Canadiens - Bruins rough stuff 5/21/78

Game 4. Jonathan vs Bouchard. Montreal vs Boston. With goals.

[@HawkFest]

Being a Montrealer and a young Habs fan during that era, I know that I share this with others like me: Boston vs Montréal was the greatest rivalry of all time, in all sports. We were very lucky..

[@robertbrown6934]

As a Boston fan in the 70s I couldn't agree more!!

[@k-laus9435]

You are absolutely dead on. Growing up just north of Boston in the 70’s and 80’s EVERY game against the Habs was intense. During those years we were always hoping that this would be the year. Made unbelievable games to watch and see at the old garden. In my opinion no other rivalry in sports can match it

[@stevenzimmerman4057]

As a Bruins fan,yes Montreal almost always beat them but the games were incredibly physical and intense! I thought Boston would finally break through, but the too many men on the ice penalty was a killer! Marcotte had a chance to win in overtime,but shot over the next! Lambert's goal was heartbreaking to Bruins fans.Yes it is probably the best rivalry in the NHL

[@steveharvey2102]

As I Montrealer, I ask, what about the Sox and Yankees? I'm not disagreeing with you about Montteal Boston, but the baseball rivalries can be totally different. What say you, good Sir?

[@steveharvey2102]

Was this the biggest goal in team history? At least since expansion, up until 2011? Curiuos for the Boston take. I know you got Stuck with the oil a few times in the late 80's. I'm guessing came 7 next yeat and the Klima goal in triple o.t. , would top the worst goals in team history. Please let me know? Cheers from Montreal

[@paulym5814]

I could watch this clip over and over and never get tired of it. Pound for pound Stan Johnathon was one of the toughest hockey players I’ve ever seen. He’s a bulldog on the ice

[@yvanpoirier6386]

i do not watch hockey anymore... i still love to watch hockey when it was good... thank you for sharing the golden age of hockey...

[@christianmuller292]

God, all these games brings back memories of my golden years as an eight year old in Edmonton where I was of course a huge Oilers fan at the start of Gretzkys' career and when the Bruins came it was always a special moment as it was one of the really big teams with the Montreal Canadians. How I wish I could go back to those marvellous times when things were so simple. If there's an afterlife I hope I could relive my childhood and the NHL games of those times. I wouldn't change a thing.

[@seagullpoet]

I agree ! After one period, you seemed to know each player. Helmets took that away. Then visors with helmets ?

[@jackiehorgan3268]

I'm 62 years old and watched this live as a 16-year-old HS hockey player. I couldn't recall much of it at the time because I believe I was crying out of utter joy and delirium. I couldn't believe what I was seeing and was out of my mind.

[@kevin62387]

I was a 17 y/o HS senior and I just got TV-38 here in southern CT the day before Thanksgiving. The '78 playoffs and the '78 Red Sox season until August were awesome.

[@d3ath8ybac0n4]

Not gonna lie, this was really fun to watch. What a war.

[@richardmason7840]

A right!

[@mickyw1455]

This is from my teenage years... a time of wooden sticks, little padding (compared to today), rough play, few helmets and tough players. I miss these years.

[@thecaynuck4694]

Downside being the brain damage. Also, aren't sticks still wooded, although some are composite? They are painted nowadays, so I see what you meant though.

[@robertgraham5486]

Hockey really changed for me after they all started wearing helmets

[@kentcruse4969]

Wow! Dryden & Cheevers, two of my childhood idols along with Cesar Maniago from the North Stars. Loved growing up watching these guys!

[@amypeterson4615]

Cheevers, me too. Bruins in the 60's.

[@brez9091]

Johnny D'Amico was the best referee I ever witnessed. He was also an excellent teacher of hockey skills. No ego, plenty of patience, and a lot of wisdom.

[@chr970]

He had a massive ego.

[@barrystewart5946]

The pass, the goal, the raw emotion from the Boston Garden. Bobby Schmautz scoring in OT is my favourite Bruins moment, with all due respect, as the Habs are my favourite team.

