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Post by CentreHice on Jun 29, 2017 10:26:13 GMT -5
Lots of vintage footage on YouTube now. The Rocket could manage a handshake with Campbell if it meant a Cup presentation...ha! The suspension in 1955 likely robbed the Habs of the first of 6 in a row. The Canadiens were in the Finals 10 consecutive years--from 50-51 (Barilko's OT winner for Toronto) to 59-60--winning 6 Cups. Yes, only 6 teams....but nobody gave them the championship. Fierce, sometimes barbaric, battles. |
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Post by Disgruntled70sHab on Jun 29, 2017 11:39:06 GMT -5
Nice find, CH ... love the nostalgia ... wouldn't mind seeing the current edition to our club write their own history, but the times; they are a changin' ...
Cheers.
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Post by seventeen on Jun 30, 2017 1:46:22 GMT -5
They are writing history, just the wrong kind.
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Post by GNick99 on Jul 1, 2017 13:01:16 GMT -5
While not related to this it is part of old time Habs hockey. I heard a small town radio announcer asked Bobby Orr for an interview. He said he would give him 2 minutes. Of the questions he asked was if Orr had to pick an all-star team who would be on it. Orr said Jacques Laperriere would be the second best defenseman in NHL during Orr's time. I was kind of suprised Orr said him as Orr played against many greats ie Potvin, Tremblay, Park, Robinson
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Post by CentreHice on Aug 19, 2018 22:30:16 GMT -5
Here's a synopsis of the 56-60 dynasty...produced in the late 80s-early 90s, as Brian McFarlane mentions that the Habs' 5-straight Cup record "has lasted through 3 decades now". |
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Post by clear observer on Aug 20, 2018 13:28:56 GMT -5
"...yeah, but youz guys got to pick all them frenchies first before anyone got to..."
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Post by Disgruntled70sHab on Aug 20, 2018 15:14:09 GMT -5
Fans of other teams would often use the "French Canadian" rule to validate the majority of Cups won by the Habs over their existence; however, nothing could be further from the truth ... yet, while the Habs had the right to select the top two Francophone players in Quebec, the Bruins had a lock on the Whitby, Oshawa (that-area-of-Ontario) corridor ... Bobby Orr played for Oshawa, but no one else had a chance to get a crack at him except the Bruins ... also note that the Bruins had a lock on Wayne Cashman and he played for Oshawa in junior, as well ... I'll have to do a more research when I get the time but I know that the Detroit Red Wings sponsored an entire minor league system to secure the rights to Nick Libett (I'll post the reference later tonight) ... Cheers. Edit: this is the reference I was talking about ...  |
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