06-14-2022, 08:42 AM
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#1
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Calgary
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Jim “Bearcat” Murray passed away this morning at age 89.
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06-14-2022, 08:45 AM
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#2
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Referee
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Calgary
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RIP - ran into him many times in Okotoks when I was young. Great guy, legend.
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06-14-2022, 08:45 AM
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Don't click that link!
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Rural Alberta
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RIP Bearcat.
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06-14-2022, 08:45 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: San Fernando Valley
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The man was a legend. RIP
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06-14-2022, 08:45 AM
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#5
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Fearmongerer
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Wondering when # became hashtag and not a number sign.
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Wow.
Just a complete icon and stalwart of the early version of this club.
Maybe the most unique trainer in NHL history.
RIP.
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06-14-2022, 08:48 AM
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#6
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Vancouver
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Icon.
Rest well.
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06-14-2022, 08:52 AM
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#7
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All I can get
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Ol' Potlicker.
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06-14-2022, 08:54 AM
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#8
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member of the Bearcat Murray fanclub, officially reporting for duty one last time
RIP Bearcat.
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06-14-2022, 08:57 AM
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#9
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: North America
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You’re my boy Bearcat!
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06-14-2022, 08:57 AM
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#10
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Franchise Player
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If the treatment room hasn't already been named the Bearcat Murray Room then I'm extremely disappointed. Better late than never?
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06-14-2022, 08:58 AM
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#11
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Franchise Player
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Responsible for one of the iconic moments in Flames' history when he hopped on the ice to help Vernon, who had been hit by Bernie Nicholls, and as he was doing that the Flames scored at the other end (I think Macinnis but might be wrong).
RIP.
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06-14-2022, 09:02 AM
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Norm!
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A very nice man whenever I talked to him and incredibly classy and a great ambassador for his club.
And yeah Jiri, that's exactly what I remember.
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06-14-2022, 09:04 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Waterloo, Ontario
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So sad to hear this. A great human being!
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06-14-2022, 09:06 AM
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Join Date: May 2002
Location: Virginia
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
Responsible for one of the iconic moments in Flames' history when he hopped on the ice to help Vernon, who had been hit by Bernie Nicholls, and as he was doing that the Flames scored at the other end (I think Macinnis but might be wrong).
RIP.
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Yep, +1 for his career.
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06-14-2022, 09:07 AM
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Powerplay Quarterback
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That is awful, I just ran into him having breakfast not all that long ago (probably longer ago than I think). A great man with a great spirit, Rest In Peace.
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06-14-2022, 09:07 AM
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#16
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
Responsible for one of the iconic moments in Flames' history when he hopped on the ice to help Vernon, who had been hit by Bernie Nicholls, and as he was doing that the Flames scored at the other end (I think Macinnis but might be wrong).
RIP.
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correct. Kelly Hrudey the victimized goalie
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06-14-2022, 09:07 AM
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#17
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Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Springbank
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I remember him jumping up and bopping an Oiler fan who was giving lip with a rolled up towel. I laughed.
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06-14-2022, 09:11 AM
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#18
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RIP Bearcat. A Calgary icon.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
Responsible for one of the iconic moments in Flames' history when he hopped on the ice to help Vernon, who had been hit by Bernie Nicholls, and as he was doing that the Flames scored at the other end (I think Macinnis but might be wrong).
RIP.
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And caused Gretzky to completely lose his ****.
It turns out Vernon wasn't actually hurt, but obviously Bearcat didn't know that. From his wiki page:
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Murray was famously on the ice, tending to fallen goaltender Mike Vernon while play was still ongoing, as the Flames scored a goal during their 1989 playoff series against the Los Angeles Kings.[4] Vernon explained later that he was not hurt on the play, but went down attempting to draw a penalty after being punched by a Kings player: "I'm lying there wondering when might be a good time to sit up, and all of a sudden there's Bearcat kneeling overtop of me ... We'd just scored a goal with him on the ice and (Wayne) Gretzky was going ballistic. I think Bear thought I'd better be hurt or he might lose his job."[2]
During a game against the Edmonton Oilers in Edmonton, Murray once went up into the stands to rescue his son Al, also a trainer for the Flames, tearing ligaments in his leg in the process. Al had been in the stands attempting to retrieve Gary Suter's stick, which had been knocked into the crowd and was being hidden by Oiler fans. Fearing things were going to escalate, Bearcat jumped into the fray himself. While being wheeled into an ambulance, Murray blew kisses for the cameras. The incident caught the attention of a group of fans in Boston, who formed the "Bearcat Murray Fan Club", and began showing up at the Boston Garden wearing skull caps and oversized moustaches mimicking Murray's looks when the Flames played there. Between 1987–91, a Montreal chapter of the Bearcat Murray Fan Club made regular appearances at the Montreal Forum when the Flames were in town.
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06-14-2022, 09:14 AM
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#19
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Calgary, AB
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06-14-2022, 09:18 AM
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Underground
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Absolute legend. The visual of Bearcat running out onto the ice with a towel in his hand is part and parcel with my Flames memories.
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