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Originally Posted by Jestre
Dave Schultz nearly beat the pi$$ out of Dale Rolfe for accidentally hitting Barry Ashbee in the eye with a shot, ending Ashbee's career.
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Not sure why you think Ashbee's injury (in game 4) connected to Schultz's fight with Rolfe (in game 7)...I've actually got the game on DVD, and Rolfe punched Kindrachuk (gloved) in the face to start the confrontation - then Shultz stepped in and Rolfe held his own initially by pushing Shultz back into the glass (with Shultz definitely hair pulling in response), but a single Shultz uppercut dazed Rolfe and then he was pummelled with multiple punches
Rolfe want to the dressing room "for repairs" but did return - IMO the fight started on the ice in game 7 because Shultz was sticking up for his teammate who'd been punched (i.e. it had nothing to do with Ashbee's injury)...as was widely reported at the time, the significance of the fight was that no one from the Rangers stepped in to stop the beatdown (back in 1974 most NHL teams stood up for their teammates, but the Rangers were known as a "soft team") - I'm not trying to praise/promote what occured, but I think this "sticking up for teammates" is a significant difference when comparing "old time hockey" with "modern hockey" (and so if possible the new game should try and include this in the historical mode)