Not sure if it is my favorite game but certainly most memorable. 1981 Playoffs vs Pittsburgh. Mike Crombeen hadn't seen the ice in a loooong time, maybe since regulation time and score the game winner in double OT. That was back in the days when we would scalp tickets or even sneak in and then sit in whatever seats were empty, until we got kicked out. For whatever reason we never got kicked out of the most primo seats you can imagine, in the old barn (you know, Jeff, the one with columns). We were like 5 rows off center ice in the Parquet section. Here are the highlights 1981

Man, I have some memories of that "Old Barn" as well. Between 1979 and 1986, I averaged over 30 home games a year. And a few years were 39 or 40 games, not counting playoffs. We even got taken to the local precinct, in the paddy wagon for scalping one time. Of course they didn't catch us and had to let us go. I think they were just appeasing the Blues or some brass that told them to go do something. We were in our seats before the start of the 2nd period that night.

My best memories were chatting it up with Dan Kelly and Gus Kyle between periods, as well as before and after the games. They both smoked like chimney's and came out on the catwalk behind their booth to light up. We were often in section 213 and could easily talk to them. We also found a beer vendor in that area that would sell us beer with very questionable or non-existent ID's. Does anyone remember those giant beers for $3.10. They must have been 30 oz. We would have one regular, 18-20 oz beer in the 1st and 2nd, then one of those "kegs" as we called them in the 3rd. Having already drank a few on the way down, we were primed by the time the game was over...

Oh, the memories of that place...