I caught that also. how ironic that the Best team assembled ever was upendended by a rookie goaltender that got hot at the right time. That's all it takes to take home the Cup.
I remember when I was a kid in Boston, there were people who said that Esposito just benefited from Orr. I also remember criticism of his goals as garbage goals as opposed to people like Bobby Hull. But they were all wrong. He was the best player against the Soviets in 72, and that was without Orr. He was a great player.
@@asherwells Indeed. They called Espo the Garbage Man, ffs. When somebody brought this up, Espo replied something in the line that in the Boston papers all his goals are described as thundering slap shots. Espo was fully aware that people were disparaging him. He was a pretty cool guy.
@@asherwells now let's be honest, everyone on that team benefited from playing with Bobby. but you are correct Phil was an awesome player, the first power forward. looking to stop Bobby, Phil is going to get the front of the net and open. end of story.
Great story, thanks. Watching those games I recall a force that allowed Phil to be effective as he was. Hodge and Cashman were diggers like no other. They fed him that puck as he stood in front like an army tank. Pairing that with the greatest offensive defenseman, Orr, it was super exciting to watch as a kid and diehard Bruins fan.
"The Americans have their great speeches from Gettysburg and Kennedy's 'ask not what your country can do for you' speech, but our greatest speech was by a sweaty hockey player in a rink in Vancouver." - Roy MacGregor, Hockey Writer, The Globe and Mail
His brother Tony was every bit as important as Phil. Got matters going for Canada in a great rebound game after the route in the opener. His stats were far better than both Dryden and Tretiak.....
One of the reasons he got as many rebounds as he did is that Orr always put the puck on net while shooting from the point. They were the perfect combo. Espo got the goals, Orr the assists.
I was just thinking that same thing. Especially the move that looked like from team Canada it looked like, when he was wearing a helmet. He made like three great moves with the final deke stealing the jock strap from the goaltender.
Yeah just one of the all time snipers. Yeah he isn’t fancy, got it, right, yup. It was in slow motion because everyone was watching him, it’s called space time relevance. Bro please
You really don't know Phil Esposito. I grew up watching him and while he wasn't Bobby Orr when it comes to skating, but he was a pretty darn good skater in his own right and he was one of the strongest players in hockey at the time. It was when Phil arrived in Boston, that is when the team got good. He was the missing piece. Way better than you describe and by the way, he could shoot either way!
Phil also wanted to play an entire game with no rest. Just run through all the lines. His coaches didn't let him but boy some of his shifts were pretty long.
He was a missing piece, along with a couple other players, Stanfield, Hodge, who also came over to the Bruins in 67, but without Orr feeding him, Espo wouldn't have scored all those goals. I too was a huge Bruins' fan and I grew up watching him, live, at the Maple Leafs Gardens whenever they came to town
Funny thing about this video is that every time they show phil scoring a goal it's a slap shot or he's rushing up the ice stick handling the puck. The whole video is about him standing in front of the net and the only clip of him doing that is in the last seconds of the video.
Very poorly put together video. What was said and how it was said was a disaster. TWICE he said Phil wasn't a fancy stickhandler. He was a GREAT stickhandler!
Harry Sinden, who put him in front to be the goal scorer, and have the wingers retrieve the puck and get it to him was probably the true brains behind the idea, Phil made it super successful. In his book Phil said Harry approached him with the idea. He said SURE! It meant $$.
@ I never doubted that. Hence "I'm not refuting what you are saying." The point was general. And we shouldn't be too surprised. The USSR stunned the Canadians in 1972 by having a game plan. It's a different game today.
Seriously, i kinda saw your comment then heard Sow Sant Marie? Jesus Christ, I stopped watching at about 20 seconds. Oh & it starts off saying Phil was "quietly...:. OMG. I don't remember 1969 or even 71 but Tony was my favorite goalie and Phil was certainly not over looked because of Orr, Phil was my favorite forward ahead of Bobby Clarke in that era.
Gretzky's highest per-season goal total was 92, and his highest per-season point total was 215. What did I miss here? What total that Espo racked up that Gretzky couldn't touch? Regardless, there's no denying Espo was one of the brightest strategy player in NHL history - being in the right place and knowing where the play was going. His brother (Goalie Phil Esposito) had that same knack - a sixth sense of where the puck was going to be. He just always seemed to have good "puck luck" - except it wasn't luck.
