Every Friday we will be adding one of our favorite hockey videos from over the years. Some might be painful, some might be dirty, but they all have a story behind them that we will share that make them downright awesome and great to watch over and over again.
When I was a kid I would always try and play like the guys I saw on TV. When I was 9 I loved Allan Bester mostly because we were the same height. I even made foam goalie pads for ball hockey and painted them just like Ken Wregget’s.
Then along came some skinny kid nicknamed the Cat. It was in the 1991-92 season that Felix Potvin was first called up for a few games and played well. And that is when I started playing like him. Paddle low so nobody could score on the ice and would make the shooter try and go glove. Thank god I had a good glove hand.
Despite his play, he was sent back down because the Leaf’s still had Grant Fuhr playing full time. I can remember playing in a hockey tournament inProvidence , Rhode Island. It was also my first time flying some where for hockey, and we had to sell mini pizzas as a fundraiser just to get there. It just so happened that the St. John's Maple Leafs were playing the Providence Bruins the weekend my hockey team was there for the tournament.
Despite his play, he was sent back down because the Leaf’s still had Grant Fuhr playing full time. I can remember playing in a hockey tournament in
We had a hotel right next to the rink and my coaches joked around that the Baby Leafs were staying in our hotel. We didn’t believe them until I went to play some arcade games in the lobby area and there of course was Felix Potvin playing Street Fighter with another player. I was star struck and couldn’t talk. He was the coolest video gaming playing guy I ever saw. And he was kicking ass at Street Fighter playing with Ryu.
Which brings us to this famous goalie fight. I think when we all saw Ron Hextall heading down the ice we thought Felix was doneski.
November 10th 1996
Toronto Maple Leafs vs Philadelphia Flyers
Felix Potvin Vs Ron Hextall
Toronto Maple Leafs vs Philadelphia Flyers
Felix Potvin Vs Ron Hextall
Yes, Hextall was throwing a lot of wild and crazy punches. But Felix landed some nice uppercuts and Hextall was left bleeding all over the place after the fight.
"When I was 9 I loved Allan Bester mostly because we were the same height"
ReplyDeletehaha
Amazing fight, potvin is the man which is why i still have his "in the line of fire" poster. Im all for letting goalies fight and not just eachother, eg. last week when dipetro wanted to man handle briere/carcillo ,i say let it happen dipetro's gotta do something to earn his contract
ReplyDeleteHighlight of the post "and we had to sell mini pizzas as a fundraiser just to get there."
ReplyDeleteIm not sure if my love for mini pizzas thrived when I was 2, but if it did im positive you wouldnt have had to travel far to get your money
Highlight of the post "and we had to sell mini pizzas as a fundraiser just to get there."
ReplyDeleteMini pizzas are awesome
they sure dont make pads like ken wreggets anymore
ReplyDeleteBester was Awesome ...http://hockeygoalies.org/bio/bester.html.
ReplyDeleteFor some reason I always remember Mark Laforest playing for the Leafs 89-90 season. He Suffered knee ligament damage, early January, 1990. LaForest suffered the injury after slipping on a sheet of ice in front of his house.
http://hockeygoalies.org/bio/laforest.html
Ha I remember eating like 50 of those door to door pizzas you meads were hawking
ReplyDeleteloved this fight, so classic
ReplyDelete"eg. last week when dipetro wanted to man handle briere/carcillo ,i say let it happen dipetro's gotta do something to earn his contract"
ReplyDeleteIn reality DiPetro went after a little skill guy in Briere and Pronger saved his life by keeping him away from Carcillo. Carcillo would have swallowed him whole and shit him back out in between periods