I have no idea where the Garden banners are as they made new ones for the new Garden
I have no idea where the Garden banners are as they made new ones for the new Garden
I was bawling like a baby when Normand skated
I have no idea where the Garden banners are as they made new ones for the new Garden
Also, it looked to me that all the jerseys were authentic and matched the era that a given player was active in.
Somebody paid attention to all the details unless I missed something.
Nice job by the Bruins in putting together a classy and emotional closing ceremony.
The Habs took notes for when they closed the Forum a few months later
The Montreal Forum was torture chamber for the Bruins for decades. I appreciate history as much as anyone else, but I’ll never say I miss that place.
Yet another great anecdote.I had a chance to speak briefly to Maurice Richard that night and he was not sad to see the Garden close - He said bad things happened to me here.
Yet another great anecdote.
I would have loved to have met Maurice Richard. By all accounts a very good man.
They were representative of each player’s first year as a Bruin, which was an incredible touch.
25 years later and that ceremony still gets me - especially Léveillé. It was a perfect sendoff for the Garden. It probably gets me a bit more knowing several of the people involved have since passed away.
I love this tribute, and I think I’ve watched this probably 60 times since I found it on YouTube.
This video makes me cry every single time I watch it. Not just tear up or get weepy - I sob and blubber. It takes me back to nights when my dad would take my younger brother and I to Bruins games at the old Garden, and those were some of the best nights of my life. Dad knew a guy who had three seats in the first row right behind the goal that the Bruins shot at twice, and very occasionally bought them so we could go to a game. The game action was indescribable - to this day I’ve never seen anything like it. The joy of seeing my heroes so close made my heart pound. It was so exciting!
Dad bought us sodas, hot dogs, ice cream, popcorn, and all the food we could eat. He never once said we couldn’t have something, even though my parents ran their household on a very tight budget.
Another blessed memory I have is that the Bruins (and the Celtics, too) NEVER lost a game I went to with my father. Not a single one. No ties, either. Winners every time.
Thanks for the memories, pop.
Same here! Thank you for sharing, too!Thanks for sharing that. Awesome story. Thats what lifes all about. Anyone who has been lucky enough to been taken to well any pro sport event..but especially your favorite sport with your dad or family. Just stuff you never forget. Getting hot dogs, sodas, asking if you can get a puck or something. I didn't grow up in Boston but I remember going to Devil and Flyer games as a kid. I used to like collecting pucks so I'd always get one. Tho anytime they had a new Bruins version puck I had to grab it haha.
This is the last time they wore those beautiful uniforms too
Bring them back. Stat.
What they replaced them with were, well, I don't think any of us miss them (although I do have one FleetCenter-era white sweater I bought because I found it really cheap on my honeymoon in Montreal, but that's the *only* reminder I have of those).