[@BramHepburn]

I wrote an essay about that goal if you'd like to read it

[@steveharvey2102]

Hi, Steve from Montreal here. I'd likevto read it :) Cheers.

[@jasonsabourin9547]

Love the lady in the crowd after O.T. goal, it was A religious experience back then.

[@steveperry1344]

i saw that too.

[@andreprefontaine7508]

When the rough stuff starts, Robinson comes cruising without fear, finished +120 , put up points, awesome d-man, better person.

[@colesteinerstudios6643]

Wow what a fight! The 70’s had the greatest hockey fights

[@mackaready1]

This ref was tough as hell! Badly cut and he still is reffing! This was when we were still free and people weren't so controlled. Look at the excitement on the people's faces. Amazing

[@ronfroehlich4697]

When people grew up with their dads

[@danielmurray7795]

He wasn't cut it was Bouchards blood

[@thomaspsanzi8947]

"POUND FOR POUND "STAN JONATHON" WAS THE TOUGHEST FIGHTER TO EVER PLAY/FIGHT IN THE GAME OF HOCKEY!"

[@GreyZonex]

Agreed, Domi was pretty good too.. I mean, he didn't do bad vs Probert.. and Probert was 6'3'' and Domy 5'8''

[@fredkelly4649]

@@GreyZonex Wendel Clark did him in Probert.

[@sawatisbillings8759]

Tuscarora. Grapes FAVORITE

[@Bruins-vq5ey]

@@fredkelly4649 probie beat Wendel way more

[@Michael-ut1lg]

I watched lots of these Bruins games from Stratford, Ct on WSBK TV 38... I was a huge NHL fan,primarily an Islanders Fan but I also watched other teams like Boston,Chicago, Phily,Rangers,Detroit, ect,ect..this was the 70's I believe, I remember all these players..Stan Jonathan was a tough little bastard..

[@lancecampbell4323]

The 76 Canadiens...greatest team of all time

[@gerbsvizsla]

The 76 Habs were the greatest ;)

[@lancecampbell4323]

@@gerbsvizsla my bad hit the wrong number. Of course it was the 76 team. Thanks for catching that. Correction noted

[@thetruthissweet2847]

Stan Jonathan. What a fighter.

[@MajorGenralDizz]

I miss old school hockey. The era of rough and tough men

[@rieldebonk1044]

F***ing disgusting

[@justaman5490]

I miss it being that way in regular life.

[@SOAD727]

The era of concussions and long-term brain injuries. Amazing!

[@thecaynuck4694]

@@SOAD727 And guys dying only years after their hockey careers ended! YAY!

[@JacksonAxe]

Watching Stan flatten a much bigger Bouchard was as rewarding as winning a cup.

[@steveharvey2102]

I hope you're being facetious because otherwise, you are too easy to please. I woulg give almost anything for a Cup win. Anything!!!

[@jaymewillett1675]

To be fair the other guy had a helmet

[@frankwhite4172]

Montreal boston playoff hockey is the best arena experience in hockey. in Montreal or boston dosen't matter.

[@sgtrock2821]

Especially if you're lucky enough to see Boston's Brad Marchand lick a guy's face.

[@edwardcarmody3336]

You said it Pal, from Boston!

[@edwardcarmody3336]

@@sgtrock2821 stopped doing that around5.6 years ago, now hes just one of top 5 in NHL...it was gross, but hes a top notch player now...would you want his 46 goals?

[@thomaspsanzi8947]

"When Boston Bruins Play & Montreal Candians Both Teams Already Bring Out The Big Guns!" "From My Times In Playing Hockey it Was Ken Hodge, Wayne Cashman, Stan Jonathon, Stan Jonathon, A Teddy Green, Don Auwrey & Dallas Smith, Rick Smith, Terry Orielly, Mike Milbury, Jay? Miller, Lenny Buyers, Dave Debrusk, Cam Neely, Shawn(Saun) Thornton & From Montreal, Larry Robinson, Bouchard, Claude Lemuix, Help Me Out Guys, I Took Too Many Pucks To The Head,.......Ron Wilson, Also A Coach!" "Just Watch "Bobby Orr & The Big, Bad, Bruins & Of Course, STAN JONATHON FIGHTS, "BANG YOUR HEADS,' SERIES!"