He was a big man with no dynamic skating skills with a fully wooded hockey stick without fiberglass blade could easily shatter whenever it was slap a puck hard or stepped on. He handled the stick deftly.
In Game 5 in '72 in Moscow during the player introductions, Phil tripped on a flower brought by flower girls during the ceremony and fell on his butt. Instead of cowering in shame, he took a bow, stared at Brezhnev, the Dictator of the Soviet Union, and blew him a kiss. The Russian people knew that if you dared to even look in the direction of Brezhnev, you could end up in Siberia, and Espo blew him a kiss.
I am 52 years old now when I was in grade school, our library had a section of books with hockey players. I read every one of them cover to cover they were about Bobby or and Phil Esposito and you know the rest. Phil was my hero back then and just the pictures of him and some of the things he did. Yes, they looked odd, but I got the job done. I’ve been a hockey fan ever since.!
He was a good one. One of the best things I remember about Phil is his passionate plea for Cdns to stop criticizing Team Canada during the first Soviet/Canada series. Cdns were shocked at how good the Russians were, especially when Canada was down 3 games to 1 in the series.
Remember back in the early 70s when Phil and Tony had endorsements with Mylec street hockey equipment. Great memories and fun as a young boy getting introduced to the game.
I grew up a Rangers fan and remember Espo playing for the Blueshirts in the late 70's. A very good skater, excellent on face offs, moved the puck beautifully, passed it expertly, could play on the power play, as well as penalty kill. And his shooting was dead on. This video must have been put together by a 7 year old. Very simplistic description of one of the best players ever.
@@wadeyearsago he’s one of my favorites from that era! Orr is a little bit dull of an interview, cause he’s so shy. Espo & Derek shoot from the holster, much less the hip!
I remember watching them back in that era and when Phil hit 76 in the pipes back then 50 goals in a season seemed pretty dam near impossible. Yes, the Bruins won in 70 and 72, not back to back but that isn't really the point of the video. Phil was a monster back then in the slot.
Another Player that used to " Park" in front of the net was RW player for the Flyres named Tim Kerr who scored 52 goals,the majority coming off of delflections,rebounds,& on the Sly pre-Sean Avery he would screen the opposing Goalie,his girth & bone structure served him well,but stick checks & getting " Bodied" wore his back out unfortunately
Phil definitely benefitted playing with Orr but what buttered his bread was Phil had an unbelievably accurate shot….not the hardest but it went where he wanted it to go. Let’s not forget the work of Hodge and Cashman on the boards digging the puck out to a waiting Esposito in the slot. Phil developed into quite the playmaker himself near the later part of his time in Boston…..he even could play on the penalty kill!
Phil did it with a wooden stick and heavy skates… and goalies that wouldn’t be able to crack a Junior A roster today. He was unbelievable for his era, but we have to stop comparing players from remarkably different eras.
Sitting here in the sow….lol. wtf. He was a hometown hero. Still is, I played goal and I even changed hands to mimic Tony O, it didn’t last as I just couldn’t.
Boy, there's been a lot of stupid hockey posts, but this is as stupid as it gets. Where do I start? Bruins never won back to back cups, Esposito never scored more than 152 points.
If you don't think Phil had skating skills, watch the games where, while killing penalties, He was skating rings around the other teams up and down the ice, and quite often scoring short handed goals. Looking back, I can't help but wonder, that with all the talent the Bruins had at the time, how did they only manage to win 2 Cups? In fact it took them just shy of 40 years to win another one.
Phil Esposito was big and knew how to go to the dirty areas . And he was a tough SOB ! The old Boston Garden was tagged with graffiti which said "Jesus saves " then tagged again under the 1st graffiti " and Espo scores on the rebound " !
not every video on UA-cam is going to be great, sometimes, it's take time. sure there's mistake 🙃, but I found the story interesting. hopefully his next is better.
I think this AI voice was trying to say "Shawshank Mary". Ignoring all of that, maybe this should have been a video about Triple Crown-era Charlie Simmer ...
Ok IT'S PRONOUNCED. SUE OR SOO SAINT MARIE SPELLED SAULT SAINT MARIE, like most things in Ontario and Michigan it comes from the first peoples. For those of us that live in this area the PRONOUNCING of cities is paramount ie Sheboygan and Cheboygan are pronounced the same and are 2 very different cities .
