I hate bench clearing brawl because they never amount to anything. Just a bunch of pushing. Only once in a while do you see an actual fight breakout from the bunch.
as long as bettman is in charge nhl hockey will never return to hartford, the nhl would be alot better off without bettman, the whalers played to over 90% capacity but bettman had it in for them yet phoenix plays to just over 60% and bettman tries to keep them there, and you wonder why hockey has lost fans, bring back hartford, quebec, and winnipeg
@JohnnyInHampton Hartford was like the Montreal Expos of the NHL. Hartford borne Ron Francis, Mike Rogers, Mike Kiut, Ulf Samulesson and many others. They could just afford to keep these guys. Same with the Expos: dawson, Carter, Steve Rogers, Pedro Martinez, Tim Raines, et al.
@stevedrums That's ridiculously incorrect..the Whalers never couldn't afford a player. The management just made awful moves sending great players away for inferior ones.
Now I'm from Boston and a die hard fan of Boston Bruins however my boyfriend was a Hartford Whalers fan and wishes that they would come back so that we could have another feud in sports.
I am not from Connecticut...I'm a die hard Flyers fan...but I wish the Whalers were still around....they were never a good team, but they still had rivalries with the Rangers, Islanders, and Bruins.
Growing up in New York I got to meet Ed Hospodar a few times when he was a Ranger and he was a really nice guy off the ice, very fan friendly.that sticks in my mind till this day considering the modern athletes and the way they sometimes treat the fans. so off ice he was as cool as a moose. on ice however, if he didn't play for your team its easy to see why he was disliked.
Beck never came close to winning a cup. Over rated and a goof on top of that. Lots of talent, wasted in Colorado and New York. Like Lindros and many others. Nice to see my main man Ronnie Francis scrumming around as a Whaler!
I WAS THERE!!! WoW the efin' memories.......I have the WHALERS -H inside the whale tail- Logo TATTOOED on my calf,about the size of your hand flat,I got it 2 years before they..... I was born in Hartford Hospital,although I don't live in CT. right now,Marlborough will ALWAYS be my home, and I will ALWAYS be a WHALERS fan, and a HOCKEY fan until I die, even in this Bettman era of "Pussified" Hockey.... NHL back in Hartford?? HERE take my Left Nut....
well i did. and i didn't realize it until then, the Rangers not only had Beck and Fotiu one the ice for that brawl, a couple of years earlier they also had BOTH Hospodar and Kostopulous on the team.when you hear the phrase "goon squad" used the Flyers usually come to mind, but looking at that bunch of players the Rangers weren't too far behind them.
Just as I guessed, this is the 1983-84 season, Rosen gave it away when he said Turgeon(Sylvain) was in his rookie season.
Is the back-up goaltender Vanbiesbrouck or Soetart? I know Beezer was up for the playoffs that year, because I was AT the Coliseum when the Isles ended the Rangers season on Kenny Morrow's goal LMAO!
You fucker, don't remind me of Morrow's goal. j/k. I still love you Icelander fans. And boy, do I miss the Whale. And hockey on Channel 9?!? Classic. I miss those days of trooping up to Hartford, only a 2 hr drive with the old man. Always a fun trip. Brass bonanza and all. Long Live The Whale!!!
Hood used to be called "Turn'em loose Bruce". My 5 year old daughter watches hockey with me and "roots" for the refs. She says "Daddy, I like the guys in the strip shirts". Classic
the owner of the whalers is a vegan.
vegans are the best athletes.
normalguyable 1 month ago
LMFAO The Whalers were so much better then the Montreal Expos stevedrums
TheDieHardWWEAddict 5 months ago
what year is this?
islandblader 6 months ago
Organ playin tune called........Ooops i did it again.
MrLehnerd 7 months ago
I hate bench clearing brawl because they never amount to anything. Just a bunch of pushing. Only once in a while do you see an actual fight breakout from the bunch.
JetFalco83 1 year ago
man, these were the days..........
