At the height of his career with the Boston Bruins, Johnny Bucyk would get so nervous, so keyed up before games that he'd get physically ill.
"I cough and gag and choke," Bucyk confessed to writer John Devaney. "Then one of the guys will come over and ask me how I'm feeling. 'Lousy,' I'll say.
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At the height of his career with the Boston Bruins, Johnny Bucyk would get so nervous, so keyed up before games that he'd get physically ill.
"I cough and gag and choke," Bucyk confessed to writer John Devaney. "Then one of the guys will come over and ask me how I'm feeling. 'Lousy,' I'll say.
For more of Johnny Bucyk's 100 Greatest Players bio, please click here.
NOTES & TRANSACTIONS
- WHL Second All-Star Team (1955)
- NHL Second All-Star Team (1968)
- NHL First All-Star Team (1971)
- Played in NHL All-Star Game (1955, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1971)
- Traded to Boston by Detroit with cash for Terry Sawchuk, June 10, 1957.
