Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunter's Campfire I'm not a hockey fan but the '76 Flyers - the Broad Street Bullies...

are legend.

I was a just a kid when this happened, but this documentary on them is awesome.

If you don't have time to watch the whole thing, start at the 47:00 minute mark - you won't be disappointed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJgMQDkyJH0

There's a Simpsons episode where Homer is sued by the Devil, who is trying to repo Homer's soul.

The "Jury of the Damned" for the trial included Blackbeard the Pirate, Richard Nixon, and the starting lineup of the '76 Philadelphia Flyers.

Thanks!! Excellent link-I'm going to watch the whole thing tonight. I miss real hockey! Can't stand this Europeanized/pussified/Gary Bettman style hockey that's played today--although I still watch it if my teams playing (Colorado).

The '76 Flyers were great, until they ran into Scotty Bowman's Montreal team.

Doug Jarvis and Doug Risebrough picked Bobby Clark clean and the checking line with Bob Gainey and Jimmy Roberts stifled the Flyers' scoring lines.

Hat trick in '76 never happened.

Sorry. I think the Broad Street Bullies created and perpetuated the need for the "enforcers" to keep the guys who actually played hockey out there from getting cheapshots from goons like the 76 flyers. IMO, they hurt the game in the long run.

Don't get me wrong, I have no problem with fighting in hockey. Its an integral part of the Canadian/American tradition. I love to see two evenly matched guys drop the gloves, even better if they are skill guys. But having goons that can hardly skate and only exist to beat people up is not what hockey should be about.

If you want to watch a good documentary on it, there is a show called The Last Gladiator that is basically the story of Chris Nilan's life. It has interviews with Bob Probert, Tony Twist, and a bunch of other goons, only some of whom had any real hockey skills beyond knuckles that dragged.

Flame on

Clark Gillies showed Dave Schultz how the hog ate the cabbage, when Gillies was a rookie.

Schultz was never the same after that.

The '76 Canadiens had guys like Rick Chartraw, Bob Gainey, and the immortal Larry Robinson who could go toe to toe with Schultz and the Canadiens were not intimidated by the Flyers.

Don't know squat about hockey. Do know Montreal is hockey greatness.