Whoever posted this game here....THANK YOU SO MUCH!! This is the VERY FIRST playoff series I ever watched as a kid and I have fond memories of it. That was over 43 or 44 years ago, so seeing it again actually brought some tears to my eyes!!❤🏒🙂🇨🇦
Your comment is one of my highlights of the day!!! Seriously. What you experienced exemplifies the awesomeness of the Internet. I`ve been in Japan for 25 years now but recently have been longing for the downtown of Kitchener-Waterloo of the early 80s, when I was a little scamp and the arcades were my stomping ground. My "mid-life crisis" isn`t young girls or fast cars...it`s wanting to feel that again. And voila...I can...in a sense, though people like these who archive them on CZcams (or wherever) So happy it found you, dude!! Happy New Year!!
@ninjacrumbs Thanks for the thoughtful comment. That was super nice! Yeah the internet can be 'magic' and I hope you get the same feelings too!! I also had some fun times in Kitchener, as I was there often in my youth, to visit my uncle...Great memories there too....small world eh! Happy Holidays my friend!🎄🎅🙂👍
When I was 10 I wanted to be Mike Palmateer... it was so much fun watching him play. I remember reading as a kid that he ate popcorn between periods. haha. Thanks for uploading this video!
1978-1979 season was their penultimate season in Ga.'s capital city, Atl. They'd spend one more season there (1979-1980) before transplanting to Canadian city, Calgary, Alta. for 1980-1981 season
I was 9 years old and of course I remember it because my whole family was a extreme pyscho leaf fans lol. One thing is for sure is if Palmateer jumped in a time machine from back then to the present time now he would not last 10 games in the NHL. He would allow at least 6 goals a game lol.
Awesome mask by the Leafs goalie…this leafs logo is much better than the present “maple” leaf logo ….the Flames A logo …one of the best all time ….better looking than the Calgary C
this was the first year i started following the Leafs. i remembered the score before it started watching this. Palmateer was outstanding in this game and the reason why the Leafs won. i forgot about the line brawl, i also remember the Van/Phil series they had a bench clearing brawl back in Van,this has to be a record or close too it for a regulation game going 3 1/2 hours, wow, thanks for uploading this game, i remember the Montreal series after this one too/ too bad sad sack Ballard started trading all thier good players away after this season which lead too the Decade long suffering for the Leafs till cliff fletcher came along.
I remember watching this series. The Leafs were very close to going to the Cup if not for the Canadiens great team and 4 Cup run. The next year Ballard brings in Imlach and blows the whole thing up.
I remember Toronto keeping. Maple leafs beat Canadiadiens. Fighter each togther David Williams. Pulling downcapatains. Bloods from. Heads stand. My foot twice. Bands hands nesx called Marie’s. Give one david. Push in. Boards❤😂🎉😢😢😢😮😮😅😊😮😅😊😅😂😂😂😂😂❤😂😢😢😮😅😊 auntie Marie said Toronto give teamsame nesx Toronto home. Talking bout I love Toronto. Very ❤leavemapel M
Wow I would have turned 4 in Aug. of 1979 so i don't remember this game but it's great since i never got to see some of these players play. I've been a hard core Flames fan since 1986 my favorite play back then was Lanny Mcdonald who played in this game as a member of the Leafs.
First Ford advertisement was voiced by legendary CFTO-TV weatherman (and Definition announcer) Dave Devall. Ford Mustang ad during first intermission featured 'Swingtown' by the Steve Miller Band Seeing Bill Clement playing instead of sitting in a tent shirtless with thousands of man eating mosquitos or doing colour commentary which would be a couple of years from this game.
i remember listening to this on the radio, for some reason living in mtl it was a hamilton station that vaguely came through with lots of distortion and only clear for about 3 seconds every 3 seconds. back then hnic had not figured out that they can play habs and leafs every night alternating and make a killing every day for 2 months
Classic HNIC on CBC Playoffs Tuesday Apr 10 1979 8 pm ET The Omni seen coast to coast except in BC where Viewers seen game 1 of Vancouver @ Philadelphia
When I first saw the title of this video , I was scratching my head thinking' the Leafs have never met the Flames in the playoffs. Then I realized, while I do not think they have ever played the Calgary Flames, in the playoffs, they did play the Atlanta Flames.
I heard a story that there was a big protest outside Maple Leaf Gardens back in 1979, cause they traded Lanny McDonald to undermine and piss off Darryl Sittler.
