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I don't know about you guys but the 1970s were the "glory days" of NHL hockey for me. The brawling Boston Bruins and Philadelphia Flyers, etc., where most players had only one or two front teeth and nobody wore helmets except maybe the goalies - and even then, not necessarily.

I'm bored to tears with the style of hockey played today in North America. Nothing but neutral zone trap with mostly 2-1 and 3-2 type games. It's kind of like soccer.

I still remember a game between the Boston Bruins and California Golden Seals back in 1974 or 1975. The Bruins were behind 6-2 going into the third period and ended up winning the game 7-6. Scores of 10-2, 8-6 and 11-7 were fairly common. Games were wide open with tons of fights. I remember when Stan Jonathon (of the Bruins) destroyed one of the opposing players in a fight and then skated to the opponents bench and dared all of them (including the coach) to come out and fight. Those were the days!

“I don’t know about you guys but the 1970s were the “glory days” of NHL hockey for me. The brawling Boston Bruins and Philadelphia Flyers, etc., where most players had only one or two front teeth and nobody wore helmets except maybe the goalies - and even then, not necessarily.
I’m bored to tears with the style of hockey played today in North America. Nothing but neutral zone trap with mostly 2-1 and 3-2 type games. It’s kind of like soccer.”

“I still remember a game between the Boston Bruins and California Golden Seals back in 1974 or 1975. The Bruins were behind 6-2 going into the third period and ended up winning the game 7-6. Scores of 10-2, 8-6 and 11-7 were fairly common. Games were wide open with tons of fights. I remember when Stan Jonathon (of the Bruins) destroyed one of the opposing players in a fight and then skated to the opponents bench and dared all of them (including the coach) to come out and fight. Those were the days!”

Thank you for reminding me of how brutally boring hockey was at that time. I spared myself several seasons of that “glory days 11-7” dreck by not watching it from one year to the next. Schultz, Jonathan, and the rest of the thugs were a savage freak show promoted by cynical owners.

Thank you Wayne Gretzky for bringing talent instead of thuggery to center ice!

And thank you SamAdams for reminding me of what a great game hockey is!