I went to school with Eddie, and have met him in recent years, and he's a great guy.... I've always followed Eddie's career because I knew him. Was thrilled when he got the Stanley Cup with the Dallas Stars. He played goalie in a way that nobody else did back then and it made him incredibly successful. I'm always going to be proud of my schoolmate and friend Eddie the Eagle Belfour!
Leafs fan here. Loved Eddie when he was on the leafs, he wasn't on the team for very long, but he had an incredible year in 03/04, he had 10 shutouts that year I believe, which is insane. The Eagle, Cujo and Potvin was a golden era of leafs goalies. Love Ed
As the leafs fan, I find it hilarious that you call yourself a leafs fan. When you say the Golden era. The golden era for the leafs was when they won five cups in 7 years. In the '60s. That's called the Golden era. When you don't win anything, it's no golden
Good times. I stopped watching the NHL the last 10-15 years. Not the same game as I grew up watching. Spoiled rich kids only get the chance to play in the NHL.
@@Dabber422 I won't argue how the game has changed. But I do still appreciate the skill. Even though I was 5'4 and a half, and playing with grown men at 19 playing Junior B in Toronto, I always looked at heroes of mine like Dougie Gilmore. The killer. And that's how I played the game. But the skill nowadays, has grown, just like the evolution of the goaltender from the '80s to the '90s
Dallas Stars fan here: when Mr. Balfour played with the Stars ; he played brilliantly, and he was influential for us winning in the 1999-2000 season; I have mad respect for "the eagle." I'm glad that he recovered be successfully a winner that he always will be; thank you for everything that you did in Dallas, well done sir
Eddie and Felix Potvin were the 2 biggest reasons I became a goalie. Him and Hextall with their no bullshit approach to the game, you step in my crease you're gonna get it style just appealed to me. The amount of kids that took a good shot to the back of the leg that stood in front of me all came from years of watching guys like Eddie do that. Im glad to hear hes doing well after years of instability!
Growing up, as a hockey fan/card collector - I remember Belfour and Hrudey really standing out to me for being (what I thought of as) “tough” goalies. Hrudey always had a bandana on under the helmet, and Belfour just had that look in his eyes/face. I was born in Toronto and grew up there, so it was really cool when Eddie the Eagle signed with the Leafs! Same with Curtis Joseph! After playoff battles, etc., I never imagined he would join the Leafs! Both guys have gone down as two of the greatest Leaf goalies of all time!
A real Legend, hailing from a very small but lovely Town in the Canadian Prairies. So glad that his life became balanced. Great goalie and a fascinating man. 😀😀😀🏒🥅🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
Ed is an adopted cousin on my grandfather's side, I followed his career growing up and finally got to meet him at a funeral. Still a big outdoorsman from his childhood in small town Manitoba and also a big car collector, he was working on some car at the time that he'd recently bought from John Cena.
Never been a Blackhawks fan, but Ed "Eddy the Eagle" Belfour was my favourite player on the team as well with his time in Stars. Never could understand his anger and alcohol problems when I came aware about them in my teen years. I remember when ut was reported he was drunk and climbed a firetruck and started to fight with the firemens in Toronto. He let his worse sides kill his NHL career from greater achivements. Still in all, his competing rivalry with the likes of Hasek, Roy, Brodeur, Richter, Joseph etc. was great.
I’ve heard and read that he was a chronic drunk and that he would often show up to practices hung over to the point where the guys could smell it on em…glad to know that he cleaned up in his later years! ✊🏻🦅
@@bobbobertson7568 I just want to know where it all started-you don’t just start habitually drinkin’, something must’ve been going on with him-health issues, family drama for marital problems
Ed Belfour loved working on cars. He was one of the greatest backyard mechanics to ever live. He could take a car apart in his front yard, piece every part out and lay it on his front lawn, change or repair some portion of the vehicle then put it all back together again within a few hours. Oh yeah, he wasn't too too bad in between the pipes either.
Ed Balfour, Patrick Roy, Ron Hextall, Gilles Gratton and Domink Hasek where the goalies I learned the most from and my playing style was a mashup of all five. I got into a few fights, got a lot of penalties, won a lot of games and went to a lot of parties.😂 Hockey was so different 25 years ago, I miss it.
