-color days? The final game of the 1970 finals -the one showing Orr up in the air- was in colour.
Hello again. That game in particular was broadcasted and preserved by CBS, with the late Dan Kelly doing the commentary if I am not mistaken. I have in my collection a lovely documentary produced by NESN on the 1969-70 and 1971-72 Bruins Cup winning years that has that game plus all sorts of others (some clips are here on YouTube). The footage came from WSBK TV in Boston. I'd visit WSBK's hockey footage archive well before that of the CBC because of this.
Thats true it was a CBS feed which HNIC used and Dan Kelly called the game for both networks....Kelly calle plenty of games for HNIC as well...one of the great with Gallivan and Hewitt.
Shame CBC didnt start Color VTR until late 1971. I still remember my first HNIC color game on my Uncle's new Zenith (back when TVs were furniture)...It was 1969 the Habs and North Stars...I was so excited to see the teams in color...it would be another four years before we got our own color set...spent plenty of Saturday nights at my Uncle's place...I have the same NESN DVDs...too bad by then Oakland/Calif changed to those ugly Green and gold..the Original Seals Unis were great!
That makes me think about when back when I was a small child, my Dad was too poor to afford a colour set until about 1976-77. My dear Grandpa had one though at the time, probably the exact same as your Uncle's.
leafyutube... sorry but you're incorrect...Color programing began as early as the mid 50's...mainstream color broadcasting began in the mid 60's in the USA...CBC began color Broadcasting in 1966 and by 1970 (when this game was played) everything was filmed/taped/broadcast in color...its only that CBC (until '70/71) archived their material and programs (especially sports broadcasts) on B&W VTR (Video Tape Recording). So even if the broadcast was in color the archives remained in B&W.
That sounds like the late Jack Dennett doing color commentary for the great Jim Robson, Canucks announcer for many years. This must've been shot early in 70/71. Ballard changed the Leafs uni from these, to ones with a long white band down the sleeve. This apparently to escape the similarity to Buffalo's uni.
This would have been the last year for that classic style of Leafs Jersey...for the 70/71 season they changed to those ugly uniforms which they kept until the early 90's. Great clip!!
...that's what is so strange from this clip from Nov. '70. In the '71 playoffs Toronto has the ugly ones. Did 'Ballard' change them before the playoffs? At first I thought this was Buffalo!!
The Leafs used these jerseys for the last time on a west coast road trip in November 1970. This was the last game. The 'ugly' ones were used for the rest of the 1970-71 season all the way til the early 90's.
I see HelmutHedd just answered with the same info I did so I removed my post...I agree the classic uniforms were great...at least the other original six teams have either retained or returned to the classic look...actually only Boston and T.O made significant changes since this era...bruins returning to a more classic look last year.
The recent classic white Bruins jersey reminds me of the original Buffalo ones, again. coincidentally. The Canucks need to choose their original uniform again, including the 'V's' on the elbows. Then incinerate the other ones, move on and, never rethink them again. Damn it all!
I get a kick out of the old footage of the players sitting in the penalty box after a fight. They look so relaxed and comfortable. Legs crossed, fixing their hair, having a refreshing beverage....
I have little interest anymore in NHL hockey...its just all hype,gimmickery,attitude,new rules every season,ugly 3rd jerseys,greedy agents,owners,players,arenas with corporate names,spam on the boards,$200 tickets... no longer a game played by men for the love of it. 19 year olds enter the league and play right away with big fat contracts. Even great players like Lafleur did his stint with the Habs farm team before cracking the lineup...its the NBA or NFl on ice.
This was Vancouver's 2nd game ever in the NHL!
I believe they won this game 5-2 over the Leafs!
Flipstazzz 11 months ago
This is why the old time fights have it all over the newer fights.....back then the guys just wound up and threw punches.....today its lets grab a jersey swing each other around like its a dance routine and maybe just maybe we'll remember to throw a punch
johnnyjohn58 11 months ago
Let's just say Dorey was REAL LUCKY they fell to the ice fast.
123torrent 1 year ago
lol jim dorey is my insurance agent lol
Cramm557 1 year ago
WOW, THANK YOU!! Never knew Quinn was a defender for us!
cheapchinaman 1 year ago
jim dorey is my uncle no joke
dirtbiking77 1 year ago
@dirtbiking77 lol you didnt have to say it twice.. i beleve u
Cramm557 1 year ago
nice piece of NHL history there!
