Legends
This story of a NHL legend making an eagle after getting the call from the Hall of Fame is almost impossible to believe
Maddie Meyer
You know when you hear a story that is literally impossible to believe until you remind yourself the person involved is a legend and legendary things seem to always happen to legends? Yeah, this story about Hockey Hall of Famer Ray Bourque, a living legend, is one of those stories.
The tale comes from former NHLer and Spittin' Chiclets podcast host Ryan Whitney, who was discussing recent Hockey Hall of Fame inductees Jeremy Roenick and Pavel Datsyuk with co-host Paul Bissonnette and special guest Keith Yandle. While talking about how special it must be to get the HOF nod, Whitney remembered a story that Bourque told him on the golf course about the day he got "the call."
"I was playing golf with him [Bourque] recently at Salem Country Club and there's a great hole out there that's really tricky," said Whitney. "It's the 13th hole at Salem. Tight, shorter, crazy-ass green. And he's like 'this was the hole that I got the call for the Hall of Fame.'"
Decent story already, right? HOF call. Golf course. Things of that nature.
It gets way better...
"I'm pretty sure," Whitney continued, "I don't think it was a birdie, I think he holed his second shot for an eagle right after he got the call."
Bissonnette, reacting just as the rest of us would, responded with an "OH my God, you're f---ing with me."
"Nope," Whitney said. "He told me. And the fact that I can't remember if it was an eagle or a birdie, but I think it was a f---in' eagle. I think he holed his approach shot right after getting the call that he got into the Hall of Fame. He said 'this is my favorite hole,' and then he told me why. It was so fun playing with him."
Honestly, we should just all assume/believe it was a hole-out eagle. Let the legend grow, as they say.