MSG Media Unearths 1953 Stick Incident

In one swift and brutal sequence during a game in 1953 at Madison Square Garden, the Montreal Canadiens’ Bernard Geoffrion turned his stick into a weapon against Ron Murphy, a left wing for the Rangers.

With a stunning, nearly overhead swing of his stick, Geoffrion smashed Murphy on the left side of his face. Murphy fell to the ice, face-first, with a broken jaw bone and a concussion.