[@edwardcarmody3336]

@@thomaspsanzi8947 im 65 from Boston seen them all too, what about Wensink offering out whole Minnesota bench..lol

[@brsfan66]

Being a junior high school kid. Watching these games. I was DieHard Bruins fan and yet those Canadians. What can you say. I felt like watching this tonight and yet so much great memories. And 79 the Bruins just couldn't topple that Canadian regime. So I did something worse I decided to be a Red Sox fan and they did finally topple that regime in 2004. That will be my next video to watch.lol.

[@BostonSteve922]

Loved every second of this thank you

[@greglechowski5030]

I really enjoy these videos. We get to see the goals and the finish of the game, not just the rough stuff.

[@williamhayes4017]

Awe man..... I remember watching hockey, good ol days! B’s were poised for what looked like a good post season before the world went tits up! Don’t care what team ya love, that’s an honorable sport for honorable men in an overly sensitive mess of a world.

[@rodmunch4879]

Tits up. Reggie Dunlop.

[@oscarjetson128]

Classic. I love your comment. I grew up a Habs fan (don't hold it against me) but I totally agree. Whichever team won, you knew that the next game the they met, was gonna be a great one! Cheers! P.S. I'm 52 year old, so that might give you some reference.

[@steveharvey2102]

Same as me except I was born in 76. Don't take this the wrong way, but this war!! Never appologize to a Bruins fan, EVER! ;)

[@almell3994]

Stan Jonathon was a beast.The best fighter I ever saw.

[@thomaspsanzi8947]

WATCH "STAN JONATHAN FIGHTS!"

[@thomaspsanzi8947]

"OR THE BEST OF STAN JONATHAN FIGHTS!"

[@HawkFest1]

Ahhh c'était le bon temps du Hockey, avec des joueurs d'équipe et passionnés, plus que des poignées d'attaché-caisse.

[@BX0207]

I'd love to be 8 just for a moment, relive that time....how the world was so fuckin perfect then..

[@tubor70]

I remember watching this. I was just a little kid about to finish 2nd grade and was shocked by all the blood. Stan Jonathan made an impression on me that day. The Bruins though could never get past the Canadians to win the Cup.

[@mulletover3832]

I love how that vintage player always seems to look like a 40-year-old factory worker.

[@johnmurphy4092]

Because a lot of them still didn't make enough money playing hockey and had summer jobs.

[@jeffdekimpe1746]

The pendulum should swing back to the way it was back then.

[@scottcornwall9320]

The Bruins' glory days were long gone. Montreal was on their way to winning their 3rd of 4 straight Stanley Cups. Bobby Orr was with the Chicago and a shadow of his former self after MULTIPLE knee surgeries. Boston was a playoff team with a bunch of goons who would be done in by "The Flower", Guy Lafleur.

[@claudiocorleone7856]

Solo absolutely true but I assure you I wouldn’t want to pick a fight with any of these guys .

[@lokei1326]

Cause they were ^_^

[@russelljdj]

Hockey was so great back in the late 60s through mid 8os. The Bruins/Canadiens games were always intense. And It's always great to see the most under appreciated Bruin(By the fans at the time) Peter McNab. Also re-seeing Stan Johnathan beat down goon Pierre Bouchard! Any other Bruin fan from back in the day unhappy that they have not retired Cashman's number? Neely was a great player, but Cashman played there longer and was excellent and a member of 2 cup winners. Brad Park's 22 also should have gone up before Bourque in my viiew.

[@edwards.6857]

What a great series not just in 78 but it n the quarter finals the next year.The Bruins we're a great team with just watching this game but the Canadians were the Secretariat in that Era.I respect the greatness and couldn't hate them but I was die hard Bruins fan and Secretariat broke my heart and made me and many others feeling like Sham.

[@1959markie1]

Great analogy. Sham might have gone down as one of the greats, but had the misfortune of being a 3 three year old in 1973! BTW, Forego also ran against "Big Red" in '73 Derby.

