He Might Be The Craziest Player Hockey's Ever Seen....
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- Опубликовано: 22 апр 2024
- In the hockey world , as we’ve previously covered before on the channel there are players who leave a lasting impression with their unique personalities, antics, and undeniable flair. Today, we're delving into the story of one such character, a crazy man who transformed his modest hockey skills into a lucrative and enduring NHL career as a beloved fan favourite. Despite lacking in natural talent, he compensated with unmatched heart and a fierce determination to win, never shying away from a challenge, even against the likes of legends such as Gordie Howe. This player played a pivotal role in the Toronto Maple Leafs' dynasty of the 1960s, helping secure four Stanley Cup victories. While many may not be familiar with him today, his impact on the sport and its culture is undeniable. Join us as we shine a light on the life and career of Eddie "The Entertainer" Shack, one of hockey's earliest characters and most marketable stars. From inspiring hit songs to becoming a Leafs legend, this is the story of how Eddie Shack became known as hockey's most eccentric personality. #bostonbruins #torontomapleleafs #2024playoffs #nhlplayoffs #stanleycup #nhl #hockey
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RIP Eddie Shack🙏
go fk yourself maybe don't clickbait and make fake pictures to get clout from a dead man
I remember having an Eddie Shack lunch kit at 4 yrs old . A caricature of him on railroad track ' Clear the Track for Eddie Shack ' was the caption. Very Cool !!! RIP Eddie Shack 💙
look out eddie shack coming down the track
That is Epic!! Damn u would make a killing selling it now..
My buddies and I used to golf at Shack's Vaughan Valley Golf Club where Eddie was the co-owner. He'd be out first thing in the morning driving around on his golf cart greeting all of the golfers. His personality was something you just never forgot.
He was a gem of a person on and off the ice.
Rember passing that course as a youngster on way to sisters hwy 27 pretty also had a donut shop north on hwy ten
Thank you for making this video. As a little kid watching Leafs games in B&W I'll never forget the crowd chanting "We Want SHACK". The second he stepped on the ice the game changed. He was greased lightning. He put EVERYTHING into every shift. A bundle of energy nobody could contain.
I can't get over how much Zach Hyman resembles Eddie. Sometimes he plays a bit like Eddie too. Clear the track--here comes ZACH!
Yeah. And the Leafs gave up on Hyman, too.
Best video you’ve made! Really enjoyed this one. RIP Eddie Shack
I met Eddie Shack in Toronto. It Must have been the mid-late eighties. He was selling Christmas trees outside of a Grocery store. He was a little pricey but you got a coupon for a round of golf. If you could still find the coupon come spring. Shook his hand and got an autograph. I do remember he had some big hands. Not a pair of mitts you'd want upside your head.
Cool I met him at a fritterfest I'm guessing around 1980 (??)
I remember him playing for the Leafs in the early 1970's. I met him 20 years later when he was a customer at a place I worked. He was all business ... completely different.
I saw Eddie a few years ago at a old timers hockey game. He was fabulous with very good skills. Quite fast skater too. I watched him for years during the sixties and seventies. I loved Eddie….who didn’t.
Montréal fan ... We all hated him to no end but what a great person off the ice. Over the years I came to admire the person. In retrospect, a great entertainer for hockey ... in his style.
As someone who met Eddie a couple of times he was one of the nicest people I've ever met ❤
when I was growing up in northern Saskatchewan, there was an NHL Old-timers/RCMP charity hockey game in my home town. the next day, there were stories of some of the NHL'ers riding around town in the back of a pickup having fun with the locals. and, yeah, Eddie was one of them...
Met Eddie at a VLT machine as he stole my pack of gum. He was with an Old Timer crew in Winnipeg and just hammered as his chaperons tried leading him out. He was pawing the lady helper who was most uncomfortable and kept brushing Eddie away. Not sure how he was the next day, told us he loved "Clear the Track"
Thanks for this. I grew up in Boston during 70s started playing hockey. Heard of Eddie shack and clear the track but didn’t know the full story other than heard of the stick fights. I played college hockey in the 80s. Crazy game during Grapes time in the minors as I hear on his podcast.
