This was a find by Harold over at Vintage Leafs. Interesting in places, hokey in others, but has...

This was a find by Harold over at Vintage Leafs. Interesting in places, hokey in others, but has 1939 game action with Syl Apps and Turk Broda. Note this is before TV, so the ice surface isn't painted white.

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At 6:40 a woman who looks like the Queen gets hit in the head with a stick.

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by Chemmy on Oct 29, 2009 1:03 PM EDT reply actions

And the announcer says “Ouch”. It’s amazing.

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by Chemmy on Oct 29, 2009 1:15 PM EDT up reply actions

Best part of the film by far.

Second best is when he says Toronto is playing ring around the rosy because, he guesses, they went to play defensively until they get back their 6th man.

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by SkinnyFish on Oct 29, 2009 1:25 PM EDT up reply actions

Can you imagine if a fan got hit in the head with a stick as a player was skating by today? They’d cancel the season.

In that video we all have a good laugh.

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by Chemmy on Oct 29, 2009 1:31 PM EDT up reply actions

It’s funny because that woman is long dead

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by Pal Hal Pall on Oct 29, 2009 1:50 PM EDT up reply actions

people really misinterpret the long term impact of brain injuries

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by blindfolded tank driver on Oct 29, 2009 2:01 PM EDT up reply actions

Did you know that everyone who’s ever eaten a hot dog will die eventually?

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by Chemmy on Oct 29, 2009 2:08 PM EDT up reply actions

yeah, and everyone who ever hasn’t eaten a hot dog will also eventually die. So all you have to do is avoid falling into one of these two categories, and you’re golden.

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by Pal Hal Pall on Oct 29, 2009 2:13 PM EDT up reply actions

I like chili and cheese on top of my hot dogs. I’m going to die sooner than most.

To quote Mel Gibson misquoting William Wallace “Every man dies. Not every man truly lives.”

I’m truly living with my chili-cheese dogs; are you?

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by SkinnyFish on Oct 29, 2009 2:22 PM EDT up reply actions

dont forget the sauteed onions

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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 29, 2009 2:30 PM EDT up reply actions

Actually, notice too that there is no red line. The Leaf at centre ice is all by itself out there.

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by 1967ers on Oct 29, 2009 1:22 PM EDT reply actions

Gay, hopeful, good natured crowds.

Love it.
Also, 1939- very soon after this, Canadian troops would start heading over to England for the war. It kind of reminds me of the old war propaganda films.

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by kidkawartha on Oct 29, 2009 1:33 PM EDT reply actions

This is terrific

Who’s going to win? Evertone wants to know. Some like the Rangers. Some like Toronto. Wherever they are, whatevery they’re doing, wherever sports fans get together, hockey is news – good news – good enough news to bring us from the far side(?) – crowds of us - gay, hopeful, good natured crowds. They’re out for a good time, for excitment and thrills.

by general borschevsky on Oct 29, 2009 1:38 PM EDT reply actions

Those gay crowds always want some excitement.

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by Chemmy on Oct 29, 2009 1:43 PM EDT up reply actions

One of the neatest parts was seeing the equipment managers actually making the sticks before the game. Cutting to length, lie, balance, and then seeing the pros search for a stick they liked. How cool was that?

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by SkinnyFish on Oct 29, 2009 1:47 PM EDT reply actions