The dirtiest player in the league, a generational talent, and a three-team beef

The Boston Bruins hated the Hartford Whalers, and then the Bruins hated the Pittsburgh Penguins. Once Cam Neely came to Boston, he embraced both, finding a foe in Ulf Samuelsson. The two went at it for years, with a playoff collision leading to Neely hanging up his skates earlier than anyone would want.
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[@Realriggs09]

"You think i'm a Goon? I have 29 goals. I have 2 goals this season. Don't pressure me!''...Epic statement!

[@Richard-wt3uz]

Best part

[@romangagne5842]

Lyndon Byers!

[@robertobrien8633]

Wooooo

[@BossTerwilliger]

He only fights in the ring!

[@GhostHostMemories]

#1 way to tell is someone is a goon. They claim they aren't a goon.

[@theemonkeymo]

"you think im a goon,... i got 2 goals this season, dont pressure me" luv it

[@scoldingwhisper]

only 836 penalty minutes LMAO

[@maxscameraguy]

"I have 29 goals. I have 2 goals this season." Great sound bite

[@Ok-ik4ww]

maxscameraguy 100th like

[@Ok-ik4ww]

@@campbellorvis i was the 100th comment it says 100 with a blue thumbs up

[@jona.scholt4362]

This video holds the record for most mullets in a single video as well as the record for mullets per minute.

[@RMosack]

Neely himself has stated that "the hit" wasn't the one that caused his injury that later calcified. It was another hit in that same game in which Neely was laying the check, and Samuelsson avoided it. He bruised his thigh muscle on that one. But I guess it's more fun to say it was that other open ice hit.

[@brianhildreth9099]

No. He still hates Ulf for that hit and that hit altered Cam's career and life.

[@bigolejr]

whos the dead man that hit me with the salt shaker

[@PRYVTgomerPYLE]

Kick his ass sea-bass!

[@TheShaggy1324]

Came here for this.

[@sotiriosnovatsis4529]

I often call my three year old son, Sea Bass.

[@drako1816]

3

[@oKingsWild]

This... This is what I'm here for.

[@JRMoore]

5:15 Nealy's nose is looking at the camera but the rest of his face isn't

[@mpuchar5003]

Lmao no joke

[@jorjiporji1658]

A rare hockey video from sbnation

[@johntownsend7344]

woow amazed thankfully it’s rare

[@blueshky]

Yeah more hoopyball please yawn

[@CBielski87]

too bad stickboi mctat thinks we need to see his skinny face to provide watchable content

[@wowbruh2511]

Lmao y’all dumbasses prefer pussybasket more? Lmao at least in hockey there is less dives and fighting is allowed. Hockey a men’s sport. Unlike pussybasket.

[@pale_saint]

No bouncyball, just hockey please.

[@gavinjedlicka]

“WHOS THE DEAD MAN, THAT HIT ME WITH A SALT SHAKER!”

[@SmoothCriminal12]

W

[@DrFunk-rk6yl]

Kick his ass Sea Bass!

[@shutitdown2512]

Finally!!!!! A hockey video!

[@remingtonbianchi9866]

Can't even make it good. If you want hockey vids, watch The Hockey Guy and TSN Bardown

[@SummoningSalt]

Great job on the soundtrack for this video

[@steevenyeh]

Wow! Keep up your excellent work, Summoning Salt! Good to know you are picking good references like these videos of the SBNation crew!

[@SneakyBanks]

Ayee didn't know u watched hockey vids love ur videos btw keep it up!

[@Kurzov]

Huh.

[@50calmaster1]

Neat

[@Conrailfan2323]

We need more Hockey Beefs, SB Nation.

[@nickthegreatpharaoh]

Really enjoyed this as a 30 year old who DID NOT follow hockey a lot growing up. Looking forward to learning more about the league history! Really appreciate your channel making this much thorough and thoughtful content. So many sports fans are starving for stories like this!

[@hadesmusic1175]

Wait...how is Don Cherry STILL old in that footage? Lol.

[@calvinsweeney4466]

he is 85

[@stevenjacquin6733]

He cherry picks his age

[@KORN-ne5er]

@@calvinsweeney4466 Don Cherry is a DUMBFUCK!!!!!