He was my landlord back in 2007 to 2011...when he got out of the passenger seat with a big black hat with his face on it, I was a little confused but realized pretty quick i was in the company of greatness.
His hands were huge and his stories were even larger🤙
💯legendary
Great vid!!! Never heard of this player!!!
FUN FACT: Shack was a top 5 junior scorer his last year; good skater, he evolved into his role as ‘disturber’ in the context of the original 6 NHL when any excuse to bench rookies or send to the minors.
I bought my first Christmas tree from Eddy 1980. Very humble man.
Well done!
I didn't see that game. But remember the story and the picture in the Toronto Star. Shack had two players on his back heading for the opposition goal. Then the picture showed Eddie standing there scratching his head looking at two out cold players laying against the boards behind the net. There wasn't a game I don't think that -man didn't get a standing ovation for something lol.
What a deal , the Sabres getting Rene Robert for an aging Shack! Wow! Punch Imlach was so great putting that Sabres team together.
Nice guy. Had a couple pints with Eddie at the Barmaids Arms in the late 80's.
I saw the title. I knew right away it was Eddie Shack. He was one of the most popular players on the team for the short time he was in Pittsburgh.
Great video!! He was a distant relative, that was fun to watch!!
My wife's 3rd cousin
Excellent
i remenber when he drove a dune buggy from La to Pittsburg. Saw him at a Toronto car show. a Showman.
Zeidel was an animal I don't think we can qualify him as a hockey player
Bert Olmstead once asked him.? what color is our jersey? Eddie, said Blue. So Olmstead, said, when you see a blue sweater, do not hit it. lol
Way to go Eddie...RIP...
No, "Clear the Track Here Comes Shack" didn't reach #1 in Canada, but on the CHUM chart in Toronto. The song, co-written by Brian McFarlane, peaked on the national RPM singles chart at #56 on April 4, 1966. Wikipedians and Torontonians can't seem to get it through their thick skulls that there's more to Canada than Toronto, and CHUM wasn't Canada's only radio station.
The March 7, 1968 duel with Zeidel was televised in both Boston and Philadelphia, but I don't know if any video still exists.
Shack actually played two years in his return to the Leafs, but his last season, 1974-75, was pretty forgettable, and he spent a few weeks in the minors that year.
I remember a couple of his commercials, but I can't remember exactly what products he was endorsing. I remember one where he said, "I have a nose for value;" that might have been for Pop Shoppe. There was another, filmed before he grew his moustache, for garbage bags, which ended with him kicking a large plastic garbage bag.
He visited Edmonton circa 1983 and did a serious interview as a guest of the CFRN TV panel show "Face the Newsmen;" it would be worth seeing again, but I don't think the video exists anymore.
Robert was briefly a Leaf,one more potential star tossed by the Leafs.
I miss you Eddie. RIP
Mr. Shack certainly wasn't crazy. He was a fine hockey player and had a long career. Not many people had as much fun in life than Eddie. As we know, reading and writing wasn't a strong suit for Eddie. Punch Imlach tells a story about a Leaf/Red Wing game. The Wings players on the bench were riding Eddie saying he was so stupid he couldn't even write. Later in the game, Shack scored. He raced to the Red Wing bench, spraying ice towards the players. Then Eddie spelled out G.O.A.L.
Great video! Bet the leafs they had him now!
There is an impossible amount of good looking girls in Sudbury
Back when hockey was the real thing !!
Eddie had a nose for flair 👍tip of the cap to Ferguson 👍
My mother loved Eddie, go Eddie go she'd yell!
Remember Eddie Shack with the Sabres. 😃
Gordie f'ed around and found out lol
Shack was traded for Rene Robert - I never knew that. Gave Buffalo the French Connection...
Fon-ti-nat-o. Imlach is pronounced with a hard c. Just the same,good piece.
The Shack Attack!!
1962-1963-1964
Good video but a lot of incorrect info.
Yes, the threepeat was 1962-63-64, not 63-64-65. And it was Lou Fontinato, not Fontiano.
