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    Buffalo took Chicago's place in the NHL East. "It was a lot tougher. Naturally it was tougher to shut out the Montreal Canadiens than in those days than the Pittsburgh team or the Philadelphia team, but that is progress" he said with a laugh. Full Article at National Hockey league | NHL.com
    It was a lot tougher. Naturally it was tougher to shut out the Montreal Canadiens than in those days than the Pittsburgh team or the Philadelphia team, but that is progress
    SOURCE: National Hockey league | NHL.com 1 month ago
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Esposito made the difference as a Blackhawks rookie
  1. I am very proud of it (the shutout record), and I must admit that when I played I had tremendous concentration ... The good defensive team we had, it all worked perfectly, it really clicked.
    SOURCE: National Hockey league | NHL.com 1 month ago
  2. I was very lucky in that year ... I had a couple of good years after that. I think one year I had 10 (shutouts, 1973-74). Overall, I think that is one record that will be tough to break.
    – Tony Esposito SOURCE: National Hockey league | NHL.com 1 month ago
  3. I had played (13) games with Montreal the year before and I was fortunate to get over there (Chicago) and I was just ready at that time ... I knew I was ready to play all of the time and after that I played a lot of hockey. They just needed that ingredient. They had Bobby Hull, Stan Mikita, etc. So this...
    – Tony Esposito SOURCE: National Hockey league | NHL.com 1 month ago
  4. They just needed that ingredient. They had Bobby Hull, Stan Mikita, etc. So this was the ingredient was missing, the guy that made the big saves. I was lucky. They picked me. You got to give them credit; they picked the right guy, I guess.
    SOURCE: National Hockey league | NHL.com 1 month ago
  5. We got him (White) later, but Stapleton was there. Then we traded halfway through the year for Bill White; those guys were awesome together ... We had a lot of stars in those days. We had Dennis Hull, Doug Jarrett, Pit Martin, Keith Magnuson, Jim Pappin. We had a good hockey team.
    – Tony Esposito SOURCE: National Hockey league | NHL.com 1 month ago
  6. We were not that tight defensively, you would be surprised ... We could not hold Bobby Hull back and make him a checker. So we had to open it up. We were a very good penalty-killing team. At one stretch we went 21 games without a goal scored against us killing the penalties. That is where we excelled, i...
    – Tony Esposito SOURCE: National Hockey league | NHL.com 1 month ago

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