He was one of a kind and my favorite Leaf goalie to this day. My best memory was when he stole a playoff series for the Leafs against the Sens, when the Sens were clearly (by far) the better team.
As A Chicago Blackhawks Fan, I remember the fact, that, due to Ed "Eddie The Eagle" Belfour playing, Chicago Blackhawks felt comfortable to trade then Chicago Blackhawks Dominik "The Dominator" Hasek to The Buffalo Sabres infamous trade
A friend of mine scored twice on him in a men's league game. This was in Saginaw, Michigan. Belfour isn't going to remember it in the least, but my buddy was on Cloud 9. I lost track of him after college, but for a few years there he'd bring it up every now and then. Crazy that some 30 years later I remember that. It's what prompted me to watch this video.
Nice feature but mind-spinning in that clips are all mixed in (Dallas and Toronto ones when talking about his rookie season with Chicago...). Same goes with listing of his teams. Anyways, just some feedback and appreciate the project in recognition of one of the NHL's most competitive (and successful) goalies!
@@beyond_thebench You're welcome. Maybe I'm just pointing that use of team and era clips along the storyline as I was such a big fan of his 1990-91 gear! :) Ed always had great looking equipment.
I remember the first game Eddie played with my favorite team Leksands IF in the second league Sweden. The first and A simple shot went in behind the Eagle. But the rest of the season he was great.
Lol my teachers wife Odette North used to babysit Eddie in Carmen manitoba when he was a kid. Sad how booze shortened his career. Still one of my favorite goalies
Yikes I knew about the bar fight in Miami when he was with the panthers but it sounds like bar fighting is how he ended up in Miami in the first place. Well I’d like to believe he’s well his play was phenomenal.
@@beyond_thebench … it’s been a long time since I seen it but the player beside him is laughing and you can kind of hear/read his lips something along the lines of : “I don’t want flowers…”. Lol.
I’m a Stars fan. We owe to this son of a gun the Stanley Cup. His style was sloppy and unloved by purists but the result was there. Like a Keith Richard, he gave a good show! Respect Eagle Eyed Eddie!
He fought the principle at his high school. The only reason he played goalie was because he had too many penalties in the juniors and the coach put him in net as a punishment.
Seems all the Hockey players born in Manitoba or most not all like to party and drink from Bobby Clark to Theo Fleury,Reggie Leach..(I heard story's from my dad and uncles who use to drink and party with Bobby Clark and Reggie Leach in Riverton Manitoba said those guys were crazy..😅😅) And also some of the toughest guys in Hockey..Manitoba born.
no, if you dont know the name ed belfour we dont want you to stay till the end of video, if you dont know ed belfour then go play soccer or go watch some vampires valentine movies 🥱
Leafs haven't been good since he left. My 2 favourite net minders would have to be Cujo and Belfour. The modern day Cujo/Belfour would have to be Hellybuyck
But I love your work here. Hope multiple comments boosts your interaction. Anyone who reminds me of Eddie needs to get pushed to the top of what ever they are doing
Vladislav Tretiak was one hell of a goaltender! You definitely saw him in Eddie. Mike Keenan is a pile of human excrement. Never liked him. Name one positive relationship this guy ever kept with players, management, ownership, etc?
@@beyond_thebench absolutely ! Just kept getting hired afterwards any where and everywhere. Why? The NHL has been an interesting entity in the past and present. Guessing money talks at the end of the day.
Played for years as a professional athlete, makes millions of dollars, and drinks it away. Has to auction off personal memorabilia for 175k to start a business selling alcohol. What a fool. Sad and pathetic.
@@beyond_thebench I have tried both the regular whiskey and the rye. Both are fine, but not nearly worth the $75 plus price. I am a long time Dallas Stars fan, but also a whiskey enthusiast. I love Eddie the goalie. I’m disappointed in the whiskey. As far as hockey player branded whiskey, Gretzky’s 99 proof is very good, but also overpriced.
@@beyond_thebench as far as tributes go, IMO, the J.P. Wiser’s Larry Robinson and Dave Keon bottlings are excellent, and fairly priced, but good luck finding them. I got some at the distillery in Windsor the last time I was in Detroit.
