Re: OT - Toronto Marlies / Hamilton Bull Dogs AHL Game At Ivor Wynn Stadium Today

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"Nick Backlash" <backl...@live.com> wrote in message
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> The Ameican hockey league's idea of the NHL's Winter Classic, an outdoor game
> played at a football stadium, in front of a lot of fans, under the sun, in the
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"ErikŠ" <er...@null.ca> wrote in message
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> Walter Fishburne wrote...

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>> On Jan 21, 5:51 pm, Nick Backlash <backlas...@live.com> wrote:
>> > The Ameican hockey league's idea of the NHL's Winter Classic, an outdoor game
>> > played at a football stadium, in front of a lot of fans, under the sun, in the
>> > cold.
>> >

>> > The opening part by Rogers Sportsnet had an interview with Saskatchwan's Johnny
>> > Bower, who at the age of 87 is still a very lucid and robust man.
>> >
>> > He was interviewd in his rec room, which appears to be one of the great "Man
>> > Caves", full of hockey memorbilia.
>> >
>> > In the Autum of last year, some guy purchased his goalie pads for a song, and
>> > though he could have sold them on Ebay, he met Bower at an autograph signing and
>> > turned them over to him. Apparently, Bower, who played 10 years in the AHL minor
>> > leagues with Cleveland and made the NHL at the age of 35 in 1959 with the Leafs,
>> > was never given his equipment when he retired at the age of 46 (1970). The Leafs
>> > kept the gear. The guy who purchased the pads was just another "blue shirt" bloke
>> > from Oshawa and could have made a killing. The pads had his name on them and are
>> > the real McCoy. Bower was considered a very old fart when he and Terry Sawchuck
>> > were the aged goaltending duo in '67, the last Leafs Stanley Cup.
>> >
>> > Bower, as most did who were born in the mid 1920's, lied about his age and was a
>> > soldier in WW2, at the age of 16.
>> >
>> > I have a friend who was acquainted with his daughter, who is now about 50 or so.
>> > She was a greeter at Maple Leaf Gardens and provided him passes for many high end
>> > shows in the 1970s, like Queen, Paul McCartney and so on.
>> >
>> > In the end, Bower played most of his life in the minor leagues, and joined the NHL
>> > when he was "fairly old" by today's standards, but "really fucking old" by 1959
>> > standards. What a great interview with an amazing Canadian.