Former NHL defenseman Bryan “Bugsy” Watson has died. He was 78. Watson played 1,009 NHL games for six different teams from 1963-1978 before finishing his on-ice career in the World Hockey Association in 1979. He played for the Penguins from 1968 to 1974, leading the league in penalty minutes in 1971-72. Watson is known well in the Washington D.C. area for founding Bugsy’s Pizza in Alexandria, Virginia, in 1983.
Former Penguin Dies
July 11, 2021 4:12 am