Broad Street Bullies

[mortimer brewster]

Originally Posted by Butch7999

but we wouldn't say Sabres outplayed Philly -- overall, about even up,
but Flyers mostly kept Buffalo to the perimeter, with Parent not having face enough tough chances in close.
Shero knew how to say things to get under an opponent's skin, and yes, Desjardins was soft in the Sabre nets,
but the aging Crozier was sharp even despite playing injured (which is why Desjardins got most of the starts).

I would have to agree about the play being close. Game 1 was when the Sabres outplayed the Flyers. Flyers only had 8 SOG early in the 3rd when they "Solved" Desjardins.

Crozier came to the rescue in game 3 after Desjardins allowed a 70 footer from Saleski in the famous Fog game.

Desjardins then allowed a goal from an impossible angle to sniper Schultz to start pivotal game 5. I need counseling.

Crozier wasn't injured, he suffered from Pancreatis that made his availability unpredictable. By December 1975 he was through. He was 26-4-1 in the regular season over his final 3 seasons. If Healthy Desjardins wouldn't have seen a minute of action.

[Kevin]

Bill Barber gets no love?

[philliesfan]

I bled black and orange in the 70's and 80's. Anyone remember the "Streak"?

[mortimer brewster]

Originally Posted by philliesfan

I bled black and orange in the 70's and 80's. Anyone remember the "Streak"?

Yes, I remember it well. My favorite Ray Stevens song. Hit #1 in the Billboard top 100 hits in the spring of 1974 a few weeks before the Flyers won their first Stanley Cup.

[philliesfan]

Sorry but not that streak. I am talking about the 35 games in a row without a loss. Almost a half year of playing without a loss. Just unreal. One coach, I think was Don Cherry at the time said.........Barnes, Busniak, Bathe? Who are they? Norm Barnes would dive face first if he had to to block shots.

[mortimer brewster]

Originally Posted by philliesfan

Sorry but not that streak. I am talking about the 35 games in a row without a loss. Almost a half year of playing without a loss. Just unreal. One coach, I think was Don Cherry at the time said.........Barnes, Busniak, Bathe? Who are they? Norm Barnes would dive face first if he had to to block shots.

Flyers also streaked for a 20 game stretch between 11/16/1976 and 1/1/77. They lost on a Monday night 1/3/1977 in a nationally televised game (on the Hughes network) at the Forum against the Canadiens. Poor Bernie Parent faced 55 shots.

Those Flyers sure liked to streak back then.

[Eric72]

Originally Posted by philliesfan

I bled black and orange in the 70's and 80's. Anyone remember the "Streak"?

"Streaking" was quite popular in the 70s, if I'm not mistaken.

[Butch7999]

Originally Posted by mortimer brewster

I would have to agree about the play being close.
...
Crozier wasn't injured, he suffered from Pancreatis that made his availability unpredictable. By December 1975 he was through. He was 26-4-1 in the regular season over his final 3 seasons. If Healthy Desjardins wouldn't have seen a minute of action.

Correct, we knew that and should have said "ill" but that felt like it begged for a longer explanation.
Crozier's pancreatitis eventually turned into pancreatic cancer, which killed the Little Carpenter of Uxbridge
twenty years later.