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almost played in Montreal
before going to play with the Boston Bruins don played on their farm team but even before that he almost played for the Montreal Canadiens. in the 1955 playoffs, don was playing agest this old team Montreal. -
protect your goalies
as a player and coach don has always protected his goalies but one time back in the day before goalies started using masks they would just take the puck in the mouth. after the game, they lost because the goalie took a puck in the face and their coach Joe Crozier was really mad he told everyone to be at practice tomorrow 9 AM sharp but don told him that Gerry Cheevers isn't coming has been through enough and the coach didn't know what to say. when no goalies showed up he never said anything -
western hockey league the Canucks
Don tells us about when he played on the Vancouver Canucks when they won the championships for there league they never lost a game in the hole playoffs. -
Ice Dogs and the Toronto sun
when don was coaching the ice dogs. Don tells us that he was usually good with the press and could dance with the best but this guy caught him off guard. Don thought he would be nice and let him interview him but this guy tricked him pretty bad and made him look bad. but at the end of the day, don lured a lesson and will never make that mistake agin. -
Vancouver making Roberto Luongo captain
Don thinks when picking captains the choice of pinking a goalie is a bad idea. if a goalie was the captain he would have too much stress on his shoulders from stopping pucks to have to deal with people getting in there head at the end of the day your goalie should never be ur captain -
Don and Ron cup finials Hawks vs Flyers
Don and Ron had a few too many pops after last nights game and are in the cab the next morning and are not feeling too well. they get to the airport and everyone thinks there cops -
Toronto Maple Leafs make Dion Phaneuf
Don talks about when the Leafs made Phaneuf their captain and talks about what the team leader needs to be the captain stong and isn't afraid to say what needs to be said. -
Ron being to nice to strangers
Don always gets mad at Ron for being too nice to people and just giving out money to strangers, Don always says what if they're just pretending to be homeless but Ron always likes to help people no matter what. -
drinking with the team
Don was coaching and was on the road and the boys wanted to go to the bar but it was closed so he let them go to the bar at the hotel but coaches never really let players do this. they were all down there having a beer and one of his old friends/scoots came in so don told him to come for a beer and when he was done his beer he called the owner and told on don for drinking with the players. -
the passing of bobby probert
Tie Domi called don and left a voice mail telling him that Bobby Probert has passed away, don was surprised that Tie called him first to let him know. after all the fights and all the games played against each other at the end of the day ur all brothers no matter what.
