Mel Bridgman Bob Kelly vs Borje Salming Ian Turnbull

[leafyutube]

1974 and 1975 were bad news for hockey because they showed violence could be used to win the Stanley Cup.

[Flyers20Fan]

@rwh59 they had a lot of goons but they also had skilled player too, clarke? yeah happened to win the hart trophy 3 times, reggie leach, bill barber, all 3 of those guys were elite players that made numerous all-star games, plus they had other good players

[stormrider66]

@rwh59 They went to the playoffs every year back then and went to the Cup finals again in 76 and 80 with alot of the same core players.

[stormrider66]

@rwh59 One thing you have to remember from back then is the Flyers tried to have a finesses team when they came into the leauge and they were destroyed by the St. Louis Blues two years in a row in the playoffs. After which Mr. Snider decided to fight fire with fire and he went and got Schultz, Kelly, Dupont, etc. and made a statement.

That being said, the team still boasted alot of talent in Clarke, Leach. MacLeash, Parent, Clement, Dornhoffer etc. They were not untalented.

[Flyers20Fan]

@rwh59 now that they are less goonish and much more skilled they havnt won a cup

[hoochdini]

Depending on how you look at it, it's either too bad or a good thing Ian Turnbull didn't take a more active role with the gloves off. According to legend he was one tough S.O.B. All the talent in the world, too...just never took it seriously (except in the '78 series against the Isles!). Salming had to be pretty freakin' tough, too, to live through that era.

[skullage2010]

pussy ass goalie just watching his teammates get punched.

[jackslicl100]

i always expected to see the Hanson Bros on Philadelphia.

[HelmutHedd]

@Love4SK -This is what was wrong with hockey at that time - the Leafs two best defencemen - both better than any Flyers defencemen - are taken out of the game by International League goons like Bridgman and Kelly.

[brownfightfanatic]

team unity...go orange and balck

[Forsure3333]

At 0:17, Flyers #8 holds left arm of Leafs #18 while Flyers #9 is punching Leaf.

[MrLeeds62]

cowards kelly and shultz bridgman was a good scrapper

[RumTuff]

Everytime I see these old Flyer fights, I hate them all over again.

[xammax9999]

Mel Bridgman=piece of shit that continually fought non fighters.

[mistrbrwn]

Typical Flyers. This is why they are either loved or hated, no in between.

[Golfman88]

When was this? late 70s i assume.

[shanedoan101]

1976 playoff: Philly won in 7

[jimsboy1]

Look at Barber holding the guy back and when he isn't looking cold cocking him. Only started fights when the whole team was on the ice. I long for the good ole days of old time hockey but god this team was a bunch of thugs.

[GangZtateers]

flyers never had a defenceman with salmings calibre to this date in 2009, he is the best defenceman of his era...too bad he wasted all of those years with toronto, he would have won multiple norris trophies with a real team.

[Flyers20Fan]

@GangZtateers pronger now

[Flyers20Fan]

@GangZtateers pronger now, but yeah our history of dmen isnt great and pronger is old now, in his prime he is one of the best ever but last year he was great

[EPFANTCB]

Fighting Salming? Boy that takes guts> NOT Salming was a gentlemen and great defencemen. Can't believe that assholes like Philly would do this. Oh well Philly had no class anyway.

[superdave198]

Salming was tough enough to take on Schultz and get the better of him. I am waiting for the video on this site.

[EPFANTCB]

They were bullies and lacked talent the only way they one games was to fight all the time.

[stevejam20]

just because the flyers beat up the maple leafs here doesn't mean they were bullies. both teams decided to go at it...but with bridgman, kelly, mcilhargy, shultz, and dupont on the ice at the same time, what can the other team do?

[Eltamir]

Welcome to North American hockey, Borje!

[superdave198]

Looks like Salming was jumped. Lanny went 1-1-1 in one game with Bridgman. Salming's comment about the goons who were traded were never the goons they were in Philly without the fellow goons backing them up.

[tCROSSt]

take alook at schultz vs clarke gillies video in 1975.

[meanwiddlekid]

A perfect example of why most hockey fans that were around then hate the flyers to this day. They wait until there are all non fighters for the other team and jump them. This shit would never be tolerated today.

[sm6860]

I think it's kind of funny how time distorts peoples memories. Those Flyers were a tough bunch and it seems like most of you knuckleheads forgot how tough they were. Most opposing players didn't look forward to playing in the Spectrum in those days.

[oshawa10]

As Ken Dryden said, on the night that they retired his number 29 uniform "We beat the Flyers and Kate Smith". In 1977 and 1978 when the Boston Bruins eliminated the Flyers in the playoffs the Boston Garden fans serenaded the Flyers with "Good Bye Flyers We Hate To See You Go" and "God Bless America".

[landrykkb]

@sm6860 Nope,and who could blame those opposing teams for that,either?

[flapjack4u]

Shultz an over-rated fighter? Flyers cowards?

yeah... thats all I got to say about them comments...

[DaveStearman]

the broad st bullies nickname was an earned one.

[glaxko]

And then Come Larry Robinson, and he beats the living hell out of Shultz... kinda ironic

[Zaphrod88]

Shultz was a pretty over rated fighter, and Robinson was a tough nut. I always thought Bridgman was the toughest fighter on the team.

[clagarqc]

Flyers = bunch of cowards

[vintertor]

Lol kicking the referees ass :D