100 Things Flames Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die (100 Things...Fans Should Know) - Softcover

Johnson, George

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1629372285 ISBN 13: 9781629372280

Verlag: Triumph Books, 2017

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Most Calgary Flames fans have attended a game at the Scotiabank Saddledome, seen highlights of a young Theo Fleury, and remember where they were when the team won the Stanley Cup in 1989. But only real fans know what the team traded to acquire Miikka Kiprusoff, the best place to grab a bite before the puck drops, or who served as the radio voice of the Flames before Peter Maher. 100 Things Flames Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die is the ultimate resource guide for true fans of Calgary hockey. Whether you're a die-hard fan from the days of Al MacInnis or a new supporter of Johnny Gaudreau, this book contains everything Flames fans should know, see, and do in their lifetime.

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George Johnson has covered sports in Calgary for more than 30 years, most recently as the sports columnist for the Calgary Herald. He lives in Calgary, Alberta.

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100 Things Flames Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die

By George Johnson

Triumph Books LLC

Copyright © 2017 George Johnson
All rights reserved.

ISBN: 978-1-62937-228-0

Contents

Foreword by Theoren Fleury, 
1. May 25, 1989, 
2. The Move North, 
3. The Corral: First Home, 
4. Beating Philly, 
5. Something ... Missing, 
6. The Magic Man, 
7. Badger Bob, 
8. Like Oil and Water, 
9. The Silver Fox, 
10. The 50-Goal Swede, 
11. "It's Eva, Dahling ...", 
12. Lanny, 
13. The Shot, 
14. The Kid from the Kitchen, 
15. The Ol' Potlicker, 
16. The Great White Shark, 
17. Hometown Hero, 
18. The "So-Called Slump", 
19. The Best Deadline-Day Deal, 
20. The Most Famous Goal, 
21. "Thank You, Flames", 
22. That's Suter, Not Sutter, 
23. Gretzky's Rash, 
24. The Mario All-Star Game, 
25. Joe Who? (Naturally), 
26. Snowstorm in Jersey, 
27. He Ain't Nothin' but a Hound Dog, 
28. "In His Own Little World", 
29. Theo Sound Bites, 
30. Crispie, 
31. Beast, 
32. Killer, 
33. Tim Hunter: Tough Guy, 
34. Paul Bunyan from Bemidji, 
35. The Toughest Series, 
36. Sealed with a Kiss, 
37. Ready to Win, 
38. Pep, 
39. A Soviet Legend, 
40. The Friendship Tour, 
41. "Yeah, Baby!", 
42. The Battle, 
43. Battle Quotes, 
44. The Dynasty Dies, 
45. The Risebrough Era, 
46. Trading Gilmour, 
47. Gary Roberts, 
48. Harley Hotchkiss, 
49. Top 10 Individual Seasons, 
50. A Dozen Defining Deals, 
51. Top 10 Drafts, 
52. The Epic Series, 
53. Toon Time, 
54. Those Fickle Hockey Gods, 
55. Trading Joe, 
56. Iginla: The Greatest Flame, 
57. The Age of Austerity, 
58. Two That Got Away, 
59. "It's Not the Size of the Bull ...", 
60. "Hello, Hockey Fans", 
61. Coatesy, 
62. Trivia Time, 
63. Draft Disappointments, 
64. Pssst! Santa's a Flames Fan. Pass It On., 
65. Giving Back, 
66. Land of the Rising Sun, 
67. Young Guns, 
68. Ultimatum, 
69. Ten Memorable Goals, 
70. Hall Monitoring, 
71. Hart Breaker, 
72. By the Numbers, 
73. All-Time All-Stars, 
74. Mr. Popularity, 
75. All Ducks on Deck!, 
76. Rockin' Red Socks, 
77. Darryl, 
78. The Tunnel of Death, 
78. The Tunnel of Death, 
80. The 2004 Run, 
81. OT Hero, 
82. The Heritage Classic, 
83. Dealing Dion, 
84. Family Ties, 
85. Iginla Exits, 
86. Iginla Returns, 
87. The Flood of 2013, 
88. Gio, 
89. Sean Monahan, 
90. Burke, 
91. Remembering Monty, 
92. Johnny Hockey, 
93. Take the Tour, 
94. Bob Hartley: Populist, 
95. The New Architect, 
96. Renaissance, 
97. The Big League Experience and Then Some, 
98. Red Mile Revived, 
99. CalgaryNEXT, 
100. Where Are They Now?, 
Acknowledgments, 
Sources, 
About the Author, 

CHAPTER 1

May 25, 1989

All these years later, Lanny McDonald still hasn't sat down in front of his flat-screen TV and watched Game 6 from start to finish. Oh, he's often seen highlights. Snippets. Bits and pieces.

