Posted on 06/08/2005 3:36:33 PM PDT by Dan from Michigan
Neely elected to Hockey's Hall of Fame
By Associated Press
Wednesday, June 8, 2005 - Updated: 04:33 PM EST
TORONTO - Former Boston Bruins star Cam Neely, the late Valeri Kharmalov and Murray Costello were named to the Hockey Hall of Fame on Wednesday.
Neely and Kharmalov, a former Russian superstar who died in 1981, will enter in the players category. Costello, former president of the Canadian Hockey Association, goes in as a builder.
Among eligible candidates - three years beyond retirement - with solid reputations who weren't picked for induction were Glenn Anderson, Steve Larmer, Dino Cicarelli, Kevin Lowe and Doug Wilson.
Neely, a hard-hitting, sharp-shooting power forward, was drafted in 1983 by Vancouver. He played three years for the Canucks before he was traded to Boston, where he played 10 seasons, scoring 50 or more goals three times.
His career was cut short by health problems that began with a thigh injury in the 1991 Eastern Conference finals.
He played in just 22 games over the next two seasons. But made an amazing comeback in the 1993-94 season, reaching 50 goals in the 44th game - third fastest in NHL history.
He retired in 1996 because of chronic hip problems.
The Bruins retired his No. 8 jersey in 2004.
They sure did misspell Kharlamov! He was the biggest threat, according to what we heard before the 1972 series started. Of course, the main threat ended up being a very young Tretiak.
Hockey? They still play that?
I guess it's kinda like baseball: great sport in college, but not in the pros. Not like hockey even has a pro league...
Ulf is still not safe on the streets of Boston
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Cheap Shot Artist
Pittsburgh Penguins goon Ulf Samuelsson is widely considered to have been the dirtiest player in the history of professional hockey. After ending the career of Cam Neely (an honest tough guy) with a dirty knee-on-thigh hit, Samuelsson went on to play some fifteen years without serious injury, in part by "turtling" or slinking away whenever he was challenged to a legitimate fight.
In a memorable game against the Toronto Maple
Leafs one evening, Samuelsson received some retributive justice when he found himself alone with Leafs winger Tie Domi beside the Leafs net. As Samuelsson, and the officials, watched the play turn up the ice, Domi furtively dropped his glove and sucker-punched Samuelsson, knocking him out.
[Despite his dirty tactics, many Pittsburgh fans embraced the "chicken Swede." One local wag even dubbed him "Jack Lambert on skates."]
Ping
Domi got 8 games for it though.
Hockey? There are still people who keep track of hockey outside of paychecks? I miss hockey. I really do! Good for Neely, he was a great player. Dirty and mean..but good.
Ulf Samuelsson was not the "dirtiest player" in league history... please, with the likes of Marty McSorely, "Tiger" Williams, Claude Lemieux, Bryan Marchment, Tie Domi, Dale Hunter, not to mention the "stars" of the league who hid behind their notariety and got protection from the refs. Guys like Mark Messier... Yes, Messier, Bobby Clarke, Glenn Anderson, and Doug Gilmour come to mind.
Bobby Clarke gets my vote.
Am I the only one who sees something incongruous in electing players to a Hall of Fame when the game isn"t even being played?
>>Am I the only one who sees something incongruous
well, yes.
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Nope. Dave "The Hammer" Schultz gets mine. So does Kristoff Oliwa.
Bob Clarke or most members of the Broad Street Bullies, in the "modern" era, would be my pick. However, I watched Terry O'Reilly clean Schultz' clock one night in fine style, and I once saw Larry Robinson put "Big Bird" Salesky's head into the boards hard enough to leave a permanent dent. Those were the days.
But I think if we are going by PIM only, Tiger Williams still holds the record. Although I was impressed to see tears at the closing of Maple Leaf Gardens as Anne Murray sang "The Maple Leaf Forever" -- which really is the National Anthem of Canada no matter what the French think.
Bob Clarke or most members of the Broad Street Bullies, in the "modern" era, would be my pick. However, I watched Terry O'Reilly clean Schultz' clock one night in fine style, and I once saw Larry Robinson put "Big Bird" Salesky's head into the boards hard enough to leave a permanent dent. Those were the days.
But I think if we are going by PIM only, Tiger Williams still holds the record. Although I was impressed to see tears at the closing of Maple Leaf Gardens as Anne Murray sang "The Maple Leaf Forever" -- which really is the National Anthem of Canada no matter what the French think.
Hockey? What is Hockey?
Bobby Orr and Cam Neely. Two Bruin greats who never realized their full potential due to career-ending injuries.
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