15 years ago today

[\GoBillsInDallas/]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3Gvfr9GUC0

 

Edited April 22, 2021 by \GoBillsInDallas/

[WildCard]

Still one of my favorite games ever, what a hit.

[miles]

I like the black goat head jerseys the best

 

 

[Scottysabres]

I can still remember my brother and I both screaming at the same time, "Oh ****".

 

[inkman]

  On 4/22/2021 at 12:04 PM, Mike Honcho said:

I like the black goat head jerseys the best

 

 

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[miles]

  On 4/22/2021 at 12:33 PM, inkman said:

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I hate the blue and yellow we have historically had. The black was so much nicer

[inkman]

  On 4/22/2021 at 12:40 PM, Mike Honcho said:

I hate the blue and yellow we have historically had. The black was so much nicer

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Different strokes for different folks.  

[Zamboni]

  On 4/22/2021 at 12:40 PM, Mike Honcho said:

I hate the blue and yellow we have historically had. The black was so much nicer

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Let me guess ... you are under 40

[miles]

  On 4/22/2021 at 12:45 PM, Zamboni said:

Let me guess ... you are under 40

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[lost in dc]

Soupy....what a player

[Stoner]

I wonder if they ever fixed Umberger.

Nice goal after that.

[inkman]

  On 4/22/2021 at 1:18 PM, PASabreFan said:

I wonder if they ever fixed Umberger.

Nice goal after that.

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My blood thirst quickly evaporates when watching that hit.  Dude got his brain scrambled. He’s got a family.  I don’t enjoy seeing anyone like that...other than Brad Marchand.  That guy can get dead. 

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[KC Scouts]

Every youth hockey coach should show his players that video and explain WHY you don't stickhandle with your head down....unless you don't want your head.... 

[DarthEbriate]

The best part was that we won the game.

My memory of this was I listened to it via online radio live and was floored by it. The call was RJ at his peak -- the call and then he backed off and let the roar of the arena tell the story. That was what I remember - the crowd roar just didn't die down over the radio. Now, they were cheering for the continued fracas as well, but it was the sustain.

So! A couple hours later when I went out for beers with friends (mind you, west coast so it was probably 10-11 PM) and I directed friends to watch the bar's TV as sportscenter highlights were coming on...   the bar in Seattle let out a collective "oooofff" when they saw it. That hit was visceral to innocent bystanders who had no interest or connection to the teams or even the game.

[Stoner]

  On 4/22/2021 at 1:37 PM, KC Scouts said:

Every youth hockey coach should show his players that video and explain WHY you don't stickhandle with your head down....unless you don't want your head.... 

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Was his head down? And do youth players go head hunting?

  On 4/22/2021 at 1:35 PM, inkman said:

My blood thirst quickly evaporates when watching that hit.  Dude got his brain scrambled. He’s got a family.  I don’t enjoy seeing anyone like that...other than Brad Marchand.  That guy can get dead. 

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It's also 15 years later. We know a lot more. And we should be a lot wiser.

[SwampD]

  On 4/22/2021 at 1:18 PM, PASabreFan said:

I wonder if they ever fixed Umberger.

Nice goal after that.

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He was a pretty good player for quite a few years after that hit.

[Carmel Corn]

  On 4/22/2021 at 1:14 PM, lost in dc said:

Soupy....what a player

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Yet Ruff had him in and out of the lineup as a healthy scratch...sure he was never going to be a shutdown guy, but I always felt Ruff wasted some of Soupy's time here by keeping him out of the lineup.

[Taro T]

  On 4/22/2021 at 1:37 PM, KC Scouts said:

Every youth hockey coach should show his players that video and explain WHY you don't stickhandle with your head down....unless you don't want your head.... 

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They also should use it as an example of a "buddy pass" and why you never feed the puck to a spot that lines a teammate up for that sort of a hit.

[CallawaySabres]

  On 4/22/2021 at 12:04 PM, Mike Honcho said:

I like the black goat head jerseys the best

 

 

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I love the royal blue now but man, that goat head team was my favorite in Buffalo sports history. Impossible not to love the jersey because of it.....perfect 3rd

[mjd1001]

  On 4/22/2021 at 12:40 PM, Mike Honcho said:

I hate the blue and yellow we have historically had. The black was so much nicer

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I'll agree with that.

I'm in my 40's...I grew up with the Blue and Gold for years and years watching the Sabres.  Yet I prefer the red and black by a lot.

[thewookie1]

  On 4/22/2021 at 7:18 PM, Taro T said:

They also should use it as an example of a "buddy pass" and why you never feed the puck to a spot that lines a teammate up for that sort of a hit.

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Pretty much this; the Flyer who passed the puck effectively sentenced his teammate to a concussion. 

[KC Scouts]

  On 4/22/2021 at 2:43 PM, PASabreFan said:

Was his head down? And do youth players go head hunting?

It's also 15 years later. We know a lot more. And we should be a lot wiser.

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Yes, his head was down and his teammate didn't do him any favors. its not head hunting, it was a clean hit. Umberger committed a cardinal sin, especially in a playoff game.

Scott Stevens was a head hunter, ask Eric Lindros.

Yes, youth hockey players do it. I've witnessed it.

 

[JujuFish]

I went looking for a GDT of this game, but I can't seem to find it.  I did find this by @LabattBlue:

 

https://www.sabrespace.com/community/topic/2886-stanley-cup-playoffs-begin/?do=findComment&comment=21496

"- Folks will still be talking about that Campbell hit 20 years from now."

 

It looks like we were using IRC to chat during the games at that point.  And since I used to log everything, and I'm a digital hoarder, I still have it.  Here are some quotes from that game:

 

"<ChileanSeaBass> you don't like to see anyone get killed like that, but that was a pretty hit"

"<Alaska_Darin> Nothing wrong with that hit.  Nothing wrong with the Flyers being pissed, either."

"<NavyBillsFan> We are comin live from the Philly medical room....  Mr. Umberger, how do you feel after that crushing hit?    Who Dat... Who Dare?????"

"<Alaska_Darin> They got the best performance he's ever given and they still got beat - and they got the wind taken out of their sales when Umberger decided he was going to spend the rest of the evening breathing through his mouth."

"<PromoTheRobot> Umberger ...that's right...he's done for the series
<PromoTheRobot> concussion for sure!"  [note: If I remember right, Umberger only missed 1 game]

[Pimlach]

  On 4/22/2021 at 2:43 PM, PASabreFan said:

Was his head down? And do youth players go head hunting?

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Yes. Yes they do. 

[Stoner]

  On 4/25/2021 at 1:43 PM, Pimlach said:

Yes. Yes they do. 

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That's sad. Shame on the so called adults.