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DOUG HARVEY: ONE OF THE BEST EVER TO PLAY THE GAME OF HOCKEY

Warren ShawCorrespondent IIDecember 1, 2009 CommentsComment Bubble Icon

It is often said that time is the ultimate cleanser. What is fact today will
become a blur tomorrow. In the hockey world that statement can be all too true,
especially when it concerns comparing past players with current ones. 

In the 1950’s prior to the arrival of Bobby Orr , the best defenseman in hockey
was undisputedly Doug Harvey of the Montreal Canadiens .

Prior to any league television contracts and when teams travelled by train
rather than plane, Harvey was controlling and dominating the game from his
position on the blueline. 

Fans in Toronto relied on the radio and Foster Hewitt to describe what was
happening on the ice. 



Soon after cracking the Montreal lineup Harvey was mentioned frequently. 
“Harvey to Richard, Harvey has the puck, Harvey across ice to Beliveau, Harvey
still has the puck” were a few phrases commonly heard when listening to a
Canadiens broadcast.

Doug Harvey changed the way the position was played. 

Today when you read about Bobby Orr many make that same statement about him, but
it was in fact the play of Doug Harvey that made defense a more pivotal and
potent position later ushering in the talented of the more offensive minded Orr
who even wore Harvey’s No. 2 while playing junior hockey for The Oshawa Generals
.

Few remember that the NHL changed the guidelines for powerplays because of the
potency of the Montreal Canadiens attack.  With Beliveau, Richard, Dickie Moore,
Boom Boom Geoffrion on the ice, and Harvey quarterbacking, one two minute
powerplay opportunity could result in 3 goals for the Canadiens.

Today you often hear some “experts” say Harvey cannot be compared to Orr
offensively citing his modest offensive production. If you drill down further
you will uncover that Harvey’s offensive skills were formidable.  

Ever the consummate team guy Doug concentrated on setting up the players on the
team who were actually paid bonuses to score goals.  Make no mistake though that
if a goal was needed Harvey could deliver it with a high tempo rush or a shot
from the point. 

His skating ability and puck control skills combined with his shot blocking
prowess and toughness were unequaled during his tenure with the Canadiens.



Rare film footage of Doug Harvey offers a small glimpse of his talent even
capturing his execution of the Spin-A-Rama maneuver long thought to have been
copyrighted by Orr and Serge Savard.

Most hockey fans know little about Doug Harvey despite all the Stanley Cups,
Norris Trophies, and All-Star selections. Younger fans will point to the current
dominant player, Niklas Lindstrom , as the best not having seen Harvey, or Orr
perform. 

Bobby Orr has the advantage of videos like The Best of Bobby Orr and The Canada
Cup series as well as Legends of Hockey DVD tributes. There is very little
footage of Harvey and he is noticeably missing from the Legends segments while
all of his contemporaries are honored including Red Kelly and Marcel Pronovost .

Niklas Lindstrom and the Detroit Red Wings were provided a prestigious honor
being recently named the Player of the Decade and the Team of the Decade
respectively by the Sporting News .

There is little question that both awards were given to truly deserving
recipients. The Red Wings emerged from obscurity to again take their place as
one of the NHL’s premier franchises with a decade full of league titles and a
crate full of Stanley Cups.

Lindstrom their current captain is considered the top NHL defenseman of his era,
having won the Norris Trophy as the NHL's best defenseman three consecutive
seasons from 2000–01 to 2002–03 and again from 2005–06 to 2007–08 . He has been
nominated for the award a total of nine times in the past ten seasons, the first
three times finishing as the runner-up, and has won it in six of the last seven
(2004–05 had no winner due to the NHL lockout   ).



Gleeful of the honor Detroit GM Ken Holland in a television interview said
“Lindstrom is the best defenseman next to Orr ever to play the game.” No slight
to Lindstrom, who will make the top five of all time, but he is not in the
number two position. That place alone still belongs to Doug Harvey.

In the book Doug a biography by author William Brown , Harvey’s life is well
chronicled including his bouts with alcoholism, bi-polar disorder and his
eventual death from cirrhosis of the liver. 

At his best Harvey was a gifted, charismatic, fun loving athlete, more skilled
at baseball and football than hockey. He was a devoted team player who, along
with Ted Lindsey stood up for his brethren by helping to form a players’ union.
In retaliation the Canadiens traded Harvey, the team captain, to the New York
Rangers where he won yet another Norris Trophy as the best defender in the NHL. 
He won seven in his entire career.

Ironically, it was the efforts of Harvey and Lindsay that allows today’s
athletes the opportunity to sign lucrative contracts earning millions and enjoy
solid pensions as well as sign free agent contracts unheard of in the “good ole
days.”

Unlike Lindstrom and Orr, Harvey could dominate the game physically as well as
with finesse serving up crunching body checks and open ice hits to the
opposition when the situation dictated it. “ No slight to Bobby Orr but Doug
Harvey was the best defenseman ever to play the game," said Detroit Red Wing
Hall of Famer Ted Lindsay.  Lindsay, it should be noted played on same team with
Red Kelly and Marcel Pronovost both Hall of Fame defenseman.



 Doug Harvey wore the No. 2 throughout his remarkable career. He is the No. 2
defenseman ever to play the game but some like Ted Lindsay feel he was, in fact,
No. one. 



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