RIP Ken Dryden

[mpcincal]

Legendary Montreal Canadiens goaltender, Ivy League graduate, and lawyer:

https://www.nhl.com/news/montreal-canadiens-legend-ken-dryden-dies-at-78
And, of course, he was the other guy in the booth for "Do you believe in miracles? Yes." Actually, Dryden called it first: As Michaels counts it down from five second you can barely hear Dryden interject "it's over" right before Al utters his famous line.

 

[Webster]

Big Red legend

 

[HanSenSE]

 

[Michael_ Gee]

His book "The Game" is excellent. In it, Dryden wrote that he first decided about retiring after a game in which he played poorly but the Canadiens won anyway because if he couldn't even LOSE a game for the team, he was washed.

 

[MileHigh]

Was the analyst with Al Michaels for the Miracle on Ice game.

 

[Driftwood]

Old Time Hockey

RIP

 

[BYH 2: Electric Boogaloo]

Legendary Montreal Canadiens goaltender, Ivy League graduate, and lawyer:

https://www.nhl.com/news/montreal-canadiens-legend-ken-dryden-dies-at-78
And, of course, he was the other guy in the booth for "Do you believe in miracles? Yes." Actually, Dryden called it first: As Michaels counts it down from five second you can barely hear Dryden interject "it's over" right before Al utters his famous line.

Incredible. Have seen that hundreds of times, like any good red-blooded American, and never noticed that before.

 

[OscarMadison]

Really, Death? And no, James Dobson does not even this out.

Dryden is the first name to come to mind when I start to use the phrase "Gentleman Scholar" as it pertains to hockey players. The Game is an amazing book and the play he co-authored years ago is also extraordinary. (Of course, I can't remember the title and can find nothing about it online because of Beyond Ken Dryden. Yes, I want to see that, too.)

Enjoy your break as a scratch in the Hereafter.

 

[Liut]

Rich Eisen had Uncle Al on his show today. Michaels provided an outstanding tribute. It was really cool.

 

[Machine Head]

I think it was his first playoff run when Dennis Hull nailed him in the melon.

I loved those Canadian teams.

**** the Flyers and their game.

RIP.

 

[BurnsWhenIPee]

His book "The Game" is excellent. In it, Dryden wrote that he first decided about retiring after a game in which he played poorly but the Canadiens won anyway because if he couldn't even LOSE a game for the team, he was washed.

When I first started getting into hockey, that was the first book I read about the sport. Loved how matter-of-fact he was about being great and able to do what few others could.

The fact that he basically became bored with his dominance and was hungry to challenge himself with other, arguably more noble pursuits, is something that we need more of in the world. Did he become an attorney, or am I imagining that?

 

[Michael_ Gee]

When I first started getting into hockey, that was the first book I read about the sport. Loved how matter-of-fact he was about being great and able to do what few others could.

The fact that he basically became bored with his dominance and was hungry to challenge himself with other, arguably more noble pursuits, is something that we need more of in the world. Did he become an attorney, or am I imagining that?

Attorney, college professor, member of Canada's Parliament.

 

[Woody Long]

When I first started getting into hockey, that was the first book I read about the sport. Loved how matter-of-fact he was about being great and able to do what few others could.

The fact that he basically became bored with his dominance and was hungry to challenge himself with other, arguably more noble pursuits, is something that we need more of in the world. Did he become an attorney, or am I imagining that?

He played his first professional season while he was a first-year law student at McGill, starting with the Montreal Voyageurs of the AHL before being called up to the Habs and playing six regular season games, stealing the starting job and going on to win the Conn Smythe and the Stanley Cup that year. The next season, while still going to law school, he won the Calder Trophy.

 

[Kato]

Dryden is one of my two favorite hockey facts. The first is if you take away Gretzky's goals, he's still the all-time points leader. The other is that Dryden won a Stanley Cup and the Conn Smythe for the playoffs the season BEFORE he won the Calder as rookie of the year.

And, as a former college hockey writer, I believe the award for goalie of the year should be named after Ken Dryden, not Mike Richter.

 

[micropolitan guy]

Eddie Giacomin passed today too. Great goalies of that era.