IAmCanadian27 Posted November 19, 2007 Share Posted November 19, 2007 I'm watching the ceremony now. Lou just came out and there haven't been any boos, just polite clapping. They liked his "Bon soir tout le monde" though! Lou speaking French Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IAmCanadian27 Posted November 20, 2007 Share Posted November 20, 2007 Larry just got a little choked up when he started talking about his kids. He says, "I'm not gonna be a Mark Messier." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HellOnICE Posted November 20, 2007 Share Posted November 20, 2007 It's nice to tear up while watching this. Go Larry Go. great line "No, I won't do messier" or whatever he said, when he started to cry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HellOnICE Posted November 20, 2007 Share Posted November 20, 2007 Is there a classier guy? Is there someone who cares more about the game than Larry? No. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TravisZajac Posted November 20, 2007 Author Share Posted November 20, 2007 I watched the whole ceremony... Amazing. I really liked the Lou " BONSOIR TOUT LE MONDE"... Even though, I heard couple of boos when Lou came into for the ceremony. But, the Habs fans clapped when Lou talked about Larry,(No boos heard.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beezer34 Posted November 20, 2007 Share Posted November 20, 2007 (edited) Congrats to one of the best d'man hockey's ever had the privlage of knowing. A true legend of the game, his name's on the cup 9 times, and now his number's in the rafters for all of time. Edited November 20, 2007 by Beezer34 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaneykoIsGod Posted November 20, 2007 Share Posted November 20, 2007 In honor of Larry, here's a passage from Ken Dryden's The Game (which, BTW, is an amazing book) about the 1976 Stanley Cup Finals: After they had won two consecutive Stanley Cups, this was the last go-round of the "Broad Street Bullies," but with Dave Schultz, Jack Mcllhargey, Don Saleski, Bob Kelly, and others, they were still a hugely intimidating team. We knew that to beat them we would neeed to neutralize their intimidation (in order to free up the rest of our game, which we knew to be superior); so Bowman lined up Bouchard, Chartraw (in Philadelphia), Risebrough, Tremblay, and Robinson against them. We won the first game in Montreal, and were leading midway through the third period of the second, when Gary Dornhoefer, a tall, lean, irritating winger for the Flyers, moved across our blueline. From his left defense position, Robinson angled over to play him. In most arenas, when struck by colliding bodies, the boards whip obligingly out of shape, absorbing much of the force of the blow before whipping back into position again. Not so in the Forum. Forum boards arc solid and punishingly unyielding, or always had been. Driving into Dornhoefer, Robinson hit him so hard that the Flyer's body dented a section of boards, leaving it an inch or so in back of where it had just been moments before.The game was haulted, amid an awestruck buzz from the crowd, and for several minutes Forum workmen used hammers and crowbars trying to undo what Robinson had just done. But when the boards were banged back into place, the impression remained. He had done it with such crushing case: no cross-ice leaping, elbowing, high-sticking charge; just simple "aw shucks" destruction, the kind that leaves behind the shuddering hint of something more to come. He had delivered a message -- to the Flyers, to the rest of the league, to himself. A series that had been moving our way found its irrevocable direction, and we won in four straight games. Robinson was named Sport magazine's MVP of the playoffs. Congrats, Larry. It's about damn time you got the honor you deserved. Without Robinson, who knows if Stevens would have developed into the player he became (does the above story remind anyone else of the '95 Finals and the hit on Kozlov?). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revan Posted November 20, 2007 Share Posted November 20, 2007 All the best, Larry #19! Congrats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ice dog Posted November 20, 2007 Share Posted November 20, 2007 that was awesome. center ice carried the sportsnet feed for 4 hours got to see the whole ceremony. larry's the best... what a night for the robinson's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxchaznjxx Posted November 20, 2007 Share Posted November 20, 2007 In honor of Larry, here's a passage from Ken Dryden's The Game (which, BTW, is an amazing book) about the 1976 Stanley Cup Finals: Congrats, Larry. It's about damn time you got the honor you deserved. Without Robinson, who knows if Stevens would have developed into the player he became (does the above story remind anyone else of the '95 Finals and the hit on Kozlov?). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Leeds Posted November 20, 2007 Share Posted November 20, 2007 i wish there was better footage of the robinson/schultz scrap. looks like larry may have gotten the better of it. i never knew larry could drop the gloves too.i'm very happy for larry and wish him all the best. i think he's as responsible as anyone for making NJ a respectable franchise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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