MrManfly 1 year ago
Well said idhorricks
mrzedlyt 1 year ago
1970-71 season
ottvalley 1 year ago
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Nice to see Quinn on the bottom.....where the fat pig belongs.
ggtrains 2 years ago
why whats worng with you?? you must be a gay man in the closet hating on hockey you faggot
ricenchikn 2 years ago
Hating on hockey?....I don't get it....I think Quinn's an asshole....so fuck off.
ggtrains 2 years ago
@ggtrains What is he 65? and you wouldn't say it to his face. He is one of the nicest guys I have ever met. Sad comment. Very sad.
greatrighthope 1 year ago
@greatrighthope When I watched him coach in Toronto for a few years I found him to be (on a regular basis) a loud, obnoxious, foul-mouthed bully.
But I don't have intimate knowledge of his character like you apparnetly do....did he sign his autograph for you and say something nice? Sorry if you find my opinion sorrowful. You might want to stop reading the comments.
ggtrains 1 year ago
@ggtrains Fair enough but I actually worked as a reporter on the Canucks for three years and MC'd a number of events he attended. He was a decent guy and quite friendly. Always easy to talk to and fair in how he treated those working around him. I didn't get an autograph...is that the issue here? Did he blow you off coming out of Maple Leaf Gardens? Or was it at the new Air Canada Centre? If I see him again maybe I can mention something and try to heal your old wound. Do you need a hug?
greatrighthope 1 year ago
@greatrighthope....then you clearly know him better than me....i'll stick with my earlier observations after years of watching a big, fat, gum-smacking, obscenity wielding bully behave with zero class while inside one of the hottest/most-watched hockey cities in the world.....he had a great job and owed hockey fans (youngsters in particular) more than that.....you're a bit weird....no autograph issue here my friend.
dub16100 1 year ago
@ggtrains Seriously man, Quinn is a hell of a nice guy, and he was a great coach. He was and still is revered by any player of his. Extremely respected.
17MJG93 1 year ago
Why not in color???
Forsure3333 2 years ago
cause its 1970??
AllStarReese 2 years ago 4
I did research on this subject in particular. The CBC began broadcasting games in colour circa 1966 (at about the time they started colour broadcasts), however, it was not until about 1971 that they began preserving the games on colour videotape. This is a shame since it would have been nice to have this game and others from that 1966-71 era available in colour as well. I'd love to see the early expansion teams and uniforms and characters in full colour as they were originally seen.
icm1970 2 years ago
Thanks for the info! That's what CBC used to do. How about the other channels that aired the games of the pre-color days? The final game of the 1970 finals -the one showing Orr up in the air- was in colour.
Forsure3333 2 years ago
Hello again. That game in particular was broadcasted and preserved by CBS, with the late Dan Kelly doing the commentary if I am not mistaken. I have in my collection a lovely documentary produced by NESN on the 1969-70 and 1971-72 Bruins Cup winning years that has that game plus all sorts of others (some clips are here on YouTube). The footage came from WSBK TV in Boston. I'd visit WSBK's hockey footage archive well before that of the CBC because of this.
icm1970 2 years ago
Thats true it was a CBS feed which HNIC used and Dan Kelly called the game for both networks....Kelly calle plenty of games for HNIC as well...one of the great with Gallivan and Hewitt.
ldhorricks 2 years ago
Shame CBC didnt start Color VTR until late 1971. I still remember my first HNIC color game on my Uncle's new Zenith (back when TVs were furniture)...It was 1969 the Habs and North Stars...I was so excited to see the teams in color...it would be another four years before we got our own color set...spent plenty of Saturday nights at my Uncle's place...I have the same NESN DVDs...too bad by then Oakland/Calif changed to those ugly Green and gold..the Original Seals Unis were great!
ldhorricks 2 years ago
That makes me think about when back when I was a small child, my Dad was too poor to afford a colour set until about 1976-77. My dear Grandpa had one though at the time, probably the exact same as your Uncle's.
icm1970 2 years ago
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ldhorricks 2 years ago
To Foresure3333, the world was not created in 2000.
Most of the broadcasts back then were in black and white.
leafyutube 2 years ago
I know! It was created in 1997.
