The worst game I remember was when Wayne Maki hit Teddy Greene in the head and fractured his skull.....damn near killed him. Ironically, in light of this series, Greene was with the Bruins.

I can't remember where we were going but I was in the car with my mom and dad listening to the game. I remember the silence in the car as Kelly described Greene being carted off the ice....everyone knew immediately that is was serious from Kelly's call. I remember that Greene eventually came back to play again and he wore a crazy looking helmet with black dots on it.....in a day when NOBODY wore helmets.

Funny, I had to look up how to spell Maki and I saw it was 1969.....I was only 9 years old. The memory is vivid in my mind.

Here's the weird thing....when I looked it up, there were pictures of the fight and Maki is wearing #14....so that was 1969. Didn't Tim Ecclestone wear #14?? Ecclestone was still with the Blues because I know he went with Berenson to Detroit in the trade that brought Unger here in '71 or '72. I have always associated #14 with Ecclestone. Maki was basically done with the Blues after the incident, but Ecclestone was a Blue before and after the incident. I hadn't remembered that the Maki/Greene deal was a pre-season game.....was that why he was wearing #14? Am I wrong about Ecclestone wearing #14??

Edit: so I found some pics of Ecclestone....in a 1967 trading card he is wearing a number that starts with a 2, but in a '68 game pic he is wearing a sweater that starts with a 1, and it appears to be 14 from another angle (can't tell for sure).....but it still doesn't explain why Maki was wearing 14 in the Greene deal. (if I'm right that Ecclestone wore 14)

No, I can't sleep with this game coming up....so don't ask why I'm doing this at 1130.

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