Mickey Redmond

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Position Right Wing
Shot Right
Nickname(s) Mick
Height
Weight		 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
170 lb (77 kg/12 st 2 lb)
Pro clubs Montreal Canadiens
Detroit Red Wings
Nationality Flag of Canada Canada
Born December 27, 1947 (1947-12-27) (age 60),
Kirkland Lake, ONT, CAN
Pro career 1967 – 1975

Mickey Redmond (born December 27, 1947, in Kirkland Lake, Ontario) is a former professional hockey player. He is currently a color analyst for Detroit Red Wings games on television for FSN Detroit.

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[edit] Playing career

Redmond played right wing for the Montreal Canadiens from 1967-1971, winning Stanley Cups with them in 1968 and 1969. He scored 27 goals for the Canadiens in the 1969–70 season.

Halfway through the 1970–71 NHL season he was traded to the Red Wings in a deal that sent superstar Frank Mahovlich to Montreal. His promise was fulfilled the season following, when he scored 42 goals on a line centered by veteran star Alex Delvecchio.

In 1972–1973, Redmond became the seventh player in NHL history to score fifty goals in a season. He finished with 52 goals, surpassing Gordie Howe's team record, which would stand until John Ogrodnick broke it in 1985, and achieved his career high point total with 93. Delvecchio retired early in the 1973–1974 season to become the team's coach, and Redmond was moved onto a line with budding superstar Marcel Dionne. Redmond's success continued, and he became only the third player to achieve back to back fifty goal seasons with 51 goals (including an NHL leading 21 power play goals).

In the 1974–1975 season Redmond sustained a back injury and played only 29 games. His back woes continued the following year, robbing him of effectiveness; after 37 games he retired early at the age of 28. He had been named to the league's First All-Star Team in 1973, the Second Team in 1974, and he played in one All-Star Game.

Redmond's brother Dick was an NHL defensemen. He played thirteen seasons, primarily with the Chicago Black Hawks and the Boston Bruins.

[edit] Broadcasting

After his playing career ended, Redmond became a popular color analyst on television. His television stops include CBC's Hockey Night in Canada, The NHL on ESPN, the NHL on FOX and for most of his broadcasting career, local television coverage of the Red Wings with play-by-play announcers Dave Strader and (currently) Ken Daniels. His style reminds some of Don Cherry on CBC. Redmond can't attend west coast trips for the Wings broadcasts, so Hall of Fame defenceman Larry Murphy has filled in for him on those occasions, since 2003.

[edit] Famous sayings (aka "Mickeyisms" to regional fans)

  • "Oh Boy"
  • "Wow"
  • "Bingo Bango!"
  • "Holy Jumpin'"
  • "Here we go, boys!"
  • "This is no place for a nervous person"
  • "Put all the hay in the barn and let 'em go at it!"
  • "Wham, bam, thank you ma'am"
  • "Bang-bang play"
  • "This is what the fans came for!"
  • "Ginger ales after the game"
  • "Hey, Gang!"
  • "That was a tic-tac-toe play"
  • "Like a lumberjack fighting for the last pork chop!"
  • "He likes it when you call him Fill Poola" (Valtteri Filppula)
  • "Keep your sticks on the ice, kids; good things happen"
  • "You can head for your parties! This one's over!"
  • "You go to sleep for a second against these guys -- the red light's on"
  • "Holy mackerel!"
  • "Well, He's a dandy"
  • "The lumber is flying!"
  • "Here comes Houdini" (his nickname for star center Pavel Datsyuk)
  • "He’ll go in for repairs"
  • "He blew a tire"
  • "They got 'em rockin' at the Joe!"
  • "He got a little lumber on him, and it didn't tickle"
  • "His eyes were as big as saucer plates"
  • "He couldn't get the puck in the ocean, even while standing on the pier"
  • "Now you kids out there, pay attention, you could learn something from the pros"
  • "You've got to watch the puck or you'll be spitting out Chiclets (teeth)"
  • "That was a bang-bang play"
  • "That type of call just doesn't belong in the game of hockey"
  • "Now that's a chintzy call"
  • "They don't know what a penalty is here in San Jose"
  • "Katie, bar the door"
  • "You only get a few kicks at the cat" (During a playoff game that wasn't going the Wings' way)
  • "If I didn't know better, I'd say the ice was slanted"
  • "He just gave him a BC (British Columbia) two-hander" (Slash or high stick)
  • "It's a bench-clearing Donnybrook"
  • "Hold it right there, gang!" (A common call to the video playback crew for replays)
  • "There was no one going to the pop stand!"
  • "Giving (him) a little Chin Music" (Players talking smack before a fight or after a rough play)
  • "Water over the bridge, my boy!"
  • "He's making more turnovers than Betty Crocker!"
  • "Look out!"
  • "It's a shooting gallery down there!"
  • "You could've thrown a blanket over 'em!"
  • "That was like a pinball game!"
  • "Like Johnny on the spot!"
  • "Put that biscuit in the basket"
  • "His head looks like the top of a Makers Mark bottle"
  • "He really left his jock strap hangin' off the clock"
  • "He got beat like a rented mule!"
  • "You be the judge." (When speaking about a penalty he doesn't agree with)
  • "It's Five O'Clock on a Saturday" (sung when a goal is scored about 5pm on Saturday game)
  • "He had him out on Fort street!"
  • "He gave em the whatfor..." (stick between the legs)
  • "Speed...Lebda"
  • "Watch your popcorn!"
  • "Hand in the cookie jar on that one!"
  • "Everyone was on their feet screaming cause no fans like seeing fights in the NHL. (A sacastic dig towards the less fighting policies)
  • "That kid has more moves than a monkey on a highwire!" (referring to Pavel Datsyuk)

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Preceded by
Ted Harris		 Detroit Red Wings captains
1974		 Succeeded by
Larry Johnston
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