Thinking about Esposito and Orr brings another duo from another sport into mind. Karl Malone and John Stockton from the NBA. Esposito was the 'not so flashy or stylish scorer' like some people could say about Malone. Stockton was the playmaker who kept the offense going and steered its direction like Orr.
If you had studied Hockey History you would know that Nels Stewart ORIGINATED this style in the 1920's and 1930's and set the record at 324 Goals, that stood until Maurice "The Rocket" Richard broke it with a well documented hat trick. It was harder to score in Nels Stewart's time (before the RED LINE opened up the game for higher scoring). In spite of being a supposedly slow skater he set the record for the fastest 2 goals in 4 seconds! Later, Jean Beliveau in the 1950s scored 3 goals in 44 seconds (2nd fastest only to Bill Mosienko's 3 in 21 seconds, almost 4 in 30 seconds!). Now Orr and the Bruins were very good, excellent in fact....I watched them in their heyday of 1968-1972...and YES...they were close to 5 Stanley Cups but Montreal beat them 3x in those years in the playoffs and it was close but in 1969 and 1971 they were 2nd best in the World (2nd to Montreal to be precise). Beliveau played a BIG ROLE in both of those WINS as a Center that had his name 10x on the Stanley Cup, not just 2x like Orr or Esposito. The Bruins Captain Johnny Bucyk coached us kids here in Oliver, B.C., Canada in the summer of 1969 along with Johnny "Pie" McKenzie. They had their skates unlaced and us kids were in awe of them! As they said back then ...JESUS SAVES...and Esposito scores on the rebound!
Jesus saves! And Espo scores on the rebound! Any big guy who can take the beating can stand in the slot and and chip in some goals. Guys like Charlie Simmer and Dave Andreychuk made their living there too, and were very good scorers. But none of them had Phil's hands or lightning fast release and the uncanny ability to, in milliseconds put the puck where the goalie wasn't (most guys will shoot it into the goalie). So yes, Espo scored a ton of goals from the slot, but that REALLY doesn't tell the whole story. He had plenty of finesse goals, too. He was hardly JUST a garbage collector. He had ELITE hockey sense, could stickhandle and fake you out, he was a great playmaker, and good on faceoffs. He was a true, ELITE 1C, and the scoring king of his era. And not just from the slot. He was also the best player in the league not named Bobby Orr.
Paul Henderson seemed to score just about every famous goal in the Summit Series, but Phil was the true MVP and the main reason Team Canada ultimately defeated the Soviets.
Well, its a great story for us, but there were a lot of lesser lights on that squad, and a few that were sent home like Hadfield with 50 goals...and a few that coulda/shoulda been there like (the GOOD) Hull, Cheevers, maybe even Bernie Parent, and you cant tell me taking Howe and Beliveau out of retirement couldnt have helped more than Ron Ellis, or Dennis Hull, or JP Parise... Lets not even mention the GOAT, Bobby being hurt!
Phil was so smart. Not a great skater, shooter, stickhandler. just got into position to get the puck and score. Another to look at is Johnny Bucyk from the Bruins. Not a fast skater, not a hard shot just scored a lot
Players who can’t skate, shoot or stick handle score over 70 goals in a season. Do you people actually listen to what you are saying? That makes absolutely no sense. Next you are going to try and convince us Brett hall couldn’t shoot either. lol
@@111oooo good thing oats could pass because Hall couldn’t skate or stick handle right? He was just smart enough to get in the right spot for a one timer. lol
Him and Bobby Clark are my childhood heroes. They were the first players I watched. They were great around the net. Found out how to be in the right spot. For shots and rebounds. I learned a lot and had a successful career myself.
The St Catherines Tee Pees were not a minor league team, they were their Major Junior A amateur development team. How about 'here is the thing about him and Bobby' where they show him with Ted Green? Back to back cups?! Or 'the 1970 Cup Final against St Louis' and they show Montreal. 7:00, Could be Wayne Cashman, but definitely not Esposito. So many errors and mispronunciations in this usual AI trash.
Spoken like someone who doesn’t understand hockey. Sorry but my observations of Phil don’t match what was said here. I never thought he looked slow and he not only stood out as a very skilled player in the NHL but also in international competition too. I am astounded that the creator thought he had hands of stone and was an ankle burner. Who has hands of stone and scores over 70 goals in a season? Lay off the crack.
