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transplant99 · 05-04-2010, 11:34 AM

A really unbeleivable time in NHL history.

I would think that the majority of posters here are too young to remember them or weren't even born yet being its 35 years ago they won their last SC.

I still remember going to game in old Maple leaf gardens in the exhibition season of 74-75 and seeing this team up close and personal. They were flat out the most intimidating club in the history of the game. Particularly that game I remember seeing The Hammer and Ian turnbull square off in a doozy of a tilt, and when they were being escorted to the penalty box I remember telling my buddy i was with to keep watching them after they are off the ice. Sure enough Schultz reaches over to the scorers table ( no glass partitions back then like there are today) grabs the guys clipboard and rifles it at Turnbull...then all hell broke loose with benches emptying and the whole shebang. What a team...Moose Dupont, Mad Dog Kelley, The Hammer...and on and on. IIRC they had something like 700 more PIM than the next team in the league.

Beyond all that stuff though, they were a very talented hockey team as much as they were a collection of cementheads, and it was an era of hockey that demanded both to be successful.

Philly were one team of very few of that era that concentrated on defensive hockey first as well. Shero was a really really smart hockey guy.

05-04-2010, 11:34 AM	#3
transplant99 Fearmongerer Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Wondering when # became hashtag and not a number sign. Exp:	A really unbeleivable time in NHL history. I would think that the majority of posters here are too young to remember them or weren't even born yet being its 35 years ago they won their last SC. I still remember going to game in old Maple leaf gardens in the exhibition season of 74-75 and seeing this team up close and personal. They were flat out the most intimidating club in the history of the game. Particularly that game I remember seeing The Hammer and Ian turnbull square off in a doozy of a tilt, and when they were being escorted to the penalty box I remember telling my buddy i was with to keep watching them after they are off the ice. Sure enough Schultz reaches over to the scorers table ( no glass partitions back then like there are today) grabs the guys clipboard and rifles it at Turnbull...then all hell broke loose with benches emptying and the whole shebang. What a team...Moose Dupont, Mad Dog Kelley, The Hammer...and on and on. IIRC they had something like 700 more PIM than the next team in the league. Beyond all that stuff though, they were a very talented hockey team as much as they were a collection of cementheads, and it was an era of hockey that demanded both to be successful. Philly were one team of very few of that era that concentrated on defensive hockey first as well. Shero was a really really smart hockey guy.