I flipped through Jean Beliveau's autobiography (I didn't read the whole thing) but there was a time during Blake's last season as coach where the team once arrived somewhere by bus and Blake, who sat behind Beliveau, tapped him on the shoulder and asked to speak with him. Blake then told Beliveau that he felt like he was 'losing it' (I think that's what he said) and Beliveau talked to Blake until he was able to calm down.
@@jamesanthony5681 Some interesting anecdotes including: * The one time Doug Harvey purposely scored on Jacques Plante during a pre-season game so he could see the other team’s goal celebration. * Why he voted against Scotty Bowman succeeding Sam Pollock as GM. * The one game where an injured Beliveau had to replace an ejected Blake as coach and he won! Plus, he got to test out a theory that he had.
@@September2004 Very interesting, especially the one with Scotty. Irving Grundman (I think) became GM, and it was he who drafted Wickenheiser over Savard in 1980. Getting back to the story on the bus during Toe's last year as coach, I recall Blake getting into a scuffle with a fan in Los Angeles, and I wonder if that had anything to do with that his comment to Beliveau. Who can say?
@@jamesanthony5681 Could be. He also once told a man sitting near the Montreal bench to 'fuck off' (or something like that). He then asked Beliveau if he knew who that guy was. Beliveau knew and when he told Blake the man was the president of the Canadian National Railway and quite a business icon, Blake grew worried. Beliveau then told Blake he likely made that guy's day since he can now tell his friends that Blake told him off.
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What was Jean Beliveau's relationship with Toe Blake when Jean became captain? Were they friendly, distant, father-and-son almost, cold?
I flipped through Jean Beliveau's autobiography (I didn't read the whole thing) but there was a time during Blake's last season as coach where the team once arrived somewhere by bus and Blake, who sat behind Beliveau, tapped him on the shoulder and asked to speak with him.
Blake then told Beliveau that he felt like he was 'losing it' (I think that's what he said) and Beliveau talked to Blake until he was able to calm down.
@@September2004 Interesting. That would have been the expansion year, '67-'68. I'll have to read it.
@@jamesanthony5681 Some interesting anecdotes including:
* The one time Doug Harvey purposely scored on Jacques Plante during a pre-season game so he could see the other team’s goal celebration.
* Why he voted against Scotty Bowman succeeding Sam Pollock as GM.
* The one game where an injured Beliveau had to replace an ejected Blake as coach and he won! Plus, he got to test out a theory that he had.
@@September2004 Very interesting, especially the one with Scotty. Irving Grundman (I think) became GM, and it was he who drafted Wickenheiser over Savard in 1980.
Getting back to the story on the bus during Toe's last year as coach, I recall Blake getting into a scuffle with a fan in Los Angeles, and I wonder if that had anything to do with that his comment to Beliveau. Who can say?
@@jamesanthony5681
Could be. He also once told a man sitting near the Montreal bench to 'fuck off' (or something like that). He then asked Beliveau if he knew who that guy was.
Beliveau knew and when he told Blake the man was the president of the Canadian National Railway and quite a business icon, Blake grew worried.
Beliveau then told Blake he likely made that guy's day since he can now tell his friends that Blake told him off.