Sunday, May 10, 2009

Dave Brown Decapitates Sandstrom Tale Of Two Feeds

The Mouth examines what he likes to call The Tale Of Two Feeds examining one of the most dastardly deeds done to a Ranger EVER. On October 26th, 1987 Dave Brown of the Flyers delivered one of the most brutal crosschecks to the head of Ranger winger Thomas Sandstrom.

The Ranger feed which is shown first has announcer John Davidson ready to call the police on Brown for his on ice decapitation attempt. The Second Clip which is the Flyer feed has Philly announcers Gene Hart and Bobby "The Chief" Taylor saying Sandstrom is not injured but merely Playing Dead.

This was typical Hart/Taylor Flyer bias and Homerism which was prevalent in Flyer broadcasts in the 70s and 80s. Brown received ONLY a 15 game suspension for his guillotine like wack at Sandstrom's neck.

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