Clarkie Buries the Bruins (May 9, 1974) [foreshadowing of the St Louis Blues?]

YouTube ^ | June 4, 2010 | Mike Matthews

[DoodleBob]

In overtime, Bobby Clarke scores the game winning goal to give the Flyers their first win on Boston Garden ice since November 12, 1967 and, more importantly, send the Series to the Spectrum tied at one game each.

The call by Gene Hart and Don Earle.

[DoodleBob]

The St. Louis Blues beat up the Flyers badly in a few games in the late 1960s, leading Ed Snyder to bulk up with players like Dave Schultz, Don Saleski, Bob Kelly, and Moose DuPont.

In the 1974 Cup finals, the Flyers lost Game 1 but beat the Bruins 3-2 in Overtime in Game 2 in Boston.

In the 2019 Cup finals, the Blues lost Game 1 but beat the Bruins 3-2 in Overtime in Game 2 in Boston.

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

This is going to be a good series.

[foreverfree]

Bump

[BiggBob]

Big talk for the team that just got their 1st Stanley cup win ever...

And after only 14 attempts in 52 years...

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/may/29/overtime-goal-gives-st-louis-blues-their-first-ever-win-in-stanley-cup-finals

[rfp1234]

When the series moved to the Spectrum, Flyers fans had signs such as “Hit Orr, he’s human”. It worked.

[Major Matt Mason]

This Bruins team isn't the powerhouse that the 1974 team was, although that team's power was waning as they lost to the Flyers. Blues have been a good road team in these playoffs, but their home performances have been uneven. Wouldn't surprise me if the series is knotted at 2 after these next two games, then it becomes a best-of-3. Should be interesting.

[hanamizu]

Big talk for the team that just got their 1st Stanley cup win ever...

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The NHL, in its wisdom, decided to put all of the expansion teams in one division and all of the existing teams in the other—kind of like when the NFL absorbed the AFL. The Blues, an expansion team, were the best of a pretty rum lot. They made the Stanley Cup Finals three times and were swept all three times.

It’s been nearly half a century, but this time they a least have a decent chance of winning the Cup.

[dfwgator]

The NHL, in its wisdom, decided to put all of the expansion teams in one division and all of the existing teams in the other—kind of like when the NFL absorbed the AFL.

And yet the first Post-Merger Super Bowl Champion was the Baltimore Colts, who moved to the AFC.

[Born to Conserve]

The Broad Street Bullies — the only time I’ve ever been proud to live near Philadelphia. Their beating up the Russians is one of the greatest moments in American sports. We bought a color TV so we could watch the Flyers.

[hanamizu]

And yet the first Post-Merger Super Bowl Champion was the Baltimore Colts, who moved to the AFC.

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Only long after. The Jets were the first AFC team to win the Super Bowl and it was considered quite the upset.

[Neanderthal]

"The Jets were the first AFC team to win the Super Bowl and it was considered quite the upset."

The Jets were in the AFL when they won, not the AFC.

[DoodleBob]

The 1970s-1980s were a great time to be near Philadelphia, sports wise. The Sixers were awesome with the likes of Dr J and Moses Malone, the Phillies finally won a World Series (Pete Rose catching Boonie's bobbled foul catch was one the most clutch plays ever), and the Eagles almost won the SB (beating Dallas at home for the NFC championship was almost like a SB win). The fact that everyone hated the Bullies made me even more proud of them.

Of course we had the downside like the MOVE bombing, Ed Rendell our DA, Budd Dwyer (yea, I know...not Philadelphia but work with me...), but cool things like Live Aid.

The similarities so far in this Cup final between the Blues and the Bullies have been tight. More to come.

[Prov1322]

The call by Gene Hart and Don Earle.

Gene Hart was the greatest play-by-play radio announcer EVER. Bar none.

Spent many, many hours glued to the radio listening to him paint the vivid pictures of every movement of the players and puck.

[Gay State Conservative]

BOSTON:CITY OF CHAMPIONS!

And Princess Liawatha

[Mr_Peter]

Yep

[gr8eman]

context please...when the NHL expanded they put the new teams (Flyers, Penguins, Blues, Seals, Kings & North Stars) in the same division. The original 6 teams all had been around since at least the 30s. If they had 2 regional divisions the Blues (or any other expansion team) would have never made the playoffs.

[gr8eman]

Mushroom farming in front of the net?!!

[gr8eman]

Cool story...when the Flyers beat up the Russian national team back in the 70s, Hart apparently was the only person that they could find who could speak Russian. When the Russians walked off the ice and refused to continue the game, he went down to the locker room and told them they would not get paid if they didn’t finish the game. The game continued without major incident!

[BiggBob]

Oh my bad, then let me rephrase it.

And St Louis just got thier first Stanley cup win in the 46 years since an expansion team was able to beat an original six team for the Stanley cup

There happy?

[DoodleBob]

The game continued without major incident!

Aside from the 4-1 thrashing the Flyers delivered. That's one thing people forget about the Bullies...they had talent and could score. Not every game was a demolition derby. Indeed, Clarke's 1974 OT goal against the Bruins was made possible by a heads-up play by Schultz to steal the puck away and make a centering pass to Cowboy Flett who then passed it to Clarke. BOOM!