Boom Boom Geoffrion...DEAD...

[El Mudo]

Inventor of the slap shot...legendary Hab...

On the day his number was scheduled to be retired...

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[Hottub]

<p>Fair well noble Hab!&nbsp; Most definitely one of the greatest in the sport!&nbsp;A legend. You will be missed!</p><p>...and Boom Boom goes Bernie Geoffrion!</p>

[Billy Staples]

<p>Ahhh man, this guy was great and played when the Habs were the pinnacle of hockey, almost legendary status.&nbsp; going to the old Montreal Garden itself was almost like a holy place</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>and without a doubt, one of the cooler nicknames in sport</p>

[Death Metal Moe]

<p>Shit, those guys were real men.&nbsp; I mean hockey still seems to be one of the most physical sports out there today, but they fucking played with NO HELMETS!&nbsp; </p><p>MEN GODDAMNIT!!!!!!&nbsp; REAL MEN!&nbsp; </p>

[Gvac]

<p>Those legendary Canadien teams were the reason the NHL changed the
rule about power plays.&nbsp; Time was, you remained a man up for the
duration of the penalty.&nbsp; Those old Montreal teams were so
efficient with the advantage the league made the change that once a
power play goal is scored, the short handed team gets their man
back.&nbsp; </p><p>So long, Boom Boom.&nbsp; Say hi to The Rocket for me.&nbsp;</p>

[FUNKMAN]

<p>Boom Boom went back to his room...</p><p>RIP</p>

[El Mudo]

Ahhh man, this guy was great and played when the Habs were the pinnacle of hockey, almost legendary status. going to the old Montreal Garden itself was almost like a holy place


Montreal played in the Forum...Boston and Toronto (and New York) played in "Gardens"

[El Mudo]

Shit, those guys were real men. I mean hockey still seems to be one of the most physical sports out there today, but they fucking played with NO HELMETS!

MEN GODDAMNIT!!!!!! REAL MEN!


Even the goalies played with no helmets...even tougher...

http://www.hockeyarchives.info/biographies/photos/sawchuk3.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/af/Jacques_Plante,_Montreal_Canadiens_goalie.jpg/200px-Jacques_Plante,_Montreal_Canadiens_goalie.jpg

[Death Metal Moe]

<strong>El Mudo</strong> wrote:<br />Shit, those guys were real men. I mean hockey still seems to be one of the most physical sports out there today, but they fucking played with NO HELMETS! MEN GODDAMNIT!!!!!! REAL MEN! Even the goalies played with no helmets...even tougher... <img src="http://www.hockeyarchives.info/biographies/photos/sawchuk3.jpg" border="0" /> <img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/af/Jacques_Plante,_Montreal_Canadiens_goalie.jpg/200px-Jacques_Plante,_Montreal_Canadiens_goalie.jpg" border="0" /> <p>OK, that just ain't right.</p><p>The guys had HUGE COCKS!!!!</p><p><font size="7">MEN GODDAMN IT!!!!!</font></p>

[El Mudo]

Here's a partial list of injuries suffered by the guy on the left there, Terry Sawchuk:


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During his 21-year career, Sawchuk had several nervous attacks that caused brief retirements. He also missed more than his share of games with injuries, including a ruptured appendix, punctured lungs, ruptured discs, severed tendons in a hand, a broken instep, and bone chips in his elbows that required three operations.
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He also ended up having his face stitched up 400 times...

<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by El Mudo on 3-12-06 @ 11:25 PM</span>

[Gvac]

The introduction of the curved hockey stick is what led goalies to don
face protection.&nbsp; Teeth and eye sockets proved no match for rising
slap shots.<br />

[El Mudo]

And guys like Boom Boom and Bobby Hull shooting the puck at about 100 MPH...

[Billy Staples]

<p>ironically, famed goaltender who played his whole career, i believe with the Rangers ang got hit in the face many times with pucks and sticks, got killed when he came home drunk one night, fell and hit his head on a lawn sprinkler</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>is the pocket rocket or 'the flower' still around</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>dam it was a different game.&nbsp; i remember playing with no helmets and if a golaie didnt wear a face mask or a crappy one, first cxhance you got, you fired a slap shot high and toward his head, so all game long he'd be worried about that and not your next shots which would be on goal, but he'd be doing the turtle all game long</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Staples</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

[El Mudo]

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is the pocket rocket or 'the flower' still around
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Yes I believe Henri Richard and Guy LaFleur (who's alleged sexual exploits are legendary in Montreal) are still alive....

No one...AND EL MUDO MEANS NO ONE...was EVER as smooth on the ice as "The Flower"

One of my all time favorite plays in hockey history was in the Cup Finals , I believe in 77, when Boston picked up that too many men on the ice penalty (nice job of coaching Grapes) and LaFleur took the puck on his own end, and basically did a Tyus Edney....drove the puck all the way up the ice through everyone, set up Stevey Shutt on a beautiful drop pass and who beat Gilles Gilbert to tie the game, which then was won by Yvan Cournoyer

<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by El Mudo on 3-13-06 @ 8:27 PM</span>