1970s was bad ugly awful ERA only Goons Violence enforces! And all the players from Canada! Today 45% of the NHL players from Canada! And all the players can skate and pass! Much tougher and better NHL today than boring slow stupid Goons ERA 1970s!!
Ahhhhhh my flyers! Whalers fan too. But my flyers won the cup the year I was born, in their consecutive cup victories. Became a team in my birth year. 43/44 years later, havent been able to capture it since. Close a few xs but not the whole cup. Soooo wierd that my team became a team, became the 1st expansion team to win it back to bCk, in the year I was born... And not yet since. Still, so love those 70s teams
Born in "66" I was 8yrs old when this series was going on, Living in Lockport N.Y not that far away from buffalo. Was a Sabres fanatic. Remember sitting by the old a.m.-f.m. radio listening on GR-55 because so few were televised. A 2-6 road record, And not being able to win in philly is the reason for not winning the cup that season. Also Eric Dejardan (Sabres starting goalie was injured in the habs series. Missed a couple of games in that series) Did looked shaky the rest of the playoffs, Roger Croizer was still a good backup but past prime. His better days were in the late 60's. And philly won this one by playing well discipline defensive style of hockey. And he's right philly was always a team that would outwork there opponent's.
That was a good sabres team too.Gil Pereault,Rene Robert,Rick martin.as good as he was no one ever talks about Gil Pereault ,ever .he was a top 5 center in the league for 10 yrs An d it's like he never existed.
The Buffalo Sabres of the 1970s are a mystery. They drafted superbly in the early years ('70-Perreault; '71-Martin, Ramsay; '72-Schoenfeld; '74-Gare; among others), made good trades (they stole Rene Robert from Pittsburgh for Ed Shack), went to the cup in '75 when their core group averaged 23-25 years old, but nothing after '75. Why? What happened? There should have been more Cup appearances. Did they lack leadership? Did they lack toughness? I know Rick Dudley jumping to the WHA was a huge loss in '75. As far as goaltending, they didn't have a Bernie Parent or Ken Dryden. Maybe that was it. I know Punch Imlach was a pain in the ass for a number of their players. Punch loved Gilbert Perreault and couldn't talk about him enough on his TV show. I do know Perreault asked to be traded sometime in the '70s, but Punch refused him. Imlach was gone by Dec. 1978. His command and control approach was not suited for players in the 1970's. Something was lacking.
The tragic death of Tim Horton had a devastating effect on the young team. Horton was killed after losing control of his De Tomaso Pantera sports car on the Queen Elizabeth Way in St. Catharines, Ontario, in the early morning of February 21, 1974. He had played a game in Toronto the previous evening against his former team, the Maple Leafs, and was driving alone back to Buffalo, 100 mi (160 km) south. The Sabres had lost the game, and despite sitting out the third period and playing with a jaw and ankle injury, Horton was selected one of the game's three stars. Horton's Pantera had been given to him by Sabres' general manager Imlach as an enticement to return to the team for one more season. On his drive to Buffalo, Horton stopped at his office in Oakville, and was met there by Ron Joyce. While there, Horton phoned his brother Gerry, who recognized that Tim had been drinking and tried to persuade him not to continue driving. Joyce also offered to have Horton stay with him. Horton chose to continue his drive to Buffalo. After 4:00 a.m. EST (9:00 UTC), a woman reported to the Ontario Provincial Police in Burlington that she had observed a car travelling at high speed on the Queen Elizabeth Way. A warning was broadcast over police radio. Thirty minutes later, Officer Mike Gula observed a speeding vehicle travelling Niagara-bound on the Queen Elizabeth Way in Vineland. Gula activated his siren and attempted to pursue Horton's vehicle, but lost sight of it. Horton passed a curve in the road at Ontario Street and was approaching the Lake Street exit in St. Catharines when he lost control and drove into the centre grass median, where his tire caught a recessed sewer which caused the car to flip several times before it came to a stop on its roof in the Toronto-bound lanes. Not wearing a seatbelt, Horton was found 123 ft (37 m) from the car. He was pronounced dead at St. Catharines General Hospital.
Their goaltenders were actually very good (Bob Sauve, Don Edwards), I think they had the lowest Goals Against average in the league one season. Those two were around for a fair number of years. But their constantly losing to the Flyers was a bad psychological thing. Whereas the Canadiens took the Flyers regularly back then...the last half of the 1970s was Montreal's dynasty years.
Ya no one gives them enough credit as anything more than a bunch of goons. As a Habs fan I hated them but I will say Bobby Clarke was one of the greatest Captains in my lifetime. The guy would do literally , whatever it took to win. I can respect that. The Riverton Rocket was a premier scorer as well and they had a few others who could play with anyone. Plus Bernie Parent is the only goalie to ever win back to back Conn Smythes.
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We couldn't win in the Spectrum. What, 3 and 30 in the 70's... not sure just guessing. What killed me during that time is the Islanders always beat the Flyers. The Sabres always beat the Islanders but couldn't beat the Flyers. Was frustrating to me.
