[Dan from Michigan]

The only knock against Neely was injuries thanks to a knee/knee shot by Ulf Samuelsson. I know Kharlamov was a star in the 72 Canadian/Russian summitt series.

[Argh]

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.

[Hurricane Andrew]

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...

[bitt]

Ulf is still not safe on the streets of Boston

http://www.anecdotage.com/index.php?aid=5173

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."]

[Dan from Michigan]

Ping

[LadyShallott]

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.

[infidel29]

Samuelsson hit Neely in the thigh. The resulting injury was not his fault. Neely developed a rare disorder which caused his thigh muscle tissue to grow back as bone. The condition is called myositis ossificans.

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.

[curmudgeonII]

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?

[fhlh]

Hockey? What is Hockey?

[SamAdams76]

Bobby Orr and Cam Neely. Two Bruin greats who never realized their full potential due to career-ending injuries.

[The Drowning Witch]

What is this "hawk-eee" you speak of????