"It's the kind of thing that would happen to Tom," he said. Based on everything he's heard from his brother and friends in the hockey world, Dryden describes Reid as a "terrific teammate" and "beloved figure." Dryden's older brother, Dave, was Reid's teammate in Chicago.
Turning serious, Dryden said Reid is the perfect character for this story. That was the only penalty shot goal Dryden allowed in his illustrious career. He looked at Gordon who was staring at him, presumably stunned. He quickly added: "I think it only bounced two or three times before it got there." "If you hit the net, there's a chance it's going to be a goal, right? All those shots that go wide never seem to get credited for being a goal." It kind of drifts through my pads and into the net." Next thing he knew, "the puck is sort of floating at me. I guess you have to take the good with the humiliating.” Ken Dryden “It is 50 years since I played my first game in the NHL and 50 years since winning the Stanley Cup for the first time and 50 years since Tom Reid's goal. His rhythm was thrown out of whack by the unusual circumstances. "And because he didn't know what he was doing, I had no idea what he was doing."ĭryden said goalies are conditioned to find a "rhythm of the moment" when facing penalty shots.
"He didn't know what he was doing," Dryden said. I was almost embarrassed that I scored."įifty years later, Dryden is still incredulous. He remembers the Met Center crowd going "dead silent." He reached the hash marks between the circles and fired a wrist shot. It was a warm October day, so the ice was a little wet and sticky. "It was like a comedy club giving him all these ideas," Nanne said.įinally, Reid heard J.P. Reid's teammates were hysterical in shouting out tips before he left the bench. Said Nanne: "It looked like Jack Gordon had a gas attack."Ĭanadiens goaltender Ken Dryden had that Hall of Fame look to him - at least until North Stars defenseman Tom Reid scored on him on a penalty shot in 1971. "He said, 'Get your butt out here because you've got a penalty shot and you're going to take it,'" Reid said. "Bruce," he said, "I think I broke my leg." "Jack looked at him, looked at me and then looked back at Bruce and said, 'Does he have to take it?'" Reid said. No idea, Reid told him, hoping to escape the spotlight.Ī frustrated Hood skated over to the bench and told Gordon to get moving, to send Reid out for the penalty shot.
North Stars coach Jack Gordon asked what was happening. Referee Bruce Hood skated over to check on him. Gulp.Ī Montreal player caught up and tripped him from behind, sending Reid crashing into the boards behind the goal. Suddenly, he was all alone with the puck and Dryden in his sights. "I was never one to look for points, I didn't care," he said. As penalty time expires, he exits the box and the puck gets flipped ahead to him, giving him a rare breakaway. The story starts with him in the penalty box. He stayed behind the blue line, defended, and then moved the puck to his forwards. If you hit the net, there's a chance it's going to be a goal, right? All those shots that go wide never seem to get credited for being a goal.” Tom Reid Nobody tells a story better than Reid, the Wild's radio analyst, and this one is a whopper. If you can't tell, those involved still maintain self-deprecating humor and faux indignation about it five decades later. There are things you want to remember and things that you never want to remember." "I guess you have to take the good with the humiliating. "It is 50 years since I played my first game in the NHL and 50 years since winning the Stanley Cup for the first time and 50 years since Tom Reid's goal," Dryden said. "I'm sure it's an embarrassing moment for him," he said. The rugged defenseman who scored only 17 career goals in 701 games squeezed a penalty shot past the great Montreal Canadiens goalie, something even Reid describes as a "fluke." "I think that's on the low side," Dryden said by phone this week. To properly grasp the magnitude of that feat, Nanne put the odds at 400,000 to 1. "They should make it a national holiday," said Lou Nanne, Reid's North Stars teammate that night. Tom Reid scored on a penalty shot against Hall of Fame goalie Ken Dryden. Tucked around the corner of the main dining area hangs a picture capturing a monumental upset in sports history. Paul are adorned with memorabilia from the owner's hockey career. The walls inside Tom Reid's Hockey City Pub in downtown St.
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