Obviously remember where I was as a 13 year old...playing soccer that evening, a nice May summer night, against a visiting European team..all the parents were in their cars listening to the radio, and random car horn honks meant goals or just jubulation, randomly, through the game.
Superstition and nerves meant I wasn't likely to watch anyways; didn't watch a lot of games after the Vancouver series as I was too scared to see the Flames not advance, and the night of the final game, played street hockey before said soccer game and didn't see any goals. Left for the game after the first period after seeing highlights of Patterson's goal.
Soccer game was just down the street in Lake Bonavista, and it ended just before our game ended. Got a ride home with my mom and we stopped at 7-11, and they were giving out free slurpees. Then home to change and then to head out to Acadia drive to stand in the median to get car horns to honk.
Though there are about 20 select people that have my bootlegged copy purchased through CP from 2003 (when we weren't caring about that sort of stuff), where I burned a copy of my parents Betamax version of the game, the 2&7 parade coverage onto a DVD (and we had a CP night at Peanuts Pub to watch it as well), that footage isn't online in full...though here's a few clips.
CBC's final montage, though the last 30 seconds was edited out:
Posted I think by a CP member a few years ago, 2&7's montage.
38:20 is where it starts:
Peter Maher's call of the last 5 seconds (though he's late with the call, you can hear the siren):
Other video notes, was Ron McLean dropping Anderson Road, 14st, Crowchild Trail in his post game, talking about the celebrations going on in Calgary, after also showing the celebrations on Electric Avenue. Also, Dick Irvin thankfully had shut up the last 3 mins, likely weeping as he didn't have any Canadiens stories to tell anymore. Also, that 2&7 package shows how much of a beast Joey Mullen was. Outside of my Craig Conry Game 7 2004 SCF jersey, my signed, original (bought in 1994) Joe Mullen authentic signed jersey (had him sign it when he was in town as an assistant for the Pens years ago), is my most treasured Flames peice...may crack it out tomorrow.
Also, "Good Times" by Tom Cochrane, was one of the songs we played at our wedding almost 11 years ago, simply because of my happy memory of it in the above mentioned 2&7 montage 14 years prior to that.
Saw Cliff Fletcher on the plane coming back from Phoenix a few days ago...looking good for his age.
Great story and thanks for posting those vids! Could watch those over and over again!
I was on the losing end of this one. A 19 year old Habby was crying in his beer that day. Time has lessened the sting. I was very sad that Larry Robinson was not going to get another chance at one. Happy to have been beaten by a very deserving foe. The Flames were such a deep team. I think the Habs and Flames were 1, 2 in the league that year.
I was on the losing end of this one. A 19 year old Habby was crying in his beer that day. Time has lessened the sting. I was very sad that Larry Robinson was not going to get another chance at one. Happy to have been beaten by a very deserving foe. The Flames were such a deep team. I think the Habs and Flames were 1, 2 in the league that year.
IIRC, the Flames were 1st in the NHL in goals for and 2nd in goals against. The Canadiens were 1st in goals against and 2nd in goals for.
Everyone was so sure the Flames and Habs would meet in the final, that in our playoff draft that year almost every skater on both teams was taken, right down to Rick Nattress and Craig Ludwig.
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Great to see the video's and the memories associated with them. Anyone know the reason as to why Gary Suter wasn't there? I always felt like he was kind of the 'forgotten' guy on that '89 run. Granted he got hurt during the Vancouver series and didn't return back to the lineup--I still feel he was one of the most important players on that team.
I think Gary Suter is probably due for an appreciation thread one of these days. He was always overshadowed by Al MacInnis, and constantly was one of the more consistent offensive defencemen in the league throughout the late 80's and even up to the latter of his career.
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Great to see the video's and the memories associated with them. Anyone know the reason as to why Gary Suter wasn't there? I always felt like he was kind of the 'forgotten' guy on that '89 run. Granted he got hurt during the Vancouver series and didn't return back to the lineup--I still feel he was one of the most important players on that team.
I think Gary Suter is probably due for an appreciation thread one of these days. He was always overshadowed by Al MacInnis, and constantly was one of the more consistent offensive defencemen in the league throughout the late 80's and even up to the latter of his career.
Absolutely. Dude was the top scoring defenceman in the league, at age 23, with 91 points. He had a great motor, played with his head on a swivel, and, after MacInnis, had one of the best point shots in the league. Subban reminds me a lot of Suter.
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