tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28353421.post115751785612161882..comments2024-02-14T20:44:57.289-08:00Comments on Chicago Blackhawks Legends: "Mr. Goalie" Glenn HallJoe Pelletierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01906327400250923397noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28353421.post-30386307898975677732015-06-17T17:42:09.836-07:002015-06-17T17:42:09.836-07:00ON MAY 10, 1970 THE BOSTON BRUINS BEAT THE ST. LOU...ON MAY 10, 1970 THE BOSTON BRUINS BEAT THE ST. LOUIS BLUES IN OVERTIME IN GAME FOUR OF THE STANLEY CUP FINALS, SWEEPING THE BLUES AND WINNING THE CUP. THERE IS THE FAMOUS PHOTOGRAPH OF THE GREAT BOBBY ORR'S FLYING THRU THE AIR AS HE SCORES THE STANLEY CUP CLINCHING GOAL AT 40 SECONDS OF THE FIRST OVERTIME. WHAT IS OFTEN OVERLOOKED IS THAT THE GREAT GLENN HALL PLAYED ONE OF THE GREATEST PLAYOFF GAMES BY A GOALTENDER EVER. THE BRUINS THREW EVERYTHING AT HIM DURING THE SIXTY MINUTES OF REGULATION AND ONLY MR. HALL'S PHENOMENAL GOALTENDING FORCED THE GAME INTO OVERTIME. AS A BRUINS FAN, I NEVER TIRE OF VIEWING THE PHOTOGRAPH OF MR. ORR'S CUP CLINCHING GOAL, BUT I ALSO REMEMBER THAT THE GOALIE WHOM BOBBY ORR SCORED ON IN THE PHOTOGRAPH, GLENN HALL, PLAYED A GREAT GAME THAT FORCED THE OVERTIME.JOE Tnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28353421.post-5670862054132546462015-05-16T21:06:08.411-07:002015-05-16T21:06:08.411-07:00@ Anonymous...Glenn did not wear a mask in the ...@ Anonymous...Glenn did not wear a mask in the '68 final vs Montreal. The following season Jacques came to St Louis and that's when Hall donned the mask...Also when Plante arrived he tried to play using the butter fly style, but Glenn urged him to stay with his traditional stand up style because it was be easier on the boday...both were aging and the demands of the butterfly did take it's toll on the body...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28353421.post-43710533019106299212011-10-23T18:57:26.450-07:002011-10-23T18:57:26.450-07:00I disagree with John. Glenn Hall was wearing a mas...I disagree with John. Glenn Hall was wearing a mask when he lost to Bruins in the Stanley Cup Finals.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28353421.post-43389922964625745732010-05-06T22:05:52.047-07:002010-05-06T22:05:52.047-07:00To Rex--It is indeed true that the top Western Dev...To Rex--It is indeed true that the top Western Devision team got into the finals. That was because Clarence Cambel (SP?) the comm. of the NHL wanted it that way. <br />The Blues had to beat both the Flyers and the old Minnesota North Stars in very exciting 7 games series to get to the finals. The 7th game against Minnesota went into a 3rd. overtime. The author of this peace got the Mr. Goalie right.<br /><br />It should be added, that the reason that Detroit traded Glenn to the Black Hawks was because he lost a playoff series to the the Boston Bruins in his second year with Detroit. Glenn was hit in the face with a deflected shot. He had to leave the ice, received 26 stitches or so and then returned to the game. <br /><br />The Red Wings felt that Glenn had lost his nerve, and dealt him away. If after being hit in the face with a flying hockey puck, and you can still finish the game--perhaps you will never lose your nerve.<br /><br />As an aside; when Jacques Plante joined Glenn in St. Louis, Jacques finally got Glenn to wear a mask! What is also amusing is that as Glenn's innovation was the inverted "V" style, Plante also was quite an innovator. He was the 1st. goaltender to wear a mask in the NHL. He was also the first goalie to "roam" away from the goal crease.<br />I can tell you personally that it was quite a treat to see them perform for the Blues.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09463064678213603093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28353421.post-3076419765925444522009-08-31T01:34:34.047-07:002009-08-31T01:34:34.047-07:00as of 1971 did or did not hall have more playoff t...as of 1971 did or did not hall have more playoff than any other hockey player? RSVP jjrjr3@hotmail.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28353421.post-12742499449698391752009-05-20T13:44:40.588-07:002009-05-20T13:44:40.588-07:00One comment needs to be made: in the first few pla...One comment needs to be made: in the first few playoffs after the 1967 expansion, the best expansion team automatically got to play in the finals. So there were 6 "original" teams of which the best got into the finals and 6 "expansion teams" - in other words, St. Louis did not have to beat all the toughest teams in the playoffs, only the other expansion teams.<br /><br />Still, Glenn Hall clearly is a legend. I just want to state this one fact straight, not to dis "mr. goalie".rexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18425495370426231975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28353421.post-85193702196873928742008-11-22T08:55:00.000-08:002008-11-22T08:55:00.000-08:00Well, when you consider what it takes to play 502 ...Well, when you consider what it takes to play 502 games, consecutively, in the old school six team NHL without a mask pretty much tells the type of man Mr. Goalie was! I truly believe Glenn Hall is one of the best goaltenders in the history of the NHL.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28353421.post-43775249991508349472008-10-05T20:04:00.000-07:002008-10-05T20:04:00.000-07:00The author is basically a fan of Hall rather than ...The author is basically a fan of Hall rather than a bitter journalist and because of this he gets it right. I was most interested in Hall's days sharing the nets with Jacques Plante in St. Louis and it shows how Hall basically helped turn St. Louis into the NHL's best new market back in 1967. Hall also comes across as no dummy and a very honorable teammate and man.<BR/><BR/>It's really great that when his story was told, it was told by someone who understands that Hall not Sawchuk, Roy, Plante, Hasek or Tretiak is hockey's greatest goalie.<BR/><BR/>The only points he missed were no action shots inside showing Hall's famous V, or butterfly, style that truly revolutionized goaltending (sorry, Patrick Roy, but it wasn't you) and he kept calling his "glovehand" his "catch glove" which I have never heard in all the years I've played or watched hockey.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com