The images never change: His younger self, peeling away, arms outstretched, after cashing a diagonal Joe Nieuwendyk pass beyond Montreal netminder Patrick Roy at 4:24 of the second period to establish a 2–1 Calgary Flames lead. The indomitable Doug Gilmour slotting into an empty Montreal net — Roy at the end of the Habs bench — at 18:57 of the third to seal the deal. The gutted but gracious crowd at the fabled old Montreal Forum staying put to salute the only invaders ever to lift the big silver chalice on their hallowed ice. McDonald's own hands wrapped around the Stanley Cup, at the center of the commemorative keepsake on-ice photo, flanked by GM Cliff Fletcher and Nieuwendyk, goaltender Mike Vernon popping up just behind him.

"I could probably play the majority of the game, shift by shift, if I just closed my eyes," the emotional fulcrum of the Calgary Flames' only Stanley Cup–winning march said more than a quarter century later.

They'd done it. Broken the reign of the dynastic Edmonton Oilers, their northern tormentors for so long. Exorcised the demons. After battling through a near loss in round one versus Vancouver, followed by a sweep of the L.A. Kings, the Flames had ousted the Chicago Blackhawks in five games to reach the Finals against hockey's most storied, revered franchise, the Montreal Canadiens. The Canadiens had Roy, Chris Chelios at his snarly best, the sleek Mats Naslund up front, and Pat Burns behind the bench.

It had been a difficult season for McDonald, the Flames' most beloved icon, as a new era dawned in Calgary. The man with the mustache had been shuffled in and out of the lineup during 82 games and then through the playoffs. He'd sat out Game 5's 3–2 Flames win that had put the Campbell Conference champions one night away from the ultimate prize: the Stanley Cup. Given the opponent, the venue, and the stakes, these Flames needed that certain something only Lanny McDonald's presence in the lineup could provide.

"[Assistant coach] Doug Risebrough called me into the trainers' room," recalled McDonald. "He didn't even say it in those words —'You're in the lineup.' All he said was, 'Do you know where you've got to be in all situations?' That was his way of telling me.

"I'll never forget, I'm looking over [Risebrough's] shoulder and there's Bearcat [trainer Jim Murray] kinda peeking around the corner — [Risebrough had] kicked him out of the room — and he let out a whoop, then goes into the room to tell the rest of the players. And I heard a little bit of a cheer. So it was pretty cool."

In a series so evenly matched, the karma of a 16-year unfulfilled quest by one of the modern game's classiest players proved to be the difference. "We kept saying in the dressing room, 'Let's win this for Lanny,'" said Vernon amidst the celebrations that night.

Echoed head coach Terry Crisp: "He is the kind of leader words cannot describe. We hoped that by putting him back in, we'd get a lift for this team, not only emotionally in the dressing room but physically on the ice. And that's what we got."

Game 6 followed the tight style of its five predecessors — none decided by more than two goals. Checking winger Colin Patterson opened scoring, the only goal of the first period. After the nefarious Claude Lemieux equalized early in the second stanza, McDonald broke out with Nieuwendyk and fleet Swedish left winger Hakan Loob. There was less chance of legendary Dunn's famous deli taking Montreal smoked meat off the menu than the old pro McDonald missing the net on that chance.

Because of the emotional resonance of that goal, people still assume it was the game winner. Sorry. Officially, that went to Gilmour, who swatted his first of the game and 10 of the playoffs out of the air at 11:02 of the third during a power play for a 3–1 Calgary advantage. Habs defenseman Rick Green, of all people, pulled one back before Gilmour hit the empty net.

"Storybook?" said McDonald — who would announce his retirement later that summer — in the cramped visiting quarters at the Forum. "I don't know if it's storybook or not. But it certainly is a hell of a way to write the final chapter. This is the most powerful feeling ever in hockey."

Asked about how it felt to finally lift Lord Stanley's chalice, he...

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Triumph Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2017
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1629372285
• ISBN 13: 9781629372280
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 320
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