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Many of you, including myself are heading to Hockey Pool Drafts....Mine starts at 2pm. I am encouraging all to come into the hockeybuzz chatroom from 2pm pm on and share their experiences from their drafts and I will also be sharing mine. Think of it like being able to "phone a friend" when you need help...We did this last year and it was a great time!
from yesterday...
I caught up with Marty Biron today after the game to rub in the Poulin Goal on Gosselin and Marty's boyhood team the Quebec Nordiques..
VIDEOS FROM THE SPECTRUM TODAY
WALKING UP
JULIE FROM HER SEATS
I have a list of about 20...but here are the top five...
#1: 1987 Game 6 Stanley Cup Final vs. The Edmonton Oilers.
Still the most exciting game I have ever attended live anywhere. Absolute insanity. What I always remember was thinking going into the last period at least I would get to see the Stanley Cup skated around the ice. The Oilers were looking that dominant, and just look at the players on that team. Instead I felt part of a stadium that was just off its rocker. Winning game 6 and taking the best team to ever be put together led by the best player to ever play the game to a seventh game. I wasn’t there when they won the Cup, but this feeling must have been pretty close.
The two Youtube videos below show the events that turned this into my favorite Spectrum moment.
#2 Ron Hextall Scores.
I told the story before, but I almost didn’t go. I was stuck babysitting for a neighbor and were it for cell phones I would have blown this game off. I arrived midway through the second period mainly because I couldn’t tell my friend meeting me at the game that I wasn’t going to be able to make it. These were the days that if you were meeting someone somewhere like this you either showed up or they were going to send the police out for you! (Do I sound old?)
Anyway, as my buddy will attest, I called the Hextall goal about 30 seconds before hand.
#3: The Pelle Lindbergh Memorial Game.
This one is in my top ten for all the wrong reasons. These two teams had just played in the year before in the playoffs. Gretzky, the year before, gave the highest praise for Pelle. Lindbergh was my favorite player of all time. Still believe the #31 needs to hang in the rafters. No one has ever worn it since, and no one will anyway.
The Flyers were on a crazy streak going into this game having won 10 in a row. The Oilers offered to postpone the game. Darren Jensen played out of his head and the Flyers somehow won this game.
In my office hangs a giant painting of Lindbergh. Where did I get that painting?
It is an amazing story.
As I walked through the Spectrum parking lot the night of this first game after Pelle’s tragic death I was stopped by a stranger who saw me in my Lindbergh jersey and said, “I am looking for a Lindbergh fan” He opened up the trunk of his car and said “I painted this, but I can’t keep it,” He handed me the rolled up canvas.
My mom and I were stunned. Wherever you are. Thank You.
#4-#10
#4 Eric Lindros's First NHL Game. All the hype, and he won the game on this goal, 50 seconds in...
#5. Dave Poulin 2-Men Short...
We will be doing a live Podcast from the Spectrum today around 11:30 am and I will talk about some more memories….
from yesterday...
I caught up with Marty Biron today after the game to rub in the Poulin Goal on Gosselin and Marty's boyhood team the Quebec Nordiques..
VIDEOS FROM THE SPECTRUM TODAY
WALKING UP
JULIE FROM HER SEATS
I have a list of about 20...but here are the top five...
#1: 1987 Game 6 Stanley Cup Final vs. The Edmonton Oilers.
Still the most exciting game I have ever attended live anywhere. Absolute insanity. What I always remember was thinking going into the last period at least I would get to see the Stanley Cup skated around the ice. The Oilers were looking that dominant, and just look at the players on that team. Instead I felt part of a stadium that was just off its rocker. Winning game 6 and taking the best team to ever be put together led by the best player to ever play the game to a seventh game. I wasn’t there when they won the Cup, but this feeling must have been pretty close.
The two Youtube videos below show the events that turned this into my favorite Spectrum moment.
#2 Ron Hextall Scores.
I told the story before, but I almost didn’t go. I was stuck babysitting for a neighbor and were it for cell phones I would have blown this game off. I arrived midway through the second period mainly because I couldn’t tell my friend meeting me at the game that I wasn’t going to be able to make it. These were the days that if you were meeting someone somewhere like this you either showed up or they were going to send the police out for you! (Do I sound old?)
Anyway, as my buddy will attest, I called the Hextall goal about 30 seconds before hand.
#3: The Pelle Lindbergh Memorial Game.
This one is in my top ten for all the wrong reasons. These two teams had just played in the year before in the playoffs. Gretzky, the year before, gave the highest praise for Pelle. Lindbergh was my favorite player of all time. Still believe the #31 needs to hang in the rafters. No one has ever worn it since, and no one will anyway.
The Flyers were on a crazy streak going into this game having won 10 in a row. The Oilers offered to postpone the game. Darren Jensen played out of his head and the Flyers somehow won this game.
In my office hangs a giant painting of Lindbergh. Where did I get that painting?
It is an amazing story.
As I walked through the Spectrum parking lot the night of this first game after Pelle’s tragic death I was stopped by a stranger who saw me in my Lindbergh jersey and said, “I am looking for a Lindbergh fan” He opened up the trunk of his car and said “I painted this, but I can’t keep it,” He handed me the rolled up canvas.
My mom and I were stunned. Wherever you are. Thank You.
#4-#10
#4 Eric Lindros's First NHL Game. All the hype, and he won the game on this goal, 50 seconds in...
#5. Dave Poulin 2-Men Short...
We will be doing a live Podcast from the Spectrum today around 11:30 am and I will talk about some more memories….
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