When you think of Eddie Shack , you have to bring up John ferguson . When Toronto and Canadian's played against each other ,everyone would be waiting for the two of them to be on the ice at the same time . lol sometimes they would just make a B-line for each other , the crowd would go wild , it was more fun than anything else . miss those days.....
Rip bob kelly❤
Clear the track
Clear the track
Here comes Shack
Lived life to the fullest. He did really enjoy drinking, that should have been mentioned.
Yes seen the leafs win the cup in black and white TV
Colour TV was brand new when they won their last one.
I had no idea he was a 20 goal scorer! Bit a of a butcher on the ice though. Those were different days.
Definitely not the craziest guy… Dave Schultz was more the crazy you’re looking for. But RIP
Schultz fought a lot, does that make him crazy?
No comparison. Different kind of crazy. Shack didn’t fight much at all. He was tough as nails though!
Cementhead DAVE SEMENKO CRAZIER!
The Leafs never had a dynasty.
In 1960-61season Chicago Black Hawks won the Stanley cup, the rest of the decade was either Toronto or Montreal
Never in sports as an opponent ran away from opposing players out of fear. Legendary.
Well Gretzky was a little baby that required a Bodyguard
Mr Howe held the league back for 25 plus years calling him Mr hockey is wrong. Mr Rocket Richard should be Mr hockey
Lindsay there's other names than would be worth praising more than Howe
R8chard??? Puhlease. Not fit to tie Howes skates.
@@RodCalidge lmao Howe wasn't even vlose to Richard hockey wise. Now outside of hockey Howe held the league back for 25 plus years. You have zero idea of what I'm speaking about. Don't know history. Don't know the rulebook Don't know the playbook. Can't even define a L forecheck and you have the audacity to talk about hockey is hilarious.
@@RodCalidge all of Howe peers agree that he held the league back for 25 plus years... it's documented its been said. Same for Orr with his garbage agent as well they did more wrong to the sport than good. It's facts. Ppl are just mesmerized due to the marketing that was done to make this guys into legends. There's plenty of names who played alongside Howe no one remembers that might of had more talent and skill than him but weren't playing as rough and tough as he was. Wasn't marketable as much as Howe was. If Mauriche Richard was English he would of been way bigger than life Maurice Richard was the only person able to stop an entire city of being in riot for days.. when campbell suspended richard mtl fans took the streets for hours and days. It literally took The Ricket to tell ppl on radio to go home and stop. Howe didn't have such power. Richard had an entire population of ppl dressing and getting his haircut. If Richard said vote for this or that person ppl would vote for that person. His influence on folks is on another level Howe could only dream of being. He fought for better condition and better pays for his teammates... while Gowe held the league back for 25 plus years in that regards. It's documented all you gotta do is read a book and educate yourself. Howe had an agreement to be the highest paid hockey player. Every year he would cash cheques without looking or questioning the owners. Mean while that meant if he didn't negotiate things stayed the same for everyone. This is way bigger than you might think ppl were giving birth to children have several kids and playing hockey I times where they could of made way more. Matter of fact Howe was so slow... he wasn't even the highest paid player on his team the owners simply made him believe he was... not until one of his teammates told him how much more than Howe he was getting that things changed... that took more than 25 years... meanwhile Richard had already negotiate better conditions better lays... Lindsay started the player association Howe didn't even support him Orr either. Two players ppl praise so much that could of done so much good for the sport sat back and observe their peers suffer and struggle for better conditions and pays. It was the most lucrative Era for owners in all of sports history they were paying their players less than shop workers.. racking millions even back then so that money was worthless so much
Rocket Richard played 978 NHL regular season games scoring 544 goals and 422 assists for a total of 966 points. Howe played 1767 games with 801 goals and 1049 assist for a total of 1850 points. Howe averaged over 1 point per game over in nearly double the number of games Richard played. Howe is Mr Hockey. Richard was more spectacular but Howe was more effective throughout a very long career. This coming from a 65 year old Habs fan. Don't forget that Richard also played on a better team than Howe.
I remember Eddie the Entertainer as a Penguin and have his autograph on a Ron Shock hockey stick.
Shack was a coward and a weasel like all the other Maple leafs