[@jacobdesrosiers8312]

Cherry has always been old 😂

[@johnathankorkie4984]

@@KORN-ne5er more like the GOAT and I'm a Canes fan

[@recneps8672]

Cherry:"I wanna know who's gonna be the hero" Tie Domi:"I got this"

[@wyomingptt]

Cherry is a piece of trash...

[@billgillingham9125]

That was a pure sucker punch - not the mark of a hero. (And, yes, it seems Ulf wouldn't drop the gloves, but, a sucker-punch still isn't a man's weapon.)

[@ReplayX2X]

@@billgillingham9125 sometimes you gotta be a coward to catch a coward. That Domi punch was beautiful.

[@garrettallen3278]

@@billgillingham9125 Ulf deserved it for running around acting like a tough guy and then being a straight up coward when retribution came looking for him. I can’t stand Tie Domi, but I applauded him for that one.

[@KyleMacSkill]

@@billgillingham9125 That's what happens if you turtle every time someone challenges you and continue being a goon

[@emmaduncan2991]

ya gotta love Lyndon Byers attitude, and sense of humor!

[@stevencooke6451]

Still amazed that Neely and Samuelsson shared an agent.

[@vitogeraci843]

Good for capitalization and bipartisanship, if either one held victory over each, the agent would still be successful.

[@allsystemsgo8678]

I'm not

[@WickedNemesis]

Gotta love hockey beef

[@skykings89]

Tie domi and Bob Probert need a segment

[@EpicEric2002]

Ikr

[@HockeyChicStaytiny]

Yes, please!

[@skykings89]

I think hockey may have more legit player beefs than just about any other sport. Most others are passing words, while old school hockey involved fists and blood. Honestly they should just do a whole "hockey beefs" video counting down the best

[@davidtuttle7556]

Tommy Wilson versus the world.

[@crise1]

I miss the gooning in hockey

[@OddManRush]

Love this series, especially when you bring up good-ol' hockey beef! Keep up the good work SB Nation!

[@mcj88]

Nice to finally see a hockey video on this page, and a damn good one to boot. Keep it up!

[@brentclearwater36]

I was hoping you'd mention the Tie Domi incident, thinking there was no way. So great!

[@ryanneillund6213]

Nice vibe on this video. Well done. Tough to capture the excitement of a live hockey match in a summary. You did it.

[@CarOfTheWeekNStuff]

How about covering the beef between Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso during their brief stint at McLaren in 2007? Or Prost v. Senna?

[@patrickracer43]

Or Hamilton and (now former) Mercedes teammate Nico Rosberg. And let's not forget the blood-fueled beef between James Hunt and Nikki Lauda in 1976, a beef so intense that it involved disqualifications, wrecks, fire, rain and people thinking Lauda had died, and a Ron Howard movie staring Thor

[@Dalejr88rox]

Rosberg and Hamilton would be super interesting because that's a beef that has so many layers. Nico and Lewis were childhood best friends and remained so in F1 until they became teammates, and the pressure of a championship winning car drove a huge rift through the 2 of them so badly that the first thing Lewis did after Nico's retirement was say that Valterri was already a better teammate

[@Dalejr88rox]

Hunt and Lauda wasn't really a beef. The movie played that up ridiculously high, when in reality the 2 were friends and had immense respect for each other. They were even roommates before making it to F1

[@McBigP13]

Do more MLB fights

[@theslaviccookie5137]

@@Dalejr88rox more of a friendly rivalry I'd say

[@beefaffleck]

In the top right text of the background article at 1:40, Claude Lemieux is straight up fat shamed then scratched from a game. Very cool.

[@carterreid9869]

That pronunciation of Canucks was terrible

[@bigcamdizzle]

Go Canooks!

[@soulscanner66]

Booins, Maple Laughs, Dead Things, Nodicks, ... and now Canoooks ...

[@seankessel3867]

It's SB Nation, what do you expect

[@fakeplastic1826]

It's all aboot the Canooks

[@goodday4221]

Canuck like puck, not Canuck like book.

[@portopottybreath9375]

That being said Ulf was a terrific defenseman. Winning player and a pain in the ass to play against.

