Haha wow those linesmen got right in there. And this was in an era that was one of the cleanest in hockey history if you look at the PIM totals (when a guy with 150+ minutes would lead the league in a 70 game haul but just a decade later Dave Schultz had 472 minutes on his own!).
This game was nationally televised in Canada (and likely, locally televised in Chicago or perhaps regionally to the entire Midwest), so thousands of young hockey players across Canada and the U.S. Midwest got a lesson in How To Brawl.
And this was about thirteen years before "Slapshot"!
as continues to happen 40 years later, if the idiot linesmen had simply let the first two guys involved fight, none of this would have happened. but, i'm glad they didn't :)
Reg Fleming was badass. He even picked fights in the oldtimer league they had in the '80s. RIP, dude. Of course Baun scored a playoff goal skating on a broken ankle....
I thought I had seen a Rangers clip from the 60's in which they were wearing blue at home, and here there is no doubt that the Leafs are wearing blue at home. I was under the impression that until just a few years ago the home teams always wore white. Can somebody give me a sort of timeline for when the teams wore colored/white jerseys at home/away?
@rb62470 In the beginning, there were no white jerseys. At first, they were introduced strictly for when like played like (e.g. Rangers vs. Leafs, Hawks vs. Red Wings), with the visitors wearing the "alternate" whites. Eventually, this became the standard, and by the '50s, everyone had a white jersey. The first switch was made in 1970, for reasons I'm not fully clear on, while the second change was made in 2003 for marketing reasons.
@Doogie2K3 Excellent, Doogie. Thanks a lot. Here's one that might leave you scratching your head: while watching a Ron Duguay bio I saw a clip of Ron in Ranger blue playing against the Penguins in Yellow. So at least once in that 1970-2003 period a team had the guts to keep those white jerseys in the locker room and off the ice. Thanks again.
@rb62470 The Penguins had a yellow alternate during the early 80s that they wore for certain Sunday home games, which is the only time off the top of my head I can think of such a thing occurring between 1970-96 (though the Bruins did also have three sweaters at a couple of points in the 50s and 60s, waffling back and forth between gold and black as the home sweater).
Additionally, the Kings and Seals had yellow/gold home jerseys during the 70s and 80s.
@Doogie2K3 Awesome Doogie! You are the man with the answers! I'm glad you mentioned the Bruins' yellow sweaters. I had seen clips of the Bruins in yellow, but they were so short that I could never catch whether they were at home or away.
I really appreciate the info. I never liked the thought of home teams in white in any sport, unless a team's color is specifically white (like Real Madrid or the German National Team). I'm glad to know that it was just a stage for the NHL.
Incidentally, I think I remember now why they changed to white sweaters at home: laundry. It was harder to get the white sweaters clean in a cheap laundromat than what they could work with at home, so that was why they made the change. I'm not 100% on that, but it sounds like the story I read a few years ago.
@Doogie2K3 After hearing about how they shafted the former players with their pensions and everything, it really doesn't surprise me that they'd go the cheap route when it comes to uniforms.
Fleming learned the hard way how tight the Leafs were as a team back then. Fleming had no excuse for that cheapshot at the start, he was tough enough to not have to do that and he lost a lot of respect in the league from this game on. then again, he did this crap for years to come, like attacking Bobby Hull in the WHA.
Tony Twist grew up in my city and i talked to hi ma few times...Once, i cornered him in the mens restroom of a Pizza Hut. While he was teabagging me, i noticed his scrotum was empty of testicles. I asked him if he was born that way too. He said no, it was from steroids and begged me not to laugh. As i dropped my shorts, i revealed to him my empty scrotum. We laughed and kissed as we pulled on each others empty scrotums as if they were silly putty.
Now way, now all it is is scrums and more scrums, never any good old bench clearings to clear the air once and for all anymore, just sticks and knees and scrums and Bettman sucks!
i love how the goalies just sit back chatting away watching everyone else go at it
spiked200 3 days ago
i went to a boxing match and a hocky game broke out!
spiked200 3 days ago
$25 fine? Too much!
fullerjohn1119 3 days ago
This is when men were men. Real strength, hatred, and intensity. And it was fun for them!!!
tgan71 2 weeks ago
Haha wow those linesmen got right in there. And this was in an era that was one of the cleanest in hockey history if you look at the PIM totals (when a guy with 150+ minutes would lead the league in a 70 game haul but just a decade later Dave Schultz had 472 minutes on his own!).
journeythruthepast 3 weeks ago
THAT !!! WAS A BRAWL.
felled 1 month ago
Ah the good ol' hockey game is the best game you can name and the best game you can name is the good ol' hockey game!
57595153Nick 2 months ago
Old Time Hockey, Eh????
This game was nationally televised in Canada (and likely, locally televised in Chicago or perhaps regionally to the entire Midwest), so thousands of young hockey players across Canada and the U.S. Midwest got a lesson in How To Brawl.