Didnt have a fancy moves??? Disagree, i watch many games he played for Bruins, Blackhawks and rangers and of course team Canada and he can stickhandle, even if he wasnt a best skater, but he has a moves...
This was back when the players were hockey players, not a bunch of barely functioning robots who obey the Bettman-corporate agenda of who gets to win and who loses, all based on ticket sales and owner profit. There's nothing wrong with making money, except the NHL doesn't let them play, they tell them how to play.
All you have to do is score,you can be fast ,flashy,what counts are the points a player can accumulate.in a season most teams needs players like Espo.God Bless you phil n family your fans in Montreal.🤗👍🙏🏽🙉
5:53 “Back to back Stanley Cup victories”
Might want to fact check your AI script writer. Montreal won in 1971.
I caught that also. how ironic that the Best team assembled ever was upendended by a rookie goaltender that got hot at the right time. That's all it takes to take home the Cup.
Fun fact: The Bruins have actually NEVER had back-to-back championships. Not in the Seventies, and no other time, either.
5:35 Phil topped his 1970-71 season with 154 points in the 70-72 season.
It was 2 in 3 years 1970 & 72.
KEN DRYDEN+WHA DISMANTLED BRUINS❤
Bumper sticker in Boston - Jesus saves...Espo scores on the rebound
I still have 5 of those. Bought a bunch back in the day. Used a few on vehicles but still have the 5.
@@Kevin-h7h2rPost a pic please
Phil Esposito was never disrespected. And I never heard any criticism towards him. A Superstar.
I remember when I was a kid in Boston, there were people who said that Esposito just benefited from Orr. I also remember criticism of his goals as garbage goals as opposed to people like Bobby Hull. But they were all wrong. He was the best player against the Soviets in 72, and that was without Orr. He was a great player.
@@asherwells Indeed. They called Espo the Garbage Man, ffs. When somebody brought this up, Espo replied something in the line that in the Boston papers all his goals are described as thundering slap shots. Espo was fully aware that people were disparaging him. He was a pretty cool guy.
@@asherwells now let's be honest, everyone on that team benefited from playing with Bobby. but you are correct Phil was an awesome player, the first power forward. looking to stop Bobby, Phil is going to get the front of the net and open. end of story.
Great story, thanks. Watching those games I recall a force that allowed Phil to be effective as he was. Hodge and Cashman were diggers like no other. They fed him that puck as he stood in front like an army tank. Pairing that with the greatest offensive defenseman, Orr, it was super exciting to watch as a kid and diehard Bruins fan.
1972 hockey summit series, Phil was a Canadian hero
"The Americans have their great speeches from Gettysburg and Kennedy's 'ask not what your country can do for you' speech, but our greatest speech was by a sweaty hockey player in a rink in Vancouver."
- Roy MacGregor, Hockey Writer, The Globe and Mail
Captain Canada
His brother Tony was every bit as important as Phil. Got matters going for Canada in a great rebound game after the route in the opener. His stats were far better than both Dryden and Tretiak.....
One of the reasons he got as many rebounds as he did is that Orr always put the puck on net while shooting from the point. They were the perfect combo. Espo got the goals, Orr the assists.
"He did it all without a single, fancy move." - Said while showing fancy moves. Take a lap.
I was just thinking that same thing. Especially the move that looked like from team Canada it looked like, when he was wearing a helmet. He made like three great moves with the final deke stealing the jock strap from the goaltender.
makes it hard to take this video seriously.
@@tedosmond413 this video is talking out their @ss. Garbage
Yeah, Esposito had great hands and puck control.
Yeah just one of the all time snipers. Yeah he isn’t fancy, got it, right, yup. It was in slow motion because everyone was watching him, it’s called space time relevance. Bro please
Great Vid Man❤.keep it up.
You really don't know Phil Esposito. I grew up watching him and while he wasn't Bobby Orr when it comes to skating, but he was a pretty darn good skater in his own right and he was one of the strongest players in hockey at the time. It was when Phil arrived in Boston, that is when the team got good. He was the missing piece. Way better than you describe and by the way, he could shoot either way!
Phil also wanted to play an entire game with no rest. Just run through all the lines. His coaches didn't let him but boy some of his shifts were pretty long.
And he was from my Girl's town of, "So Saint Mary!"
