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Remembering The Big Fight
by Paul on 04/03/09 at 01:28 PM ET
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from Joe O’Conner of the National Post,
It was not his fault. Not entirely. He did not start it. He was just trying to defend himself from an angry mob of Boston Bruins. They were coming at him in waves: Terrible Teddy Green, Johnny (Pie) McKenzie, Johnny Bucyk and Gerry Cheevers. Everybody. The Boston bench was empty. Even the Bruins fans were coming at him, throwing punches and beers and God knows what else over the glass at the old Boston Garden.
It was hockey mayhem on April 2, 1969. It was the last NHL game Forbes Kennedy would ever play.
added 3:36pm, Thanks to a pointer left in the comments, I have added a video of the start of the incident below…
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FYI, the hit on Orr is on YouTube, though most of the fight is not.... It’s the first result that comes up under a search for “Forbes Kennedy”.
Posted by shazam88 from California on 04/03/09 at 02:34 PM ET