At least that was when the NHL was an art form, with oldtimers like Tim Horton, Alex Delvecchio, Gump Worsley, and Dean Prentice still playing and the California Golden Seals were still in the league and places like Boston Garden and Detroit’s Olympia were still NHL arenas and the Los Angeles Kings still had their purple and gold uniforms and Guy Lafleur still wore a helmet and Andy Brown was one of the few maskless goalies in pro hockey, Connie Madigan was the league’s oldest rookie in the few games he played with the St. Louis Blues in his late 30’s after years of being in the old Western Hockey League, etc.
Connie Madigan! Now there is a hockey name I hadn’t heard in a million years! Remember when he got smacked with a fish by 2 different fans, 2 different times in the same game irc, while playing in Seattle(?) I think he was with Portland’s WHL team then. Oh well, a long time ago anyway.
You forgot the Broad Street Bullies. Hockey was lawless in the early and mid seventies.