1970s Rangers multi game mix

[@desert.mantis]

A die-hard Rangers' fan says, "Thanks for the upload"! I loved those 70s teams. My how my heart broke when Park and Ratelle went to Beantown.

[@akapper57]

Like Stan "The Maven" said, nobody would have believed in March of '75 that such a trade would be possible next season. Worse, it likely set up the Hodge for Middleton trade. Hodge was a friend of Esposito in Boston, and he was so unhappy about being traded to the Rangers he allegedly demanded that trade. (Although not necessarily for Middleton.)

[@desert.mantis]

@@akapper57 Yikes! I forgot that and Middleton had several great seasons with the Bruins while Hodge...not.

[@ahwien]

My sentiments exactly, bro

[@billybenden4431]

@@akapper57 true

[@med1965]

@@desert.mantis That was a Terrible Trade by the Rangers!

[@timburr4453]

Middleton gives up the puck...Rangers eventually would give up on Middleton. And it would haunt them

[@tpor1206]

As a Bruins fan…..thank you for posting this! Awesome to see Orr and Park and so many greats.

[@davethompson3140]

Great footage isn’t it. The game I want to see is the 1 game Bobby Orr played for Chicago against The Bruins in the old Boston Garden. Boy, ghat must have been a difficult night for him. His left knee was confetti by then and they say he had an unremarkable game. I only have a slight memory of it. It happened his 1st year in Chicago early in the season.

[@edoswald1357]

Park and Ratelle for Espo and Carol V. All these years later - still baffling.

[@joealomar-cu3qb]

after the trade neither team won the Cup but both went to the finals so which team won again?

[@donaldleider7382]

Hearing the Big Whistle Bill Chadwick, priceless. Bobby Orr and Greg Polis freezing the puck in the corner at 4.00, unheard of today!

[@adgo22]

Loved it when the rinks had the 2 logo's (at a normal size proportion) at center ice..now it's like all center ice circle's are "filled to the brim" with the home team crest in what could be called an overkill..even the old Gawden in Boston just had the 1 Bruins logo a tad enlarged..respectable

[@dennis3351]

I like no ads on the boards. Just the game.

[@markravitz1684]

Players didn't wear helmets, no advertisements on the boards or on the ice, no obnoxious loud music during play stoppages and the Garden hadn't been renovated for the 1st time.Jim Gordon with Bill Chadwick!The good old days indeed. Notice how small the numbers on the back of the Ranger jerseys was

[@recPokerFish]

i remember in the 70's only being able to watch the NYR road games on WOR Channel 9....because all the games fro MSG were blacked out...were the home games on cable back in '75?

[@akapper57]

Yes, but in 1975, only available on some early cable TV channels in NYC, and just a few in the suburbs.

[@annoyingjake]

Wow amazing footage. The picture is clear and the color is particularly vivid. First game spring of '75 v Bruins is very interesting. Both teams would soon lose in the first round best of three. Orr skating is noticeably slow and labored. No one knew it at the time but his career was almost over- at the age of 27.

[@akapper57]

These are nicer as they are direct from MSG's archives. Most of my games were VHS taped games by fans that were re-copied and traded back & forth, hence the loss of quality. I wish that MSG had kept more of their old games. I'm still amazed that they saved NONE of their games from the 1979 playoff run, just some highlights. PS - Some of these I did edit and raised the color saturation a bit.

[@DonQwantsyou]

but Orr still won the scoring title that year!

[@williegordon6816]

It is super clear for a 47 year old video.

[@richardmanginelli2624]

Growing up my Dad had season tix directly under the TV Booth at MSG that was suspended from the ceiling. Sec 407 Row B Seats 13 & 14 The Best Rangers Teams to Never to win a Stanley Cup I was at gm 6 when Boston won it in NY I CRIED ALL THE WAY HOME TO L.I. FOR 45 MINS

[@mrbob424]

You're getting great footage

[@buddmannable]

IMHO Jim Gordon does not receive enough credit for the great announcer he is.

[@FTulumello]

Been a Ranger fan since the 60s. In watching this I never realized all the off sides calls there was.

[@akapper57]

Yes, I've noticed that too. That, plus the play stoppages due to pucks going over the much lower glass levels back then, are a few of the reasons the game was slower paced.

[@annoyingjake]

33:41 Ron Greschner almost pulls off Ovechkins famous flat on his back goal. almost...

