This Tweet from “The Hockey Samurai” on Twitter certainly bears noting today:
1951-52 Detroit Red Wings. Stanley Cup Champions and the first team to go 8-0 in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. pic.twitter.com/mw2YFpERs7
— The Hockey Samurai 侍 (@hockey_samurai) August 9, 2024
What a list of legends. Sawchuk, Lindsay, Abel, Howe, Skov, Tibbs, Leswick, Prystai, Pavelich, Reise, Kelly, Woit, Pronovost, Goldham, Glover, Stasiuk, Delvecchio…
Off the top of my head, I believe that Sawchuk, Lindsay, Abel, Howe, Kelly and Pronovost are in the Hockey Hall of Fame, as is Jack Adams, and at least growing up, names like Tony Leswick, Metro Prystai and Marty Pavelich were just a notch down from the immortals.
In the words of whoever the hell said it, “Wow, just wow.” Truly a legendary team, and the team that inspired the Cusmano brothers’ octopus-tossing at that.
The immortals got around, too. There’s a family story that I don’t know the truth of, but my uncles and aunt insist that Gordie and Ted used to come over to grandpa and grandma McElgunn’s for dinner from time to time. They got kicked out for scrapping with each other.