He fought the principle at his high school. The only reason he played goalie was because he had too many penalties in the juniors and the coach put him in net as a punishment.
I went to school with Eddie, and have met him in recent years, and he's a great guy.... I've always followed Eddie's career because I knew him. Was thrilled when he got the Stanley Cup with the Dallas Stars. He played goalie in a way that nobody else did back then and it made him incredibly successful. I'm always going to be proud of my schoolmate and friend Eddie the Eagle Belfour!
Awesome!
💜🙏🏽💜
Leafs fan here. Loved Eddie when he was on the leafs, he wasn't on the team for very long, but he had an incredible year in 03/04, he had 10 shutouts that year I believe, which is insane. The Eagle, Cujo and Potvin was a golden era of leafs goalies. Love Ed
Absolutely! Leafs haven’t had a solid goalie since really
As the leafs fan, I find it hilarious that you call yourself a leafs fan. When you say the Golden era. The golden era for the leafs was when they won five cups in 7 years. In the '60s. That's called the Golden era. When you don't win anything, it's no golden
@@SonnyDliciousHe said golden era of leaf goalies. Which it kind of was! That was a solid run of star tendies.
Good times. I stopped watching the NHL the last 10-15 years. Not the same game as I grew up watching. Spoiled rich kids only get the chance to play in the NHL.
@@Dabber422 I won't argue how the game has changed. But I do still appreciate the skill. Even though I was 5'4 and a half, and playing with grown men at 19 playing Junior B in Toronto, I always looked at heroes of mine like Dougie Gilmore. The killer. And that's how I played the game. But the skill nowadays, has grown, just like the evolution of the goaltender from the '80s to the '90s
Dallas Stars fan here: when Mr. Balfour played with the Stars ; he played brilliantly, and he was influential for us winning in the 1999-2000 season; I have mad respect for "the eagle." I'm glad that he recovered be successfully a winner that he always will be; thank you for everything that you did in Dallas, well done sir
Incredible cup run with the Stars!
THE BEST EVER! He is the reason that I have played goalie for the last 33 years.
A legend and inspiration!
Eddie and Felix Potvin were the 2 biggest reasons I became a goalie. Him and Hextall with their no bullshit approach to the game, you step in my crease you're gonna get it style just appealed to me. The amount of kids that took a good shot to the back of the leg that stood in front of me all came from years of watching guys like Eddie do that. Im glad to hear hes doing well after years of instability!
Oh ya never skate too close to Eddy in the crease 😂
He was one favorite golies ever❤glad he's well
You’re 2 ply bud you only do that because you know they won’t jump you
You old enough to know Billy Smith from the Islanders?
@@borts1171 not old enough to have seen him play, but yea, I for sure know Billy Smith. I'm pretty solid when it comes to NHL history haha
Growing up, as a hockey fan/card collector - I remember Belfour and Hrudey really standing out to me for being (what I thought of as) “tough” goalies. Hrudey always had a bandana on under the helmet, and Belfour just had that look in his eyes/face. I was born in Toronto and grew up there, so it was really cool when Eddie the Eagle signed with the Leafs! Same with Curtis Joseph! After playoff battles, etc., I never imagined he would join the Leafs! Both guys have gone down as two of the greatest Leaf goalies of all time!
Totally! Was a fun era of goaltending! Tough, skilled, lots of talent. Good times
A real Legend, hailing from a very small but lovely Town in the Canadian Prairies. So glad that his life became balanced. Great goalie and a fascinating man. 😀😀😀🏒🥅🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
Eddie is the man!
Growing up watch him play was amazing and still have his cards since 1990s
Nice!
One of the best Christmas presents ever was his Chicago Blackhawks jersey autographed! I love it growing up watching him play just some amazing saves
Nice!
Those couple years as a leaf were amazing to watch! Love!
Ed is an adopted cousin on my grandfather's side, I followed his career growing up and finally got to meet him at a funeral. Still a big outdoorsman from his childhood in small town Manitoba and also a big car collector, he was working on some car at the time that he'd recently bought from John Cena.
