LARRY
LARRY KEENAN FOR THE FIRST GO UP HERE BY HANDCLAPPING FEET STOMPING SONG SINGING FANS IN
THE ST. LOUIS ARENA FOR THEIR
BLUES DOMINATE THE GEL'S WEST
DIVISION.
THE BLUES BECAME THE BEST
OF THE ORIGINAL SIX EXPANSION
TEAMS LARGELY BECAUSE OF A
YOUNG SCOTTY BOWMAN AS COACH
AND GM.
HE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN BRINGING
BOB PLAYER TO ST. LOUIS.
HE WENT ON TO BECOME THE
WINNINGEST COACH IN HOCKEY
HISTORY.
HE IS TONIGHT'S CARDINAL
BUICK'S SUNDAY CONVERSATION.
BOB WAS QUITE THE PRANKSTER.
WHAT WAS THE STORY WITH HE AND
REPORT AND THE FALSE TEETH?
WELL, WE WENT ON WE DIDN'T HAVE
LONG ROAD TRIPS BUT IT WAS
PROBABLY AT LEAST FOUR OR FIVE
DAYS MAYBE GOING ON.
I THINK WE'RE GOING TO THE WEST
COAST.
HE WAS A YOUNG ROOKIE AND BOB
BOB SNUCK INTO THE I DON'T KNOW
HOW HE DID IT BUT HE TOOK HIS
FALSE BOTH UPPER AND LOWER AND
HE TOOK THEM.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED IS
THE EAST END OF SENT THEM TO
CARRY THE BALL AWAY AND SENT
THEM BACK TO ST. LOUIS AND RAY
RAY FOR A GUY WHO COULDN'T FIND
IT GOOD NOBODY WHERE IT WAS AND
HE TOOK THEM AND BOB MAILED
THEM BACK TO ST. LOUIS ARENA
HERE THE SECRETARY AND I SAY
THAT TRIP MUST HAVE LEFT IT
LASTED AT LEAST SIX DAYS.
WE'RE READY FOR IT.
I MEAN I WAS REALLY UPSET.
THAT'S PROBABLY THE TOUGHEST I
EVER GOT IT WITH BOB.
HE ALSO LIT YOUR NEWSPAPER ON
FIRE.
IS THAT TRUE?
WELL, I MEAN WE HE HAD ALL THE
TRICKS I MEAN THE ENDLESS
KETCHUP ON THE ON THE SHOES.
IF YOU'RE OUT AT DINNER YOU
SNEAK UNDER THE TABLE.
YEAH, I MEAN I THINK IT WAS ONE
DAY WE WERE ON THE PLANE THAT
WE HAD TO GO COMMERCIAL.
I DON'T KNOW HOW HE DID IT.
HE STUCK IN AND YOU KNOW, THEY
PUT THE PAPER RIGHT NEAR YOUR
SHOES RIGHT ON THE MIDDLE OF AN
AIRPLANE AND BUT AT LEAST THOSE
PEOPLE AROUND ENOUGH TO GET
SMELLED SMOKE, NO HARM, NO FOUL
.
I WAS ALWAYS AFTER I'M ABOVE IT
IT'S CONDITIONING.
I JUST REMEMBER ONE DAY I
CALLED HIM IN AND I GAVE HIM
WHATEVER THE NUMBER WAS ONE
EIGHTY ONE EIGHTY THREE OR
SOMETHING AND I SAID I'M NOT
INTERESTED IN STATISTICS EXCEPT
I AM INTERESTED IN ONE AND I
THINK IT'S ONE A I THINK THAT'S
WHERE IT WAS AND WHAT DO YOU
MEAN I SAID YOU'RE AWAKE.
I SAID WE HAVE THESE WEIGH INS
AND I SAID I'M GOING I'M GOING
TO GET SOMEBODY TO COME BUT I
SAID WORSE THAN THAT.
I SAID THE NEXT TIME YOU GO
OVER THE LIMIT I SAID I THINK
I'LL SEND YOU SOMEWHERE ELSE
AND IT WON'T BE KANSAS CITY.
WE HAD MUSIC IN THE DRESSING
ROOM AND HE KNEW THAT IS A
TRAINER AFTER EADWEARD PLAY THE
MUSIC.
IF I WAS UPSET HE WOULD COME IN
AND I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT HE WAS
DOING AND HE HE PLAYED THE
MUSIC KANSAS CITY, KANSAS CITY
HERE WE COME.
AND SOME OF THE GUYS WOULD GET
NERVOUS BUT I FOUND OUT LATER
IT WAS HE WAS A DISC JOCKEY
THAT DID IT.
YOU MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR BOB TO
ENJOY ONE OF THE GREATEST
NIGHTS OF HIS LIFE.
WE TROTTED OUT ALL THREE PLAYER
BROTHERS IN MONTREAL.
IT WAS A HOCKEY NIGHT IN
CANADA, A GAME THAT ACROSS
CANADA EVERY SATURDAY IN
MONTREAL OR TORONTO WOULD BE
THE WHERE THE HOME GAME WAS
THAT DIDN'T DO AS WELL IN
MONTREAL IT WAS THAT TEAM
ANYWAY.
SO I SAID OK BOB, YOU'RE ON
LEFT WING BERKELEY YOU'RE AT
STANDARDLY, YOU'RE ON RIGHT
WING AND THEY LOOKED AT ME AND
I SAID YOU'RE KIDDING.
I SAID NO AND DON'T GET YOUR
GOAL AGAINST US IN THE FIRST
SHIFT IF SOMEONE WERE TO ASK
YOU WHO BOB PLAGER WHAT WHAT DO
YOU JUST CALL IS THE ULTIMATE
TEAM GUY AND THE ULTIMATE
PRANKSTER BUT WHEN THE GAMES
WERE ON HE WAS SO SICK, SO
COMPETITIVE AS A PLAYER.
HE WAS A IS A GOOD LEADER, YOU
KNOW, I MEAN YOUNGER THAN THEM
BUT HE MAKES RIGHT AND WE HAD A
VERY VETERAN TEAM BUT I NEVER
CONSIDERED IT TO BE THAT YOUNG
A PLAYER EVEN THOUGH HE WAS
ONLY AS EARLY TWENTIES WHEN HE
JOINED THE BLUES.
BUT HE WAS THE ULTIMATE TEAM
PLAYER AND HE WAS RIGHT RIGHT
TO THE TIME THEY WON THE
STANLEY CUP AND THAT THAT WAS
JUST THE ICING ON THE CAKE FOR
POOR BOB BECAUSE IT WAS TOUGH
GOING IN THE FINAL THREE YEARS.
BUT WE WERE WE WERE AT A
DISTANCE AND TALENT BUT NOT BUT
ST. LOUIS BLUES WERE TOO MUCH
FOR KELLY'S PENGUINS IN THE
SEMIFINAL SERIES BEATING THEM
FOUR GAMES TO TWO