im ok but my bets sick
Playoff hockey is a difficult game to cap. I know how you feel this year as many of these results seem to have the wrong side winning outright. I really hope San Jose can recover as I am convinced they are the only squad in the West that can give Detroit a series.
Personally I am a life long Bruins fan and saw my first game when the NHL was still a 6 team helmet and goalie mask less league. There were some blood rivalries back in those days, including the Bruins and Canadiens that still lives today.
Then of course came the golden age of hockey in Boston with the great Bobby Orr and the Big Bad Bruins. What a team that was. I went to many a game including some Stanley Cup Finals games in 1972 when Orr and company took down a very good Rangers team led by the GAG Line (goal a game=GAG) in six games. The line of Rod Gilbert-Jean Ratelle and Vic Hadfield actually averaged a goal a game for the season in 1972. They were very good but there was no stopping Phil Esposito, Bobby Orr, Johnny Bucyk, Wayne Cashman, Kenny Hodge, Pie McKensie and company that year.
I also saw some games during the 1970 Cup playoffs but no games from the 4-0 Bruins sweep over the new and over matched St Louis Blues in the finals. Sadly in a way the Bruins won their only two Cups on the road in 1970 and 1972.
A quick story about game one of the 72 Cup Finals played at the old Boston Garden between the Bruins and Rangers.
I was at Stanley Cup Final game one between the New York Rangers and The Boston Bruins in the old Boston Garden in 1972 when Garnet "Ace" Bailey scored the game winning goal with a rink long rush up the left boards and around the back of the net to tuck the puck into the far side against veteran Ranger goalie Ed Giacomin with about a minute to go after The Rangers had tied the game late in the third at 5-5 coming back from down 4 goals (5-1).
Sadly Garnett "Ace" Bailey and Mark Bavis, two scouts employed by the Los Angeles Kings (and thousands of others), were killed the morning of September 11th. 2001 when their jet United Airlines Flt 175 was intentionally crashed into The World Trade Center Tower #2.
Ace was the 4th line center for The Bruins and an ulikely hero he had long blond hair at the time when players did not play with helmets, although he didn't play much Ace was a big fan favorite for his flashy style.
"Ace" Bailey during his heday at Boston garden, this might be the actual moment just before he tucked the puck in the net to beat the Rangers that day.
The goal remains one of the most famous in Bruins history, led by the great Bobby Orr they won the cup in six games that year (their last Stanley Cup win since).
RIP Ace Bailey..
Best of luck the rest of the playoffs, wil.
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Playoff hockey is a difficult game to cap. I know how you feel this year as many of these results seem to have the wrong side winning outright. I really hope San Jose can recover as I am convinced they are the only squad in the West that can give Detroit a series.
Personally I am a life long Bruins fan and saw my first game when the NHL was still a 6 team helmet and goalie mask less league. There were some blood rivalries back in those days, including the Bruins and Canadiens that still lives today.
Then of course came the golden age of hockey in Boston with the great Bobby Orr and the Big Bad Bruins. What a team that was. I went to many a game including some Stanley Cup Finals games in 1972 when Orr and company took down a very good Rangers team led by the GAG Line (goal a game=GAG) in six games. The line of Rod Gilbert-Jean Ratelle and Vic Hadfield actually averaged a goal a game for the season in 1972. They were very good but there was no stopping Phil Esposito, Bobby Orr, Johnny Bucyk, Wayne Cashman, Kenny Hodge, Pie McKensie and company that year.
I also saw some games during the 1970 Cup playoffs but no games from the 4-0 Bruins sweep over the new and over matched St Louis Blues in the finals. Sadly in a way the Bruins won their only two Cups on the road in 1970 and 1972.
A quick story about game one of the 72 Cup Finals played at the old Boston Garden between the Bruins and Rangers.
I was at Stanley Cup Final game one between the New York Rangers and The Boston Bruins in the old Boston Garden in 1972 when Garnet "Ace" Bailey scored the game winning goal with a rink long rush up the left boards and around the back of the net to tuck the puck into the far side against veteran Ranger goalie Ed Giacomin with about a minute to go after The Rangers had tied the game late in the third at 5-5 coming back from down 4 goals (5-1).
Sadly Garnett "Ace" Bailey and Mark Bavis, two scouts employed by the Los Angeles Kings (and thousands of others), were killed the morning of September 11th. 2001 when their jet United Airlines Flt 175 was intentionally crashed into The World Trade Center Tower #2.
Ace was the 4th line center for The Bruins and an ulikely hero he had long blond hair at the time when players did not play with helmets, although he didn't play much Ace was a big fan favorite for his flashy style.
"Ace" Bailey during his heday at Boston garden, this might be the actual moment just before he tucked the puck in the net to beat the Rangers that day.
The goal remains one of the most famous in Bruins history, led by the great Bobby Orr they won the cup in six games that year (their last Stanley Cup win since).
RIP Ace Bailey..
Best of luck the rest of the playoffs, wil.
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NOTE TO PucksPub posters...
The above quote from me was not intended to be a jab
It was my honest question to I'mOKBut....I have honestly wondered for past few months if he registered intending to use "my bets suck" as a self-deprecating ID, but then made a typo.
I should have sent him the question via PrivateMessage to better explain myself.
I've since heard from him in a non-aggressive email that in fact, he's quite happy with "sick" as his tag.
Sincerely
"MY" hockey bets suck this year Barman
I'm really sorry about that.....
just thought to myself that i was being targeted for some reason or even that someone posted something about me or used my name to try to make a stab at a moderator! Cause it was like 3 in a row starting w u barman and i have kept my mouth pretty much shut and just posted my plays for months! Sorry for the misunderstanding didn't wanna stir up trouble just thought an explaination bad or good would help me understand!
just thought to myself that i was being targeted for some reason or even that someone posted something about me or used my name to try to make a stab at a moderator! Cause it was like 3 in a row starting w u barman and i have kept my mouth pretty much shut and just posted my plays for months! Sorry for the misunderstanding didn't wanna stir up trouble just thought an explaination bad or good would help me understand!
You handled a legitimate question (by you) with a real cool head, thanks.
If anyone elsewhere on the RxForum uses that suck/sick deal to jab you, just PM me and I'll get it deleted
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Though now that I understand you intended "sick", I'm still wondering if you had intended for the overall handle to read, "I'm OK, But My Bets Are Sick"
sick = awesome in recent years sports slang
