43 on its list of the 100 Greatest Hockey Players

His signature fighting move was to wrap an opponent in a crushing bear hug. Tim Horton’s Wikipedia article recounts the following anecdote:Boston Bruins winger Derek Sanderson once bit Horton during a fight; years later, Horton's widow, Lori, still wondered why. "Well," Sanderson replied, "I felt one rib go, and I felt another rib go, so I just had to, well, get out of there!"Bobby Hull adds: "There were defensemen you had to fear because they were vicious and would slam you into the boards from behind, for one, Eddie Shore. But you respected Tim Horton because he didn't need that type of intimidation. 7 before Tim Horton in Toronto, once stated that “If only he’d (Horton) would get angry, no one would stop him in this league.”His long-time coach, “Punch” Imlach, sadly recounts his last conversation with Tim: "He was hurting too bad to play a regular shift in the third period We faded without him and lost the game to the Leafs.

After the game, he and I took a little walk up Church Street and had what was our last talk. "He was down in the dumps because he didn't like to miss a shift and he felt he had cost us the game I got on the bus with the team Tim drove the cursed car back to Buffalo. He didn't make it." On his way back to Buffalo at 4:30 the morning of February 21, 1974, Horton lost control of his speeding car on the highway near St Catharines, rolling it several times Tim Horton was killed instantly. The Legacy:Between 1961 and 1968, Tim set the NHL record for consecutive games played by a defenseman with 486 consecutive games, and remained until 2007 when K&257;rlis Skrasti&326;š passed the mark.

It still stands as a Maple Leafs record.In the 1962 Stanley Cup run, Tim’s 16 points in 12 playoff games (it only took 12 wins to win the Cup back then. It takes 16 now) stood as a Maple Leafs defenseman record until 1994.In 1969, Tim was awarded the J.P. Tim’s leadership is credited with aiding the maturity of the young Buffalo club into a serious Cup-contending team.In 1995, the Toronto Maple Leafs listed Tim’s No. 7, a number shared with King Clancy, as an “Honoured Jersey Number.” (Check here for an explanation of the Maple Leafs unique policy on jersey numbers)In 1998, The Hockey News listed Tim as No. 43 on its list of the 100 Greatest Hockey Players.I do not have a citation for this, but Tim Horton is credited by some as the inventor of the slapshot.Toronto has not won a Stanley Cup since Horton’s playing days.. From 1-106, all of the folly's from the SEG era, to the early ZUFFA era, to the sleek and stylized Gladiator Man days, I stroll down Ultimate Fighting Championship's less than spectacular days Enjoy. With fighters dropping like flies, UFC 106 has gone from one of the best shows of the year, too the worst show in two years.

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