Watching Jeff Friesen skate for his life from Craig Berube is my favorite part of that clip.
Scotty Nichol....man, would love a little sparkplug like that these days.
Even Special Nieds gave it a go....although his fighting was about as passionate as his play. Looked like he was waltzing out there.
Poor Hentunen doesn't even move a muscle for 5 minutes there... just looking forward, with that scared sh*tless look, hoping that he if he doesn't move, he'll be invisible and coach won't send him on the ice.
That team blew chunks, but hell, at least they cared a little. Plus I remember they had Student Days back then where you could an amazing deal on cheap tickets, and then still be able to move down into the good seats. At least back then you knew whoever showed up was a Flames fan. There weren't a lot of us, and we almost always lost, but they were at least lovable losers.
That 6-7 years out of the playoffs was pretty rough, but thats why it made 2004 pretty special.
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