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TODAY’S TRAINING INSPIRATION:
BRAD McCRIMMON

Today’s Colin Timberlake Training Inspiration is a man who, for 18 NHL seasons, excelled at one of the hardest-working and least celebrated roles in hockey: defensive defenseman.

On scoring-laden teams, it was Brad McCrimmon’s job to keep the puck out of his own net, and he did it with such success that he posted Hall-of-Fame consideration numbers in a career that many have regrettably forgotten.

Playing in 1,222 regular season games, and an addition 116 in the playoffs, McCrimmon put up very respectable scoring numbers from the blueline, even though these were a bonus that went above and beyond his role in the lineup.

With 403 regular season points, including 56 in 1985-86, McCrimmon was a scoring threat. But he was a defensive force. That same season, he became one of the few players in NHL history to have a +80 season, going +83 for the year (on the ice for 83 more even-strength goals scored by his team than against his team).

Two years later, he led the entire NHL with +48, and was +40 or better for five consecutive years, amassing a +444 career total (10th best in NHL history).

His strong play earned him the 1989 Stanley Cup with the Calgary Flames, an appearance in the 1988 All-Star Game and a selection to the 1988 2nd All-Star Team.

TODAY: TBD (Fast Tempo, 90 Second Rests)
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TRAINING NOTES

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TODAY’S TRAINING INSPIRATION:
BRAD MARSH

Today’s Colin Timberlake Training Inspiration is a man who, for 15 seasons, was one of the NHL’s premier performers in one of the most mentally demanding and thankless roles: stay-at-home defensive defenseman, charged with playing a mistake-free defensive game and keeping the puck out of his own net.

It was not the type of role that resulted in bleachers filled with Brad Marsh jerseys throughout his career, but it meant that he was an essential element of his team’s success.

Brad Marsh played with five teams during his career, but the bulk of his career was spent with the Philadelphia Flyers, where he enjoyed three consecutive seasons with a rating of +20 or better (the number of even strength goals he was on the ice for when his team scored vs. when he was scored against).

In 1985-86, he was an especially impressive +42, one of the league’s top achievers in that statistic.

Marsh would play in 1,086 regular season games, placing him in the venerable 1,000-game club, and would add another 97 playoff games, a total that included two runs to the Stanley Cup Finals with the Flyers.

TODAY: TBD (Fast Tempo, 90 Second Rests)
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TRAINING NOTES

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TODAY’S TRAINING INSPIRATION:
RICK MacLEISH

Today’s Colin Timberlake Training Inspiration is a man whose skilled play made him something of a Philadelphia Flyers legend, but regrettably his exploits have been largely forgotten around the league since his dominant play in the 1970s and 1980s.

Rick MacLeish broke into the league with a bang. In his first full NHL season, he scored 50 goals and 50 assists for 100 points, and led the league with 21 power play goals.

This was one of many effective years for MacLeish in his 14-season career, during which six of those seasons would see him score 70 or more points.

MacLeish was a highly effective playoff performer, playing a critical role in the Flyers’ Stanley Cup wins in 1974 and 1975, scoring an accumulated 24 goals and 42 points in 34 games over those two playoff years.

He would score 107 points in 114 games over his playoff career (105 of those points with the Flyers), to go with his strong regular season totals of 349 goals and 759 points in 846 games.

TODAY: TBD (Fast Tempo, 90 Second Rests)
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TRAINING NOTES

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TODAY’S TRAINING INSPIRATION:
PETE PEETERS

Today’s Colin Timberlake Training Inspiration is a man who was one of the best goaltenders of his generation, but whose name has regrettably fallen largely by the wayside in the years since his playing days.

Pete Peeters was a star goaltender with the Philadelphia Flyers, Boston Bruins and Washington Capitals during his 13 NHL seasons, and in 1982-83, became one of the few goalies to ever record 40 wins in a single season.

That performance led the league in victories and also won him the Vezina Trophy as the league’s top netminder. He also led the league in shutouts and goals against average, and would again lead the league in GAA five years later.

