Gelinas, who is into his eighth season as an assistant coach with the Calgary Flames, had finished a practice with the team at WinSport.
Conroy, assistant general manager with the Flames, had recently returned from a scouting assignment in Europe.
To provide a balanced perspective, Cory Sarich — a member of the enemy (and victorious) Tampa Bay Lightning then and, eventually, a rearguard for the Flames — also sat down after his crack-of-dawn appearance co-hosting the morning show on Sportsnet 960 The Fan.
All three had never watched this game. Not even Sarich who now calls Calgary home.
Until a quiet winter afternoon, that is, more than 15 years later…
It’s a lengthy article, but if you can stomach it, there are some interesting insights from the players who lived it. There’s also a 7:30 video that Kristen Anderson put together in addition to the article.
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But from my recollection it was a painful game to watch with the Flames not doing much (although not nearly as bad as the game 7 against the Ducks in ‘06).
Conroy’s slapshot goal from the point to make it 2-1 in the third was a great effort and breathed life into the Flames.
From there it was an exciting finish including Leopold getting robbed by Khabibulin, who of course was trash the rest of his career.
Game 6. Saturday night. Saddledome. C of Red. Oh how sweet that would have been.
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I wouldn’t be surprised if he said no. Even at the time he was never about celebrating until they had something to celebrate. I bet he has no interest in reliving that game.
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The loss in game 6 sits squarely on the guy sitting in section 211 row 16. We sat directly behind him for the entire playoff run.
He had a German army helmet with Darryl’s Army painted on. Red, yellow and black camo painted face. When the Flames scored, we all had our ritual high fives, hugs etc.
So at the end of game 4 he says.. it’s been fun, but I can’t make game 6. It’s his sister’s wedding. I remember telling him “You can’t miss this.. go to her next wedding!” He didn’t show and the rest is history.
Feels like a CBC Canadian Heritage Moment if you ask me.
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The loss in game 6 sits squarely on the guy sitting in section 211 row 16. We sat directly behind him for the entire playoff run.
He had a German army helmet with Darryl’s Army painted on. Red, yellow and black camo painted face. When the Flames scored, we all had our ritual high fives, hugs etc.
So at the end of game 4 he says.. it’s been fun, but I can’t make game 6. It’s his sister’s wedding. I remember telling him “You can’t miss this.. go to her next wedding!” He didn’t show and the rest is history.
Feels like a CBC Canadian Heritage Moment if you ask me.
Sorry but me and my friends were part of the voodoo too.
When watching game 6 as teenagers, between each period we had pizza and played street hockey. Between 1st and 2nd OT we ran out of pizza and lost the ball for hockey so we had chips and played football. We didn’t even all make it inside to see them lose it happened so fast.
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I am old enough to remember 89 , but for me that run was the best
We had all of Canada with us.The emotion from series to series , hell from period to period was amazing.
The non call it OT game 6 still gets my blood pressure rising. what a run though good memories till the way it ended
Re-visiting Game 7 of the 2004 Finals (Gelinas, Conroy & Sarich)
