When Ted Lindsay Fought, Everybody Won
by Terrence Doyle from Deadspin > Sports News Without Fear, Favor or Compromise on (#4AGE3)
Before Game 3 of the 1956 NHL semifinals between Detroit and Toronto, an unhinged Maple Leafs fan phoned the hotel the Red Wings were staying at to inform whoever would listen that if Ted Lindsay and Gordie Howe took the ice, they'd be shot on sight.