Posted on 08/06/2023 7:00:59 PM PDT by massmike
Goaltender Gilles Gilbert, who was in net for the Bruins for the infamous Guy Lafleur goal in Game 7 of the 1979 Eastern Conference semifinals against the Canadiens, passed away Sunday, according to reports. He was 74.
Gilbert played for the Minnesota North Stars, Bruins, and Red Wings during a 14-season career from 1969-1983.
Starting in 1973, he spent seven years with the Bruins, going 155-73-39 in 277 regular-season games, while teaming up with Gerry Cheevers from 1976-80.
He was 17-14 for the Bruins in the playoffs, winning 10 times in the run to the 1974 Stanley Cup Final. He remains sixth in franchise history in playoff wins.
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Incredible. No helmets, no visors. Wooden sticks.
Thanks for the fun. Rest in Peace.
I think he was in goal for Rick MacLeish’s game winner in the 1973-74 game six final. The Flyers won then and the next year, but not since. Gilles was a good guy. God rest him.
Honestly, Moose DuPont’s blast was on-target. Rick’s stick certainly touched the puck and caused the re-direction. From some angles it looks like it didn’t matter, but it did.
That was waaaay before my hockey history. I didn’t start watching until the Stars moved to Dallas.
Back in 1991, when I went to Canada to do some research into my mother's side of the family, I found out that Tim Horton was a cousin of mine. I had never heard of Tim Horton, let alone the restaurants with his name. They hadn't come to NY State yet. When I finally tracked down some cousins in Canada that I hadn't known existed, they were the ones who told me of our relationship to Tim Horton. Sure wish I knew about the Tim Horton connection back in 1965.
When Cheevers started, masks were not only not required, they were rare. He was the one who put stitches on the mask for every place he was hit on the mask, with his best guess of the number of stitches that would have been required if it had hit his face. It played a major role in the adoption of mandatory goalie masks.
That’s a great story. Living down in Texas, I had never heard of Tim Horton. But after a few trips to Alberta and the Upper Midwest, I became familiar. Same with Bob Evans.
G_d, do I remember that “too many men on the ice” call that led to the power play goal that tied up the game, allowing the Canadians to win it in OT.
As for goalies wearing masks, I went to a Bruins-Northstars game in 1971, when the Bruins were at their peak, where the Northstars jumped to a 4-0 lead on lousy goaltending by Cheevers. In the opposite end was Gump Worsely, no mask. The Bruins clawed back to a 4-4 tie, with 69 shots on net. Worsely was one of the last, but not the very last, goalies to play without a mask.
Memories, how sweet they are. Fast forward to 32m in the video to see Gilbert’s finest moment.
LOL!! I've seen that mask in photos!!
Another thing about the old athletes, we didn't know their politics or anything controversial!
I was at that game.
RIP.
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