A spectacular piece by Wes Gilbertson -- an oral history of Lanny McDonald's 66-goal season in 1982/83. It is a record that has stood for 40 years, not sure if it will ever be broken in today's game.
Quote:
Jim Peplinski, a longtime teammate, close friend and co-captain when the Flames won the Stanley Cup in 1989: “We used to kid Lanny that the assists that he generated were rebounds off goalies’ pads. He was just a born assassin, a born shooter. It’s a hair-tingling experience for me, even playing pond hockey with Lanny now. When he gets the puck going down the right side, or when we’re playing pond hockey and it’s 4-4 and you change ends at 5, when he gets the puck, it’s all he can think about is to score and to shoot and to shoot again. He just shoots and shoots and shoots.”
Guy Chouinard, who skated as McDonald’s centre in 1982-83: “We used to tease him quite a bit about, ‘Give the puck to Lanny and let’s go for the rebound. Because it’s not coming back. It’s going to go at the net.’ I think Lanny was OK with that. Because most of the time that he shot, it was a goal for us.”
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https://calgaryherald.com/feature/la...on-anniversary
P.S. The pool story at the end is hilarious
