WHA 1972-73 Blazers vs Nordiques

[@squiggleface3631]

Incredible and historical footage! Wow!

[@lesbattersby91]

Fascinating bit of footage showing Maurice Richard during his brief time as coach of the Nordiques. Also Derek Sanderson #16 in the line up for the Blazers.

[@guym2222]

Rocket was coach for what, a week?

[@lesbattersby91]

@@guym2222Yeah I think the Rocket only lasted two games as head coach. Interesting that many guys who were legends as players couldn’t take the pressure of being head coach.

[@patrickmcneil9180]

Richard probably coached more pre-season games for the Nords than regular season games

[@maginot]

@@guym2222 No! One game!

[@loilt5091]

Sanderson, later, was with the Canucks once again in Vancouver. My bad…

[@timburr4453]

A beaut of a uniform matchup

[@SirManfly]

What if you had a hockey game in Quebec City featuring JC Tremblay and Derek Sanderson and next to nobody showed up? 🤣

[@phoenixstl1]

Wow thanks for the upload. I remember listening to all of the Blazer games on the radio. None of their games were televised.

[@Rockhound6165]

Yeah they were on channel 12 of all places.

[@VintageOnline100]

Exhibition Game played @ Le Colissee on 10/3/72. Won by Quebec 6-4. Maurice Richard would only coach 2 regular season games during this inaugural WHA season. Extremely rare video of Derek Sanderson who came with great fanfare to the WHA but only played 8 regular season games before getting injured & having his million dollar contract bought out. The Blazers would only survive one season in the WHA. Founded as the Miami Screaming Eagles, they never played a game in Miami & instead moved to Philadelphia for the inaugural 1972-73 season. They then moved to Vancouver & became the Vancouver Blazers for 2 years before moving to Calgary & reincarnating as the Calgary Cowboys prior to the 1975-76 season.

[@antonchigurh7227]

Thanks for the great info.. Huge WHA fan here. That must be Marcel Paille in net for the Blazers

[@pjet8042]

Thanks for clearing up that it was an exhibition game. I was searching The Hockey News archive and the first time Philly played at Quebec was Nov.2 and both Sanderson and Maurice Richard wouldn't have been there by that time. Interesting tidbit on the Nov. 2 game, (6-3 Quebec win) is that it shows both Paille and Archambault in goal, Bernie Parent must have been injured.

[@OldGretscher]

Wow! Super rare, particularly considering that Derek only played 8 games w the Blazers. TY!

[@pjet8042]

And Richard only coached a few games for Quebec! WOW

[@antonchigurh7227]

Amazing that Sanderson for a little while ended up sleeping on a Park Bench in New York's Central Park

[@Rockhound6165]

Rare non-Parent start. I believe Yves Archambault is in goal judging by the #30. Marcel Paille was #1 and Parent #00 with the flaming mask. And it's wild watching a game with almost no one wearing helmets. Wish it was Parent playing. He had the coolest mask in history.

[@resurrectionsunday]

Bernie was hurt

[@Rockhound6165]

@@resurrectionsunday looking at the Nordiques goal, that might be Bernie. Looks like his Fibrosport style mask just unpainted. Archambault wore a Higgins mask as did Paille.

[@MrPunkforlife]

Looks like JC Tremblay is playing as a forward. 8O

[@trevor8493]

Wild , good stuff

[@JohnMartin-yj3gv]

Does any one remember Nordiques Sunday night hockey on TVA?

[@3b1d5c]

Great footage!

[@Dowd34]

Jean-Claude Tremblay, le plus oublié des grands défenseurs québécois?

[@maginot]

Qui mérite d'entrer au Temple de la renommée.

[@karenmontgomerie]

Before the Blazers got their colored gloved😊

[@pjet8042]

good catch

[@kevinharris5737]

Rocket couldn't handle coaching, he was stuck in the 1950's.