My old buddy Mike Williamson gave me this little story. Years ago he was at a store and the wild and wacky Eddie Shack happened to be there shopping. Mike and Eddie chatted for about 20 minutes or so, Jean Beliveau’s name came up, and they both agreed that it was great that Jean was improving from his stroke that he had suffered at that time.
Eddie told Mike that when he played against Montreal, he would often give Jean a punch after hitting him, and then say sorry. One day the two of them happened to cross paths at the airport and Jean asked Eddie why he always said sorry after punching him.