[@atheistinalabama4206]

This is great!!!! I miss REAL hockey😥

[@sawatisbillings8759]

Same here

[@joesmith8288]

Greetings to Bostoners from Montréal.

[@gastondeveaux3783]

What a series, what a great era in hockey.

[@seangallagher8941]

I miss the old days of hockey A bit slower for sure but in my opinion much more entertaining

[@bipolarpunt5721]

Commentator said Jonathon got in the first shots, Bouchard butt ended him, then Jonathon filled him in.

[@albiman68]

''I think John D'Amico is gone now for........ a little bit of a repair job at the Boston bench''......... aaaaaaa those were the days!

[@StraussBMW]

Compare that to Soccer lol

[@kenearl4608]

I was 10 when I watched this game with my Dad I couldn't believe the blood that was on the Refs face and then getting to see Stan Jonathan fight man he was good player and this is what hockey was back then now the sport the lame players play today they can't even rough it up like they did back then....

[@Bruins-vq5ey]

The Best left hand ever thrown in a hockey fight. Period.

[@mattjack70]

Johnathon was a beast. Tough as nails and didn’t care how big his opponent was

[@swami1]

Sign in the Garden crowd during that series: “John Wensink Eats Frogs.”

[@haggaisimon7748]

That was the time of real men playing hockey. I remember in 76 CSKA strengthened by Red Wings awesome five, easily the USSR national team, played Montreal. It was the best ever game, 3-3. I was stunned by Lafleur and Robinson.

[@jamesanthony5681]

That was the New Year's eve game on Dec. 31, 1975.

[@haggaisimon7748]

James Anthony Thank you! That was The Game

[@lucianoserafino5872]

Hockey will never be the same.

[@jcaam8094]

What a great rivalry.

[@garthbuck4274]

I watched that game. What a rock' em sock 'em game and series that was!

[@mattjack70]

One of the greatest Bruins-Canadian games ever

[@PropositionJoe1966]

Yeah, because your Bruins won. Hear some of mine that ripped your heart out when Habs won the CUP.

[@glenfenderman]

Looks to me like Jonathan beat the brakes off Bouchard and made him bleed. Plain and simple. I also like how the commentator described Jonathan as being little. Goes to show how smaller guys can be a force to be reckoned with!

[@durbanbudz]

I was a Hab fan waaaay back when...golden oldies.

[@PropositionJoe1966]

So glad and fortunate I was able to see them win 6 Cups. I was only 5 when they won the first of 7.

[@a2zme]

Today's hockey seems like a scrimmage game compared to the old days .. incredible passion replaced by boredom.

[@ScreamingDeaf]

You're wrong! It's faster, harder and less retarded today. You can't admit it?

[@patrickmegan8224]

Stan Jonathon and the phantom left. He was only 5' 8" but everyone was afraid of him.

[@vasilipuzyrew2020]

Круто! Раньше в хоккей играли бывшие шахтёры да лесорубы, поэтому и хоккей такой живой и непринужденный!

[@popados2290]

да на рожи глянь, хоть прикуривай)) Настоящие лесорубы, без страха и упрёка

[@MrAndreiNaumov]

Supermatch! Jonathan is strong

[@dans80]

I still remember watching this game live...I was 7 years old; pretty some nasty scenes. As a kid I was little bit shocked :)

[@leventahmed82]

Got to love it!

[@dt2745]

I was there in the stadium that game it was the most exciting game I've ever been and that was 50 years ago

[@billpeterson178]

RIP Bobby Schmautz. Game winning goal.

[@timothymacdonnell9079]

Wow! This must have been a great game!

[@steveperry1344]

it was, i remember it well.

[@brianbeaupre8493]

Agree before the big salaries also.Yvon Cournoyer told me his NHL pension was $14000 per yr.And he was lucky he owned 2 restaurants or he would have just been getting by when he retired

[@thebhoyingreen7230]

the good old times

[@user-fe9gt7jv7h]

Очень нравятся эти матчи. Спасибо канадцам,что сохранили все эти записи. Советским телевизионщикам-идиотам это было не нужно.

