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Originally Posted by Aeneas
One of my favorite Flames games ever, was the one where Neil Sheehy took the opening faceoff.
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"you know, the Badger Bob era, the guy, he thought way too much, and he was so far ahead of his time with thinking. You mentioned the line brawl. I remember it was one of the last games we were playing the regular season in Edmonton, and, of course, the visiting team has to put in their starting lineup.
He liked to mess with Sather's head and tick him off by delaying as long as possible before giving a starting lineup, and who does he start? Up front: Tim Hunter, Neil Sheehy, Nick Fotiu. That's the starting three forwards, and I think we had Terry Johnson and Charlie Bourgeois on defence, our five toughest by far guys.
So from the story I hear when they handed that over to Sather, Sather went ballistic when he saw because he delayed giving it to him. So Sather got it and went ballistic. Of course, he starts all his toughest guys, and what do they do? They dance right away. But that kind of stuff, can you imagine a coach doing that now? You'd be suspended."
http://http://flamesnation.ca/2012/3...tle-of-alberta
Looooob sez " of course Berezan's memory is likely a bit fuzzy here as Johnson and Bourgeois were traded for one another, I suspect someone knows who the other dman was on that play
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