Eddie was a god on the ice. as a young child having to go to bed early I can remember running to the tv and my dad when I heard his name. the guy knew how to be fun. and he was alot better player than people give him credit for. we love ya eddie, some clown said you were a bum. he's just jealous. stay cool eddie
He's no Gretzky or Orr, but he gave the fans their money's worth. Very few playsers do so in today's NHL, which has been ruined by enormous salaries, addition of so many sunbelt teams, curbs on fighting, neutral zone trap and season that is just too long. 1970s and 1980s NHL was the best.
You're right about Shack, he was great fun to watch. But 70's hockey was the best? The 70's had those hulking moronic misfits from Philly wrecking the game.
Recall the nationally broadcast Saturday afternoon games? They were cancelled after the networks had to deal with games whose time slots were ballooned to 3 hours by the Broad Street's Brawling retards How much nationally televised, major-network hockey have you seen since? And where are salaries? Gimme hockey from the 60's any day!
@rockfordtoronto What? You don't understand plain English? Read this slowly then - He SUCKED and he wasn't a good fighter. He could skate, no doubt, but he SUCKED as a player.
Plus, he's an a s $ hole. I've met him, and can say that. And you sound like a total puke, so F^ck Off.
@ProbertFire when you get your high school diploma we can talk. I dont like debating with a 12 yr old. just not much fun. best of luck in life, you seem to need it
@rockfordtoronto You couldn't debate anyone anyway, unless you had a brain transplant, and got up off your knees and stopped kissing Shack's backside. There's some cars out in the front of your cardboard box/home - go clean the windows.
@ProbertFire education son, education. I know you feel cool when you use the F word but people are laughing at you , not with you. say hi to Ricky, Bubbles and Julian. LOL weener
@rockfordtoronto Hey Wimpy, why don't you get your mommy to buy you a milkshake after you finish squeegeeing a few extra windshields..or is she out looking for a new cardboard box for you both?
Isn't it "weiner"? Yeah....EDUCATION. . . hahaaaa. Goof.
I saw and met Eddie in March or April 2009 he told me that he loved my hair. I told him that I was in love with his stanley cup ring. I wanted it so badly. Then he took off his cowboy hat and show me his hair, we had a little joke about it. Eddie was and still is the best hockey player ever. Beside Tim Horton.
Kicked everyone's ass???!! Have you ever watched old time hockey? Eddie Shack won maybe 3 or 4 fights in his life. He was NEVER regarded as a tough guy. Most of the time he was getting the crap kicked out of him, and thats a fact.
Yeah, I insulted him, so you live with it. Oh, and fuck off winzTwirp.
Hey Woody Amen to Shack. As a kid when the Leafs and Habs played. I watched shack skate past the Montreal Bench swearing at them in French. One time they all went after him. I pissed my self laughing as a kid seeing shack get away from the whole bench. Those were the games my friend.
Nobody on skates wanted to take the Plager brothers on at the same time (one on one Eddie would have gone for it win or lose). He should have listened more to Imlach and honed his hockey skills (like Howie Young for Detroit). Both him and Howie Young could have had better NHL careers had they focused more on hockey (on and off the ice). John Ferguson worked hard on his game and by 1969 he was scoring some clutch goals which is what "talented tough guys" are supposed to do in the NHL.
its too bad this is the only clip on eddie shack on here....he was the most entertaining athlete of his generation (even had his own song)....when i was in grade eight i refused to play on my school hockey team because they didn't have number 23...they finally gave me a 2 and sewed the 3 on.....little known fact is that eddie was the first player to score 20 or more goals in a season for five different teams so he had some talent.
Eddie definitely had talent, unfortunately the reason he was with five different teams was because he didn't get along with his coaches too well. (The teams were the Rangers, Leafs, Bruins, Kings and Sabres; he played for the Penguins too)
Whatever the St. Louis Blues lacked in talent - during their first three seasons when they were the best in the West - they made up for in hard work and toughness. The Flyers put together the Broadstreet Bullies precisely to counter the aggression of the Blues - who fought, slashed and speared their way to the Stanley Cup finals three straight seasons.
By the time of this video - early 70s - they were still tough, but behind Philadelphia in that category.
The Plager brothers WERE the Hansen brothers before there were Hansen brothers! But the Blues had some legitimate talent then too: Doug Harvey on defense, Glenn Hall AND Jacques Plante in goal, and Scotty Bowman coaching.
Scotty and Lynn Patrick deserve credit for recognizing that strong defense was the only real road to success for an expansion team. So they brought together the two goalies you mentioned - Hall and Plante - and assembled a defense consisting of veterans like Jean Guy Talbot and Al Arbour (and Doug Harvey the first year) ably assisted by Jim Roberts, Noel Picard and the Plager brothers.