[@ahwien]

'my team at 15 years old. Dad's firm's seats behind visitors penalty box. Everything changed when they dumped Park. Unforgivable

[@davethompson3140]

The game with The Rangers vs Islanders, I’d bet Derek Sanderson was half in the bag for this game. When Sandy came back to Boston after his short trip to the WHA, his drinking had worsened to the point that other players could smell the booze on him. Once a very valuable player for Boston, they tried to fix him up but he refused. Having enough, even Orr couldn’t help the situation (he has always been a very close friend of Sanderson’s), Boston shipped him off to New York for a song. I believe he had 1 respectable year for The Rangers, but his demons did him in shortly afterwards…New York shipped him off to The Blues.

[@dzanier]

He had 26 goals and 24 assists. He had a good season. Years later, after he left St. Louis, he was sleeping on park benches in Manhattan.

[@hamburg1306]

I was at the Bruins-Rangers game.

[@donaldleider7382]

I still can’t believe the Rangers got rid of Rick Middleton for Ken Hodge! Everyone knew Rick was going to be a superstar!

[@leafyutube]

Wow amazing quality.

[@DonQwantsyou]

hated these B's unis without the shoulder gold and white trim

[@xltrt]

Do you have the game from April 5, 1970 when the Rangers played the Red Wings and they won 9-5? One of the most exciting Ranger games ever where they qualified for the playoffs on the last day of the season and went on to play the Bruins in the first round.

[@xltrt]

The game was shown on CBS game of the week on a Sunday afternoon.

[@akapper57]

Sorry, I don't have it. It likely doesn't exist. Nobody had home VCRs then, and I doubt CBS would have saved a copy of it, if it was just a regular season game. (I do have color highlights of four Rangers-Bruins games of that season, plus the playoffs vs the Bruins, on a separate post on my channel.)

[@michaelleroy9281]

Where they eventually got smoked by the Bruins

[@xltrt]

@@michaelleroy9281 The Rangers beat the Bruins twice in that playoff series. They were the only team to beat them when the Bruins went on to sweep Chicago and St. Louis both four games to zero. If Brad Park had been fully healthy who knows what might have happened.

[@jeffreyamster6020]

The Rangers beat out the Canadiens for the last playoff spot in the 69-70 season, even though they tied with points, by goal scored. With those 9 goals, the Rangers had a 4 goal lead going into Montreal’s game at the Blackhawks that Sunday night. Halfway thru the 3d period, the Habs were losing 5-2, so Montreal pulled their goalie with 9:30 to go. The Hawks scored 5 empty net goals and won 10-2. The Rangers won the tie-breaker by scoring 2 more goals than Montreal. It was the first time in 21 years that the Canadiens missed the playoffs.

[@jean-paulmoreau7178]

Watching this Greschner was the only player on the Rangers who wasn't slow and soft.

[@davethompson3140]

Another MAJOR trade mistake The Tangers made is when they tradedRick Middleton to Boston for an aging Ken Hodge. During The Bruins hay days,in the early 70’s, Hodge racked up some impressive numbers. If you look into more carefully, Hodge benefitted imensly playing on the line with Espo and most often Bobby Orr. Hodge scored a lot of easy goal off the incredible play of the other two (plus Cashman). When Hodge got to NY Orr wasn’t there and Espo was aging. He lasted 4-5 years before retiring with like less than 60 goal. Middleton played for 12+ years and only scored +400 goals for Boston.

[@med1965]

Yes! Middleton could have been the difference in the 1979 Cup Finals against Montreal!

[@fasteddie9867]

9:05 pm game time??!!

[@akapper57]

Must have been a game after the circus. This often happened on Saturday nights in March & April, in the 1970s and 80s. Hey, it takes a long time to clean up after the elephants!

[@chazo22]

I was wondering the same thing. I remember 7:30 and 8 games but never 9:05 😮

[@ronaldgiordano2070]

The circus was probably in town.

[@VintageOnline100]

The first video is actually from March 23, 1975. Not April 6, 1975

[@ЗВЕРОБОЙ-л6к]

5:23 DEAD men skating... Are them for real? ... What a joke

[@richardzink6026]

Love this! But these guys are slow. They would get murdered in today's game

[@dp6297]

Not fair. Different time, different game.

[@markwillianen6049]

I don't think so. Today's player is thin and lanky. These guys were stocker and 10 times as tough. There is no intimidation in today's politically correct game. The guys today couldn't handle 3 fights before you get kicked out mentally. No doubt they are better athletes but they would be to scared to go near the puck. Like someone commented. Different time.

[@billybenden4431]

The game is slow compared to today's game!!

[@narrativetherapist]

What an awful brand of hockey. Gross.

[@akapper57]

Game was slower back then. No hurry-up faceoffs, more offsides and more pucks over the much lower glass around the rink.