I'm an old fart too, HiVolt.
Half century mark this past June.
42 yrs ago I was a whopping 8 yrs old; at the time the OP wrote the post I was fast asleep in bed. Earlier in the day I was in elementary school, being a diligent A student. At this time of the year, I would have taken my bike to school in the morning, driven home and back for lunch, and back home on the bike at the end of the day. Almost 4 miles total.
If there was a hockey game on, I have no memory of it, nor would I, being a firm believer that hockey is boring, it sucks, everybody involved in it is grossly overpaid, and people generally like it for the violence it offers.
In fact, I have no memory of ever caring or watching a hockey game on the tube and I'm quite fine with that.
I do, however, remember Montrealers going bonkers and rioting the last time we won the cup. Hours flipping through channels, French and English, to get all the updates.
Same thing when Vancouverites went nuts.
Gotta love being Canadian, but we turn into Americans when it comes to hockey.
Which isn't a good thing.
That being said, I'm glad some of you have good strong memories of that particular game. Not liking it myself doesn't mean I want to detract any pleasure nor fun anyone else may get from it.
God bless hockey fans in Canada.
Cos I won't