[@hakansvensson1200]

I´m pretty sure that if Ulf was american, he´s be considered a legend. Secret Base cant stand great european players.

[@portopottybreath9375]

@@hakansvensson1200 come on guy. We ranger fans love King Henrik.

[@zerojae17]

Really well done! Great video!

[@gunnarsson87]

Love the video and you're a great narrator. As a Swede, I had Ulf Samuelsson as my idol growing up. I really think he is a underestimated player.

[@goodsolonius7305]

I love how you showed his decision to go with the full fish-bowl face shield for the seasons after the Domi incident

[@theredbaron9119]

Just came across your channel now, definitely late to the party but man this is hidden gem if I have ever seen one 👌

[@CarolinaBlood704]

Amazing video! Definitely love to see more hockey content!

[@rb99]

the canooks

[@iEppla]

This is great! Need more hockey video's

[@dirtface5923]

great video guy. I love both these guys.

[@not2tees]

Very enjoyable! Please do one for the 2018/19 season, props in any case.

[@dsjoakim35]

Fighting isnt a part of hockey in Sweden, that's why we suck at it. I remember when Thomas Holmström first got to the NHL, his nickname in Sweden was Demolition Man because of his ability to stand in front of the opponents goal and take hits and be a nuisance. In the NHL they thought Demolition Man meant he could kick some ass, and Rob Blake among others tried to start fights with him. Holmström of course is one of the nicest guys on earth, like many of us here in the frozen north of Sweden 😁

[@Mziff9]

Sounds like you need your jersey pulled over yah head and a knuckle sandwich to the jaw eh? Didn’t realize you all played Pee-Wee out there eh?

[@bourque801]

In my opinion, If Cam Neely does not get hurt against Samuelsson, The Bruins may have been able to win the cup In 1991....But as an honest Bruins fan I am sure of this, With the Bruins "Upper Management" at that time being not Interested In spending any money, I think that Cam Neely would have been on any number of teams through free agency In the 1990's....It Is no coincidence that when Cam Neely was at his best, around 1988 to 1991, the Bruins were Finals runner up twice, and Eastern Conference finals runner up once, When Neely was hurt, The Bruins weren't anywhere close to those lofty heights again....Cam Neely's unfairly shortened NHL career was not only a loss to the Bruins of course, it was a loss to the NHL as a whole....He would have had a 15+ year career like an Ovechkin or Crosby In today's NHL....It Is one of the great what If questions, what If Cam Neely has a full NHL career unencumbered by Injury....Anyway, thank you for this post.

[@punman5392]

Milbury should have never been allowed to be our head coach/GM. Dude has no idea how to run a hockey team

[@countof3everybodyOD]

bourque801 boi stahp. The Pens winning the following year is all the proof you need that they had championship pedigree

[@hugh2hoob668]

yeah no lol

[@hugh2hoob668]

@@countof3everybodyOD yeah lemieux ate bourque alive every time he played him too

[@stevencooke6451]

I'm definitely not a Bruins fan, but Neely was by far the best hockey power forward on earth. Samuelsson was a coward. Probably still is. He ended the hockey career of Pierre Mondou by partially blinding him with an intentional high stick.

[@crjaded]

Great narrative👍 subbed.

[@positivelynegative3260]

Respect for adding subtitles not close to enough youtubers do it!

[@jamiebriscoe6445]

Cam was such a beast. An amazing talent. Any coach would have killed to have a guy like that on their team.

[@mprattyh3]

Growing up 20 minutes from the Garden, Neely was my favorite

[@stevencooke6451]

I was a Habs fan, and Cam killed us, but I had a lot of respect for him. And none for dirty Ulf. I occasionally watch the Tie Domi sucker punch when I feel the universe doesn't punish the guilty nearly enough.

[@TheScottAF]

Other non-hockey beef videos are cute... but lets be real... This Beef series was made for hockey.

[@mikemiken1963]

"...are cute." Dont try to talk up tough guy hockey fights, but use soroity sister lingo.

[@jp2001almeida]

Great content!

[@ghettofridge]

Hahaha I love that interview with LB. He sounds exactly the same then as he does today on the radio.

[@mpad4497]

Thanks Domi!