True, but it is so cool that the Williams` named their daughter "Clancy" after King Clancy. The King was a big supporter of the Tiger. Tiger went AWOL from Vancouver to attend King's funeral in 1986.
Should I wear steel tube blades? Should I wear those newfangled plastic blades? Maybe a combo tube blade plastic blade like Sittler. Perhaps I'll go full Turnbull and get me a set of those Micron all plastic jobbers. Maybe a set of Langes like Boldirev's. Somebody put Palmateer back in his crease.
As a public service to hockey fans, the infamous brawling in the last minute of the secomd period is at 1:57:00 of this video. It is uncertain if anybody from either team also entered the ice to participate in the brawl, but let me know in the comments if you do see any additional players that jumped onto the frozen agua.
I used to like Darcy Rota until I saw what he did in this fight. Nothing like completely blind-side punching a guy several times. 25-game suspension nowadays - or worse. It's hard to believe, but the Flames actually got rougher and tougher by their first year in Calgary. Randy Hot was a killer. Jim Peplinski was a rookie. And they still had Houston, Murdoch, Marsh and Russell.
I grew up watching this hockey. At the time it was amazing. But looking back on it now, this is the kind of hockey you’d see at your local arena at 2 AM. It’s amazing how the game has progressed… Especially the goaltenders. Palmateer was my hero, but if he played in the NHL today, they’d score 20 to 25 goals a game on him lol.
this is real hockey. brawls, elbows, trips, tugs, wacks, hooks, slewfoots. brawls. hittinh hittling and more hitting. this shit was thrilling, it was a fight, a war, and captivating. the crap today is ballerinas on ice. glorified shinny. there is no edge, no drama in todays nhl.
I don't care what you say about the current play of the NHL. I'm telling you the mid to late 1970's throughout the 80's was EASILY the best era of professional hockey. It's NOT EVEN CLOSE MY FRIEND
@@MichaelRoccia-fb8lz "best" is subjective and based on opinion. If you have facts to back your contention up, provide them. But if you think that players from that era would dominate in today's NHL, I think you're letting nostalgic get in the way of reality. Wayne Gretzky himself said he'd struggle to be a point a game player today. The game is much faster, the players are much more skilled and athletic, teams are better coached, and the parity is off the charts. How many wrist shots from the blue line go in today? They used to hit the back of the net on a regular basis in the 70's and 80's when goalies would use camp to get in shape after a summer of drinking beers by the lake. Now the players stay in shape all summer. And there's no goons taking up roster spots. Even today's tough guys play a regular shift and contribute. Come on man. I loved watching hockey back then. But it's much harder to win a Stanley Cup today with the level of competition and skill of the players.
im a habs fan always will be. but i didnt mind the leafs in the days of lanny sittler turnbull palmateer etc . today i cant stand the leafs i absalutely hate them probly more than the bruins
I'm a Habs fan, too. I remember watching this game and there are a number of Leafs' players that I liked then and even more now, in hindsight. Lanny has always been one of my favorite players, and Borje Salming's performance in this game, and in the third period alone, was nothing short of heroic. Today's TML are the beneficiaries of a bloated media. I refuse to cheer for their beloved, overrated desert punk.
Flames fans booing took a lot away from the enjoyment of this game for me. As an Islander fan I always felt a kinship to the Flames and there uniforms were fantastic but I couldn't help but think the fans didn't deserve what was a very good team (yes, they regularly underperformed in the playoffs). At least they got loud after the Pronovost goal, give them credit for that. And that brawl was so typical 70s hockey. It was really a shame that town couldn't support them more with better regular season attendance.
This was when I was a peak NHL fan. I was 11 and in love with the Leafs. I knew every player's name by their number. I played myself, every Saturday morning and Wednesday night and usually had two practises a week. It was a great time. Now, I just can't get into it like that, it is all numbers and micro analysis, Corsi numbers and it just isn't fun anymore. People know more about the front office of a team than the players on the bench. In short, I for one think Bettman's NHL sucks canal water.
At first I was like “Flames, sweet!” And then I was like “wtf why does the crowd look so dismal?” And then I saw the A at centre ice. Ahhh that makes sense, Atlanta. They don’t give a shit about hockey there. Twice.
1:30:27 - I don't know who was more embarrassed at this moment. Firstly, I can still hear my mom screaming at the TV when seeing this moment live or trying to listen to Ray Boucher on CJOH-TV the next day complaining about this ditzy fan's antics.