[@patrickols]

That was the time when Canadians would go to a boxing match and some hockey game would break out

[@moowin]

the crowd is all old people now telling their grandkids about this game everytime they see them love that thought

[@dothat7480]

WHEN SPORTS WERE SPORTS. loved & lived it.

[@nategin9009]

There's almost 0 athleticism in this video bruh. These people all likely smoke a pack and a half a day

[@russiancoyote4713]

А чо, нормальная заруба, на характере пёрли, и судья зверь 👍

[@garysimard5674]

Almost every time Savard scores, he does a little 2 step. I like it.

[@BaseFury]

LOVE me the classic voice of the GREAT GREAT Dan Kelly. :) :) :)

[@dougphillips7194]

Those were the days 🎉

[@Arcturian1111]

Nice upload. I enjoyed this. Wow.

[@mbapache64]

if you could combine the skill, athleticism and speed of the players today with the toughness of the players then...WOWEEE!

[@lokei1326]

I love that our refs are tougher than most sports players

[@billnotice9957]

Could you imagine Lebron James or Colin Kaepernick playing in this environment? These softies would cry!

[@boogerbombproductions]

Actually Lebron would destoy everyone, Lebron plays like a coward so he can get cheap shots at the free throw line, Lebron would probably be an enforcer!

[@billnotice9957]

@@boogerbombproductions yes no. If the game was played under 1980 rules Lebron would be hammered. In 2020 rules the game would be called by halftime as the team no longer had 4 players left!

[@boogerbombproductions]

@@billnotice9957 yes true he would be targeted

[@bigmac2941]

@@billnotice9957 Horseshit. Lebron is a physical beast compared to those guys back then. Hockey Isa tough game....But stay in your lane.

[@thecaynuck4694]

@@bigmac2941 Not really, these guys are strong and skilled at the same time. LeBron decides to be a little crybaby despite his size and strength.

[@dr.Kurynovskiy]

Not a game for the faint of heart or a bunch of helmeted Europeans. Had to be ready to fight at a moment's notice. Real rivals were made back then and it made it more fun to be a fan. Now the opposition is giving a hug in the middle of a game. Hockey night in Canada sucks now to. Especially without Don Cherry.

[@ColeNollavook]

That guy at 11:26, are we sure he made it out of that building alive that night?

[@jasonsabourin9547]

It's A good thing he wore the Montreal away jersey...... Like Bouchard.

[@donnebes9421]

Nothing compares to the old Boston garden and a overtime win against Montreal and Dryden.

[@harles5000]

Don was rocking the brown polyester suit!

[@richardgarrett2792]

Danny Gallivan and Dick Irvine Jr. calling the play. The Habs vs Boston in the PO. Good times. John D'Amico getting a bloody nose. WOW!

[@benoitcayouette6469]

The 5th game of the series, in Montreal. May 23, 1978. Not May 21. Unfortunately, we no longer find this kind of atmosphere in an NHL arena these days.

[@monsterhunter5403]

Hockey nowhere near this exciting today

[@joedeangelis2972]

RIP Bobby Schmautz

[@russbroda7207]

Man ! Hockey has sure improved .

[@patbrennan6572]

You only fought Stan Jonathon once and that was once too many..

[@magnatron7734]

One tough indian

[@ScottiShark22]

Pierre Bouchard's DNA from his bloodletting by Stan Jonathan, is still being found throughout Boston.

[@wst8340]

As a Habs I agree.

[@alpearson9158]

@@ScottiShark22 just stupid

[@roberttooth360]

You don't see much hitting like that anymore. More hits in one shift than a hole game nowadays.!

[@bontronblock]

9:25 couple of marbles loose on this guy

[@Arcturian1111]

Lmao yes, what a weird stare.

[@plantcitychuck2551]

Best rivalry in hockey back then.i was a big bruins fan back then.cant describe how much I hated the Canadiens.and I lived close to montreal.and my parents were french canadians.

[@DaveAnchovies]

Adams Division was pure hate

[@Nightrain76]

3:52 shows the importance of being able to switch hands on the dime.

