1984-85 White Home Stanley Cup Finals
Ed Hospodar wore this jersey during the 1984-85 Stanley Cup Playoffs and Finals vs. the Edmonton Oilers. Hospodar played in 18 playoff games accumulating 69 penalty minutes.
1986-87 Orange Road Playoffs
Ed Hospodar wore this jersey during the 1986-87 Stanley Cup Playoffs.
Hospodar only played in 5 games in the 1987 playoffs, before he was suspended for the rest of the playoffs. He instigated a pre-game brawl in the Conference Finals with Montreal. Claude Lemieux was a very superstitious guy and he liked to fire the puck into the oppositions net at the end of the pre-game skate. When he did this his team won more often than not. The Flyers took exception to this and tried many things to prevent this from happening, including taking the net off of its pegs and turning it around so he couldn't do it. But Claude persisted and would always do it.
Prior to the game Ed and Flyers back up netminder Chico Resch decided they would make sure it wouldn't happen on that night. They stayed on the ice until Lemieux and teammate Shayne Corson left the ice. Finally the two Habs left, only to hide in the corridor. Hospodar and Resch retreated to their bench only to see Lemieux and Corson pop back on the ice and race towards the Philly net. Resch threw his stick at the puck, but to no avail. Hospodar had another idea he charged after Lemieux and when he caught him he started pounding the Montreal player, much to everyone's surprise. When Lemieux wouldn't fight back, Hospodar charged after a more willing partner in Corson.
Word quickly reached both dressing rooms and all the players jumped on the ice and grabbed a partner. Some players were out on the ice without their skates as they had taken them off after the warm up. It was one of the worst bench clearing brawls in NHL history, and the game hadn't even started yet!
Hospodar only played in 5 games in the 1987 playoffs, before he was suspended for the rest of the playoffs. He instigated a pre-game brawl in the Conference Finals with Montreal. Claude Lemieux was a very superstitious guy and he liked to fire the puck into the oppositions net at the end of the pre-game skate. When he did this his team won more often than not. The Flyers took exception to this and tried many things to prevent this from happening, including taking the net off of its pegs and turning it around so he couldn't do it. But Claude persisted and would always do it.
Prior to the game Ed and Flyers back up netminder Chico Resch decided they would make sure it wouldn't happen on that night. They stayed on the ice until Lemieux and teammate Shayne Corson left the ice. Finally the two Habs left, only to hide in the corridor. Hospodar and Resch retreated to their bench only to see Lemieux and Corson pop back on the ice and race towards the Philly net. Resch threw his stick at the puck, but to no avail. Hospodar had another idea he charged after Lemieux and when he caught him he started pounding the Montreal player, much to everyone's surprise. When Lemieux wouldn't fight back, Hospodar charged after a more willing partner in Corson.
Word quickly reached both dressing rooms and all the players jumped on the ice and grabbed a partner. Some players were out on the ice without their skates as they had taken them off after the warm up. It was one of the worst bench clearing brawls in NHL history, and the game hadn't even started yet!