Wow. The Plager brothers looked really pissed off. I think at first he was willing to fight one on one but when he saw he was being ambushed by five or six Blues players I guess he figured it was time to get out of Dodge. Wonder what he did to set them off like that.
lmao he wasn't scared. He had 6 players coming after him, and it wasn't going to be a one on one scrap. I'm NOT an Eddie Shack fan at all, but he certainly wasn't afraid to fight at all. He was the only fighter dressed that night, and the blues had about 6....3 of whom were on this particulr shift and all going after him at once.
eddie the entertainer!
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Eddie Shack is my neibor no lie i swear to god
56mdk 10 months ago
Eddie Shack is my neibor no lie
56mdk 10 months ago
Eddie was a god on the ice. as a young child having to go to bed early I can remember running to the tv and my dad when I heard his name. the guy knew how to be fun. and he was alot better player than people give him credit for. we love ya eddie, some clown said you were a bum. he's just jealous. stay cool eddie
rockfordtoronto 1 year ago
Shack was actually a pretty good hockey player
ottvalley 2 years ago
@ottvalley He was damn good, the only reason his career wasn't better was that he was a head case and kept gettign traded
Staszu13 11 months ago
id sell it too you.....cuz it is just collecting dust haah
mattswifty12 2 years ago
i see this bum all the time in toronto
spaceninjafromspace 2 years ago
i have an eddie shack hockey stick, one of his costom made, he played with it and everything:)
mattswifty12 2 years ago
He's no Gretzky or Orr, but he gave the fans their money's worth. Very few playsers do so in today's NHL, which has been ruined by enormous salaries, addition of so many sunbelt teams, curbs on fighting, neutral zone trap and season that is just too long. 1970s and 1980s NHL was the best.
lakeerie90s 2 years ago
You're right about Shack, he was great fun to watch. But 70's hockey was the best? The 70's had those hulking moronic misfits from Philly wrecking the game.
Recall the nationally broadcast Saturday afternoon games? They were cancelled after the networks had to deal with games whose time slots were ballooned to 3 hours by the Broad Street's Brawling retards How much nationally televised, major-network hockey have you seen since? And where are salaries? Gimme hockey from the 60's any day!
chrismca 2 years ago
Hey look I really did see him. I also met Rick Vaive. I got a pic of my nephew with him.
annelovesnhl 2 years ago
He sucked. And please learn how to spell, you ignorant hick. Unless that IS considered proper spelling on your planet.....Planet FUCKHEAD
This is what playing video games 11 hours a day has gotten you.....you dumb shit.
ProbertFire 2 years ago
you seem to like to lie about eddie. he sucked and wasnt a good fighter?????. sure son.
rockfordtoronto 1 year ago
@rockfordtoronto What? You don't understand plain English? Read this slowly then - He SUCKED and he wasn't a good fighter. He could skate, no doubt, but he SUCKED as a player.
Plus, he's an a s $ hole. I've met him, and can say that. And you sound like a total puke, so F^ck Off.
ProbertFire 1 year ago
@ProbertFire when you get your high school diploma we can talk. I dont like debating with a 12 yr old. just not much fun. best of luck in life, you seem to need it
rockfordtoronto 1 year ago
@rockfordtoronto You couldn't debate anyone anyway, unless you had a brain transplant, and got up off your knees and stopped kissing Shack's backside. There's some cars out in the front of your cardboard box/home - go clean the windows.
Like I mentioned, F* c K off loser.
ProbertFire 1 year ago
@ProbertFire education son, education. I know you feel cool when you use the F word but people are laughing at you , not with you. say hi to Ricky, Bubbles and Julian. LOL weener
rockfordtoronto 1 year ago
@rockfordtoronto Hey Wimpy, why don't you get your mommy to buy you a milkshake after you finish squeegeeing a few extra windshields..or is she out looking for a new cardboard box for you both?
Isn't it "weiner"? Yeah....EDUCATION. . . hahaaaa. Goof.
ProbertFire 1 year ago
I saw and met Eddie in March or April 2009 he told me that he loved my hair. I told him that I was in love with his stanley cup ring. I wanted it so badly. Then he took off his cowboy hat and show me his hair, we had a little joke about it. Eddie was and still is the best hockey player ever. Beside Tim Horton.
annelovesnhl 2 years ago
I meet Eddie today no joke
I saw the stanley cup ring
jamielescard 2 years ago
The Leafs never retired his number 23. But I did, a long time ago.
clearcoat2000 2 years ago
Don't forget,Shack was a pretty good hockey player,consistent 20 goal scorer
wrappindude 3 years ago 2
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Shack was an asshole. Is he still an obnoxious drunk?
Should have been punched out a lot more than he was. Total goof.
ProbertFire 3 years ago
Shack #1
johnh23 3 years ago
spoken like a true dickhead
focamonaca75 2 years ago
Fuck off wimp.