Forsure3333 2 years ago
leafyutube... sorry but you're incorrect...Color programing began as early as the mid 50's...mainstream color broadcasting began in the mid 60's in the USA...CBC began color Broadcasting in 1966 and by 1970 (when this game was played) everything was filmed/taped/broadcast in color...its only that CBC (until '70/71) archived their material and programs (especially sports broadcasts) on B&W VTR (Video Tape Recording). So even if the broadcast was in color the archives remained in B&W.
ldhorricks 2 years ago
That sounds like the late Jack Dennett doing color commentary for the great Jim Robson, Canucks announcer for many years. This must've been shot early in 70/71. Ballard changed the Leafs uni from these, to ones with a long white band down the sleeve. This apparently to escape the similarity to Buffalo's uni.
toonguy85 2 years ago 2
I remember when I was a kid...HNIC had games on both Wed. and Sat. nights...much to my mothers chagrin.
ldhorricks 2 years ago 3
Wow, that video quality is outstanding for early 1970's.
lovefornylonfeet 2 years ago
Around the 60's actually
xTnT87 2 years ago
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ldhorricks 2 years ago
xTnT87 Wrong!!...this is not the 60's...the Vancouver Canucks did not have an NHL team in the 60's.
ldhorricks 2 years ago
Canucks won this game 3-2, and the "Wed" game after this one in TO...bring back these exact Canuck and Leaf jerseys!
mayblob 2 years ago 2
This would have been the last year for that classic style of Leafs Jersey...for the 70/71 season they changed to those ugly uniforms which they kept until the early 90's. Great clip!!
ldhorricks 2 years ago
...that's what is so strange from this clip from Nov. '70. In the '71 playoffs Toronto has the ugly ones. Did 'Ballard' change them before the playoffs? At first I thought this was Buffalo!!
mayblob 2 years ago
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HelmutHedd 2 years ago
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The Leafs used these jerseys for the last time on a west coast road trip in November 1970. This was the last game. The 'ugly' ones were used for the rest of the 1970-71 season all the way til the early 90's.
HelmutHedd 2 years ago
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ldhorricks 2 years ago
I see HelmutHedd just answered with the same info I did so I removed my post...I agree the classic uniforms were great...at least the other original six teams have either retained or returned to the classic look...actually only Boston and T.O made significant changes since this era...bruins returning to a more classic look last year.
ldhorricks 2 years ago
The recent classic white Bruins jersey reminds me of the original Buffalo ones, again. coincidentally. The Canucks need to choose their original uniform again, including the 'V's' on the elbows. Then incinerate the other ones, move on and, never rethink them again. Damn it all!
mayblob 2 years ago 2
... the colour commentator is the legendary Jack Dennett who most Hockey Night in Canada fans currently over 45 should remember.
Dennett was a fixture at CFRB in Toronto and he died too young at 61 in 1975.
chatsworthkid 3 years ago 2
Anyone recognize the announcer?
ethicomm 3 years ago
the play-by-play is Hockey Hall of Famer ,
Jim Robson , who did the Canucks forever
the Canucks paid him tribute by naming the press box after him
hockeybooks 3 years ago
I was wondering that. He sounds so much younger.
ethicomm 3 years ago
First thing i noticed! He sounds no different from when he retired.
tacular3 1 year ago
jim dorey is my uncle nooo joke
dirtbiking77 1 year ago
Jim Dorey looks like Dexter.
rhome8 3 years ago
I get a kick out of the old footage of the players sitting in the penalty box after a fight. They look so relaxed and comfortable. Legs crossed, fixing their hair, having a refreshing beverage....
carmie1818 3 years ago 2
Of course. The NHL which had five minutes for fighting (no instigator rule) and most players not wearing helmets was the more polite NHL.
icm1970 3 years ago
Agreed, they seemed to have more respect for one another.
carmie1818 3 years ago
Boy doesn't that resonate especially now in the wake of that Cormier elbow in the Quebec junior league.
icm1970 2 years ago
I have little interest anymore in NHL hockey...its just all hype,gimmickery,attitude,new rules every season,ugly 3rd jerseys,greedy agents,owners,players,arenas with corporate names,spam on the boards,$200 tickets... no longer a game played by men for the love of it. 19 year olds enter the league and play right away with big fat contracts. Even great players like Lafleur did his stint with the Habs farm team before cracking the lineup...its the NBA or NFl on ice.
ldhorricks 2 years ago 2
@ldhorricks excellent comment, idhorricks.....so true.
dub16100 1 year ago