I need the Mach II shirt by Arrow.. also my beer league is more competitive than this hogwash hockey.. is it the skates? Is that why zero skate faster than a 3 year old?
Played on a neighborhood street hockey team that same year and we managed to round up Atlanta Flames jerseys. These days, any uniform you want is a click away but, back then, you had to buy the jersey, then pay extra for the crest and the numbers! And to find seven Flames jerseys in a hockey store in Pgh, PA was not an easy task. Rupp’s Sporting Goods was the only place in the city to go. And my jersey was WAY too big! 🏒
For the record, this 1979 recording is better than many other recordings online from up through.2008.
Tremendous recording quality.
Whoever posted this game here....THANK YOU SO MUCH!! This is the VERY FIRST playoff series I ever watched as a kid and I have fond memories of it. That was over 43 or 44 years ago, so seeing it again actually brought some tears to my eyes!!❤🏒🙂🇨🇦
Your comment is one of my highlights of the day!!! Seriously. What you experienced exemplifies the awesomeness of the Internet. I`ve been in Japan for 25 years now but recently have been longing for the downtown of Kitchener-Waterloo of the early 80s, when I was a little scamp and the arcades were my stomping ground. My "mid-life crisis" isn`t young girls or fast cars...it`s wanting to feel that again. And voila...I can...in a sense, though people like these who archive them on CZcams (or wherever) So happy it found you, dude!! Happy New Year!!
@ninjacrumbs Thanks for the thoughtful comment. That was super nice! Yeah the internet can be 'magic' and I hope you get the same feelings too!! I also had some fun times in Kitchener, as I was there often in my youth, to visit my uncle...Great memories there too....small world eh! Happy Holidays my friend!🎄🎅🙂👍
like going thru a time machine... loved everything about it...even the commercials!
When I was 10 I wanted to be Mike Palmateer... it was so much fun watching him play. I remember reading as a kid that he ate popcorn between periods. haha. Thanks for uploading this video!
Same for me. I was always Palmateer playing road hockey lol. ‘Palmateer stops that!’ was the best, still makes me grin some 40+ years later 😊
@@DanielSon69 One of the most entertaining netminders to ever play the game!
@@lpquagmire3621 totally agree👍🏻
I was Palmateer in street and basement hockey as a 10 year old in Buffalo. For weeks I thought his name was “Paul Mateer”
@@dls.theoculusgroup 😂😂😂
Atlanta Flames had one of the best logos of the 70s
Logo should have returned to the NHL back in 2018. How the team STILL plays in a condemned building in Calgary baffles me.
Hockey wouldn't survive in Atlanta. It failed TWICE! When they moved to Calgary in 1980, they NEVER won a playoff series.
Still used by the Flames for their Assistant Captains.
1978-1979 season was their penultimate season in Ga.'s capital city, Atl. They'd spend one more season there (1979-1980) before transplanting to Canadian city, Calgary, Alta. for 1980-1981 season
@@higgy04 Calgary rated 3rd best city in North America by Forbes and got a new 1.3 billion dollar arena coming. The move to Calgary worked out great
I like watching the hockey during this era. Fun times seeing Palmateer race out to the blueline!
Tears in my eyes. I was 12 years old. Greatest
memories
I was 9 years old and of course I remember it because my whole family was a extreme pyscho leaf fans lol. One thing is for sure is if Palmateer jumped in a time machine from back then to the present time now he would not last 10 games in the NHL. He would allow at least 6 goals a game lol.
I was 11 and remember crystal clear watching with my dad.
I was 6 - I still have my box of 79-80 hockey cards .. this game was 1 year before I started to have leafs memories
Awesome mask by the Leafs goalie…this leafs logo is much better than the present “maple” leaf logo ….the Flames A logo …one of the best all time ….better looking than the Calgary C
this reminded me of how many shots Borje used to drop if front of.
Some class time travelling & crazy to think the Leafs were already 12yrs without the Stanley cup even then!!!
26yrs old, my team, my favorite goalie, and a great fight!!! When hockey was hockey. Bill Hewitt, Dave Hodge, perfect!!!
Thank you for posting this. Doing God's work.
this was the first year i started following the Leafs. i remembered the score before it started watching this. Palmateer was outstanding in this game and the reason why the Leafs won. i forgot about the line brawl, i also remember the Van/Phil series they had a bench clearing brawl back in Van,this has to be a record or close too it for a regulation game going 3 1/2 hours, wow, thanks for uploading this game, i remember the Montreal series after this one too/ too bad sad sack Ballard started trading all thier good players away after this season which lead too the Decade long suffering for the Leafs till cliff fletcher came along.
