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Enoch Root · 08-31-2022, 08:55 AM

To confirm the accuracy with no 'time embellishment' from the first quote in the OP, our school (like every school I have discussed with others) stopped all classes and gathered kids in every room that had a TV. We watched every game in it's entirety that happened during school hours (the 4 home games were evening games) and we watched them from start to finish. During intermissions, we had recess.

During the first 4 games in Canada, that were evening times of course, we had parties for every game (as did pretty much all hockey fans). Parents at one TV, kids at another. Everything else came to a stop.

For that entire 2 or 3 weeks (or whatever it was), I recall talking about nothing BUT the series. We discussed the merits of the Soviet National Anthem, why Canadians were better players, even though the Russians had better fundamentals, why the Canadian players had long, shaggy hair but the Russians were crew-cut, and every other possible topic that popped up from the event. And nothing else. It was The Series, 24/7, until it ended in (pseudo) glory.

08-31-2022, 08:55 AM	#5
Enoch Root Franchise Player Join Date: May 2012 Exp:	To confirm the accuracy with no 'time embellishment' from the first quote in the OP, our school (like every school I have discussed with others) stopped all classes and gathered kids in every room that had a TV. We watched every game in it's entirety that happened during school hours (the 4 home games were evening games) and we watched them from start to finish. During intermissions, we had recess. During the first 4 games in Canada, that were evening times of course, we had parties for every game (as did pretty much all hockey fans). Parents at one TV, kids at another. Everything else came to a stop. For that entire 2 or 3 weeks (or whatever it was), I recall talking about nothing BUT the series. We discussed the merits of the Soviet National Anthem, why Canadians were better players, even though the Russians had better fundamentals, why the Canadian players had long, shaggy hair but the Russians were crew-cut, and every other possible topic that popped up from the event. And nothing else. It was The Series, 24/7, until it ended in (pseudo) glory.