KPM Studios in all likelihood created it. Most of the music on this highlight reel is from KPM Studios, which is the same place NFL Films garnered much of their music.
Buffalo is home of the two biggest disappointments in the history of sports and it gets little discussion outside Buffalo. I'm talking about the fact that the Sabres were strong for 11 years and never won the Cup and the Bills went to the Super Bowl 4 times in a row and lost them all. No city has had such disappointment, not even Philly, home of the Phillies, the most losing franchise in the history of pro sports. Gimme 2 Stanleys and 2 World Series and it's all good!
Add to my comment we were supposed to buy the Expos for $90 million but the Canadian gov't bailed them out so years later they ended-up in D.C. makes Buffalo the biggest multi-angle tragedy in pro sports history. Buffalo, so close, but yet so far.
Jim Lorentz ..then a Flyer picked it up to take to the penalty box and his mates said "Hey don't touch that you'll get rabies"...and he said "what's rabies?"
I remember every second of this series. Great hockey!
There's no hockey like 70s hockey!
I quite agree!
1970s was bad ugly awful ERA only Goons Violence enforces! And all the players from Canada! Today 45% of the NHL players from Canada! And all the players can skate and pass! Much tougher and better NHL today than boring slow stupid Goons ERA 1970s!!
The flyers were awesome!!! I remember watching the 1973 -74 and 1974-75 games on TV!!!!!
wish they showed bob kelly getting beat up by dudley....flyer bullies really were chicken shit....
Ahhhhhh my flyers! Whalers fan too.
But my flyers won the cup the year I was born, in their consecutive cup victories. Became a team in my birth year.
43/44 years later, havent been able to capture it since. Close a few xs but not the whole cup.
Soooo wierd that my team became a team, became the 1st expansion team to win it back to bCk, in the year I was born...
And not yet since.
Still, so love those 70s teams
Born in "66" I was 8yrs old when this series was going on, Living in Lockport N.Y not that far away from buffalo. Was a Sabres fanatic. Remember sitting by the old a.m.-f.m. radio listening on GR-55 because so few were televised. A 2-6 road record, And not being able to win in philly is the reason for not winning the cup that season. Also Eric Dejardan (Sabres starting goalie was injured in the habs series. Missed a couple of games in that series) Did looked shaky the rest of the playoffs, Roger Croizer was still a good backup but past prime. His better days were in the late 60's. And philly won this one by playing well discipline defensive style of hockey. And he's right philly was always a team that would outwork there opponent's.
not the next year....WIPED OUT IN FOUR!!!!
This was before Apollo Creed gave Rocky a shot at the Heavyweight title. Rocky was still a down and out fighter living in South Philly.
Yeah but that was fictional shit this was real and my Beloved buffalo lost their first championship of many to come l o l
Loved the Sabres of that era...they became my favorite team as a kid
THEY WERE DAMN GOOD
Keep in mind that this was only their fifth season in the NHL.
Me too
we have had the cup skated in our own arenas twice 1975 1999 when God when will it be our turn...when!!!!
Spellman Pat #GodCantFixThis
That was a good sabres team too.Gil Pereault,Rene Robert,Rick martin.as good as he was no one ever talks about Gil Pereault ,ever .he was a top 5 center in the league for 10 yrs An d it's like he never existed.
Flyers were only the fourth NHL franchise to win back to back Stanley Cup titles.
The Buffalo Sabres of the 1970s are a mystery. They drafted superbly in the early years ('70-Perreault; '71-Martin, Ramsay; '72-Schoenfeld; '74-Gare; among others), made good trades (they stole Rene Robert from Pittsburgh for Ed Shack), went to the cup in '75 when their core group averaged 23-25 years old, but nothing after '75. Why? What happened? There should have been more Cup appearances. Did they lack leadership? Did they lack toughness? I know Rick Dudley jumping to the WHA was a huge loss in '75. As far as goaltending, they didn't have a Bernie Parent or Ken Dryden. Maybe that was it. I know Punch Imlach was a pain in the ass for a number of their players. Punch loved Gilbert Perreault and couldn't talk about him enough on his TV show. I do know Perreault asked to be traded sometime in the '70s, but Punch refused him. Imlach was gone by Dec. 1978. His command and control approach was not suited for players in the 1970's. Something was lacking.
Goaltending depth
The tragic death of Tim Horton had a devastating effect on the young team.
Horton was killed after losing control of his De Tomaso Pantera sports car on the Queen Elizabeth Way in St. Catharines, Ontario, in the early morning of February 21, 1974. He had played a game in Toronto the previous evening against his former team, the Maple Leafs, and was driving alone back to Buffalo, 100 mi (160 km) south. The Sabres had lost the game, and despite sitting out the third period and playing with a jaw and ankle injury, Horton was selected one of the game's three stars.