Everything about the NHL was awesome back then.
agreed.
I remember watching this series. The Leafs were very close to going to the Cup if not for the Canadiens great team and 4 Cup run. The next year Ballard brings in Imlach and blows the whole thing up.
I remember Toronto keeping. Maple leafs beat Canadiadiens. Fighter each togther David Williams. Pulling downcapatains. Bloods from. Heads stand. My foot twice. Bands hands nesx called Marie’s. Give one david. Push in. Boards❤😂🎉😢😢😢😮😮😅😊😮😅😊😅😂😂😂😂😂❤😂😢😢😮😅😊 auntie Marie said Toronto give teamsame nesx Toronto home. Talking bout I love Toronto. Very ❤leavemapel
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Dave Hodge was, indeed, the man. Ron MacLean is no comparison.
Hi, I'm Dave Hodge. Hockey Night in Canada is brought to you by Molson and Ford.
Hodge wouldn't have thrown his co-host under the bus.
I've been saying what you're saying for decades. ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. Hodge was UNTOUCHABLE.
@@therapist6328 100 % esp after his co host went to bat for him. He is a waffler, he blows whichever way the wind is pushing him.
@@mike196212Harold Ballard has entered the chat....😂
Très bon gardien de but avec un très beau style. Un des meilleurs gardiens des Maple leaf👍
aussi une tête enflée !
@@Jackretro une chance qu’il avait un masque sinon il aurait eu vraiment la tête enflée 😂😂
Wow I would have turned 4 in Aug. of 1979 so i don't remember this game but it's great since i never got to see some of these players play. I've been a hard core Flames fan since 1986 my favorite play back then was Lanny Mcdonald who played in this game as a member of the Leafs.
First Ford advertisement was voiced by legendary CFTO-TV weatherman (and Definition announcer) Dave Devall.
Ford Mustang ad during first intermission featured 'Swingtown' by the Steve Miller Band
Seeing Bill Clement playing instead of sitting in a tent shirtless with thousands of man eating mosquitos or doing colour commentary which would be a couple of years from this game.
The Leafs were the best at winning best-of-3 first round series in the late 70s.
I was home on R&R with the Army from my tour in Crossmaglen, Northern Ireland
i remember listening to this on the radio, for some reason living in mtl it was a hamilton station that vaguely came through with lots of distortion and only clear for about 3 seconds every 3 seconds. back then hnic had not figured out that they can play habs and leafs every night alternating and make a killing every day for 2 months
Commercial at 52:52 It's James T. Hart from the TV Series, "The Paper Chase"
Kingsfield: "Please state the facts of Molson Golden vs. McGee"
What a great game eh! Alright, let's go smoke a pack of Du Maurier in Tim Hortons... mmm the smoke makes the donuts taste better
If you think this is old just remember that the last time the Leafs won the cup was TWELVE YEARS before this game.
My gosh, I was at this game....
Classic HNIC on CBC Playoffs Tuesday Apr 10 1979 8 pm ET The Omni seen coast to coast except in BC where Viewers seen game 1 of Vancouver @ Philadelphia
When I first saw the title of this video , I was scratching my head thinking' the Leafs have never met the Flames in the playoffs. Then I realized, while I do not think they have ever played the Calgary Flames, in the playoffs, they did play the Atlanta Flames.
i thought the same for a few seconds
Back when rainbow lights were just some cool effects.
The Leafs were kings of the two out of three. This was a team I had great faith in. Oh well.
I heard a story that there was a big protest outside Maple Leaf Gardens back in 1979, cause they traded Lanny McDonald to undermine and piss off Darryl Sittler.
1979 t birds had t tops that must be rare
Atlanta ! The Bermuda Triangle of sports mysteries 🤪. RIGHT Matt Ryan 😤
Lol Williams intermission feature was cheese supreme
True, but it is so cool that the Williams` named their daughter "Clancy" after King Clancy. The King was a big supporter of the Tiger. Tiger went AWOL from Vancouver to attend King's funeral in 1986.
I remember it well. I was 16. It was the playoff year when the Leafs started clearing the bench for every goal they scored.
