1976-Montreal vs Philadelphia p.1

"May 16th, 1976. The Montreal Canadiens and the two times defending champions , the Philadelphia Flyers. Montreal had won eleven of 12 playoff games that spring including the first three in their series against the Flyers. Nobody knew at the time but this game would turned out to be the start of the Canadiens four years championship dynasty". (NHL Network)

Period 2: http://youtu.be/6rBX7-lpjAs
period 3: http://youtu.be/dTdnJYPjjao

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[Doral4720]

@HowBrownPhiladelphia: Wrong! I watched EVERY game. I've never said the Flyers didn't have quality players because if they didn't they wouldn't of won the Stanley Cup the year before or had been in the finals against the Canadiens. What I said was is that the Canadiens style was speed and great skating while the Flyers tended more to rely on being thugs. I met Dennis Potvin back in 1976 when the Flyers were playing the Habs and he and I laughed at how Kate Smith was not going to be a factor. LOL

[HowBrownPhiladelphia]

@Doral4720

All due respect, the Flyers were minus MacLeish and Parent.

The Habs won three games by one goal.

You apparently didn't watch the games back in the old days, otherwise you'd know

that the Flyers had quality players.

[gcdcjccc]

@belair 55 56 no it isn't, i believe the fight you're referring to happened a couple of years prior. Schultz admitted in an interview (2009 i think) that Bouchard had actually "hurt him" in that fight. despite the Stan Jonathan thing, Bouchard was tough.

[bashbrannigan]

The players might be bigger and more skilled these days, but there were more exciting rivalries and excitement in the old days. People have no idea how intense that Montreal-Flyer series was. Nothing like it today.

[northernsteel1]

@leafyutube Yes you have a good memory leafyutube . Although the Flyers had a lot of fights in 1976 , none compared to the Bloodbath between Balboa and Creed .

[belair55zz56]

Was this the series that Pierre Bouchard Fought Dave Schultz at Center ice, with the fight ending with both players butting heads. Bouchard Won the fight.

[Doral4720]

Scotty Bowman never looked to Fred Shero's "system" hockey. The Flyers were thugs as they tried to intimidate their opponents. The Canadiens throughout their history always relied on their speed and great goal tending. In 1976 the Canadiens again proved that great skating was superior to being muggers.

[toonguy85]

I remember Scotty Bowman looking to Fred Shero's "system" hockey, when he developed the defensive/offensive style that would make the Canadiens a dynasty in the late 70s. The Flyers were caught here in the very noose they knotted.

[leafyutube]

That was the same year Rocky Balboa fought Apollo Cree at the Spectrum.

[Magenta408]

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