Horton's Pantera had been given to him by Sabres' general manager Imlach as an enticement to return to the team for one more season.
On his drive to Buffalo, Horton stopped at his office in Oakville, and was met there by Ron Joyce. While there, Horton phoned his brother Gerry, who recognized that Tim had been drinking and tried to persuade him not to continue driving. Joyce also offered to have Horton stay with him. Horton chose to continue his drive to Buffalo.
After 4:00 a.m. EST (9:00 UTC), a woman reported to the Ontario Provincial Police in Burlington that she had observed a car travelling at high speed on the Queen Elizabeth Way. A warning was broadcast over police radio. Thirty minutes later, Officer Mike Gula observed a speeding vehicle travelling Niagara-bound on the Queen Elizabeth Way in Vineland. Gula activated his siren and attempted to pursue Horton's vehicle, but lost sight of it.
Horton passed a curve in the road at Ontario Street and was approaching the Lake Street exit in St. Catharines when he lost control and drove into the centre grass median, where his tire caught a recessed sewer which caused the car to flip several times before it came to a stop on its roof in the Toronto-bound lanes. Not wearing a seatbelt, Horton was found 123 ft (37 m) from the car. He was pronounced dead at St. Catharines General Hospital.
Their goaltenders were actually very good (Bob Sauve, Don Edwards), I think they had the lowest Goals Against average in the league one season. Those two were around for a fair number of years.
But their constantly losing to the Flyers was a bad psychological thing. Whereas the Canadiens took the Flyers regularly back then...the last half of the 1970s was Montreal's dynasty years.
That fog game wasn't the weather unseasonably warm in buffalo that night?
Yep.
Notice the lack of fighting. The Flyers could beat you with or without it.
true
Ya no one gives them enough credit as anything more than a bunch of goons. As a Habs fan I hated them but I will say Bobby Clarke was one of the greatest Captains in my lifetime. The guy would do literally , whatever it took to win. I can respect that. The Riverton Rocket was a premier scorer as well and they had a few others who could play with anyone. Plus Bernie Parent is the only goalie to ever win back to back Conn Smythes.
Interesting script. The narrator does a good job.
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Awsome vid. Has an almost NFL Films like quality to it.
its NFL films music in the beginning
We couldn't win in the Spectrum. What, 3 and 30 in the 70's... not sure just guessing. What killed me during that time is the Islanders always beat the Flyers. The Sabres always beat the Islanders but couldn't beat the Flyers. Was frustrating to me.
Was this the March 8th game? I'd like to know because I have Rick Martin's stick from it
The clips where the Sabers are wearing names on their jerseys would be the NBC national telecast.
Does anyone have the full footage of the game?
You can actually find the full final game on the Flyers top 10 playoff games DVD set..
Does anybody know the theme at 8:20?
KPM Studios in all likelihood created it. Most of the music on this highlight reel is from KPM Studios, which is the same place NFL Films garnered much of their music.
It’s very similar to a couple Curtis Mayfield songs. Like Superfly!
I believe the narrator is Bill Mazer.
The narrator of this film sounds like Bill Mazer.
these players looked like they were in their late fortys not twentys
Buffalo is home of the two biggest disappointments in the history of sports and it gets little discussion outside Buffalo. I'm talking about the fact that the Sabres were strong for 11 years and never won the Cup and the Bills went to the Super Bowl 4 times in a row and lost them all. No city has had such disappointment, not even Philly, home of the Phillies, the most losing franchise in the history of pro sports. Gimme 2 Stanleys and 2 World Series and it's all good!
Scotty Bowman took every club he coached to the Stanley Cup finals, except for one...Buffalo.
Goaltending was the big difference - Philly had the best.
WHAT A HOCKEY TEAM
Add to my comment we were supposed to buy the Expos for $90 million but the Canadian gov't bailed them out so years later they ended-up in D.C. makes Buffalo the biggest multi-angle tragedy in pro sports history. Buffalo, so close, but yet so far.
Do u remember your basketball team .nate Archibald, Bob macadoo.buffalo is to big a city to not have a baseball An d basketball team
@@williamlacombe5818 Buffalo is actually a small-market city.
They left out the Sabres player killing the bat
Jim Lorentz ..then a Flyer picked it up to take to the penalty box and his mates said "Hey don't touch that you'll get rabies"...and he said "what's rabies?"
its sad, the far more talented and less thugged out team lost...its ok...its ok....its ok....next year,the thugs were smeared...
ooohhhhyes
Ea t ur heart out Macnow
great footage to be sure but the narration is laughable...sounds like he's telling a bedtime story to a five year old...and the music is horrible.
Jeanneret 😆
BROAD STREET BULLIES AT THEIR BEST.
FLYERS RULE
DONE
This is the same Flyers team that humiliated the Soviet Red Army.
flyers rule
flers rule
the 70s music and goofball poetic narration is pretty funny. 1976 stanley Cup hilites is even funnier. the best goofy as it is