[@yumpinyiminy963]

I remember those years and Cam's knees got targeted by every team they played in the playoffs.

[@TyqaPlaysHD]

i love these videos but the hockey beefs may be my favorite

[@tedthomas9038]

Great video!

[@thedankswordsmantm]

That was well covered. But remember back then a lot of that "pettiness" was connected to players getting seriously, seriously injured and there weren't a lot of suspensions unless you basically clubbed someone with you stick or hit someone after a goal. Most of that pettiness was from players feeling unsafe and wanting to police that internally. I'm not saying it worked as a over arching system but that is how they felt because they didn't feel like anyone else was going to protect them.

[@punman5392]

Don Cherry always finds a way to praise the Bruins. And of course also finds a way to rip on European players

[@paulk6399]

Your comment is good but it’s no Bobby Orr

[@lucianoserafino5872]

@CJ Dillon Only if they don't wear Poppies. He was right though he knows his hockey.

[@kevinburk1670]

yea and hes doing it in his basement alone blue must be dead by now

[@DaveKostka]

That is one of the things about him that has always annoyed me.

[@Themacdaddy-nx3kb]

He's a jackass. Ripped all Europeans. I remember when he said Jagr was everything that was wrong in the game today.

[@Zizzbiz]

Nicely done. Some great years in the NHL right there.

[@REVTrackStaff]

That LB news clip used to get played on the Hillman Morning Show in Boston where LB was the “sports director” for years. I miss LB. I hope he’s doing good.

[@jorjiporji1658]

What if jon Bois made a hockey vid 😱😱😱

[@ilikegus7274]

woow amazed he’s making a UFC video sometime in November

[@TheBrainSpecialist]

If he did it should be on how awful the rangers were in the 50s

[@slowriotfornewzerokaneda2719]

it would be pretty good

[@brittlebrit187]

What if Jon Bois made any video?

[@MrBcardinal35]

Internet explodes

[@ronfroehlich4697]

I kind of recall Mike Milbury calling bob Johnson a " professor of goonery"

[@Keyser___Soze]

Im a huge Bruins fan born and raised in Boston but I miss the Whalers. I love when I see someone rocking Hartford Whalers gear nowadays but it’s so very rare to see....

[@btuthill9653]

Just here for the Brass Bonanza! Great video BTW!

[@tommyk.8809]

More hockey beefs plz!

[@thewilster1000]

Loved Cam Neely but that hit on the knee wasn't that bad. Ulf stayed straight Cam moved to the side exposing the knee.. Not a penalty as much as I hate to say it. If I was Cam I'd be pissed too.. If I was Ulf OH well that is hockey.. And they went on to win the STanley Cup. Ulf was a bulldozer just like Cam and he proved it.. He was one dam good Dman. Probably one of the main reasons the Pens won the Cup.. Respect to both Cam and Ulf.. GREAT GREAT hockey back then.. The intensity just watching it was off the charts.. YEAH and I'm Canadian....

[@thewilster1000]

@Biff Mc Guzzle Cam should have nailed him straight up instead of veering off.. He was stronger than Ulf.. That is textbook knee writeoff or get your leg blown out.. Not Ulfs fault.. Just the way it is..

[@garnunce786]

@6:00 Worked on a team LB played for after LB was done with the Bruins. Funny thing is he is really a nice guy

[@kylepac]

great video, need more hockey videos, there's so many feuds in hockey it's unreal, UNLIMITED CONTENT POSSIBILITIES!

[@mikepurdue7472]

The part thats most fascinating to me is that his name was Neely... After all his injuries, they should've called him kneely 😂

[@Andrewlang90]

The “Canooks”? I’m from Van City, and I’ve never heard of them lol

[@matthewramos5219]

Love these hockey stories! Checkout the sean avery one too.

[@stomachhurts2044]

I love that ending lol subbed

[@jamest.cromie5814]

I think there’s another perspective to this piece that is sorely lacking. Samuelson was a Swede who never fought in his life growing up. Asking someone who has never fought anyone to suddenly go out and fight is pretty weak. Also, Boston liked to play rough with everyone but they were the first to cry whenever anyone played rough back. This is sour grapes.

