Iconic Goals Pre Television

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I was watching a Sportsnet video on some of the most memorable goals from each team's history. Obviously pre-TV, we don't remember goals as well, as they are not seared into our memory through highlight packs and Youtube videos. But what are some iconic goals that fans raved about before they were on video? Or ones that aren't necessarily on video, but you remember as very pretty goals?
 

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Rocket Richard's winner against Boston in '52... with a concussion (Recalling The Rocket's Greatest Goal
and paraphrased from the article below).

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Early on in the second period, Richard was on one of his famous rushes up the ice, and cutting around Bruins defenceman Hal Laycoe. As Richard moved around Laycoe, he didn't see Leo Labine appear behind his Bruins teammate until the last second . Labine was a solid defender and he planted his shoulder heavily into the chest of the Habs winger as he tried to jump between the two defenders. Richard took a stick to the face, and his head bounced off the knee of one of the two Bruins rearguards before striking the ice.
Forum fans stood and watched as Richard lay bleeding from the forehead and unconscious. Ushers ran out with a stretcher, but were sent away by team doctor Gordon Young.
Young got Richard back to consciousness, and his teammates helped him back to the first aid room. Richard again lost consciousness while the doctor stitched him up. By the time Richard was alert again, the third period was well under way. Against his doctor's advice, Richard found his way back to the bench.
Blood still trickled through his bandages as coach Irvin stopped him. "He told me he was alright, but he wasn't just then," Irvin said following the game. "He didn't even know the score of the game." Richard's linemate, Elmer Lach, got him up to speed: still 1-1 with just over four minutes left in the period. It was all Richard needed to know. "I caught Rocket squinting up at the clock and asked him what was the matter," Lach said. "He told me his eyes weren't in focus but just then it was time for a line change and over we went."
With the two teams playing four-on-four, The Rocket, Lach, and Bert Olmstead jumped over the boards and headed towards the Canadiens end of the ice. Emile Bouchard had recovered the puck for Montreal, and made the pass to Richard, who zipped past a pair of Bruins forwards, eluding a Schmidt poke check. Only the Boston defence of Bill Quackenbush, Bob Armstrong and Henry remained in his way. Quackenbush tried to press his opponent towards the corner, but Richard slipped past him, pushing him off with one arm as he had done many times before, and headed to the net. Richard faked a shot, drawing Henry to his left post and skated by him, firing the puck into the far corner.
 
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Bill Barilko comes to mind, scoring the cup winning goal in overtime. Of course the following events probably did contribute to the legend.
 

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Heres one for the ages.... long before television, even film.... mystery. Legend of Cyclone Taylor, the games first Superstar & his Skating, Goal Scoring Prowess.... going through an entire team skating backwards, scoring a goal..... and good luck trying to find that one....
 
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The Winnipeg Jets 5-3 victory over the Tretiak and the Soviet Red Army in January '78, featuring a hat trick by Bobby Hull (who had just turned 39 two days before). Only grainy highlights remain, probably from the evening news, as the game was not televised.

Also, game seven of the Habs vs Blackhawks in the '71 Stanley Cup finals. That's another historic game that doesn't exist on video, only grainy highlights remain.
 

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Heres one for the ages.... long before television, even film.... mystery. Legend of Cyclone Taylor, the games first Superstar & his Skating, Goal Scoring Prowess.... going through an entire team skating backwards, scoring a goal..... and good luck trying to find that one....
It's easier to find the quote about how he never did that. It's a myth.
 

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It's easier to find the quote about how he never did that. It's a myth.

.... depends on who your asking. According to his Grandson who did ask his Grandfather apparently replied, and I'm paraphrasing a bit but as close to memory as I can recall.... " he looked me in the eye and without batting a lid told me coldly and matter of factly that if it had occurred he had no exact memory of it as much had taken place and does happen in games that you dont remember... however, others claim to have seen it, said it happened, so if they say it happened then maybe it did, then again maybe not"...

So. Do we consider it maybe a "fishin tale"? Just got bigger & bigger over the years..... maybe just started with a deke & backwards motion in the slot, maybe a spin at the blue-line and some backwards skating heading into the slot.... maybe several what were later coined "Savardian Spin-O-Ramas" by the late great Danny Gallivan..... Maybe "all eyewitnesses are liars".... could well be... and if your a Commie, Extreme Left Leaning Socialist, then yes, all eye witnesses are liars. Fortunately, this is neither Germany of the 30's & 40's, nor is it Communist Russia. So unless you can prove unequivocally & empirically that this event "never happened".... then people are "free to choose whether they WANT to believe it or not" Councillor.
 

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Bill Cook, Harold 'Mush' March, and Brian Hextall's Cup winning goals of 1933-1934-1940
 

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Good grief, how is that possible??
Not a lot of foresite or vision from the tall foreheads in those days. They simple recorded over a lot of the video without making back-ups. That's why the famous Bobby Orr overtime goal in 1970 is the Dan Kelly american broadcast version. The Hockey Night in Canada version was taped over years ago.

Game seven of the '71 Habs versus Blackhawks may be an old Beachcombers episode now.
 

