Dave “The Hammer” Schultz, for those old enough to recall, was a bruising winger for the Philadelphia Flyers’ “Broad Street Bullies” teams of the 1970s. Schultz could occasionally put the puck into the net, but his specialty was the right cross.
His nickname wasn’t “The Hammer” because of his beautiful hockey skills, let’s put it that way.
Schultz didn’t appear to play with any fear. The only scared players on the ice when he was playing were members of the opposing team.
Wrong, according to Schultz’s former teammate, Bill Clement.
“Dave Schultz taught me that courage isn’t the absence of fear,” Clement said on a recent NHL Network special chronicling the game’s tough guys. “Courage is defined by how you confront your fears.”
Schultz confronted his fears by beating the tar out of guys not wearing Flyer orange and black.
However you choose to define it, I believe there are no more courageous men in pro sports than hockey goalies.
You might say there are no crazier men than goalies.
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