[@johnathankorkie4984]

Boston are babies too but if your gonna constantly take runs at a guy (which I have no problem with) you gotta answer the bell. I was a physical player and if it wasn't for no fighting allowed I would of been willing to answer the bell. It's what you do

[@jamest.cromie5814]

Johnathan Korkie Yeah, I don’t have any problem with that part of it. I think that’s the least important part of the whole conversation. Neely’s landing a couple punches on Samuelsson’s helmet wasn’t going to make his hip any better. I’m just making the point that Boston beat the hell out of Samuelsson - and most others - for years, using both legal and illegal tactics. Then, Samuelsson goes to a much better team than the Whalers and he is finally freed up to exact some vengeance of his own in a way he hadn’t for years beforehand. Remember, as a Whaler, he was on the receiving end of almost ALL of the punishment. I just don’t have a lot of sympathy for teams like Boston or Philadelphia, would like to run around as part of their organizational DNA. Then, when they get caught on the wrong end of something, they scream bloody murder. Should Samuelsson have fought him? Yeah, he probably should have. Does it matter at all to the larger arc of the story? No, I don’t think so at all.

[@johnathankorkie4984]

@@jamest.cromie5814 that's fair

[@donaldcornchowder9112]

1. Boston still plays rough but cries whenever it's reciprocated. 2. I think if Ulf played that dirty he should expect receipts coming his way such as fights. The Pens have always been my 2nd favorite team, my family is from Pittsburgh, Sabres are my favorite being from Buffalo.

[@GeriatricHippo]

Sure Ulf was never expected to fight before the NFL. Still he knew the NFL had fighting and he had to know that if he played dirtier than everyone else in the league while refusing to fight that there would be league wide contempt. Ulf was the dirtiest player during his time and that was not just against Boston.

[@roguishpaladin]

I've seen this video before. I know this video. Yet, whenever I see a Bruins jersey in a thumbnail and the words "The dirtiest player in the league" I keep thinking that SB Nation has done a video on Brad Marchand...

[@David99356]

Screen turns green from envy...

[@loupgarou1317]

yes......the rat must be.....well ya know....he will get his....

[@Swag-Juice]

@@loupgarou1317 He got the soul cross-checked out of him from behind yesterday, check it out!

[@brandnewty]

@@Swag-Juice Good stuff

[@kevinburk1670]

@@loupgarou1317 think he did...see suban hit

[@timkenda8203]

Its too bad his knees went, Cam was a beast. I went to my first game in 95' at the garden when the bruins had neely and bourque, they were exciting to watch even at 7 years old.

[@deakontower6785]

Good stuff ty

[@loupgarou1317]

When something gets Ron Francis that fired up , you know it is serious!

[@beerdeliveryguy6265]

Usually its a cheeseburger with extra bacon

[@roygbivniz]

Another good video. Gotta mention Dennis Rodman and Karl Malone again

[@JimKinkade]

5:58 LB makes his entrance. WAY TO WORK KID! You’re the berries!

[@eddobrzeniecki6568]

THANK YOU TIE

[@hamonthecob]

Tie Domi was one of the dirtiest cheap shot artists in NHL history and for you to cheer on a sucker punch from anyone, but especially him, is a joke. Always loved this channel until this.

[@wilgeman6784]

taking it too seriously, it was just relevant in this case to bring up some karma for Ulf. calm down

[@tigvi3429]

Neely was peerless. A lethal puncher with a great scoring touch. A much too short career on the ice.

[@StonedSpagooter]

Do the Story of Fred Taylor and how the money in hockey got started! it is an amazing story people either don't know or forget. The Cyclone deserves some modern recognition. He was godly enough to be the first player payed and thats alone deserves a video!

[@andrewcheney3656]

Good job Ty

[@Murph_.]

Cheapest player of all time... Tie Domi. Hands down.

[@ugrath]

When Swedish steel meets Canadian wood

[@canuckereh5646]

"Cheap, dirty" steel, in Samuelson's case.

[@steli6490]

@@canuckereh5646 The only way for a Canadian to stop Samuelsson was to sucker punch him. Canadian weak wood.

