Yeah as Reggie mentioned the bars you went to in order to watch games were always in hotels at the time. Carriage House, the Majestic, Trade Winds,The Stampeder etc... At one of those places they had pitchers of beer for 4 bucks during games...cant recall which one it was.
That series against the Flyers was a doozy...they were still a very good hockey team and still really tough as well. They could score...man could they score. I remember the Flames losing game 5 or 6 to the tune of 9-2 (or something like that) and me thinking it was likely over for the good guys at that point. Thats when Riggin decided he wasnt going to lose and was outstanding in game 7 in particular.
As already mentioned losing to the North Stars didn't seem so bad because no one was beating the Islanders anyways.
Good memories and a boost the city needed at a very very dark time in its history.
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