Today marks the anniversary of one of the most infamous, painful and downright soul-destroying games in Maple Leafs history. No, not the two-week anniversary of that game. The other one. Yes, that one.
It’s been 20 years since Game Six of the 1993 Campbell Conference Finals between the Leafs and the Kings. The Kerry Fraser game.
I thought about doing a big long post to mark the occasion, but decided against it for a couple of reasons. One is that even acknowledging that it’s been 20 years makes me feel roughly a million years old. And the other is that I feel like I’ve pretty much covered this topic over the years.
So if you’re a Maple Leafs fan who feels the need to make yourself miserable (like there’s any other kind), here’s a roundup of some of what I’ve written about the game over the years:
- From The Archives: The DGB Leafs/Kings game six liveblog - My best attempt at recapturing what it was like to experience that game in real time. One of the most popular posts in site history.
- Shocking revelations from Kerry Fraser’s book - True story: I own an autographed copy.
- Good things about Kerry Fraser - When he retired in 2010, I decided to be classy and say goodbye by focusing on the good times.
- Why Leaf fans will never “just get over it” - No doubt you’ll hear from plenty of people today who urge Leaf fans to finally, mercifully, get over the Fraser game. It should never happen, and this is why.
- A look back at Wendel Clark’s hat trick - A reminder that Game Six may also have been the greatest individual playoff game any Maple Leaf has ever played.
The only people that recall this are Leaf Nation. One call??? Goes with the great myth of winning a couple of a playoff series but equates with the great Leafteam of 93. Revisionist history seen through a myopic blue lens.
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DeleteFlames fans and Sabres fans would like a word with you about that whole "one (non)-call never decides a series" thing...
DeleteNilan eh? You must be a Hab fan
DeleteWas the 1993 Leafs one of the best teams ever? Is there any other franchise that cherishes the fact they won a couple of playoff rounds. Jesus wept, it was only the conference final.
ReplyDelete...except it was the 100th anniversary of the Stanley Cup and the win would have sent the Leafs to a finals match-up with the Habs, one of the last possible years it could have happened before the Leafs moved out of the Western Conference.
DeleteI'm a Flames fan, always have been, and even I wanted to see that matchup.
I never get over stuff like that, i.e. the'99 Sabres, the 2010 Wings v. Sharks. I'm gonna go puke now, thanks.
ReplyDeleteget. over. it. move on. its been 20 years... kerry fraser is long gone from the nhl... move on.. try focusing your angst and ennui on that spectacular ch ch ch choke job in game seven against boston 2 weeks ago..
ReplyDeletesincerely.. a penguins fan..
If you were a hockey fan, you would understand. But no person that calls themselves a penguin fan is actually a fan of hockey.
DeleteZing!
DeleteKerry Frasier posted an article about the terrible no-call on Malkin by Jagr. Irony at it's greatest. Oh, and the "Penguin fan" above? I blame you for the conference finals.
DeleteAccording to ESPN, no-one remembers game 6... righto then, I guess the hat-trick and 'the non-call' never happened eh?
ReplyDelete"Two-week anniversary" is an oxy moron.
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