[@canuckereh5646]

@@steli6490 ...or the Canadian would just challenge him to a fight...then that Swedish steel suddenly melts. By the way, respect to Swedes...except for that cheap shot artist. Ended the career of a great player... unforgivable.

[@GeriatricHippo]

Borje Salming was Swedish steel. Ulf was just a POS.

[@turdferguson6620]

Canucker Eh! That wasn’t a dirty play that ended Neely’s career

[@user-qk8xk3lg2k]

Nice job. You should have included Eric Lindros creaming him into the boards, and separating his shoulder in Toronto during the Canada Cup tournament

[@julianw5405]

i went to highschool with cam neely's kid, jack neely. I was in his Music Tech class. It was only a two person class because it was an elective that didn't fill a diploma requirement, and he was also much better at it than me.

[@BeantownYid86]

That last punch by Domi felt like sweet relief.

[@hugh2hoob668]

milbury *STILL* hasnt gotten over it

[@emt5330]

I remember when Ulfie played for the Binghamton Whalers, he laid a cheap shot on a member of the Nova Scotia Oilers. The next game between the two, the Oiler's enforcer went after Ulf in warmups. It took the Binghamton police to break it up.

[@austin31bennett]

That reaction to the osiphying was my reaction. Made me chuckle lol

[@Generalfly101]

6:45 absolutely killed me 😂😂😂

[@Mike7911779]

6:00 Lyndon Byers was never on the St. Louis Blues nor was he ever Gino Cavallini

[@grep67]

Was gonna say... haha

[@Mike7911779]

@@grep67 COME ON, COHAAGEN! GIVE THESE PEOPLE AIR!

[@thisiswebguru]

SBNation Hockey Videos are gold

[@soulcrusher807]

Ulf was a missing piece for the Penguins though. Hell he even scored the cup winning goal for the Penguins first cup.

[@abr1304]

I didn’t know milbury was a coach before he decimated the islanders

[@burkilonious]

Need to create a Brian Burke / Kevin Lowe video

[@steveb8201]

More videos like this please

[@altfactor]

One story I heard about the NHL/WHA merger was that the Boston Bruins were so against Hartford joining the NHL that they were willing to play five home games a year in Hartford if that would force the NHL to in turn force Whalers to either go out of business or be moved outside of New England.

[@notoriouseagle1074]

No different to what the Leafs did/are doing. That's why Hamilton will never get a team, that's why there will only be one in the GTA. Being the monopoly in your area is the thing to be. Only reason why New York and LA have two teams is because of their size.

[@jonmartin9686]

Finally hockey!!!

[@speaknoevil9472]

Kerry Fraser missing an obvious call? Unbelievable! [Sarcasm font]

[@benfromsk7740]

His hair was in the way.

[@709mash]

Very crisp editing!

[@vitogeraci843]

Hockey: One if the only sports where you figure out things that you never thought to be possible are indeed possible.

[@LegionarisRex]

Well.. not biased at all..

[@Shadow017M]

They said, with a Swedish flag as their profile pic

[@TMNTPIZZA]

Did you say Canooks?

[@stajanlickers4455]

You should did a video about Montreal and Quebec

[@hubby78p20]

Both players were great at what they did, Samuelssons job was too make the other teams stars focus on him and he was damn good at it and Neelys job was to score goals and he was damn good at that...but i dont think any of them will win a mr popular contest among other teams.

[@DrFunk-rk6yl]

No, Samuelson was a very dirty player who didn't play the right way. Neely was the greatest power forward of his generation. Few players disliked Neely. Samuelson was universally hated.

[@hubby78p20]

@@DrFunk-rk6yl "It's funny," the league's senior vice president, Brian Burke, said earlier this season. "There are 26 general managers, and 25 complain about Samuelsson. And all 25 would take him in a heartbeat."

[@DrFunk-rk6yl]

@@hubby78p20 you are probably right but that doesn't mean that he wasn't extraordinarily dirty. When people complain about Marchand I totally get it. He is a complete cheap shot artist but at the same time I recognize he has unbelievable skill.

[@hubby78p20]

@@DrFunk-rk6yl no i never said he didnt play dirty, that would have been stupid since Ulf himself always has admitted he played a dirty game because thats his job and he is damn good at that