..being an old time Rangers fan and remembering when the NHL
ONLY televised game was on Saturday nights..*smiles*
Does anyone remember an American Indian defensive player who used to drop to his knees to block slap shots from post....who played during Mikita’s early career? Boucha keeps coming to mind, but I’m not sure. Maybe he played for the the Red Wings
I wonder if that was Jim Neilson, who played for the New York Rangers (was also with the Cleveland Barons)? The only other native player from that time that I recall was of course George (Chief) Armstrong of the Leafs.
i was a big time hockey fan from that time and a huge Rangers fan..
to this day Eddie Giacomin ranks as my all time favorite sports hero (though he was a bit of a schmuck in person) closely followed by Steve Vickers...
Hadfield, Brad Park, Bruce McGregor, Pete Stemkowski, Gilles Villenueve, Dale Rolf, Billy Farbairn...
the Rangers had a native American (or maybe Canadian) player named Jim “the Chief” Nielsen..
i remember Mikita well; small, explosively quick and yes- the helmet (i believe it was a CCM helmet)..
Al Arbour
Ojibwa Indian .Henry Boucha. From the Iron Range in MN. Really nice man.