Since newly minted Polish fighting hero ‘Puddin’ Pudzianowski is busy mulling over whether he’ll next get his head beat in by Aleksander Emelianenko or take on former NHL goon Krzysztof Oliwa it led us to wonder–where is Tony Twist when you need him? Like the guy who ‘Puddin’ fought in his pro debut, Twist [...]
Mariusz ‘Puddin’ Pudzianowski, off of a victory in his MMA debut, is already mulling his next move. The former ‘World’s Strongest Man’ champion has reportedly been approached for a fight against Aleksander Emelianenko next April. There’s also another name that recently dropped his gloves and threw his hat into the ring: former [...]
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Fedor Emelianenko is named the ‘Russian Athlete of the Year’. Bonus footage of hockey legend Vladislav Tretiak getting a ‘lifetime achievement award’ of some sort. Tretiak is very likely the best goalie to never play in the NHL, and was the backstop on the USSR teams that dominated international hockey [...]
One of the best ever, Guy Lafleur who led the Habs to four consecutive Stanley Cups between 1976 and 1979. These Canadiens teams with Ken Dryden in goal and a ‘who’s who’ of hockey in the lineup are among the greatest in NHL history. The thing that always blew me away about Lafleur [...]
Here’s the legendary Roger Doucet singing ‘Oh Canada’ at the Montreal Forum which was a tradition before Canadiens games until his death in 1981. My man had some pipes, that’s for sure…
And prior to the 1976 Canada Cup:
Most of us here at SavSci are Montreal Canadiens honks, but we’ve got to give Kate Smith her props. Her renditions of ‘God Bless America’ before Philadelphia Flyers’ games was one of the coolest hockey traditions ever:
We’re happy as clams that NHL season has started, and it gives us the opportunity to feature one of the most feared ‘enforcers’ in hockey history. Tony Twist had better standup skills than a lot of MMA fighters. His career was cut short by a broken pelvis he suffered in a motorcycle accident [...]
Here’s today’s ‘great moment in hockey history’ video–actually its two videos dealing with Jacques Plante. Plante, as most serious hockey fans know, pioneered the use of goalie masks. You’ve got to be a little bit insane to play goalie in the NHL. Imagine how nuts you’d have to have been to play [...]
We thought we’d countdown the days until the start of the NHL season by posting a daily ‘great moment in hockey history’ video. These will be in no particular order–just whatever comes to mind on a given day. We were talking about this game today–considered as one of the greatest in hockey history. [...]
Here’s some good news–there’s just two weeks until the start of the NHL season. This video is a tribute to the 1970’s Montreal Canadiens and their dominance of the entire decade:
