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Originally Posted by AC
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Got the goal wrong on your copy and paste. Looks like Bozek unassisted.
Peplinski from Carey Wilson was the other shorthanded goal that period.
108 PIM in the first 28 seconds.
252 for the game.
Played the night before in Calgary too.
The game made Sports Illustrated, with both coaches disgusted at the game.
Steve Smith had scored somewhat on his own net the night before as well, so this was a back to back game
A gem of an article, worth the read.
https://www.si.com/vault/1987/03/30/...rival-edmonton
And the Flames' 6-3 victory could assume its rightful place among the more repugnant contests in NHL history.
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Sather seemed resigned as he sat on the Ping-Pong table in the Oilers' dressing room and digested Friday's defeat. "I might as well not have been there," he said. "I talked to them between periods, I talked to them on the bench. It didn't make any difference. The next group on the ice wasn't concerned about hockey. I'm more embarrassed by that game than any I've ever been involved in."
Johnson agreed. "An absolute nothing game," he said. "I didn't enjoy coaching it, I don't think they enjoyed playing in it. Absolute nothing."
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