[@RickSeraf]

Most of us would rather watch 40-year-old hockey clips than today's Nancy Hockey League.

[@kidthump]

Stan Jonathan was as tough as they come.

[@tomlyons7891]

No. He was a midget.

[@jasonsabourin9547]

@@tomlyons7891.... And your A mental midget. P.S. How would you feel about being sent to the Emergency room, by A midget?

[@jasonsabourin9547]

Your thumbnail is very scary in it's truth's.

[@jasonsabourin9547]

He sold his soul to them somewhere back in the 90's, now we're paying the price, we were in A "Cold War" with them for 45yrs. Spent billions upon billions of dollars trying to keep the red scare away now we don't say "Boo" to them, very scary.

[@85passthru]

@@tomlyons7891 WHO DID HE LOSE TO?? YOU FUCKING IDIOT...

[@zozazoza1943]

ХОККЕЙ Во Все Времена Будет Классная ИГРА!!! Всем Добра Здоровья!!!

[@bobby-jackbrewer7395]

One of the best playoff games of the 70s. I was in grade 11 and remember the rollercoaster ride of emotions I was on watching that game as a Bruins fan

[@PropositionJoe1966]

Bruins always had their ass’s handed to em by Montreal. Dryden greatest goalie of my 57 years!

[@PropositionJoe1966]

Some of what you said is true. The other sour 🍇. Since what you say, the Canadiens still have one more cup than the Bruins.

[@PropositionJoe1966]

IT'SME The greatest player in NHL history was taking shots at you?😲 Amazing

[@PropositionJoe1966]

We must be around the same age. I was born in 1966. You probably 1967? I always went to see Montreal play when we had the 🐳 Whale in Hartford. City has gone to shit since they left. Totally blows.

[@louisdemarco892]

You think Montreal's advantage of the territorial draft had anything to do with

[@PropositionJoe1966]

Louis Demarco Flyers won cups. Bruins won and had great players. Flyers had Clark, Leach, Barber, Mcleish. They’re called dynasty’s. Some had em, others didn’t. Every sport has had em.

[@cygnustsp]

Gainey for charging, love it

[@ChristianDesmarais]

Scott Gomez should watch this. The true meaning of hard work.

[@greglapointe1311]

As they would say in the movie Slapshot, "now this is hockey!"

[@billsharp9839]

Boston always thought year after year that they could intimidate Montreal and it never worked. Montreal had so much talent it was embarrassing.

[@andy42x]

So many irish players in the bruins... And french players in the Canadiens. How'd they make that happen?

[@steveperry1344]

i think the canadiens cornered the market on french players.

[@deputyduffy]

Now we are talking....Great times. Nothing better then watching Bouchard get his face caved in..

[@phillipstankey8881]

Who won the Cup? I seem to recall the Habs hoisting the Cup on the Bruins home ice...

[@deputyduffy]

@@phillipstankey8881 true dat, When's the LAST time the Habs won the Cup...Hmmmm 93 ring a bell.

[@MrPunkforlife]

@@deputyduffy Boston won the Cup in 1941, then 1970 and 1972 along with 2011. That's 4 Cups in 79 years. Montreal has won 24 Stanley Cups, 20 of them since those 4 by the Bruins. 'Nuff said. 8D

[@deputyduffy]

@@MrPunkforlife yah, hmmm. 1993 to 2020. well, when they don't win this year that will be 27 long cold years.

[@marleeguy]

pierre Bouchard has 5 Stanley cup rings Jonathan has none even lupien has 2 rings.

[@Toolmybass]

Drove by Myers apple farm today....I think his kids run it now. Nice guy.

[@petrikarkkainen1586]

Koho-sticks....the best from Finland.

[@nazaretua6587]

Во канадцы исполняют, жесть...Мне тогда было 10ть лет от роду....

[@xigxagz]

Ah !... those were the days !

[@TheRapnep]

I went to a fight and a hockey game broke out. 😁

[@larryorsiniorsini9788]

You bet!

[@rieldebonk1044]

It was f***ing disgusting