Thats awesome!
When I was a kid, my goalie coach told me that Belfour used to practice with white pucks. Not sure if it's true but I was always impressed by that.
Never been a Blackhawks fan, but Ed "Eddy the Eagle" Belfour was my favourite player on the team as well with his time in Stars.
Never could understand his anger and alcohol problems when I came aware about them in my teen years. I remember when ut was reported he was drunk and climbed a firetruck and started to fight with the firemens in Toronto. He let his worse sides kill his NHL career from greater achivements.
Still in all, his competing rivalry with the likes of Hasek, Roy, Brodeur, Richter, Joseph etc. was great.
A crazy competitive era of goaltending! Eddy hated to lose
@@beyond_thebench Amen !!!!
Eddy the Billionaire Belfour 😂
@@forfuxakes6814 I have never checked up on his or other players net worth. But yeah, he like many HOF players earned a lot of $millions
I’ve heard and read that he was a chronic drunk and that he would often show up to practices hung over to the point where the guys could smell it on em…glad to know that he cleaned up in his later years! ✊🏻🦅
Damn didnt know that!
@@beyond_thebench These are just player accounts from teammates that I’ve read and heard about, I don’t know how bad he actually was with the drinking
@@KHoltzie Pretty bad. I mean he's had several ugly arrests where he was wasted out of his mind spread out over his lifetime.
@@bobbobertson7568 Yeah, I’ve read and heard some things along those lines a couple DUIs, sandwiched between some domestic incidents
@@bobbobertson7568 I just want to know where it all started-you don’t just start habitually drinkin’, something must’ve been going on with him-health issues, family drama for marital problems
Ed Belfour loved working on cars. He was one of the greatest backyard mechanics to ever live. He could take a car apart in his front yard, piece every part out and lay it on his front lawn, change or repair some portion of the vehicle then put it all back together again within a few hours. Oh yeah, he wasn't too too bad in between the pipes either.
♥️
Ed Balfour, Patrick Roy, Ron Hextall, Gilles Gratton and Domink Hasek where the goalies I learned the most from and my playing style was a mashup of all five. I got into a few fights, got a lot of penalties, won a lot of games and went to a lot of parties.😂 Hockey was so different 25 years ago, I miss it.
Sure was!
He was one of a kind and my favorite Leaf goalie to this day. My best memory was when he stole a playoff series for the Leafs against the Sens, when the Sens were clearly (by far) the better team.
Nothing better than beating the Sens in the playoffs for Leaf fans!
As A Chicago Blackhawks Fan, I remember the fact, that, due to Ed "Eddie The Eagle" Belfour playing, Chicago Blackhawks felt comfortable to trade then Chicago Blackhawks Dominik "The Dominator" Hasek to The Buffalo Sabres infamous trade
I had his awesome goalie mask when I was younger playing goalie. He’s my favorite goalie
Legendary mask design!
my favorite goaltender, he was the reason I wanted to become a Goalie
Hell ya! 🤘🏼
Grew up watching Eddie and he was awesome
He was fun to watch!
A friend of mine scored twice on him in a men's league game. This was in Saginaw, Michigan. Belfour isn't going to remember it in the least, but my buddy was on Cloud 9. I lost track of him after college, but for a few years there he'd bring it up every now and then.
Crazy that some 30 years later I remember that. It's what prompted me to watch this video.
Scored on the Eagle, unreal!
Nice feature but mind-spinning in that clips are all mixed in (Dallas and Toronto ones when talking about his rookie season with Chicago...). Same goes with listing of his teams. Anyways, just some feedback and appreciate the project in recognition of one of the NHL's most competitive (and successful) goalies!
Appreciate the feedback! Thanks for giving it a watch!
@@beyond_thebench You're welcome. Maybe I'm just pointing that use of team and era clips along the storyline as I was such a big fan of his 1990-91 gear! :) Ed always had great looking equipment.
@@bigdaddybrenttotally! That old school hear was awesome
@@beyond_thebench The 'gear' too! lol
Ed's cool as shit. Ran into him outside Richardson Airport in Winnipeg back in 2016
Great guy!
