Habs vs. Bruins

IN JUST A FEW MINUTES…
IT’S GAME 7 BETWEEN MONTREAL AND BOSTON…
ALL THE GHOSTS ARE OUT TONIGHT…
THIS WILL BE THE 7TH TIME THESE TWO TEAMS HAVE MET IN A GAME 7…
THE CANADIANS LEAD THE SERIES 4 GAMES TO 2…
BUT IT’S 1979 THAT IS BEST REMEMBERED…
THE COMPARISONS BETWEEN THESE TWO SERIES…IS DOWN RIGHT SPOOKY…
IN 79 THE HABS FINISHED THE REGULAR SEASON WITH THE BEST RECORD IN THE CONFERENCE…
EXACTLY WHAT THEY DID THIS SEASON…
THE SERIES OPENED WITH MONTREAL TAKING THE FIRST TWO AT HOME…
BOSTON WON GAME 3…MONTREAL GAME 4…AND THE BRUINS BOUNCED BACK TO WIN GAMES 5 AND 6…
EXACTLY THE ORDER OF VICTORIES IN THIS SERIES…
IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO BELIEVE TONIGHT’S GAME COULD MATCH THE DRAMA OF GAME 7 IN 1979…
AFTER THE FIRST TWO PERIODS…THE BRUINS LED 3-1…
BUT IN THE THIRD THE CANADIANS CAME OUT AND SCORED TWO QUICK GOALS TO TIE IT…
THEN WITH LESS THAN 4 MINUTES LEFT RICK MIDDLETON TOOK A SHOT FROM BEHIND NET…
IT HIT KEN DRYDEN ON THE ARM AND SOMEHOW WENT IN…
THE BRUINS WERE ABOUT TO PULL OFF THE SINGLE GREATEST COME BACK IN TEAM HISTORY…
THEN THE UNTHINKABLE HAPPENED…
BOSTON WAS CAUGHT WITH TOO MANY MEN ON THE ICE…
GUY LEFLEUR SCORED ON THE POWERPLAY AND YVON LAMBERT WON IT OVERTIME…
THE HABS WENT ONTO WIN THE STANLEY CUP…
AFTER THE GAME…DON CHERRY TOOK THE BLAME…
IN HIS WORDS…”THAT WAS MY FAULT…I HAD TO GRAB TWO OTHER GUYS OR WE’D HAVE HAD 8 OUT THERE.”
THAT GETS US TO GAME 7 TONIGHT…
IN THE 84 YEAR HISTORY OF THE BRUINS…THEY HAVE NEVER TRAILED 3-1 IN A SERIES AND MANAGED TO COME BACK TO WIN…NEVER…THEY ARE A PERFECT 0 FOR 20…
AS FOR THE CANADIANS…THEY ARE A PERFECT 26-0 AFTER LEADING 3-1…
BUT THE ONLY HISTORY THAT WILL MATTER TONIGHT…IS WHAT’S LEFT ON THE SCOREBOARD…