"EvanMLips" writes on YouTube: "Stan Jonathan gave away close to a foot in height to Pierre Bouchard – a mountain of a man from northern Quebec… It is quintessential Boston Bruins late-1970s hockey. Before Gary Bettman ruined the NHL, the Bruins/Canadiens rivalry was arguably on par with Red Sox/Yankees. I mean these two teams HATED each other. That’s what makes this clip great – it’s basically a microcosm of the rivalry."
I couldn’t have said it better myself. And while we’re quoting people from the comments on this clip, I found this one particularly precious: "NorthDino": "I am not a hockey fan, I am from the Hip Hop generation (where fists fights are common). One Word WOW. Someone please give me the background on this. All I know is dude in yellow/white is good w/both hands. Somebody help me out here." I’ll help you out, pal. Bouchard, in his prime, could have made the whole of the Wu Tang Clan piss themselves with one hand tied behind his back. But I should quit while I’m ahead, as I don’t want to offend your obviously terrifying generation. The best part is, this kid probably lives in Wisconson and up until a year ago was listening to Genesis.
I remeber watching that game.Cherry sent out Jonathan,O’Reilly and Wensink to counter Bouchard,Lupien and I forget who else.You could see what was coming from a mile away.Those three always had about five feet of space around them.I think Jonathan would have kicked the crap out of some of these pretenders today.That was hockey,not this watered down European shit that they trotted out this year.I saw a lot of Loch Monster games this year,it was a lot more exciting seeing these guys get after it than a bunch of figure skaters in the NHL.I wish Cam Jannsen was still in the AHL.You’ve got to love a guy who starts fights and takes the time to remove his helmut before he goes.Somewhere,Don Cherry would be smiling.