Boston Called for Too Many Men (May 10, 1979)

The Boston Bruins get called for Too Many Men, and it becomes a very crucial powerplay for the Montreal Canadiens, who trail by one late in regulation. Can they tie it up?

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[okpapereat]

same reason why they lost to the flyers... to many man on the ice

[liduck52]

I read Don Cherry's book-Grapes-he said Marcotte had just come off when the penalty was called.

He wouldnt reveal who it was.

[RickSeraf]

From 00:19 to 0:22, as the camera moves from right to left, you can see the 6 Bruins on the ice.

[habbz11]

@RickSeraf thanks man i've been trying forever to find out!

[RickSeraf]

@habbz11 The extra man was Don Marcotte for the Bruins. In the book 'Behind the Bench' by Dick Irvin, Irvin interviewed Don Cherry. Cherry noted that Marcotte was shadowing Guy Lafleur, but Lafleur was double-shifting. At 00:15, the Bruins made a line change but Marcotte did not come off the ice since he was still shadowing the double-shifting Guy Lafleur. Stan Jonathan came onto the ice as part of the line change to take Marcotte's place, but Marcotte did not go off.

[Gerhardium]

@AK47Music Oh I don't forget that! On occasion I crank up Roget on the sound system before my own games. The NFB did a short on Roget following him through his preparations to sing at The Forum, well worth checking out if you haven't seen it. Roget also is in part responsible for the lyrics to the Soviet anthem that he sang during the Red Army visits to Montreal. The lyrics were outdated and officially out of use but with the help of a Russian language professor he produced a modern version.

[AK47Music]

@Gerhardium Don't forget Roger Doucet singing both the U.S. and his-trademark bilingual redition of "O' Canada", he too will be missed.

[Gerhardium]

I grew up watching the great Habs teams from the late 60's through late 70's. Hearing Claude Mouton announcing at The Forum and Danny Gallivan doing the PBP is fantastic. I loved how the Habs setup their power play: 4 guys and Guy. They didn't practice it as a 5 man unit as Lafleur was notoriously bad at following set plays. Bowman was a fantastic tactician and realised that the Lafleur's unique skills could work around a setup.

[AK47Music]

Ahh.... yes, the old-school overhead scoreboard hanging over center ice at the Forum at the 1:04 mark of this clip, long before giant HD screens and video graphic ribbons lining the facades of the decks and opposite the screens of the scoreboards were even invented (except Diamond Vision at Dodger Stadium and the TeleScreen at the Capital Centre), when only stats like the score, game time remaining, number of period and penalty time left mattered, I miss those days.

[dolphinsneu]

@frenchycanada you mean on the PP. The Bruins penalty killing was AWFUL in this game. They allowed four power play goals. You can't win like that.