Ed Belfour ...great goalie name ...like Patrick Roy
Born to do it!
Am i missing something?
Crazy Eddie is a LEGEND ❤
Legend!
Ed Belfour Rocks 🥅
Yes, yes he does!
One of the best. Great style
Legendary style!
The quality of your videos are superb. I have no idea how you don't have more subscribers, keep up the great work!
Thank you so much! We put a lot of research and effort into them. And appreciate all our followers 🙏🏼 just getting started 💪🏻
I remember the first game Eddie played with my favorite team Leksands IF in the second league Sweden. The first and A simple shot went in behind the Eagle. But the rest of the season he was great.
Cool! Ya Eddie was solid everywhere he went!
Awesome goalie, glad he is finally looks contented. Running a business will keep you busy.
Absolutely!
Eddie the Eagle was also an English ski jumper who competed at the 1988 Winter Olympics
Nobody cares.
@barontaylor7139 😂😂😂
@@jeffreyturcotte420 You cared enough to comment
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Still can’t believe Belfour and Hasek were teammates at one time 😮
Crazy right!
A good Manitoba boy, a real old school canuck hockey player.
As a Canadian i am ashamed i never knew he was. Great tender! Good on him hope he keeps up on the even keel and continues his success!
A legend in his prime!
one of the greatest.
Heck ya!
Great end for crazy Eddy! We love him!
We sure do!
He was one of the boys.
Hell ya he was
I remember his conference finals with the aves in 99 and 00 and his Stanley Cup win I miss watching in that era
Some of the best hockey ever!
Hes doing great. He and his daughter own a spirits company.
Son!
The eagle was always one of the greats I’m glad he’s doing good now god bless him and his
He was the man for sure! 🙏🏼
big hawk fan love EDDIE
Lol my teachers wife Odette North used to babysit Eddie in Carmen manitoba when he was a kid. Sad how booze shortened his career. Still one of my favorite goalies
Oh cool!
love Ed Beltour.
A legend!
Yikes I knew about the bar fight in Miami when he was with the panthers but it sounds like bar fighting is how he ended up in Miami in the first place. Well I’d like to believe he’s well his play was phenomenal.
My favourite goalie !!!
Indeed a legend!
Fighting Sioux!!
Loved Eddie The Eagle, Especially in a Leafs Jersey lol He's a legend though, no doubt.
Great times in a Leaf jersey!
One of my favorite moments was him refusing to take the flowers at the gold medal ceremony in 2002.
Oh ya forgot about that! Haha
@@beyond_thebench … it’s been a long time since I seen it but the player beside him is laughing and you can kind of hear/read his lips something along the lines of : “I don’t want flowers…”. Lol.
I’m a Stars fan. We owe to this son of a gun the Stanley Cup. His style was sloppy and unloved by purists but the result was there. Like a Keith Richard, he gave a good show! Respect Eagle Eyed Eddie!
Eddie did something that neither Brodeur or Hasek did. He out duelled Patrick Roy in the Playoffs.
Facts!
Always love a good drunk tank story. 🍻 👋 🤤
😂
he was a great goalie
Sure was!
Eddie The Eagle
🦅🦅🦅
Happy ending.
Grant Fuhr: hold my beer Ed…
Hahaha
Ed was awesome. Much respect for him
Ed was the man!
He fought the principle at his high school. The only reason he played goalie was because he had too many penalties in the juniors and the coach put him in net as a punishment.
Ya??
Seems all the Hockey players born in Manitoba or most not all like to party and drink from Bobby Clark to Theo Fleury,Reggie Leach..(I heard story's from my dad and uncles who use to drink and party with Bobby Clark and Reggie Leach in Riverton Manitoba said those guys were crazy..😅😅) And also some of the toughest guys in Hockey..Manitoba born.
Just built different haha
Met him in a elevator once,I didn't notice him at first.nice guy
Watched him play for the leafs!
Good times!
It was a 2.47 gaa his rookie year, not 2.17
Yes you’re right! Our mistake!
no, if you dont know the name ed belfour we dont want you to stay till the end of video, if you dont know ed belfour then go play soccer or go watch some vampires valentine movies 🥱
😂
I think his best years were Dallas…hands down!
