what the fuck? this used to look completely different. I've probably seen this picture a thousand times and I never saw these people, it was an entirely different set of people except the sleepy guy in the bottom center
The fact that they used to play this insanely dangerous sport without head protection is crazy enough But the fact that the fucking goalie didn't even have a mask is just mind-blowingly terrifying to think about
This is a more famous picture of Kirk Gibsion from game 5 of the '84 World Series.
"Kirk Gibson came to the plate in the bottom of the eighth for the Tigers with runners on second and third and one out. Gibson had homered earlier in the game, and Padres manager Dick Williams strolled to the mound to talk to Goose Gossage, seemingly with the purpose of ordering him to walk Gibson intentionally. Just before the at-bat, Gibson made a US$10 bet (flashing ten fingers) with his manager Sparky Anderson that Gossage (who had dominated Gibson in the past) would pitch to him. Gossage talked Williams into letting him pitch to Gibson, and Gibson responded with a three-run blast into the upper deck to clinch the Series for the Tigers."
It's crazy that it took that long for someone to do it
Gavin Reyes
Owens was low key redpilled, he said Hitler was a good guy who treated him way better than the US government did
Ryan Clark
It seems crazy only because you're used to modern hockey. The slapshot wasn't a thing until the 1950s, and wasn't really used prominently until the 1960s. Also the shape of the stick blade was different which meant the rising slapshot was extremely rare. Old hockey was all about deking the goalie down low.
It's no coincidence that not long after the slapshot became a thing they implemented goalie masks.