He was a missing piece, along with a couple other players, Stanfield, Hodge, who also came over to the Bruins in 67, but without Orr feeding him, Espo wouldn't have scored all those goals. I too was a huge Bruins' fan and I grew up watching him, live, at the Maple Leafs Gardens whenever they came to town
Agreed. Many of the 1972 Soviet players said that Esposito was their biggest challenge, in part because of his strength and skating.
@ -Hard to be a Bruin fan in Hogtown...I know!
Funny thing about this video is that every time they show phil scoring a goal it's a slap shot or he's rushing up the ice stick handling the puck. The whole video is about him standing in front of the net and the only clip of him doing that is in the last seconds of the video.
Very poorly put together video.
What was said and how it was said was a disaster.
TWICE he said Phil wasn't a fancy stickhandler. He was a GREAT stickhandler!
Its pronounced sue
In the Sue.
@@johanjotun1647 And anywhere else in the world where people have half a clue. And it would be, 'in the Soo'.
@@johanjotun1647It seems like an AI script. Maybe the voice, too.
Its AI bud.
@@johanjotun1647 -No, everywhere else too. Including on the American side.
Here's the best record. Most mistakes by a narrator in one hockey video.
lol
😂😂😂
Harry Sinden, who put him in front to be the goal scorer, and have the wingers retrieve the puck and get it to him was probably the true brains behind the idea, Phil made it super successful. In his book Phil said Harry approached him with the idea. He said SURE! It meant $$.
I'm not refuting what you are saying. But Sinden was no genius. According to Orr, Sinden never had a game plan.
@@grisflyt it was a quote right out of Phil’s book. And Phil hates his guts for being traded to Rangers
@@grisflyt Orr was so ridiculously talented that no coach could ever help him.. so I believe both
@@grisflyt one more thing about Orr, he played his whole career without an ACL and a torn MCL!! (Joe Namath & Gayle Sayers did also)
@ I never doubted that. Hence "I'm not refuting what you are saying."
The point was general. And we shouldn't be too surprised. The USSR stunned the Canadians in 1972 by having a game plan. It's a different game today.
So what was Phil's one record that Gretzky couldn't break???? You don't ever bother to mention it.
thus guys is a piker, Can't pronounce home towns: Sault St. Marie. butchered names on previous videos. Has he ever actually watched hockey?
Sounds like an AI voiceover. The cadence and pronunciation is very awkward.
Seriously, i kinda saw your comment then heard Sow Sant Marie? Jesus Christ, I stopped watching at about 20 seconds. Oh & it starts off saying Phil was "quietly...:. OMG. I don't remember 1969 or even 71 but Tony was my favorite goalie and Phil was certainly not over looked because of Orr, Phil was my favorite forward ahead of Bobby Clarke in that era.
Probably not.
Piker, lol!!!
@ How can you "kinda"
see a comment?
Gretzky's highest per-season goal total was 92, and his highest per-season point total was 215. What did I miss here? What total that Espo racked up that Gretzky couldn't touch?
Regardless, there's no denying Espo was one of the brightest strategy player in NHL history - being in the right place and knowing where the play was going. His brother (Goalie Phil Esposito) had that same knack - a sixth sense of where the puck was going to be. He just always seemed to have good "puck luck" - except it wasn't luck.
He was a big man with no dynamic skating skills with a fully wooded hockey stick without fiberglass blade could easily shatter whenever it was slap a puck hard or stepped on. He handled the stick deftly.
In Game 5 in '72 in Moscow during the player introductions, Phil tripped on a flower brought by flower girls during the ceremony and fell on his butt. Instead of cowering in shame, he took a bow, stared at Brezhnev, the Dictator of the Soviet Union, and blew him a kiss. The Russian people knew that if you dared to even look in the direction of Brezhnev, you could end up in Siberia, and Espo blew him a kiss.
Great player, I can’t imagine him kissing dumpies ass, ( like the used to be great one)
I am 52 years old now when I was in grade school, our library had a section of books with hockey players. I read every one of them cover to cover they were about Bobby or and Phil Esposito and you know the rest. Phil was my hero back then and just the pictures of him and some of the things he did. Yes, they looked odd, but I got the job done. I’ve been a hockey fan ever since.!
Sounds like you grew up with a true legend! Thanks for sharing your story.
