devilmaster
03-11-06, 04:12 PM
Bernard (Boom Boom) Geoffrion said he invented the slapshot as a youngster, swiping at pucks on a rink behind a church near his home in Montreal.
Others have also claimed the invention, but there is no question that Geoffrion was the player who popularized the shot that would give him his nickname.
Geoffrion died in an Atlanta hospital on Saturday of stomach cancer. He was 75. The Montreal native passed away on the day his No. 5 jersey was to be retired by the Montreal Canadiens in a ceremony before a game Saturday night against the New York Rangers.
http://tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=158150&hubname=
Damn. :( Passes away the same day that Les Habitants de Montreal would retire and raise his jersey to the rafters.....
Others have also claimed the invention, but there is no question that Geoffrion was the player who popularized the shot that would give him his nickname.
Geoffrion died in an Atlanta hospital on Saturday of stomach cancer. He was 75. The Montreal native passed away on the day his No. 5 jersey was to be retired by the Montreal Canadiens in a ceremony before a game Saturday night against the New York Rangers.
http://tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=158150&hubname=
Damn. :( Passes away the same day that Les Habitants de Montreal would retire and raise his jersey to the rafters.....