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Originally Posted by FitzG

On their best day Howe or Fontinato couldn't hang with Bruins Ferny Flaman. Howe calls Flaman the toughest defenseman he ever played against. 6'3" Jean Beliveau says the only player I worry about on the ice is Flaman,when I go near him i'm always looking over my shoulder. Sportswriter Ed Fitkin writes :"There are several good fighters in the NHL but the man i'd least like to tangle with,if I was an opposing player is Ferny Flaman of the Boston Bruins. He says, Ferny is one of those pier-8 brawlers,hard as the prow on a ship and possessor of a mean streak that turns him into a no-holds bared battler." Another wrote one night Kent Douglas decided he would take on Providence Reds player/coach Ferny Flaman,a man with the reputation of having never lost a fight.Big mistake,Flaman toyed with Douglas for a sec and then gripped him by the seat of his pants and the nap around his neck and casually hurled him into the net where his skates got tangled in the mesh. Douglas never bothered Flaman again." One ex-NHL ref I spoke with said that when Flaman went at it everyone just got the hell out of his way. He held all Bruin penalty minute records until O'Rielly came along. Flaman is in the HOF and currently scouts for the New Jersey Devils. If anyone wants the articles to back this up,send me a private email and i'll send them over. Videoguy also knows well of Flaman.

did you see some of the 50's early 60's guys live ? we old timmers would love to hear about them from someone who was there!