20 years ago today

[puckhead]

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/my dad brought me to this game for my birthday.

 

[elocomotive]

Imagine how well he'd have played if they turned on the lights.

 

[Winged_Wheel88]

In today's NHL, there would have been 11 penalties called and 3 of those would have warranted a review by Shanahan.

 

[Jimmy_the_Tongue]

I thought you were gonna say "Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play."

 

[Darkstone42]

I thought you were gonna say "Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play."

They've been going in and out of style.

 

[mattola]

i was at that game as well. I cant believe that is 20 fucking years ago wow

 

[forty_three]

I thought you were gonna say "Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play."

Get out of my head.

 

[jstewismybastardson]

i knew all about the controversy of the drafting of Pavel (ie was he eligible or not) ... I didnt know then canuck Igor Larionov provided "official game sheets" from Russia that ended up proving Bure was draft eligible

Tony Gallagher talked about the behind the scenes stuff that was going on. John Ziegler initially rejected the pick. Larionov provided the game sheets and NHL was going to investigate the authenticity of them but Ziegler made a backroom deal with Pat Quinn. ie Quinn could have Bure if he stopped proceeding with his defamation lawsuit against Ziegler (which arose when Pat Quinn left the Kings for the Canucks and was supended for a year)

this backroom deal was the beginning of the end for Ziegler as NHL commissioner

 

[jstewismybastardson]

Imagine how well he'd have played if they turned on the lights.

amazing to think about it today ...but the game wasnt even televised ...anywhere

/hence the shadows

 

[mattola]

i knew all about the controversy of the drafting of Pavel (ie was he eligible or not) ... I didnt know then canuck Igor Larionov provided "official game sheets" from Russia that ended up proving Bure was draft eligible

Tony Gallagher talked about the behind the scenes stuff that was going on. John Ziegler initially rejected the pick. Larionov provided the game sheets and NHL was going to investigate the authenticity of them but Ziegler made a backroom deal with Pat Quinn. ie Quinn could have Bure if he stopped proceeding with his defamation lawsuit against Ziegler (which arose when Pat Quinn left the Kings for the Canucks and was supended for a year)

this backroom deal was the beginning of the end for Ziegler as NHL commissioner

I knew nothing of that with Ziegler. I knew that there was controversy for Drafting Pavel until those game sheets arose (didnt know it was Igor that brought them) and that Washington was the team that fought hardest to nullify it so they could draft him.

crazy stuff

 

[mattola]

amazing to think about it today ...but the game wasnt even televised ...anywhere

/hence the shadows

those days had a unique feeling to being at games that were not televised. it truly felt special to be at a hockey game. it doesnt even come close to feeling that now when I go.

the smell of that arena, the cold feeling on entering it and hearing the ice crack from the players warming up. man I miss the canucks playing htere

those were special times.

 

[jstewismybastardson]

those days had a unique feeling to being at games that were not televised. it truly felt special to be at a hockey game. it doesnt even come close to feeling that now when I go.

the smell of that arena, the cold feeling on entering it and hearing the ice crack from the players warming up. man I miss the canucks playing htere

those were special times.

youre old

lol

/so am i ... i feel the same

 

[puckhead]

just thought this was a neat picture, and has a Bure and a Larionov in it

 

[puckhead]

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