Ron MacLean

I'm the regional host of the Calgary Flames.

So you know where they ended up winning the Cup.

They came through Calgary to get it done.

Calgary that year was kind of like the Canadians now.

They had played Edmonton in the famous Steve Smith series, seven games.

Then they went seven with St.

Louis and they had nothing left when 10 rookies who were fresh came in and just wiped them up.

But Claude Claude was the key to that deal in 86 because he scored the winner in game seven in Hartford and then he scored people forget he scored the winner in game three in the third round against the New York Rangers.

That was the night Patrick made 57 saves.

Bob Cole maybe his greatest call ever or made 10 in a row in the first period.

And I can't give you the exact line, but it's can you believe what we're seeing, you know, and just he was great.

But Lemieux was equally clutch.

And he had, you know, you go back to junior Bob.

He had Troy Crosby as his goalie at Verdun and the leading scorer on the team was him.

Now, Jimmy Carson was a 16-year-old, and Claude was a 19-year-old, so there's that.

But still, in the playoffs that year, the Q won it.

They won the President's Trophy in Quebec, and they did it.

He had 14 playoff games.

He had 40 points and 23 goals.

He was incredible in playoff time.