Mshine2 1 year ago
as long as bettman is in charge nhl hockey will never return to hartford, the nhl would be alot better off without bettman, the whalers played to over 90% capacity but bettman had it in for them yet phoenix plays to just over 60% and bettman tries to keep them there, and you wonder why hockey has lost fans, bring back hartford, quebec, and winnipeg
looneyleprachaun 1 year ago 5
is that sam rosen commentating?? and phil esposito? ans it sounds like oh baby davidson? or am i wrong?
bryan1282 1 year ago
@bryan1282 You're right, this had to be one of the first games JD ever broadcast, a 3 man booth w Sam & Espo, what a group
B2B76 1 year ago
I BLEED GREEN BABY
torsie11009 2 years ago
@torsie11009
I do NOT care what anyone says...the "talent" on this Whalers team was pretty good.
JohnnyInHampton 2 years ago
@JohnnyInHampton Hartford was like the Montreal Expos of the NHL. Hartford borne Ron Francis, Mike Rogers, Mike Kiut, Ulf Samulesson and many others. They could just afford to keep these guys. Same with the Expos: dawson, Carter, Steve Rogers, Pedro Martinez, Tim Raines, et al.
stevedrums 1 year ago
@stevedrums That's ridiculously incorrect..the Whalers never couldn't afford a player. The management just made awful moves sending great players away for inferior ones.
WhalerWatch 1 month ago
Glen Hanlon is always easy to detect among the mess of players with his carrot-colored hair.
bjursten 2 years ago
Since somebody asked, this game was played on November 26, 1983.
Section426 2 years ago
LETS GO WHALES
heathbaby88 2 years ago
the Hartford Whalers...Americas Team!!
blairzel 2 years ago
Holy!!! I was at this game
tonyocch 2 years ago
What year was this?
Theo814A 2 years ago
It was either 83 or 84
tonyocch 2 years ago
Thanks.
Theo814A 2 years ago
Those organ players really took their shit
serious,never stop playing.They could be
be-heading each other with their skates and this dude would keep on playing.
2382224 2 years ago 14
hahaha true
iangoblin71 2 years ago
Now I'm from Boston and a die hard fan of Boston Bruins however my boyfriend was a Hartford Whalers fan and wishes that they would come back so that we could have another feud in sports.
p4piper 2 years ago
are you gay?
zaki9090 2 years ago
@p4piper BUT U'LL ALWAYS HAVE A HOCKEY WIT BRUINS AGAINST THE CANADIENS OR RANGERS LETS GO RANGERS!!!!
ACE101896 1 year ago
I'm from Connecticut...
but I'm from the New York part of Connecticut! Lets Go Rangers!
YankeesGooner 3 years ago 4
same here. i'm from darien, ct but grew up a ranger fan. there were probably more ranger fans there than anything
Luke7486 2 years ago
im from meriden lets go rangers we are getting the cup this year
obiwanhs100 2 years ago
umm guys sorry but this is hawks years not rangers. sorry and whaler are better than rangers!
GERARDSKI88 2 years ago
I am not from Connecticut...I'm a die hard Flyers fan...but I wish the Whalers were still around....they were never a good team, but they still had rivalries with the Rangers, Islanders, and Bruins.
ECWnWWF 3 years ago
By the way, why was it always Bruce Hood & Andy VanHellemond refereeing these games?
generalbullmoose 3 years ago
Sylvain Turgeon?! In a fight?
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!
generalbullmoose 3 years ago
Hospodar was one of my fave players when i was a kid/teen..looking back on him now, he was sort of an asshole.
seany722 3 years ago
SORT of??!!
generalbullmoose 3 years ago
Growing up in New York I got to meet Ed Hospodar a few times when he was a Ranger and he was a really nice guy off the ice, very fan friendly.that sticks in my mind till this day considering the modern athletes and the way they sometimes treat the fans. so off ice he was as cool as a moose. on ice however, if he didn't play for your team its easy to see why he was disliked.
seany722 3 years ago
Same with Fotiu. Couldn't have been ncier off of the ice.
stevedrums 3 years ago
fotiu was one of the scariest guys who ever played, tyson anyone?
RonyMexico 3 years ago
how many teams did boxcar hospodar play for?