Should I wear steel tube blades? Should I wear those newfangled plastic blades? Maybe a combo tube blade plastic blade like Sittler. Perhaps I'll go full Turnbull and get me a set of those Micron all plastic jobbers. Maybe a set of Langes like Boldirev's. Somebody put Palmateer back in his crease.
Canucks haven't made many good trades but getting Rota and Boldirev was a steal.
COMMENTATORS:
(CBC) BRIAN McFARLANE & GARY DORNHOEFER
(WTCG) JIGGS McDONALD
TV NETWORK:
CBC / WTCG 17 (IND; NOW WPCH)
DATE:
10 APRIL 1979
Now I know they've made some minor changes to "Oh Canada" over the years but, i dont remember this version
As a public service to hockey fans, the infamous brawling in the last minute of the secomd period is at 1:57:00 of this video. It is uncertain if anybody from either team also entered the ice to participate in the brawl, but let me know in the comments if you do see any additional players that jumped onto the frozen agua.
Bill Hewitt’s last season as the Leaf announcer.
Not quite
Pronovost cracked his head on the ice in the last seconds.
I used to like Darcy Rota until I saw what he did in this fight. Nothing like completely blind-side punching a guy several times. 25-game suspension nowadays - or worse. It's hard to believe, but the Flames actually got rougher and tougher by their first year in Calgary. Randy Hot was a killer. Jim Peplinski was a rookie. And they still had Houston, Murdoch, Marsh and Russell.
@12:08 back when the Confederate flag wasn’t vilified like it is today.
Guy is a loser.
Ron Maclean is a goof
16:30 Sittler gets out of the box for punching and roughing and immediately charge elbows a guy in the back of the head. Different times lol.
That woman in the lotto ad was an incredible babe. Remember seeing her on a number of Canadian features and other ads. Whatever happened to her?
The anthem singer crushed O Canada
The best hockey ever did was get rid of the fights! How many good games got ruined because of it! Good riddance to bad rubbish. Frank
I grew up watching this hockey. At the time it was amazing. But looking back on it now, this is the kind of hockey you’d see at your local arena at 2 AM. It’s amazing how the game has progressed… Especially the goaltenders. Palmateer was my hero, but if he played in the NHL today, they’d score 20 to 25 goals a game on him lol.
this is real hockey. brawls, elbows, trips, tugs, wacks, hooks, slewfoots. brawls. hittinh hittling and more hitting. this shit was thrilling, it was a fight, a war, and captivating. the crap today is ballerinas on ice. glorified shinny. there is no edge, no drama in todays nhl.
I don't care what you say about the current play of the NHL. I'm telling you the mid to late 1970's throughout the 80's was EASILY the best era of professional hockey. It's NOT EVEN CLOSE MY FRIEND
@@MichaelRoccia-fb8lz "best" is subjective and based on opinion. If you have facts to back your contention up, provide them. But if you think that players from that era would dominate in today's NHL, I think you're letting nostalgic get in the way of reality. Wayne Gretzky himself said he'd struggle to be a point a game player today.
The game is much faster, the players are much more skilled and athletic, teams are better coached, and the parity is off the charts. How many wrist shots from the blue line go in today? They used to hit the back of the net on a regular basis in the 70's and 80's when goalies would use camp to get in shape after a summer of drinking beers by the lake. Now the players stay in shape all summer. And there's no goons taking up roster spots. Even today's tough guys play a regular shift and contribute.
Come on man. I loved watching hockey back then. But it's much harder to win a Stanley Cup today with the level of competition and skill of the players.
Before Western civilization was destroyed from the inside... great times
Intros use to be so,awesome
im a habs fan always will be. but i didnt mind the leafs in the days of lanny sittler turnbull palmateer etc . today i cant stand the leafs i absalutely hate them probly more than the bruins
I'm a Habs fan, too. I remember watching this game and there are a number of Leafs' players that I liked then and even more now, in hindsight. Lanny has always been one of my favorite players, and Borje Salming's performance in this game, and in the third period alone, was nothing short of heroic.
Today's TML are the beneficiaries of a bloated media. I refuse to cheer for their beloved, overrated desert punk.
Doesn't even know the Canadian national anthem but doesn't miss a beat with the American one. What a surprise.
