In reply to: Documentary recommendation posted by HoundDog1973
pummeled Brad Park for no good reason at all. The worst thing in hockey in 1973-1978 was to be up 3-0 or down 3-0 to the Flyers. Either way, shit was going down.
not many people realize that one year (forget which) Taz nearly cracked the 100-point barrier. I'm pretty sure the Hammer never came close. Between him, Hound Kelly, Dornhoefer, and Homlgren that was a tough crew. Add in Booby Clark and his (very) loose stick - just ask Valeri Kharamov.
I've seen highlights of the fog game between Buffalo and Philly with former Sabres announcer Jim Lorentz killing a bat, and heard some of the stories, but it's another world for me. Schultz never scored more than 40 points in a year and he said on his interview that he got sent down to Rochester by Scotty Bowman after a brief stint in Buffalo, which effectively ended his NHL career.
I enjoy hearing about those days. I'm sure I would've enjoyed that era of hockey.
EDIT- linking an interesting story that I found from Schultz from the NYT in 1982 with some regrets about his career.
and the clash of styles between the Bullies and the French Connection. Perreault was a guy that the lunatics in Montreal always thought they somehow got screwed on getting.