Please tell me this is AI. And Wayne Gretzky didn’t make a living in front of the net…he made it behind the net. 🙄
That is true. Gretzky spent almost zero time making space in front of the net while getting cross-checked in the back. Not his cup of tea.
@ he left that to Craig Simpson. That man took a beating!
He was a good one. One of the best things I remember about Phil is his passionate plea for Cdns to stop criticizing Team Canada during the first Soviet/Canada series. Cdns were shocked at how good the Russians were, especially when Canada was down 3 games to 1 in the series.
And came back to win the series...in Russia! That was the speech that turned things around for the tem and the country!
So what's the record?
Espo must hold the record for most 8 minute shifts in NHL history.
Remember back in the early 70s when Phil and Tony had endorsements with Mylec street hockey equipment. Great memories and fun as a young boy getting introduced to the game.
I grew up a Rangers fan and remember Espo playing for the Blueshirts in the late 70's. A very good skater, excellent on face offs, moved the puck beautifully, passed it expertly, could play on the power play, as well as penalty kill. And his shooting was dead on. This video must have been put together by a 7 year old. Very simplistic description of one of the best players ever.
Where is So Sant Marie? I've heard of Sault Ste. Marie but not So Sant Marie.
He’s the best interview ever in the game.
Dere Sanderson was pretty good too.
@@wadeyearsago he’s one of my favorites from that era! Orr is a little bit dull of an interview, cause he’s so shy. Espo & Derek shoot from the holster, much less the hip!
The Teepees were an OHA team. They were not Chicago's minor league team. That was the St. Louis Braves.
Not only does the AI stink, but whoever wrote this should go to remedial public school math. Since when are titles in 1970 and 1972 back to back?
He had a quick accurate shot. Ching Ching. Those early years got the Bruins Park & Ratelle!
I remember watching them back in that era and when Phil hit 76 in the pipes back then 50 goals in a season seemed pretty dam near impossible. Yes, the Bruins won in 70 and 72, not back to back but that isn't really the point of the video. Phil was a monster back then in the slot.
Another Player that used to " Park" in front of the net was RW player for the Flyres named Tim Kerr who scored 52 goals,the majority coming off of delflections,rebounds,& on the Sly pre-Sean Avery he would screen the opposing Goalie,his girth & bone structure served him well,but stick checks & getting " Bodied" wore his back out unfortunately
"You stand in the slot, take your lumps, and put it in the net!"
I guess this guy never read his book
Phil was awesome! Loved the snow shovel he used for a stick!
Phil definitely benefitted playing with Orr but what buttered his bread was Phil had an unbelievably accurate shot….not the hardest but it went where he wanted it to go. Let’s not forget the work of Hodge and Cashman on the boards digging the puck out to a waiting Esposito in the slot. Phil developed into quite the playmaker himself near the later part of his time in Boston…..he even could play on the penalty kill!
Phil did it with a wooden stick and heavy skates… and goalies that wouldn’t be able to crack a Junior A roster today. He was unbelievable for his era, but we have to stop comparing players from remarkably different eras.
Sitting here in the sow….lol. wtf. He was a hometown hero. Still is, I played goal and I even changed hands to mimic Tony O, it didn’t last as I just couldn’t.
My Girl is from up there too...I had to stop watching the vid after he said that...Phil and Tony O. were two of the GOATS!!
Can someone let these people know how to actually pronounce Sault St. Marie?
It's a robot.
Sault is pronounced "Soo". It originates fron French.
Increíble hand eye 👍
'Jesus saves, and Esposito scores on the rebound!" my favorite bumper sticker.
Find a narrator that knows something about something that he's talking about before he talks about it..
Come on man...the only thing that Phil Esposito brought to the game of hockey is Bobby Orr... Bobby is the reason for Phil's scoring status... PERIOD
Boy, there's been a lot of stupid hockey posts, but this is as stupid as it gets. Where do I start? Bruins never won back to back cups, Esposito never scored more than 152 points.
Phill was the man when i was a kid but Tony was my hero!
If you don't think Phil had skating skills, watch the games where, while killing penalties, He was skating rings around the other teams up and down the ice, and quite often scoring short handed goals. Looking back, I can't help but wonder, that with all the talent the Bruins had at the time, how did they only manage to win 2 Cups? In fact it took them just shy of 40 years to win another one.
It should have been 4 or 5 straight but was never Back to Back
The narrator spoke for 10 minutes and said nothing... colossal waste of time.