Peeters played 489 games in his career, posting a remarkable record of 246-155-51. His 3.08 career goals against average was incredibly low for the high-scoring era in which he played, a testament to his focus and strong positional play.

He would also play in four All-Star Games and add 35 playoff victories to his regular season totals.

TODAY: TBD (Fast Tempo, 90 Second Rests)
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TRAINING NOTES

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TODAY’S TRAINING INSPIRATION:
BOB FROESE

Today’s Colin Timberlake Training Inspiration is a man who was one of the notable goaltenders of the 1980s but whose fine work between the pipes has gone largely forgotten in the intervening decades.

Bob Froese was the go-to man in goal for the Philadelphia Flyers for a good portion of that high-flying decade and also enjoyed a healthy career with the New York Rangers.

Among Froese’s accomplishments with the Flyers was leading the entire NHL with 31 wins in 1985-86, a season during which he also led the league in goals against average (2.55), shutouts (5) and save percentage (.909).

That year, Froese won the Wililam M. Jennings Trophy as goaltender for the team with the best goals against average, and was also named to the 2nd All-Star Team and a finalist for the Vezina Trophy as the league’s top netminder.

Indeed, in only one of his five seasons with Philadelphia did his goals against average rise above 3.00, and this was an era where few if any goalies enjoyed sub-3.00 seasons. The one season where he did edge above 3.00, Froese sported a 3.14 GAA in 1983-84, still a remarkably low average for the time.

Froese finished his career with 128 wins agains only 72 losses and 20 ties, giving him one of the better career winning percentages of all time.

TODAY: TBD (Fast Tempo, 90 Second Rests)
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TRAINING NOTES

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TODAY’S TRAINING INSPIRATION:
MEL BRIDGMAN

Today’s Colin Timberlake Training Inspiration is a man who was selected first overall in the 1975 NHL draft after a stellar season in junior hockey.

However Mel Bridgman followed a somewhat unorthodox career path for a 1st overall pick.

Rather than becoming a protected and fancy scoring machine, he became a physical and durable workhorse that won over fans and teammates with his leadership rather than his scoring.

Bridgman scored a remarkable 66 goals and 157 points in 66 games during his final junior, making him a projected scoring machine in the NHL.

After the Philadelphia Flyers drafted Bridgman, he did go on to a very successful career, but he ended up earning his goals the hard way and paying the price with a physical brand of hockey more typically played by the grinders in the lineup.

Bridgman went on to play 977 games, during which he scored 252 goals and 701 points. He also accumulated 1,625 penalty minutes.

Bridgman earned the respect of his teammates, not because of a red carpet rolled out for him after the entry draft, but because of the physical price he paid to generate team offense.

He was named team captain of both the Flyers and the New Jersey Devils before his 14 NHL seasons were said and done.

TODAY: TBD (Fast Tempo, 90 Second Rests)
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TODAY’S TRAINING INSPIRATION:
TIM KERR

Today’s Colin Timberlake Training Inspiration is a man who was on the fast track to the Hockey Hall of Fame before his career was cut regrettably short by a series of injuries and surgeries.

Tim Kerr was a scoring machine for the Philadelphia Flyers in the 1980s, posting four straight seasons with 50 or more goals, and leading the entire NHL in power play goals for three straight years.

He was a key element in two runs the Flyers made to the Stanley Cup Finals, and scored an impressive 40 goals in only 81 career playoff games.

Tim Kerr was a scoring machine for the Philadelphia Flyers in the 1980s, posting four straight seasons with 50 or more goals, and leading the entire NHL in power play goals for three straight years.

He was a key element in two runs the Flyers made to the Stanley Cup Finals, and scored an impressive 40 goals in only 81 career playoff games.

Kerr played in 13 NHL seasons, but was limited to 40 games or less in five of his final six years in the league. His continual attempts to rehab his injuries and return to the NHL ranks won him the 1989 Bill Masterton Trophy for perseverance and dedication to the game of hockey.

Kerr would only play in 655 games in his career, but would compile 370 goals and 674 points in that span, making him one of the top goal scorers of his era. He also played in three straight All-Star Games from 1984 to 1986.