Match your story with the correct footage. Background music is insufferable.
Thanks, Jeffrey
Leafs haven't been good since he left. My 2 favourite net minders would have to be Cujo and Belfour.
The modern day Cujo/Belfour would have to be Hellybuyck
Nope you’re right, it’s been a struggle in net since Eddie and Cujo for the Buds.
Three drunk & disorderly charges (one since he retired). Just in case you wanna save yourself 8.5 mins due to the thumbnail.
Eagles 🦅 rocks
🦅🦅🦅
Watched him during his minor league days with the Saginaw Hawks. He billeted with my brothers in-laws.
Oh nice! Thats awesome
Keenan the only guy who could match Belfour's psycho.
😂😂😂
Don’t use AI narrators
This is a real person actually!
@@beyond_thebench than be a person and not an AI narrator.
But I love your work here. Hope multiple comments boosts your interaction. Anyone who reminds me of Eddie needs to get pushed to the top of what ever they are doing
@@tvviewer4500Appreciate it!! And understand your feedback for sure. Thanks for following along! Long live the Eagle!
@@beyond_thebench omg two reminders of Eddie - I’m in love 🥰
Vladislav Tretiak was one hell of a goaltender! You definitely saw him in Eddie. Mike Keenan is a pile of human excrement. Never liked him. Name one positive relationship this guy ever kept with players, management, ownership, etc?
😂 Keenan was a hardo for sure. Was in that era of old school, my way or the highway coaching.
@@beyond_thebench absolutely ! Just kept getting hired afterwards any where and everywhere. Why? The NHL has been an interesting entity in the past and present. Guessing money talks at the end of the day.
@@luccac6247exactly, money talks!
The editing is stupid in this video
Stupid GOOD
@@beyond_thebenchNah. Yer clips are hot garbage.
An alcoholic wirh a whiskey company quality.
Ya 😂
I know what a disaster lol
Played for years as a professional athlete, makes millions of dollars, and drinks it away.
Has to auction off personal memorabilia for 175k to start a business selling alcohol.
What a fool. Sad and pathetic.
Happens now and then ya. Lot of pressure comes with the spotlight
Damn booze again
You left out when he tried to bribe a Texas state trooper 1 million dollars to let him off on a DUI
Yes that did happen 😂 wasn’t that apart of the Turtle Creel incident?
He got caught in a hotel , drunk. Beating a hooker......
@@beyond_thebench No it was one "zillion" dollars.
An alcoholic starting a liquor company, how original haha Cant be believe that medal got 34k though
Haha I mean, knows the product right lol
@6:34 he kinda looks like Wolverines biological dad
Also not very good marketing if your whisky needs ice in it.
😂😂😂
Isn’t he a Billionaire 😳
Only when he drinks haha
Today, he’s lending his name to preposterously overpriced whiskey that no one buys.
Lol is it any good? Have you tried it?
@@beyond_thebench I have tried both the regular whiskey and the rye. Both are fine, but not nearly worth the $75 plus price. I am a long time Dallas Stars fan, but also a whiskey enthusiast. I love Eddie the goalie. I’m disappointed in the whiskey. As far as hockey player branded whiskey, Gretzky’s 99 proof is very good, but also overpriced.
@@johnhelms8226Oh nice, will have to try! Ya I think celebs know they can slap their name on something and charge a bit more for things.
@@beyond_thebench as far as tributes go, IMO, the J.P. Wiser’s Larry Robinson and Dave Keon bottlings are excellent, and fairly priced, but good luck finding them. I got some at the distillery in Windsor the last time I was in Detroit.
That thumbnail is clickbait bull bird. Disliked.
Thats the nature of UA-cam 🤷🏻♂️
34000 for his gold medal? If he didn’t care for it I get selling it but I would personally wouldn’t give that up…was he broke?
Guess money was tight ya
He also didn't play so maybe he didn't care much
Psycho Eddie. Remember the meltdown in Dallas
One of many haha
He's a billionaire
Not billionaire, but doin ok!
He fought the principle at his high school. The only reason he played goalie was because he had too many penalties in the juniors and the coach put him in net as a punishment.