16:43 😂 salming - 2 handed stick attack would be suspended for this in 2023
Game presses on as if it was ok that taht just happened 😂
Look another bench clearing brawl & Bruce Hood is the ref surprise surprise
Flames fans booing took a lot away from the enjoyment of this game for me. As an Islander fan I always felt a kinship to the Flames and there uniforms were fantastic but I couldn't help but think the fans didn't deserve what was a very good team (yes, they regularly underperformed in the playoffs). At least they got loud after the Pronovost goal, give them credit for that. And that brawl was so typical 70s hockey. It was really a shame that town couldn't support them more with better regular season attendance.
They werent booing the Flames. They used to chant "Bou" for goaltender Dan Bouchard.
I’m sure Bettman will gift them yet another team before he dies
Oh shut up!! Fans pay money so they can boo all they want and they also made thunderous ovations when the Flames scored. BTW, ALL FANS BOO
Salming seemed to be on for most of the 3rd.
Canadian national anthem flub at 9:18, but to his credit, he presses on as if nothing happened
39:50 Dorothy Hamill played for the Leafs?
I wouldn't have told Dave Hutchison himself that! LOL! Bad '70s hair and clothing can be seen in numerous shots of the crowd.
Beauty Eh
The anthem singer forgot the words to the Canadian anthem😂😂
North v South
Un Civil War
This was when I was a peak NHL fan. I was 11 and in love with the Leafs. I knew every player's name by their number. I played myself, every Saturday morning and Wednesday night and usually had two practises a week. It was a great time. Now, I just can't get into it like that, it is all numbers and micro analysis, Corsi numbers and it just isn't fun anymore. People know more about the front office of a team than the players on the bench. In short, I for one think Bettman's NHL sucks canal water.
Sittler could throw 'em. Too bad Tavares doesn't have that type of leadership in him.
Disco music 😂😂
I know it's not the Wings
That's some bad rug on your Head.
Too many penalties😮
@12:08 If you did this now, you'd be all over twitter.
If your able to get the flag in the building
But why would anyone bring a confederate flag to a hockey game???
@@spartuz71 Free speech is free speech. Who says it's a symbol of hate? Who makes up the rules?
@@leafyutube History
@@spartuz71why not.
Back when dinosaurs still walked the earth😁
Spoiler alert the Cup was won by Montreal.
For fuck sakes! You had to spoil it for me!
At first I was like “Flames, sweet!”
And then I was like “wtf why does the crowd look so dismal?”
And then I saw the A at centre ice.
Ahhh that makes sense, Atlanta. They don’t give a shit about hockey there. Twice.
The fans sounded very engaging and raucously loud to me. What game were YOU watching?
Go Leafs go!! Lol
1:30:27 - I don't know who was more embarrassed at this moment. Firstly, I can still hear my mom screaming at the TV when seeing this moment live or trying to listen to Ray Boucher on CJOH-TV the next day complaining about this ditzy fan's antics.
Confederate flag. Things have become less freeer now
Do you know what the confederate flag stands for? I know where it should be planted.
Tiger williams was a bad hockey player.. But a good man
No….he was an even worse person. Horrible person.
That dude butchered the Canadian national anthem. Wow that was terrible!!
Oh Canada gets absolutely butchered.
wow bad hockey, but i cant not watch.....thnx uploader
Moron
Old time hockey i miss it. I can't and won't watch whatever crap they're playing now
Another American 🇺🇸 singer that butchered the Canadian National Anthem 😑 🇨🇦
rebel flag waving, what a time. that dude woulda been cancelled and or glass bottle shanked in the parking lot if it was 2023
Our current society is so sad
Atlanta could never hold an NHL team.
palmateer is a jerk for wrecking rick martins knee with that low bridge crap. what a little weasel
I need the Mach II shirt by Arrow.. also my beer league is more competitive than this hogwash hockey.. is it the skates? Is that why zero skate faster than a 3 year old?
Dave Hodge was not the man, and Cherry should never have been on tv! So Ron McLean gets my vote 👍go Leafs go 🙃🍁
He was in 1979
Played on a neighborhood street hockey team that same year and we managed to round up Atlanta Flames jerseys. These days, any uniform you want is a click away but, back then, you had to buy the jersey, then pay extra for the crest and the numbers! And to find seven Flames jerseys in a hockey store in Pgh, PA was not an easy task. Rupp’s Sporting Goods was the only place in the city to go. And my jersey was WAY too big! 🏒
This game is sooooooo sloooooooow….I could skate circles around these players…..and I dont even own a pair of skates!!!!!
Old school hockey 🏒 is cool to watch. I would like to watch Old school Red Wings. They are are my team. You can probably guess where I'm from