The cry would come, inevitably, when the home team needed a lift and quiet enveloped Maple Leaf Gardens. Toronto Maple Leafs coach Hap Day would send out his top center for a faceoff and from somewhere high up in "The Greens," that bellow could be heard not only heard throughout the arena, but even over the airwaves by those who listened to Foster Hewitt's legendary radio broadcasts.
"Come oooonnn, Teeder!"
For more of Ted Kennedy's 100 Greatest Players bio, please click here.
The cry would come, inevitably, when the home team needed a lift and quiet enveloped Maple Leaf Gardens. Toronto Maple Leafs coach Hap Day would send out his top center for a faceoff and from somewhere high up in "The Greens," that bellow could be heard not only heard throughout the arena, but even over the airwaves by those who listened to Foster Hewitt's legendary radio broadcasts.
"Come oooonnn, Teeder!"
For more of Ted Kennedy's 100 Greatest Players bio, please click here.
NOTES & TRANSACTIONS
- NHL Second All-Star Team (1950, 1951, 1954)
- Played in NHL All-Star Game (1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1954)
- Rights traded to Toronto by Montreal for the rights to Frank Eddolls, September 10, 1943.