Long time Leaf fan here but I know who the greats were and Stan Mikita was one of them. A crafty great play maker and one of the greatest leaders the Black Hawks ever had.
Great interview Sarah. You have a quick and sly sense of humor and you brought the best out of Stan. He was such a unique, great and sophisticated talent and a high quality person. Rest in peace Stan.
Too bad he was ADDICTED to cancer sticks! Who knows how GREAT he could have been? Same with Denis Savard. These two had NATURAL born TALENT and ABUSED it!
When I was in seventh grade ‘69-‘70, I read Stan’s book “I play to Win”. I gained so much respect for Stan after reading his book. Although I’m a Bruin’s fan, I always had a soft spot for Mikita. Compliments to Sarah for a very good interview. Asking cogent questions and allowing the interviewee to speak is the mark of a good journalist/reporter.
My first helmet was the Stan Mikita helmet which I wore for a long time. That helmet saved my skull in a bad crash. I replaced it with the helmet of the day.
Every week I travel by train close to the lake named Liptovska Mara in Slovakia where he was born, and the village in which he was born is nowadays already inundated by that lake !
Sarah is excellent. She is informed, very engaging and lets Stan talk. Then she shows she has a sense of humor and personality. This is how it should be done.
i SAW Gretzky FIFTY YEARS . ONLY HIS NAME THEN WAS STAN MIKITA . STAN DID EVERYTHING GRETZKY DID .../. ONLY HE DID IT 50 YEARS AGO . THE BLIND PASSES TO NOWHERE THAT WOUND UP IN THE NET .... THE UNBELIEVABLE STICK HANDLING ... AND HE PLAYED THE GAME AT BOTH ENDS . iF YOU EVER SEE A GOOD VIDEO OF STAN IT WILL MAKE YOUR EYES POP OUT ... HE CONTRLED THE PACE OF THE GAME ... HE WAS THE TOP PLAY MAKER F HIS DAY ... EVEN JEAN BELIVEAU COULDN'T DO WHAT STAN DID WITH THE PUCK . Stan was a much better two way player than HULL ... Stan was the most complete player of his day ,,, winning Heart trophies - scoring championships and even Lady Bing trophies ... the only player in NHL history to win a TRIPPLE Crown '... and >>>> he did it twice > IN A ROW ... NOT EVEN GRETZHY DID THAT >>> !!!!!!!!!!!! Quite possibly the least credited superstore all time player ... again .... and i saw gretzky 50 years ago when his name was STAN MIKITA
Long time Leaf fan here but I know who the greats were and Stan Mikita was one of them. A crafty great play maker and one of the greatest leaders the Black Hawks ever had.
Yes indeed. I was just a little kid in Toronto in the late 60's and my favorite players were Dave Keon .... and Chicago Blackhawk Stan Mikita!
RIP Stan. You were a true class act, on & off the ice.
Was Stan IN the ice too! That must be 'tricky'! :P
Great interview Sarah. You have a quick and sly sense of humor and you brought the best out of Stan. He was such a unique, great and sophisticated talent and a high quality person. Rest in peace Stan.
Hard to hear him talk about the concussions knowing how his final years were, RIP Stan, you're a legend.
What a legend. Pure love for that guy. RIP Stan.
Now there is a gift to the sport of Hockey , another first class example of Hockey talent RIP Stan Makita ...
Too bad he was ADDICTED to cancer sticks! Who knows how GREAT he could have been? Same with Denis Savard. These two had NATURAL born TALENT and ABUSED it!
Makita is A DRILL! Mikita is a HOF hockey player!
When I was in seventh grade ‘69-‘70, I read Stan’s book “I play to Win”. I gained so much respect for Stan after reading his book. Although I’m a Bruin’s fan, I always had a soft spot for Mikita. Compliments to Sarah for a very good interview. Asking cogent questions and allowing the interviewee to speak is the mark of a good journalist/reporter.
Good commentary from Sarah Spain and the legendary Stan Mikita.
My first helmet was the Stan Mikita helmet which I wore for a long time. That helmet saved my skull in a bad crash. I replaced it with the helmet of the day.
I also wore a Lange helmet bc Stan did! Monkey see, monkey do! L0L
Stan was the golf pro at Kemper Lakes
Every week I travel by train close to the lake named Liptovska Mara in Slovakia where he was born, and the village in which he was born is nowadays already inundated by that lake !
Great!
Sarah Spain, is that you doing that interview? Very nicely done, and a great personality as an interviewer.
This is the story I heard years ago.
RIP Stanislav Mikita!
Stanislav Gvoth
Mikita wasn't his real last name IIRC? I think it was Goethe or something similar?
@@grantkruse1812 Hah! You knew Stan's real last name too!
I read his immigrant story decades ago.
If Bathgate invented the curve then how come he did not use it first?
Great video! I made a video on Hull stick.
most deadly hip checker
So refreshing to hear a man speak on hockey, as opposed to the new age snowflake buttercups the fans worship now as hockey gods. Right on Stan)
Ace96 when the games matter the players are still the beasts they were back then. I’ll agree with you on the regular season tho
The players were tougher back then but they skate way better now.
@ Ace96, Ha Ha !!! I CONcur! L0L I call them Millennial Mama's Boys!
@@mckessa17 Skates are lighter now, same with pads and sticks. Lighter equates to faster skating.
@@mckessa17 WAY better? I doubt that. Stickhandling has become a LOST art too.
Sarah is excellent. She is informed, very engaging and lets Stan talk. Then she shows she has a sense of humor and personality. This is how it should be done.
And I’ve got 33 old one piece sticks from early 1900 mostly with curved blades .. so I call bullshit
WHAT?😲🤥
@@MrJohnnyDistortion Look at his YT channel, there is a video of the sticks.
@@mr.blackhawk142
Stan's chanell?
@@MrJohnnyDistortion Stan don't wear PERFUME! LOL
@@mr.blackhawk142
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i SAW Gretzky FIFTY YEARS . ONLY HIS NAME THEN WAS
STAN MIKITA .
STAN DID EVERYTHING GRETZKY DID .../. ONLY HE DID IT 50 YEARS AGO .
THE BLIND PASSES TO NOWHERE
THAT WOUND UP IN THE NET .... THE UNBELIEVABLE STICK HANDLING ...
AND HE PLAYED THE GAME AT BOTH ENDS .
iF YOU EVER SEE A GOOD VIDEO OF STAN IT WILL MAKE YOUR EYES POP OUT ... HE CONTRLED THE PACE OF THE GAME ... HE WAS THE TOP PLAY MAKER F HIS DAY ... EVEN JEAN BELIVEAU COULDN'T DO WHAT STAN DID WITH THE PUCK . Stan was a much better two way player than HULL ... Stan was the most complete player of his day ,,, winning Heart trophies - scoring championships
and even Lady Bing trophies ... the only player in NHL history to win a TRIPPLE Crown '... and >>>> he did it twice > IN A ROW ... NOT EVEN GRETZHY DID THAT >>> !!!!!!!!!!!!
Quite possibly the least credited superstore all time player ...
again .... and i saw gretzky 50 years ago when his name was
STAN MIKITA