Phil Esposito was big and knew how to go to the dirty areas . And he was a tough SOB ! The old Boston Garden was tagged with graffiti which said "Jesus saves " then tagged again under the 1st graffiti " and Espo scores on the rebound " !
He was like a rock stuck in the ice in front of the net.
not every video on UA-cam is going to be great, sometimes, it's take time. sure there's mistake 🙃, but I found the story interesting. hopefully his next is better.
It's a robot.
I think this AI voice was trying to say "Shawshank Mary". Ignoring all of that, maybe this should have been a video about Triple Crown-era Charlie Simmer ...
Ok IT'S PRONOUNCED. SUE OR SOO SAINT MARIE SPELLED SAULT SAINT MARIE, like most things in Ontario and Michigan it comes from the first peoples. For those of us that live in this area the PRONOUNCING of cities is paramount ie Sheboygan and Cheboygan are pronounced the same and are 2 very different cities .
My Girl is from The Soo...so Im protective of it as well..friggin beautiful up there..and we love the UP!!!! Petoskey esp...
Can anyone narrate their own videos anymore? AI shyte.
Phil was the first dominate to the point of notice power forward. Found room in the high slot, shot , then attacked the leftovers.
Thank you, robot.
Thinking about Esposito and Orr brings another duo from another sport into mind. Karl Malone and John Stockton from the NBA. Esposito was the 'not so flashy or stylish scorer' like some people could say about Malone. Stockton was the playmaker who kept the offense going and steered its direction like Orr.
That's a very good point
They called his standing in front the net and scoring like that - 'The Garbage Goal(s)'
Looks like shots in a season is the one record Gretz didn't end up surpassing.
He was the man 👍
If other players had been allowed to check Wayne Gretzky without going to the box he would not have scored NEARLY as many goals.
Facts my friend... facts
@@rickbadessa4897 You don't know ANYTHING about hockey, do you?
Been a Bruins fan for long time they never won back to back cups
No bACK TO BACK CUPS THE hABS won in 71
The Bruins have actually NEVER won back-to-back Cups in their history. Kind of surprising for such a storied Original Six team, but it's true.
If you had studied Hockey History you would know that Nels Stewart ORIGINATED this style in the 1920's and 1930's and set the record at 324 Goals, that stood until Maurice "The Rocket" Richard broke it with a well documented hat trick. It was harder to score in Nels Stewart's time (before the RED LINE opened up the game for higher scoring). In spite of being a supposedly slow skater he set the record for the fastest 2 goals in 4 seconds! Later, Jean Beliveau in the 1950s scored 3 goals in 44 seconds (2nd fastest only to Bill Mosienko's 3 in 21 seconds, almost 4 in 30 seconds!). Now Orr and the Bruins were very good, excellent in fact....I watched them in their heyday of 1968-1972...and YES...they were close to 5 Stanley Cups but Montreal beat them 3x in those years in the playoffs and it was close but in 1969 and 1971 they were 2nd best in the World (2nd to Montreal to be precise). Beliveau played a BIG ROLE in both of those WINS as a Center that had his name 10x on the Stanley Cup, not just 2x like Orr or Esposito. The Bruins Captain Johnny Bucyk coached us kids here in Oliver, B.C., Canada in the summer of 1969 along with Johnny "Pie" McKenzie. They had their skates unlaced and us kids were in awe of them! As they said back then ...JESUS SAVES...and Esposito scores on the rebound!
1:43 -- most goals are scored close to the net...
***clip of Phil scoring from 20' out.
Better call Saul. It's SOO Saint Marie.
Jesus saves! And Espo scores on the rebound!
Any big guy who can take the beating can stand in the slot and and chip in some goals. Guys like Charlie Simmer and Dave Andreychuk made their living there too, and were very good scorers. But none of them had Phil's hands or lightning fast release and the uncanny ability to, in milliseconds put the puck where the goalie wasn't (most guys will shoot it into the goalie). So yes, Espo scored a ton of goals from the slot, but that REALLY doesn't tell the whole story. He had plenty of finesse goals, too. He was hardly JUST a garbage collector. He had ELITE hockey sense, could stickhandle and fake you out, he was a great playmaker, and good on faceoffs. He was a true, ELITE 1C, and the scoring king of his era. And not just from the slot. He was also the best player in the league not named Bobby Orr.
