Oct 3, 2026 · 1 hr 34 min · 13 segments
🏒 1973 PODCAST – EPISODE 191: JIM KYTE | THE TOUGHEST STORY IN HOCKEY! This week on the 1973 Podcast, we sit down with a true hockey original — former NHL defenseman Jim Kyte! Jim's story is unlike…
Jim KyteGuestAndyHostDerekPanelistEdHostI'm doing a lot of talking.
No, that's okay.
That's great.
I'm going to circle back, Jim, to a few things that you spoke about earlier.
So Andy is a Born in the Womb Flyers fan.
He is well aware of Bob Nystrom scoring big goals.
And for our listeners, so John Ferguson was the GM.
Folks should go back and really, I mean, was John Ferguson not the first guy? He was the protector for Rocket Richard, if I'm not mistaken.
So he was like the first guy brought up.
wasn't very tall, but was really wide and, uh, had that really intense look about him.
And so, uh, at one point, if you look at, he was leading the team in scoring and penalty minutes when Rocco Richard was on, was on the team, you know, halfway through the season, you know, Bergie was a good player, but you know, but he was, uh, he was a protector for the, for the Montreal Canadians for sure.
And, uh, It got to the, you know, Fergie could play and there was only six teams in the league at the time.
Like when I played for the Jets, if I got caught talking to the other team in any way, I got fined a hundred bucks.
Wow.
I'm doing a lot of talking.
No, that's okay.
That's great.
I'm going to circle back, Jim, to a few things that you spoke about earlier.
So Andy is a Born in the Womb Flyers fan.
He is well aware of Bob Nystrom scoring big goals.
And for our listeners, so John Ferguson was the GM.
Folks should go back and really, I mean, was John Ferguson not the first guy? He was the protector for Rocket Richard, if I'm not mistaken.
So he was like the first guy brought up.
wasn't very tall, but was really wide and, uh, had that really intense look about him.
And so, uh, at one point, if you look at, he was leading the team in scoring and penalty minutes when Rocco Richard was on, was on the team, you know, halfway through the season, you know, Bergie was a good player, but you know, but he was, uh, he was a protector for the, for the Montreal Canadians for sure.
And, uh, It got to the, you know, Fergie could play and there was only six teams in the league at the time.
Like when I played for the Jets, if I got caught talking to the other team in any way, I got fined a hundred bucks.
Wow.
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