This is just a brutal cross check by the Flyers Dave Brown on the Rangers' Thomas Sandstrom that took place at MSG in NY on 10/26/87. This happened to be Ron Hextall's first game back after his 8 g...
This is just a brutal cross check by the Flyers Dave Brown on the Rangers' Thomas Sandstrom that took place at MSG in NY on 10/26/87. This happened to be Ron Hextall's first game back after his 8 game suspension for his historic slash on Kent Nilson in the Stanley Cup Finals the year prior. Dave Brown was suspended for 15 games which equaled the second-longest suspension in league history for a player altercation. Sandstrom suffered a concussion and was hospitalized overnight. I remember Gene Hart and Bobby Taylor apologizing during the next game for their comments about Sandstrom faking and embellishing his injury.
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If I rember correct Brownie was suspended for a lot of games for this assault but I think it's worse to hear what the comments are " acting school" etc. etc.
And Sandstrom was the biggest pussy to ever play the game! Fuck all of you Rangers fans... We played the game the way it needed to be played back then... I couldn't be prouder of my Flyers for the way they played. Sandstrom needed to change his tampon, and Brown did it for him...
Yeah, Nice stick to the face! I want to see more of these. Maybe after a player is near death caused by this the NHL will finally do something to stop this crap from happenning!
I would certainly not say that Brown's actions were a "natural reaction" to anything Sandstrom could have done nor would I defend it. It was over the top as you say even for Sandstrom. What I DO think is a "natural reaction" are Gene Hart & Bobby Taylor's reaction to it. Sandstrom was FAMOUS for embellishing, flopping and faking. This was 1987 so I am not sure what kind of immediate replays they had access to like they do today. They apologized for the comments the following game.
lol "play dead" he was crosschecked in the face. I wish Dave Brown would've gone up there and crosschecked them in the face. Cause I think even him would be upset for that quote lol.
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