Most know him from coaching the Leafs for a little over a year and mainly coaching in the ECHL, but I always knew him from coaching in the hard nosed SHL for the Hampton Gulls, who was farming for the WHA.
He never made it into the big leagues but was a minor league legend for his hard nosed and many penalty minutes play. It was never confirmed but he surely was the model for Reggie Dunlop in the movie Slapshot.
Personally I saw him tossed from a number of games coaching for Hampton, from tossing sticks on the ice to pulling a refs sweater over his head. Gawd I miss those SHL games.....it was a very tough league, each team had a couple of speedsters that would be called up a couple of times a year, but it was a great deal of smash you through the glass and bench emptying brawls.
Most know him from coaching the Leafs for a little over a year and mainly coaching in the ECHL, but I always knew him from coaching in the hard nosed SHL for the Hampton Gulls, who was farming for the WHA.
He never made it into the big leagues but was a minor league legend for his hard nosed and many penalty minutes play. It was never confirmed but he surely was the model for Reggie Dunlop in the movie Slapshot.
Personally I saw him tossed from a number of games coaching for Hampton, from tossing sticks on the ice to pulling a refs sweater over his head. Gawd I miss those SHL games.....it was a very tough league, each team had a couple of speedsters that would be called up a couple of times a year, but it was a great deal of smash you through the glass and bench emptying brawls.
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