I said to Teddy, 'holy Jesus, you see what I mean?'' 'I grabbed his stick so he couldn't skate, and with that, he ripped it out of my hand and jumped over the boards, taking off his skates. 'When Bobby saw me coming over, his big smile went to gloom and doom,' Watson said. At an old-timers hockey game years later, Watson, at the behest of Ted Lindsay, skated over to Hull. 'I remember Bugsy's belly was all marked up with spear jobs, and his chest and ribs had welts all over because Bobby didn't like what he was doing.'īobby Hull never forgave Watson for shutting him down. 'Bryan did a hell of a job on Hull every game we played, but he paid the price,' Gadsby said in 2002. Both of Watson's goals came while Hull was on the ice. Officials penalized Watson seven times for infractions against Hull, and Hull's only two goals of the series came while Watson was not on the ice. They lost to the Canadiens in six games in the Stanley Cup Final, and did not make it back to the Final again until 1995.

Two games later, the Wings celebrated the end of the series. Asked if Watson bothered him, Hull was nonchalant, replying, 'When he scores goals, he does.' He was greeted with chants of 'We want Watson' as the Wings won, 5-1.

The Wings lost Game 3, 2-1, but Watson celebrated his second goal of the series in Game 4, earning a thunderous ovation from the fans at Olympia Stadium.

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