The next morning it was a kick in the gut. If you’ve been around the Flyers long enough, you definitely know Bruce “Scoop” Cooper. But all the Flyers knew that Pelle Lindbergh often drove his red Porsche too fast, especially on the small roads through the small towns of southern New Jersey where most of the Flyers live. Bob Clarke, then general manager, pulled me aside and said he and the team wanted me to return to the Flyers as equipment manager. Occasionally the digitization process introduces transcription errors or other problems; we are continuing to work to improve these archived versions. Pelle Lindbergh Crashes His Porsche On that fateful Sunday morning, Pelle Lindbergh crashed his Porsche 930 Turbo into a wall in Somerdale, New Jersey. Meltzer also remembers what he and other fans went through the week following Pelle’s fatal crash: Everybody went through the same gamut of emotions. That's when I knew he hit the wall.''. Pelle, 26, was coming off of a career year where he led the NHL in wins with 40, was voted to the First All Star team and won the Vezina trophy as outstanding goalie. We went to VAG Stockholm, a high end car dealership, and Pelle took possession of the car. In a coma for two days, he was eventually disconnected from life-support … Pelle Lindbergh didn't play in the Flyers' 5-3 victory over the Boston Bruins at the Spectrum in Philadelphia on Saturday night. Why didn't we demand answers as to why the curve was even there and why there wasn't a cushion to soften any collision with the wall? ''We accepted it as part of sports,'' Bobby Clarke, the Flyers' general manager, was saying yesterday. On November 10, 1985, Pelle Lindbergh, the goal for the National Hockey League team the Philadelphia Flyers drove intoxicated at excessive speed in his customized Porsche into a wall, fatally injuring himself and injuring two others. At their Marlton townhouse, Kerstin Pietzch was sleeping when a knock on the door awakened her. On November 10, 1985, however, Pelle Lindbergh crashed his Porsche into an elementary school after leaving a team party at the Flyers practice facility in Voorhees Township, New Jersey. ''The reasons for the accident,'' Detective Charles Pope of the Somerdale Police Deptartment was saying yesterday. But all the Flyers knew that Pelle Lindbergh often drove his red Porsche too fast, especially on the small roads through the small towns of southern New … I was on that bus with the players. The patch memorialized Pelle Lindbergh, the Flyers’ starting goaltender who died 30 years ago this November at the beginning of the 1985-86 season. Frosty played and then [Lindbergh] was killed in the accident so the trade never happened. Now there were a couple Swedish players Thomas Eriksson and Kevin Cady was the trainer who spoke Swedish. I drove Kerstin’s car from the dealership back to Barnansgaten 24 with Pelle leading the way. Pelle Lindbergh remembered It was 30 years ago today that Pelle Lindbergh crashed his heavily modified Porsche 930 Turbo into a wall while driving under the influence of alcohol. Lindbergh's main vice in life was a … Bob Clarke, Bernie Parent, and jay Snider were there. After practice, after a game, hockey players invariably gather at their favorite hangout for a few beers. I was 22 at the time and Pelle was 25. Hours later he … (except in school hours) in that residential area, but the 26-year-old Swede apparently was driving his red Porsche 930 Turbo much faster. 1985 Nov Pelle ran his Porsche into a wall and was pronounced deceased at age 26. team, According to his fiancee, Pelle Lindbergh left his townhouse at about 1 o'clock. The Flyers (Mr. Snider) covered the cost of the flights and I accompanied the family and Thomas Eriksson and his girlfriend Malin to Sweden with Pelle’s body. As a reader, I felt conflicted by the details of Lindbergh's crash. Tim Horton – Feb. 24, 1974 Death: Hit highway median while drinking and drive, ejected 200 feet from car His blood alcohol content was found to be .24 percent; anything exceeding .10 is considered legally drunk. And that’s when I realized it’s got to be really bad. I immediately flew from Portland to Philly and was picked-up at the airport by John Prettyman, a Voorhees Township police lieutenant and also a friend of Pelle. This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of online publication in 1996. Pelle Lindbergh törmäsi kohtalokkain seurauksin kiviaitaan Porsche 930 Turbollaan 10. marraskuuta 1985. To preserve these articles as they originally appeared, The Times does not alter, edit or update them. ''He enjoyed driving fast. Perhaps Pelle would be proud of him. See the article in its original context from. So much talent, so much promise, so much hope…gone in a matter of moments. The book also contains many quotes from Lindbergh's friends discussing how scary it was to ride with Pelle in his Porsche because he drove way too fast. He wasn't a drunk, but he did drink too much'' Saturday night. Not at age 26, not when you're the Vezina Trophy winner, not when your team is on a 10-game winning streak. They were playing Boston that night and it was a Saturday night. I’d watched the game the night before so you went from the team being in the middle of a big winning streak and the elation of that, and then to concern and devastation. The Porsche’s speedometer went to 190 miles per hour. Special to the Toronto Star - Monday, November 11, 1985. For somebody who faces those flying pucks, a fast car is never a scare. ''I was always worried about a car accident,'' she said, ''but Pelle laughed at me. “Pelle told me he once took it up to 150 on the autobahn.” Lindbergh did not always drive like a maniac, but enjoyed showing off what the car could do.