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I believe that only one Stanley Cup final was decided in game 7 in OT....Pete Babando in 1950 for the Wings vs. the NYR. Talk about an epic goal....the hockey equivalent of Mazeroski's HR against the Yanks in 1960.
 
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I believe that only one Stanley Cup final was decided in game 7 in OT....Pete Babando in 1950 for the Wings vs. the NYR. Talk about an epic goal....the hockey equivalent of Mazeroski's HR against the Yanks in 1960.

And as a result the Rangers were the last team awarded the (very ugly) O'Brien Trophy. It was retired the following season
 

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And as a result the Rangers were the last team awarded the (very ugly) O'Brien Trophy. It was retired the following season

....... ........ wat? My God blood gin... have you no eye for art nouveau?
The O'Briens' a beautiful trophy. Made from the silver from one of his mines.
 

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....... ........ wat? My God blood gin... have you no eye for art nouveau?
The O'Briens' a beautiful trophy. Made from the silver from one of his mines.

haha. I don't know something about it seems dingy. Seems like something that would either contain my grandmothers candy or my grandfathers ashes

Also, what's the Avco Trophy doing these days?
 
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.... depends on who your asking. According to his Grandson who did ask his Grandfather apparently replied, and I'm paraphrasing a bit but as close to memory as I can recall.... " he looked me in the eye and without batting a lid told me coldly and matter of factly that if it had occurred he had no exact memory of it as much had taken place and does happen in games that you dont remember... however, others claim to have seen it, said it happened, so if they say it happened then maybe it did, then again maybe not"...

So. Do we consider it maybe a "fishin tale"? Just got bigger & bigger over the years..... maybe just started with a deke & backwards motion in the slot, maybe a spin at the blue-line and some backwards skating heading into the slot.... maybe several what were later coined "Savardian Spin-O-Ramas" by the late great Danny Gallivan..... Maybe "all eyewitnesses are liars".... could well be... and if your a Commie, Extreme Left Leaning Socialist, then yes, all eye witnesses are liars. Fortunately, this is neither Germany of the 30's & 40's, nor is it Communist Russia. So unless you can prove unequivocally & empirically that this event "never happened".... then people are "free to choose whether they WANT to believe it or not" Councillor.

Taken from Jack Wells radio interview and written in column by Herb Manning

Winnipeg Evening Tribune, 1943-03-02
In the impromptu discussion which followed current hockey topics were soon exhausted, permittin Mr, Wells to thrust directly to the point.

"Tell us, Cyclone," Mr. Wells invited, "about the time you scored a goal skating backwards through the entire enemy team."

Mr. Taylor colored, stammered in temporary confusion and then said, "That subject has been a source of great embarrassment for me. I never scored a goal skating backwards."

Even though the column is named one man opinion for me it´s good enough evidence that it is a myth.

Hopefully a working link http://digitalcollections.lib.umanitoba.ca/islandora/object/uofm:1356704
 
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haha. I don't know something about it seems dingy. Seems like something that would either contain my grandmothers candy or my grandfathers ashes

Also, what's the Avco Trophy doing these days?

... :laugh: unhuh. be a rather unusual vessel to be keeping the ashes of a loved one in but ok.... As for the Avco Cup, which was the 1st in pro sports to be named after a corporation (Avco Financial) there are 3 of them out there.... main ones at the HHOF in Toronto and the other 2 residing in the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame in Winnipeg & the Nova Scotia Sports Hall of Fame in Halifax.
 
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haha. I don't know something about it seems dingy. Seems like something that would either contain my grandmothers candy or my grandfathers ashes
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Has a rather antiqued charm, no? Love the action image imposed on the front, the details between the engraving, now back in the day that would certainly draw everyone's attention as it sat on the fireplace mantle.
 

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... :laugh: unhuh. be a rather unusual vessel to be keeping the ashes of a loved one in but ok.... As for the Avco Cup, which was the 1st in pro sports to be named after a corporation (Avco Financial) there are 3 of them out there.... main ones at the HHOF in Toronto and the other 2 residing in the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame in Winnipeg & the Nova Scotia Sports Hall of Fame in Halifax.

3 Avco Cups?? Not like it had a long and storied history over the decades. Are they identical? Must be a good story there..........
 

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Has a rather antiqued charm, no? Love the action image imposed on the front, the details between the engraving, now back in the day that would certainly draw everyone's attention as it sat on the fireplace mantle.

Fighting a losing battle with this one

Though the players at the top sort of remind me of those bubble hockey players. Much like the MLB championship trophy this one looks like it would be a tough to handle in any sort of celebratory setting
 

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... :laugh: unhuh. be a rather unusual vessel to be keeping the ashes of a loved one in but ok.... As for the Avco Cup, which was the 1st in pro sports to be named after a corporation (Avco Financial) there are 3 of them out there.... main ones at the HHOF in Toronto and the other 2 residing in the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame in Winnipeg & the Nova Scotia Sports Hall of Fame in Halifax.

I had no clue there were three, just thought only 1 existed

I always did sort of like the floating globe design to the Avco Cup
 
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