As a kid, I have some vague memories of the real Big Bad Bruins, but the first thing I remember clearly was Gerry Cheevers jumping to the WHA and the new goalie was a guy whose name I butchered constantly. I thought Giles Gilbert was pretty cool and a pretty good goalie for awhile. I had a homemade Gilbert T-shirt that I wore while playing goalie in the street hockey games in my neighborhood. But Cheevers came back and there was that night at The Forum we still don’t talk about. He may have lost the game, but he was a beast that night. Damn it, Grapes.
Godspeed, Gilles Gilbert.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/08/06/sports/former-bruins-goaltender-gilles-gilbert-guy-lafleurs-victim-1979-dies-74/
Godspeed, Gilles Gilbert.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/08/06/sports/former-bruins-goaltender-gilles-gilbert-guy-lafleurs-victim-1979-dies-74/