For long stretch of time in the 80s and 90s, a Chicago-St. Louis matchup was a Boxing Day tradition. In this circumstance, it was the first game of a home-and-home series in which both of the games were won by St. Louis. Playing before an enthusiastic Stadium crowd and facing a Chicago team missing seven regulars due to injury, the Blues do a better job of taking advantage of their share of the generous amount of powerplay opportunities handed out by Denis Morel to rally for a 5-4 victory.
Bob Murray has a tough-luck game in which he makes an insanely ill-advised pinch which helped make possible a crucial Tony McKegney goal late in the 2nd period, was one of the defensemen on the ice for an atrociously-defended third St. Louis goal, and was whistled off on an awful penalty call which set up the game-winning goal.
Bob McGill scores his first goal in a Chicago uniform, and (as he did following his second goal against Los Angeles, as well) attempts an interpretation of a Michael Jackson moonwalk, on skates.
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Man, i don't care what team he was on, Tony McKegney always seemed to score at will against the Hawks…
6:19– for those who might not know, this shot here is a good shot of the Standing Room Only section behind the top row of the 2nd balcony. The trick there (as me and my buddy Mark could attest to) is that you had to get to the Stadium early, wait for them to open the 2nd balcony staircase and literally run up all the flights of stairs to get on the rail right at center ice. You still had a great view and when you were in your 20's there was no problem standing during the entire game! Great memories!
10:47– once again, Nancy belts out a little "Right back to where we started from" after the game is tied up….lol love it.
11:58– maybe a snippet of "I'm a believer" by the Monkees here? kinda fast to make out completely.
13:25– I'm thinking "alone again, naturally" by Gilbert O' Sullivan – Morel really caught that shot hard in his head, tough break.
13:49– Song- "We're all crazy in Chicago"- The Jonny B. song. (local DJ)
Isn’t this the game where VanDorp fights Chase, and at the same time Manson fights Twist, in the 3rd period?
I was there! Wish I could upload my ticket stub, it's sitting right here. That's what lead me to research the game. My friends and I drove up from St. Louis for my first and only game at Chicago Stadium. I remember it being a comeback victory for the Blues!
Interesting listening to both the late, great Dan Kelly and Ken Wilson sharing the play by play, alternating PBP and color commentary duties. Kelly was doing so many network gigs that the Blues hired Wilson to cover during Kelly’s absences.
The 2 seemed to mesh very nicely on this broadcast.
Sadly, Dan’s cigarette habit developed into lung cancer which cost him his life only 13 months later.
Ken Wilson, who had a brief stint for the Hawks in the mid-80’s, wound up being a fine broadcaster for the Blues in his own right.
Hah! Just noticed the Blackhawk trainer wasn’t particularly excited after the goal at 9:03. 🥱