The right wing for the Florida Silver Leafs ice hockey team is 65 years
old. He's almost blind in one eye. His helmet visor fogs up on the ice.
Collisions often knock his wire-frame glasses off his nose.
But you should feel sorry for Norm Beaudin's opponents in the 35-and-over league at the Ellenton Ice & Sports Complex.
A variation of the Gordie Howe "Hat Trick" -- a goal, high stick and ejection as The WHA Aeros battle the Winnipeg Jets in 1975.
From Evan Weiner of NHL.com
Gordie also helped Marty one night with a stunt that came straight out of a Three Stooges comedy skit that left Dineen, and virtually everyone on ice, laughing except for the victim, Edmonton Oilers defenseman Roger Cote.
"They
(Mark and Marty) remember it more than I do, but one time Marty was on
the ground and he was holding around somebody's arms and the guy (Cote)
said; 'You can let me go.' Marty said; 'Yeah, I was born yesterday,'"
Gordie recalled. "There was a fight and in those days of the WHA
everybody showed up. I looked around and Marty was on his back on the
ice and (Aeros captain and left wing) Teddy Taylor went over and tapped
the guy and said; 'It's all over.' What he said, I couldn't repeat it.
It is a little bilingual -- English and profanity -- so when that
happened, it started up all over again. I made it a point to go over
there and I said; 'It's all over.' And he said something about old,
something, something, so, I don't know why I did it, but these two big
fingers went into his nasal cavity and gave it a yank and he came up
pretty fast. It was quite embarrassing. I just lifted him up and Marty
said; 'Boy, the greatest thing was you should have seen the look on the
guy's face.' It worked good.
"You do things out there and you
don't know why. It was the one thing I thought of, where would I get
the best respect? It was up the nostrils.
The right wing for the Florida Silver Leafs ice hockey team is 65 years
old. He's almost blind in one eye. His helmet visor fogs up on the ice.
Collisions often knock his wire-frame glasses off his nose.
