This game should have completely turned after the tying goal. A team with killer instinct pounces on that momentum change and the fact that Smith has to be in his head after that. But no...they barely pressed at all. They should have been smelling blood. This isn't the Flames we've seen all year.
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A few weeks after crashing head-first into the boards (denting his helmet and being unable to move for a little while) following a hit from behind by Bob Errey, the Calgary Flames player explains:
"I was like Christ, lying on my back, with my arms outstretched, crucified"
-- Frank Musil - Early January 1994
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