Walking Together Forever: The Broad Street Bullies, Then and Now

by Jim Jackson

Fred Shero, the head coach of the teams forever remembered as the Broad Street Bullies, chose the hours before Game 4 of the 1974 Stanley Cup Finals to inscribe this on the locker room blackboard: Win... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1582613893
• ISBN13: 9781582613895
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Sports Publishing LLC
• Length: 259 Pages
• Weight: 0.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Great reading, whether you loved 'em or hated 'em!

During the 70s I was a rabid New York Ranger fan and hated the Broad Street bullies with a passion. My biggest thrill was seeing Dave Schultz get his clock cleaned (which unfortunately didn't happen too often). Consequently I approached this book with a little trepidation since I was expecting a Stan Fischler type of read promoting the Flyers as a flawless group of men who put everything together for a few years and then rode off into the glorious sunset. This book is anything but that. The players and their coach are exposed with all their warts. Divorce, death in the family, alcoholism, depression and getting screwed by the organization are shown to be every bit part and parcel of the NHL player as they are the man on the street. I came away with a new found respect for these players who for years represented for me everything that is evil in the National Hockey League. (The exception being Bobby Clarke who proves what a jerk he is by freely admitting that he intentionally broke the ankle of a star Russian player just to get him off the ice). Highly recommended for hockey fans who fondly remember this era of slam-bang hockey without face shields and few helmets.