MarkovsKnee
Global Moderator
First game after a Western road trip never go well, so I'm not expecting much from this game.
Good Friday always reminds me of the Good Friday brawl between the Montreal Canadiens and Quebec Nordiques, which was on April 20, 1984. Holy shit! That was 40 f***ing years ago!
Shiiiiiiit! I'm old
Pull up a seat, and listen up you little young shits (I say this with loooove - no I don't. Ha. Ha. Ha.). It was an unbelievable battle that the idiot ref in charge let get completely out of hand. I use the singular because back in those days there was only one moronic ref instead of 2 like today.
This game is not called the Good Friday Massacre for nothing. It went on and on, over multiple periods (2nd & 3rd), fight after fight, brother against brother (really the Hunters went at it. We had one. They had one). 11 players were ejected.
After a lot of fights & unsportsmanlike play in the 2nd people, a mini brawl erupted at the end of the 2nd period. In the course of that action Quebec player Louis Sleigher sucker punched pacifist Jean Hamel in the eye knocking him unconscious. Canadiens went nuts.
Several players were being thrown out, but NOBODY told those players. All players, except Hamel, were back on the ice for 3rd period warm-ups. They learned about their penalties from the public address announcement. The players decided since they were being thrown out anyway, they might as well take some revenge, specifically on Sleigher, who the Canadiens players chased down.
Bruce Hood was heavily criticized for his handling of this game, and retired pretty much immediately. Lol
After being down 2-0 early in 3rd, Canadiens scored 5 goals to win 5-2 and clinch the series 4-2.
Steve Penny had a playoff to remember and would take the Canadiens to the Semi-Finals that year.
The entire game is on YouTube.
Good Friday always reminds me of the Good Friday brawl between the Montreal Canadiens and Quebec Nordiques, which was on April 20, 1984. Holy shit! That was 40 f***ing years ago!
Shiiiiiiit! I'm old
Pull up a seat, and listen up you little young shits (I say this with loooove - no I don't. Ha. Ha. Ha.). It was an unbelievable battle that the idiot ref in charge let get completely out of hand. I use the singular because back in those days there was only one moronic ref instead of 2 like today.
This game is not called the Good Friday Massacre for nothing. It went on and on, over multiple periods (2nd & 3rd), fight after fight, brother against brother (really the Hunters went at it. We had one. They had one). 11 players were ejected.
After a lot of fights & unsportsmanlike play in the 2nd people, a mini brawl erupted at the end of the 2nd period. In the course of that action Quebec player Louis Sleigher sucker punched pacifist Jean Hamel in the eye knocking him unconscious. Canadiens went nuts.
Several players were being thrown out, but NOBODY told those players. All players, except Hamel, were back on the ice for 3rd period warm-ups. They learned about their penalties from the public address announcement. The players decided since they were being thrown out anyway, they might as well take some revenge, specifically on Sleigher, who the Canadiens players chased down.
Bruce Hood was heavily criticized for his handling of this game, and retired pretty much immediately. Lol
After being down 2-0 early in 3rd, Canadiens scored 5 goals to win 5-2 and clinch the series 4-2.
Steve Penny had a playoff to remember and would take the Canadiens to the Semi-Finals that year.
The entire game is on YouTube.