ProbertFire 2 years ago
dont even matter if he was an asshole , he kicked everyone elses ass and he could play hockey circles around you so dont insult one of the greats.
winzinnewf 2 years ago
Kicked everyone's ass???!! Have you ever watched old time hockey? Eddie Shack won maybe 3 or 4 fights in his life. He was NEVER regarded as a tough guy. Most of the time he was getting the crap kicked out of him, and thats a fact.
Yeah, I insulted him, so you live with it. Oh, and fuck off winzTwirp.
ProbertFire 2 years ago
Clear the track!!Here comes Shack!!
wrappindude 3 years ago 2
that line was from
Brian McFarlane's own tribute song
Shack was always a little bitter he never got a piece of that pie
hockeybooks 3 years ago
Someone should try and find the Zeidel/Shack battle and post it on this site.
SiruselVaranus 3 years ago
I loved Shack,he was hilarious
wrappindude 3 years ago
Eddie "Clear the Track" Shack was fun to watch
woodyt56 3 years ago 2
Hey Woody Amen to Shack. As a kid when the Leafs and Habs played. I watched shack skate past the Montreal Bench swearing at them in French. One time they all went after him. I pissed my self laughing as a kid seeing shack get away from the whole bench. Those were the games my friend.
cycimian 3 years ago
Nobody on skates wanted to take the Plager brothers on at the same time (one on one Eddie would have gone for it win or lose). He should have listened more to Imlach and honed his hockey skills (like Howie Young for Detroit). Both him and Howie Young could have had better NHL careers had they focused more on hockey (on and off the ice). John Ferguson worked hard on his game and by 1969 he was scoring some clutch goals which is what "talented tough guys" are supposed to do in the NHL.
naughtyholder 3 years ago
its too bad this is the only clip on eddie shack on here....he was the most entertaining athlete of his generation (even had his own song)....when i was in grade eight i refused to play on my school hockey team because they didn't have number 23...they finally gave me a 2 and sewed the 3 on.....little known fact is that eddie was the first player to score 20 or more goals in a season for five different teams so he had some talent.
appistappis 3 years ago
Eddie definitely had talent, unfortunately the reason he was with five different teams was because he didn't get along with his coaches too well. (The teams were the Rangers, Leafs, Bruins, Kings and Sabres; he played for the Penguins too)
Staszu13 3 years ago
Whatever the St. Louis Blues lacked in talent - during their first three seasons when they were the best in the West - they made up for in hard work and toughness. The Flyers put together the Broadstreet Bullies precisely to counter the aggression of the Blues - who fought, slashed and speared their way to the Stanley Cup finals three straight seasons.
By the time of this video - early 70s - they were still tough, but behind Philadelphia in that category.
ARTROSS4ANDY 4 years ago
The Plager brothers WERE the Hansen brothers before there were Hansen brothers! But the Blues had some legitimate talent then too: Doug Harvey on defense, Glenn Hall AND Jacques Plante in goal, and Scotty Bowman coaching.
Staszu13 3 years ago
Scotty and Lynn Patrick deserve credit for recognizing that strong defense was the only real road to success for an expansion team. So they brought together the two goalies you mentioned - Hall and Plante - and assembled a defense consisting of veterans like Jean Guy Talbot and Al Arbour (and Doug Harvey the first year) ably assisted by Jim Roberts, Noel Picard and the Plager brothers.
ARTROSS4ANDY 3 years ago
Wow. The Plager brothers looked really pissed off. I think at first he was willing to fight one on one but when he saw he was being ambushed by five or six Blues players I guess he figured it was time to get out of Dodge. Wonder what he did to set them off like that.
gcdcjccc 4 years ago
Met Eddie about 20 years back in a bar...obnoxious drunk. Real asshole.
ProbertFire 4 years ago
#17 rick kehoe. #16 tim ecclestone,#21 bj salming, #20 gary monahan
doogwood 4 years ago
if Eddie was so tought then why was he running away from the Blues players? he looked scared as shit.
deathmetalferret 4 years ago
lmao he wasn't scared. He had 6 players coming after him, and it wasn't going to be a one on one scrap. I'm NOT an Eddie Shack fan at all, but he certainly wasn't afraid to fight at all. He was the only fighter dressed that night, and the blues had about 6....3 of whom were on this particulr shift and all going after him at once.
boston487744 4 years ago
who was the leaf goalie ron low? mayb wayne thomas? JIRI CHRHA or gordon mccrae? dunc wilson or doug favell?
doogwood 4 years ago
I believe the LEAFS goalie was Ed Johnston, who was best known with the BRUINS, and later for drafting Mario Lemieux in PITTSBURGH.
zapper759 3 years ago
at 0:40 the guy haymakers his way out of the ref's
jibberjabberr 4 years ago