My condolences.
He was one of my favorites. I was a 12 year old bantam goalie when he won the Calder and Vezina with the Hawks.
Bruins- Hawks games then always special.
Phil vs. Tony…..nothing could be better.
RIP Tony O.
I watched that game on television, probably WGN, amazing performance by Tony. As you can see the Hawks shooting percentage was outstanding that game and the Bruins with Orr and Phil Esposito were still an excellent team. The previous year in 1974, the Flyers beat the Bruins in the Finals. Lucky for the Hawks it was a three game series, I'm sure Boston would have won the remaining games if it were a five or seven game playoff round. I will always remember that game as well as the seventh game against the Canadians in 1971 and the goal scored from the blue line by Jacques Lemaire, I didn't see it but heard it announced on the radio since the telecast was blacked out in Chicago. Oh oh, now I'm having bad memories again!
RIP
Pancreatic Cancer can be a very quick battle. Some people are diagnosed and dead in a week. It took my dad in less than 4 months.
I watched that game on television, probably WGN, amazing performance by Tony. As you can see the Hawks shooting percentage was outstanding that game and the Bruins with Orr and Phil Esposito were still an excellent team. The previous year in 1974, the Flyers beat the Bruins in the Finals. Lucky for the Hawks it was a three game series, I'm sure Boston would have won the remaining games if it were a five or seven game playoff round. I will always remember that game as well as the seventh game against the Canadians in 1971 and the goal scored from the blue line by Jacques Lemaire, I didn't see it but heard it announced on the radio since the telecast was blacked out in Chicago. Oh oh, now I'm having bad memories again!
I watched that game on television, probably WGN, amazing performance by Tony. As you can see the Hawks shooting percentage was outstanding that game and the Bruins with Orr and Phil Esposito were still an excellent team. The previous year in 1974, the Flyers beat the Bruins in the Finals. Lucky for the Hawks it was a three game series, I'm sure Boston would have won the remaining games if it were a five or seven game playoff round. I will always remember that game as well as the seventh game against the Canadians in 1971 and the goal scored from the blue line by Jacques Lemaire, I didn't see it but heard it announced on the radio since the telecast was blacked out in Chicago. Oh oh, now I'm having bad memories again!
Tony always said he didn't miss the Lemaire shot - he never saw it.
Wirtz agreed to move the Hawks to the West in 1971 to allow Vancouver to be in the East with Montreal and Toronto
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It should have been a Boston/Chicago final but the Bruins fell asleep in Game 2 in the first round blowing a 5-1 lead in what was Orr's worst game as a Bruin.
RIP to one of the greatest Hawks
f*** cancer
1971 Painful memory for this BlackHawks fan.