I think I said it here, the most gut wrenching time of my young life, having just turned 10, was watching those last 12 minutes after the bonus Smith goal.
That was capped off by the last 1:20. Tonelli losing his stick with him staring at an empty net. Puck goes the other way, Gretzky from his knees finds an open Anderson. Flames then get a too many men penalty with 35s to go. From that, a wide open Kurri for some reason tries a pass. And with 8 seconds,McInnis gives it away to Gretzky, and a diving Patterson prevents his pass from going in front of the net to two open Oilers.
I remember thousands of people at the airport after this game later that night to greet them. I think there were a couple thousand to send them off to Edmonton after Game 6.
What a great call from Don Whitman, and though this is off topic we were so lucky to have him for all the series from the early 80s at the way through to 2006. His comments throughout the game, coining the Sea of Red phrase after Game 2. His signoff after this series was fantastic too.
Here is the whole game. Worth watching the end, to the very end and Whitman's comments, starting at 1:47:40.
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