1972-73:
Jesus Saves…but Espo scores on the rebound!
Not anyone makes Team Canada team unless he is one of the best...I am not a bruins fan...But always thought this man was super Gangsta.
Paul Henderson seemed to score just about every famous goal in the Summit Series, but Phil was the true MVP and the main reason Team Canada ultimately defeated the Soviets.
Well, its a great story for us, but there were a lot of lesser lights on that squad, and a few that were sent home like Hadfield with 50 goals...and a few that coulda/shoulda been there like (the GOOD) Hull, Cheevers, maybe even Bernie Parent, and you cant tell me taking Howe and Beliveau out of retirement couldnt have helped more than Ron Ellis, or Dennis Hull, or JP Parise...
Lets not even mention the GOAT, Bobby being hurt!
is he calling the GOAT Bobby Orr fancy
Phil was so smart. Not a great skater, shooter, stickhandler. just got into position to get the puck and score. Another to look at is Johnny Bucyk from the Bruins. Not a fast skater, not a hard shot just scored a lot
Players who can’t skate, shoot or stick handle score over 70 goals in a season.
Do you people actually listen to what you are saying? That makes absolutely no sense. Next you are going to try and convince us Brett hall couldn’t shoot either. lol
@@trevorclapham5571 Espo and Bucyk were so smart, they out thought everyone, they knew where to be and when. BTW Hull had a great shot
@@111oooo good thing oats could pass because Hall couldn’t skate or stick handle right? He was just smart enough to get in the right spot for a one timer. lol
was't he the one who inspired the '71 summit series comeback by team Canada . hen doesn't get recognition in Canada that much
'72.
you say it like sue saint marie.
"Soo" Saint Marie, Ontario.
Him and Bobby Clark are my childhood heroes. They were the first players I watched. They were great around the net. Found out how to be in the right spot. For shots and rebounds. I learned a lot and had a successful career myself.
_So_ Saint Marie????
The St Catherines Tee Pees were not a minor league team, they were their Major Junior A amateur development team. How about 'here is the thing about him and Bobby' where they show him with Ted Green? Back to back cups?! Or 'the 1970 Cup Final against St Louis' and they show Montreal. 7:00, Could be Wayne Cashman, but definitely not Esposito. So many errors and mispronunciations in this usual AI trash.
St.Catharines
Spoken like someone who doesn’t understand hockey. Sorry but my observations of Phil don’t match what was said here. I never thought he looked slow and he not only stood out as a very skilled player in the NHL but also in international competition too. I am astounded that the creator thought he had hands of stone and was an ankle burner. Who has hands of stone and scores over 70 goals in a season? Lay off the crack.
No one was stopping him? And I think it's time English people learn to pronounce Sault-Sainte-Marie.
Jesus saves but Espo scores on the rebound
"soo-saint-marie"... how to pronounce Sault-St-Marie... fyi...
Didnt have a fancy moves??? Disagree, i watch many games he played for Bruins, Blackhawks and rangers and of course team Canada and he can stickhandle, even if he wasnt a best skater, but he has a moves...
This was back when the players were hockey players, not a bunch of barely functioning robots who obey the Bettman-corporate agenda of who gets to win and who loses, all based on ticket sales and owner profit.
There's nothing wrong with making money, except the NHL doesn't let them play, they tell them how to play.
Pronounced [soo (like "too") saint marie]
Sure looked like he could skate to me.
It's pronounced "soo" (rhymes with boo)! St. Marie
Great vid, thanks from Connecticut
It's pronounced "Soo/Sue" Saint Marie ffs!
SOO-saynt-mə-REE (The "Soo")
Sault Ste. Marie is pronounced Soo Saint Marie. This may be an AI voice projection, if it isn't, do better!
All you have to do is score,you can be fast ,flashy,what counts are the points a player can accumulate.in a season most teams needs players like Espo.God Bless you phil n family your fans in Montreal.🤗👍🙏🏽🙉
Centers were always expected to score, and learn how to pronounce Sault Ste. Marie
Boston did NOT win back-to-back cups
Is this AI? If so, it needs work pronouncing names and places.
"so"? "sant"?
Stop using idiot bots for narration..
"So Saint Mary"
Pathetic.
So many mistakes..... its pronounced Sue saint marie.
Sow Sant Marie lol
Soo Saint Marie
todays goal scorers are trying to be too fancy go to the net