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R.I.P George Armstrong

shack

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The Chief. #10. Crewcut.

I was at the game where he scored his 250th career goal. And by coincidence Terry Sawchuk got his 100th career shutout the same game.

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He was the leader of the "over the hill gang" that beat the Canadiens for the Cup in 1967.

It looks like many members of that 1967 Leaf team never saw (or will see?) the Leaf win the Cup again.
 

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I remember him as a real steady two way player who was just tough to play against.

Him and Keon were great penalty killers for the leafs.

An example of a worthy hall of famer who at first glance didn't have the stats that jumped off the page but was a main cog in many championships and contributed in all the dirty areas of the game. I know he very respected by his contemporaries both on and off the ice.

A very meaningful life....
 

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George Armstrong was part Ojibaw...and he also supposedly went for a few drinks with Andre the Giant.
 

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The Chief. #10. Crewcut.

I was at the game where he scored his 250th career goal. And by coincidence Terry Sawchuk got his 100th career shutout the same game.

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March 4, 1967. The humble George declined to be recognized for his 250th goal on the same night Sawchuk got his 300th regular season shutout. On May 6, 1967, George Armstrong lifted the Stanley Cup over his head, ending the Original Six era and marking the last time a Maple Leaf touched the Stanley Cup.
 

The Oracle

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On the slopes of Mount Parnassus, Greece
March 4, 1967. The humble George declined to be recognized for his 250th goal on the same night Sawchuk got his 300th regular season shutout. On May 6, 1967, George Armstrong lifted the Stanley Cup over his head, ending the Original Six era and marking the last time a Maple Leaf touched the Stanley Cup.
I know you mean 100 not 300.......
 

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March 4, 1967. The humble George declined to be recognized for his 250th goal on the same night Sawchuk got his 300th regular season shutout. On May 6, 1967, George Armstrong lifted the Stanley Cup over his head, ending the Original Six era and marking the last time a Maple Leaf touched the Stanley Cup.
Thanks for researching that.

Classy move by Chief. Reaching 250 goals was not as significant as being the 1st goalie to reach 100 shutouts. He ended out with 103 for his career which is still 2nd all time, behind Brodeur's 125.
 

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March 4, 1967. The humble George declined to be recognized for his 250th goal on the same night Sawchuk got his 100th regular season shutout. On May 6, 1967, George Armstrong lifted the Stanley Cup over his head, ending the Original Six era and marking the last time a Maple Leaf touched the Stanley Cup.
Back in the Original 6 league, scoring 250 goals (before goal inflation) was a real achievement. In fact, scoring 20 goals a season was an achievement. After expansion guys were regularly scoring 50, 60, 70, 80 goals a season.
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He's right to a point. Before expansion 50 goals in a season was a rarity.

Not so much afterwards.

I remember household names like Jacques Richard, Guy Chouinard and Dennis Maruk joining that club.
You're trying to reason with one of the "usual suspects" which is a slippery slope but thanks for trying anyway.

Bernie Nicholls once scored 70 goals (150 points) in a season and is not even in the HHOF. Rocket Richard, Gordie Howe, Jean Beliveau and others never scored 50 plus goals in an NHL season.
 

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The Chief. #10. Crewcut.

I was at the game where he scored his 250th career goal. And by coincidence Terry Sawchuk got his 100th career shutout the same game.

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Great pic shack, that's the way I always remembered him.
I admired him so much when I was a kid, so did my dad.
Exemplary in every way.
 

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Instead of talking about everything under the sun (speaking of a usual distractor in chief suspect) I have a bit of a George Armstrong story.

My sister was in teaching and worked her way up to school superintendent. At some point she worked with ex-NHL ref Verne Buffey. So one time he told her a story that during a Leaf game he made a call that Punch was really pissed off with. Since only the captain could argue with the ref, Punch sends out George across the ice to have it out with Buffey. George didn't really care, so he skates over to Buffey and tells him that Punch wants him to argue about the call. So Buffey went along and the two pretended to go at it, very animated, pointing fingers, in each others face, their heads shaking etc., just like an Earl Weaver argument.

It went on for a minute or two and then #10 skates back to the bench supposedly having done Punch's bidding.
 
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