RonyMexico 3 years ago
east coast hockey.....
bring back the whale!
arock27 3 years ago 2
Rangers Suck !!!
cobain190 3 years ago
Whalers fans join whalerwatch. com
whaleforlife 3 years ago
Beck never came close to winning a cup. Over rated and a goof on top of that. Lots of talent, wasted in Colorado and New York. Like Lindros and many others. Nice to see my main man Ronnie Francis scrumming around as a Whaler!
Fruth37 3 years ago
Why was Beck a "Goof"?
jonasnight 3 years ago
I WAS THERE!!! WoW the efin' memories.......I have the WHALERS -H inside the whale tail- Logo TATTOOED on my calf,about the size of your hand flat,I got it 2 years before they..... I was born in Hartford Hospital,although I don't live in CT. right now,Marlborough will ALWAYS be my home, and I will ALWAYS be a WHALERS fan, and a HOCKEY fan until I die, even in this Bettman era of "Pussified" Hockey.... NHL back in Hartford?? HERE take my Left Nut....
alvo69 3 years ago 2
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the whalers may be gone but the rangers will always suck ass
futbolt 3 years ago
A-men!!!
clebo99 3 years ago
god i hate the rangers so mutch
mop2mop 3 years ago
Ah the Hartford Whalers....the memories.
thebig1 4 years ago 3
White people on channell 9. wow
frogboner 4 years ago
1) Jan Erixon was a dirty bitch at times, he hit late a ton of times.
2)Although Boxcar was a POS cheapshot artist, so was "Bubba." Fotiu should've stayed in Staten Island where they dumped the Garbage.
CCampLI 4 years ago
I remember watching that game LIVE, about 25 years ago...
Bubba Beck was really steamed and was ready to kill Eddie Hospodar...
The Whalers definitely lost the draw, with Beck and Fotiu on the Rangers...
sradss1 4 years ago
You never watched this game.
bryghtwines 4 years ago
most all ranger games where on wor or msg t.v. iam no ranger fan , but almost all away games where on the tube back then.
canucksrule69 4 years ago
well i did. and i didn't realize it until then, the Rangers not only had Beck and Fotiu one the ice for that brawl, a couple of years earlier they also had BOTH Hospodar and Kostopulous on the team.when you hear the phrase "goon squad" used the Flyers usually come to mind, but looking at that bunch of players the Rangers weren't too far behind them.
seany722 3 years ago
Just as I guessed, this is the 1983-84 season, Rosen gave it away when he said Turgeon(Sylvain) was in his rookie season.
Is the back-up goaltender Vanbiesbrouck or Soetart? I know Beezer was up for the playoffs that year, because I was AT the Coliseum when the Isles ended the Rangers season on Kenny Morrow's goal LMAO!
CCampLI 4 years ago
Duh! Did you even watch the Video? Steve Weeks is the starting and Glenn Hanlon is the backup...IDIOT Islanders fan
roboc315 3 years ago
You fucker, don't remind me of Morrow's goal. j/k. I still love you Icelander fans. And boy, do I miss the Whale. And hockey on Channel 9?!? Classic. I miss those days of trooping up to Hartford, only a 2 hr drive with the old man. Always a fun trip. Brass bonanza and all. Long Live The Whale!!!
GeneralZodFDNY77 3 years ago
this was amazing. thanks. i miss the whale. look at my freaking screen name. ill bleed green forever
thewhaleliveon 4 years ago 8
dont give up bro, i dont know if you live in ct but theres been a lot of talk about bring the nhl back to hartford:)
cntckl 4 years ago 3
his nick was Bruce (let em loose) Hood
and yeah hockey today sucks
koing32 4 years ago
Sam/JD and Phil Esposito in 1 booth here, oh boy, the color commentary never ends with these guys
B2B76 4 years ago 2
Got to love Bruce "Let 'Em Play" Hood. One of the best Old School refs.
Camel22221 4 years ago
It really is amazing how many of the old refs I remember. Hood, Ron Sickle, Dave Newell, Andy VanHellomond. The greats...
clebo99 4 years ago 3
VanHellemond always worked the finals never biased towards one team just called a fair game.
Cowboys8127 4 years ago
Hood used to be called "Turn'em loose Bruce". My 5 year old daughter watches hockey with me and "roots" for the refs. She says "Daddy, I like the guys in the strip shirts". Classic
clebo99 4 years ago 3