Friday night was the 33rd anniversary of what remains one of the five best hockey games I've ever seen on TV - Game 3 of the Islanders-Rangers first-round 1975 playoff series, which marked the first major step in the Isles' eventual rise to greatness.
As a journalist, I was hoping Zach Parise of the Devils would beat the Rangers in overtime, just for the cosmic symmetry and a great story.
Didn't happen. That's OK. I was a huge Rangers fan on April 11, 1975, so maybe it's just as well history did not repeat itself.