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This one has the retirement of a broadcasting legend, a cop being brought
in from home to help officiate, a series of potential new rules being tried out,
and the long, floating goal by Ed Ward referenced in the original request.

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The following picture doesn't pertain specifically to this game
but I included it when it caught my eye from another game the week before.
When the Flames met the Canucks 6 days earlier in Calgary,
the teams were just returning from the 3-week Olympic break.
When the Canucks' convened for their first practice,
a few players were nursing injuries and several others hadn't yet returned
from Nagano, Japan.
With only 13 players available, coach Mike Keenan suited up
and played defense during a scrimmage.
Keenan played 4 years of college hockey in the early 1970s
but was never drafted and never turned professional.