The Visitors' Book, October: Detroit's Bench Remembers the Saddledome
The Saddledome's last season, from the other bench. Calgary-born William Nylander, Blake Coleman's ovation and two ex-Flames on Detroit's staff, on what the building meant.
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The Saddledome's last season, from the other bench. Calgary-born William Nylander, Blake Coleman's ovation and two ex-Flames on Detroit's staff, on what the building meant.
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Nelson Skalbania bought the Flames without, by his own count, a dollar of his own in the deal, then bet $2,000 on their first game against Edmonton and lost it. The first Battle of Alberta, October 22, 1980.
Calgary handed green hard hats to the first 2,004 fans, put the 2004 jerseys back on, let Chris Sutter drop the puck, and beat the team the '04 Flames knocked out in round two.
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