NHL will honour six surviving members of Canadiens dynasty from the 1950s (Montreal Gazette)
This item from the legendary Red Fisher in the Montreal Gazette:
"....It was roughly a half-century ago that the greatest Canadiens team ever assembled - at least in my view - embarked on a streak of five consecutive Stanley Cups, an astonishing accomplishment that has never been matched...."
"....Twelve of the players on the 1956 Stanley Cup team still were there for a fifth consecutive triumph in 1959-60. You don't have to remind me they played and flourished in different times, when there were no free agents on the ice and no player agents off it, but you don't forget a franchise with a mystique for winning and setting a record for the ages".
"..The NHL hasn't forgotten, announcing yesterday that the six surviving members of the 12 players who were part of this special team will be honoured during the Stanley Cup final. Sadly, Plante, the Rocket, Harvey, Geoffrion, Provost and Bob Turner have passed on. Invitations have been delivered to Beliveau, Moore, Henri Richard, Johnson, Donnie Marshall and Jean-Guy Talbot...."
"....I salute the NHL for this. It's a splendid idea ... something the league should be doing more often. Nobody should forget that hockey has become the billion-dollar business it is because of the great players who preceded today's millionaires....."
"They should never be forgotten".
http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/sports/story.html?id=567cb15e-1f02-467a-82af-744215c3578c
"....It was roughly a half-century ago that the greatest Canadiens team ever assembled - at least in my view - embarked on a streak of five consecutive Stanley Cups, an astonishing accomplishment that has never been matched...."
"....Twelve of the players on the 1956 Stanley Cup team still were there for a fifth consecutive triumph in 1959-60. You don't have to remind me they played and flourished in different times, when there were no free agents on the ice and no player agents off it, but you don't forget a franchise with a mystique for winning and setting a record for the ages".
"..The NHL hasn't forgotten, announcing yesterday that the six surviving members of the 12 players who were part of this special team will be honoured during the Stanley Cup final. Sadly, Plante, the Rocket, Harvey, Geoffrion, Provost and Bob Turner have passed on. Invitations have been delivered to Beliveau, Moore, Henri Richard, Johnson, Donnie Marshall and Jean-Guy Talbot...."
"....I salute the NHL for this. It's a splendid idea ... something the league should be doing more often. Nobody should forget that hockey has become the billion-dollar business it is because of the great players who preceded today's millionaires....."
"They should never be forgotten".
http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/sports/story.html?id=567cb15e-1f02-467a-82af-744215c3578c
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