TODAY: CARDIO

JUMP ROPE
- 3 Rounds

TRAINING NOTES

Rest and recovery day for the most part. Getting a few nagging aches and pains, even though I’m not training all that hard.

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TODAY’S TRAINING INSPIRATION:
BILL BARBER

Today’s Colin Timberlake Training Inspiration is a man who was responsible for providing a great measure of the skill on the toughest and most violent team in the NHL during the 1970s.

With the likes of Dave Schultz setting penalty minute records and intimidating opposing squads into submission, it was up to Bobby Clarke and today’s training inspiration, Bill Barber, to fill the opposing net with pucks while the players were cowering in fear.

Barber was no wimp, of course. He accumulated 104 penalty minutes in 1975-76, a campaign during which he also set career highs with 50 goals and 112 points.

He scored 30 or more goals in nine of his first ten seasons, and finished his career with 420 goals, 883 points, six All-Star Game appearances and a ticket to the Hockey Hall of Fame.

Barber was at his best in the playoffs, with 108 points in 129 games, and a key role in the Flyers’ back-to-back Stanley Cups in 1974 and 1975.

TODAY: CHEST (3-3-3 Tempo, 90 Second Rests)

BENCH PRESS (5 sets)
- Fast Tempo, 90 Second Rests
135 x 12
225 x 5
225 x 4
225 x 4
245 x 1

FLAT DUMBBELL FLYES (5 sets)
30 x 7
40 x 5
40 x 5
40 x 4
40 x 4

DECLINE DUMBBELL PRESS (3 sets)
40 x 5
50 x 4
50 x 4

INCLINE DUMBBELL PRESS (3 sets)
50 x 4
50 x 4
50 x 4

10K RUN
- Moderate Pace, 48:30

TRAINING NOTES

Total Sets (Chest): 16

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Over the course of the documented training regimes, there have been many individuals that have inspired a wide array of grueling days in the gym, on the track and on the treadmill…

And more than a couple of these inspirations have done their finest work out of the city of Philadelphia, in many cases wearing a Flyers jersey…

So here is a list of inspirational individuals…for my Philadelphia brothers…

TODAY’S TRAINING INSPIRATION:
BERNIE PARENT

Today’s Colin Timberlake Training Inspiration is a man who had for decades, and arguably still has, established himself as possibly the greatest winner in hockey history.

Bernie Parent was the goaltending backbone of a Philadelphia Flyers dynasty that saw the team win back to back Stanley Cups in 1974 and 1975. This period coincided with a three-year stretch in which Parent led the entire NHL in wins for three straight seasons.

Perhaps most impressively, he posted 40-win seasons twice in a row, when 40-win seasons were essentially unheard of among NHL goaltenders.

Perhaps greatest of all was the 1973-74 season where he was the league’s biggest workhorse, leading all goalie with 73 games played, and its shutout leader (one of two 12-shutout seasons he had and one of three in which he led the league in this category).

And these achievements paled in comparison to his greatest accomplishment that year: a record setting 47 wins that would stand for over 30 years as the league standard and, which realistically, still does.

Just a couple seasons ago, Parent’s 47 wins were finally matched by Roberto Luongol and beaten by Martin Brodeur (48) but only in a league that saw more games in a season than Parent’s day and which had eliminated ties, assuring one goaltender of a win every single game. Even with these advantages, Brodeur was only able to beat Parent’s mark by one.

When one also considers that Bernie Parent posted a record of 47-13-12 in that incredible season, and that he would almost assuredly have won at least half of his 12 ties in today’s league, he is left with an amazing 53 wins if half his ties are converted to victories and half to losses.

Parent retired as one of the all-time leaders in pretty much every major goaltending category, with his 54 shutouts, 271 wins and 120 ties placing him among the all-time leaders. His 38 playoff victories are no slouch either, and in both 1974 and 1975 he was named both the goaltender of the year (Vezina Trophy) and playoff MVP (Conn Smythe Trophy), rightfully assuring himself a place in the hall of fame.

TODAY: INJURED / DAY OFF

REST / HEALING PERIOD

TRAINING NOTES

Total Sets (Body): Zero

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