In 1981, my buddies and I made a banner and went to the airport to welcome the Flames back after knocking off the Flyers in the quarterfinals. The team was great and I got autographs from Pat Riggin, Brad Marsh, Phil Russell, Guy Chouinard, Kent Nilsson, Bobby McMillan, Ken Houston, Don Lever and many others. The one player that refused to sign any autographs was Willie Plett who just walked by all the fans. It was pretty sad. He was the favorite player of one of my friends.
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