And this was about thirteen years before "Slapshot"!
altfactor 5 months ago
as continues to happen 40 years later, if the idiot linesmen had simply let the first two guys involved fight, none of this would have happened. but, i'm glad they didn't :)
dagwood2001 7 months ago
Of course Sean Avery and Darcy Tucker are going at it somewhere in here.
LowellDevil 7 months ago
Still almost 50 years later and it's hard to believe a player a dirty as Mikita won the Lady Byng twice.
EShack111 11 months ago
@EShack111 Wasn't Mikita one of the first players to wear a plastic helmet?
TheRealJamDawg 9 months ago
it is hard to see how they ever finished a game before 4am the following morning
rhinohippo 1 year ago
Reg Fleming was badass. He even picked fights in the oldtimer league they had in the '80s. RIP, dude. Of course Baun scored a playoff goal skating on a broken ankle....
roaringchicken92 1 year ago
I thought I had seen a Rangers clip from the 60's in which they were wearing blue at home, and here there is no doubt that the Leafs are wearing blue at home. I was under the impression that until just a few years ago the home teams always wore white. Can somebody give me a sort of timeline for when the teams wore colored/white jerseys at home/away?
rb62470 1 year ago
@rb62470 In the beginning, there were no white jerseys. At first, they were introduced strictly for when like played like (e.g. Rangers vs. Leafs, Hawks vs. Red Wings), with the visitors wearing the "alternate" whites. Eventually, this became the standard, and by the '50s, everyone had a white jersey. The first switch was made in 1970, for reasons I'm not fully clear on, while the second change was made in 2003 for marketing reasons.
Doogie2K3 1 year ago
@Doogie2K3 Excellent, Doogie. Thanks a lot. Here's one that might leave you scratching your head: while watching a Ron Duguay bio I saw a clip of Ron in Ranger blue playing against the Penguins in Yellow. So at least once in that 1970-2003 period a team had the guts to keep those white jerseys in the locker room and off the ice. Thanks again.
rb62470 1 year ago
@rb62470 The Penguins had a yellow alternate during the early 80s that they wore for certain Sunday home games, which is the only time off the top of my head I can think of such a thing occurring between 1970-96 (though the Bruins did also have three sweaters at a couple of points in the 50s and 60s, waffling back and forth between gold and black as the home sweater).
Additionally, the Kings and Seals had yellow/gold home jerseys during the 70s and 80s.
Doogie2K3 1 year ago
@Doogie2K3 Awesome Doogie! You are the man with the answers! I'm glad you mentioned the Bruins' yellow sweaters. I had seen clips of the Bruins in yellow, but they were so short that I could never catch whether they were at home or away.
I really appreciate the info. I never liked the thought of home teams in white in any sport, unless a team's color is specifically white (like Real Madrid or the German National Team). I'm glad to know that it was just a stage for the NHL.
rb62470 1 year ago
@rb62470 Thanks. :)
Incidentally, I think I remember now why they changed to white sweaters at home: laundry. It was harder to get the white sweaters clean in a cheap laundromat than what they could work with at home, so that was why they made the change. I'm not 100% on that, but it sounds like the story I read a few years ago.
Doogie2K3 1 year ago
@Doogie2K3 After hearing about how they shafted the former players with their pensions and everything, it really doesn't surprise me that they'd go the cheap route when it comes to uniforms.
rb62470 1 year ago
go damn, they had some wild brawls back then
zonkedforlife2 1 year ago
i'm a Hawks fan...and Bobby Baun fucking owned Fleming in this one.
felled 1 year ago
Fleming learned the hard way how tight the Leafs were as a team back then. Fleming had no excuse for that cheapshot at the start, he was tough enough to not have to do that and he lost a lot of respect in the league from this game on. then again, he did this crap for years to come, like attacking Bobby Hull in the WHA.
123torrent 2 years ago
great stuff..... Reg Fleming fought all the Leafs...lol!!!
classicNHLfights 2 years ago
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Tony Twist grew up in my city and i talked to hi ma few times...Once, i cornered him in the mens restroom of a Pizza Hut. While he was teabagging me, i noticed his scrotum was empty of testicles. I asked him if he was born that way too. He said no, it was from steroids and begged me not to laugh. As i dropped my shorts, i revealed to him my empty scrotum. We laughed and kissed as we pulled on each others empty scrotums as if they were silly putty.
huntercalgary 1 year ago
at 0:02
LaurenzoMierendo 2 years ago
watch the first five seconds. shack gets speared hard by number 6
LaurenzoMierendo 2 years ago
Shack was playing possum
wrappindude 3 years ago
Did you see the photographer on the ice? THAT wouldn't happen now. Wonder where those pic's are...
Fishyneil 3 years ago
thank god bettemen ruined hockey, and there is not even close to this much passion in hockey anymore
xterrorizinboys88 3 years ago
There's a heeluva lot more action now.
deesyphrr 2 years ago
Now way, now all it is is scrums and more scrums, never any good old bench clearings to clear the air once and for all anymore, just sticks and knees and scrums and Bettman sucks!
dougat 2 years ago
the golden era of hockey
clearcoat2000 3 years ago