I only had an opportunity to attend one game of the 1st round series vs. the Canucks, but I'll never forget the feeling in the Dome - just electric. Everyone 100% into the game and cheering their guts out. You could feel the hair on the back of your neck stand up.
My favourite part of these 1st round home games was that it seemed to me that there were significantly less Canuck fans in attendance. Did anyone else notice this too?
What made this whole thing worse was having to endure the lockout the year after, then having the 2005-06 team, which looked built for the playoffs, completely crap the bed against Anaheim in game seven, at home, in the first round.
One of the worst games I've ever attended. I was so excited, first year season ticket holder and they had nothing in that game. Absolutely empty.
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My favourite part of these 1st round home games was that it seemed to me that there were significantly less Canuck fans in attendance. Did anyone else notice this too?
I was at the one that they came back and tied after being down 4-0. One of the greatest games I've ever seen, even though they lost in OT.
I have basically blocked it from my mind and I never revisit it with highlights etc. I (like everyone else) invested a lot of time and angst into that run.
I look back to celebrating on Electric Ave w/ 60,000 people in '89 more often.
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What still really irritates me is how the opposition (starting with Detroit, I think) characterized the Flames as no talent goons. What irritates me more is how the media picked that up and ran with it. By the time they got into Tampa, Sutter had to point out to reporters that none of the players were refused entry into the US because they were criminals.
Also, it was in.
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I have never had much problem with the non-goal call. There are, however, two things that bug me much more in the Tampa Bay series.
1. The 5 on 3 power play for the full 2 minutes in game 4, and the final score ending up 1-0 simply because of the two penalty calls.
2. The overtime goal is a direct result of Jason Cullimore (I think) kicking his legs out and tripping Chris Simon before he could get the puck out of the zone. This caused a turn over at the blue line, St. Louis puts home the rebound. Kipper actually almost saves this shot but it hits him and deflects up, but not high enough to get over the net.
Finally, we should know that a 2004 WILL happen again. Who knows, it might even happen in 2015...
This. Drives me nuts when ever I see a replay of it now. Such a terrible miss call that never gets talked about.
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I have never had much problem with the non-goal call. There are, however, two things that bug me much more in the Tampa Bay series.
1. The 5 on 3 power play for the full 2 minutes in game 4, and the final score ending up 1-0 simply because of the two penalty calls.
2. The overtime goal is a direct result of Jason Cullimore (I think) kicking his legs out and tripping Chris Simon before he could get the puck out of the zone. This caused a turn over at the blue line, St. Louis puts home the rebound. Kipper actually almost saves this shot but it hits him and deflects up, but not high enough to get over the net.
Finally, we should know that a 2004 WILL happen again. Who knows, it might even happen in 2015...
These two things stand out to me just as much as the missed goal too.
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This. Drives me nuts when ever I see a replay of it now. Such a terrible miss call that never gets talked about.
Yes. I'm glad I'm not the only one. To me that was the series right there. With their injuries and general beaten upness, they had to win that one, and they should have. They absolutely dominated that overtime, until that turn of events.
We never really recovered from that.
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2. The overtime goal is a direct result of Jason Cullimore (I think) kicking his legs out and tripping Chris Simon before he could get the puck out of the zone. This caused a turn over at the blue line, St. Louis puts home the rebound. Kipper actually almost saves this shot but it hits him and deflects up, but not high enough to get over the net.
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I remember being irate when I saw this "in game" . . . and then, when it resulted in a goal . . . it's like you could see it was going to happen - I just knew it.
The height of the emotions in that game 6 was unlike anything I had experienced as a fan (remains true to today). I remember it being compiling negatives from the "it was in" goal that wasn't counted, to the non-call in OT that led to the goal that forced game 7. It amazes me that remembering it now brings back the feelings of those emotions so vividly.
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I was 21. Watched almost every game with at least 20-30 people huddled around a 32" tube tv. I was extremely mad and sad at the same time when the final buzzer went. I thought about the run the way Chris Clark sums it up in the OP. I just knew from the Detroit series win that something special was about to unfold in the following weeks.
After the TB game 7 all of our group walked the Red Mile. It was still quite busy. But I was amazed with attitude and spirit shown. Everyone just comforted each other and we all were happy to enjoy the run. I think it was the spirit of the team that made the whole experience special. They proved that with hard work and determination, anything is possible.
Yes. I'm glad I'm not the only one. To me that was the series right there. With their injuries and general beaten upness, they had to win that one, and they should have. They absolutely dominated that overtime, until that turn of events.
We never really recovered from that.
I remember hearing that before game 7 the team had cancelled practice and they just basically sat around and talked about what winning the cup would mean to them.
Sutter was smart, but he knew that his team had used every bit of energy to get to that game 7 and there was next to nothing left.
Even watching game 7 the desire was there but you could see that their legs were heavy.
They lost the Cup not on a goal that was in or not in, but on a pretty cheap piece of interference along the boards.
The Flames in 2004 had a incredibly hard road to the cup. They took out three division winners, and even though the Detroit and San Jose series were only 6 games they were tough physical series and the Flames had to gut it out for every break that they got.
Tampa Bay on the other hand played a pretty average happy to be there Islanders team, crushed a team in Montreal that had never heard of a body check, and then faced iirc a pretty banged up Flyers team.
Basically in game 7 the Flames had nothing left at all, the tank was empty, they made a good effort of it, but somethings the mind is willing but the body is unable.
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Looking back on it, Calgary was pressing, down a goal, up in the series. 4 or 5 minutes left in the period, Niemo takes a bad penalty, kills all of Calgary's momentum.
Looking back on it, Calgary was pressing, down a goal, up in the series. 4 or 5 minutes left in the period, Niemo takes a bad penalty, kills all of Calgary's momentum.
Meh, we won the following game to regain the series lead and it didn't look like we were going to score on Khabibulin in Game 4 no matter what. We then had 2 games to win the Cup.
Our kiss of death was delivered when Jason Cullimore tackled Shean Donovan's knee and fell on it, tearing his MCL. If we had Donovan in the lineup for Games 6 or 7, I'm positive we would have won.
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This thread hurts and brings so much joy all at the same time. Young Papi34 is nostalgic to every moment. I may have to invest some time in rewatching all the games minus 6 and 7 of the finals and just keep telling myself we won.
