Visitor:
Home:
Date: October 11, 1984
Scoring:
Team 1 2 3 Final
PIT 2 1 0 3
BOS 0 2 2 4
Visitor playmakers:
Mario Lemieux, Warren Young
Home playmakers:
Tom Fergus, Kenny Linseman, Mike O’Connell, Ray Bourque
Network:
Announcers: Al Albert, Gary Green
Pregame: Yes – Intro and National Anthem
Intermissions: No
Postgame: No
Commercials: No
Grade: Fair. Sound is good, but the picture is obviously from an inferior and multi-generation tape.
Notes: Mario Lemieux’ debut – he scores his first goal on his first shot of his first shift. “Le Magnifique” may have been delivered by the hockey gods, but in 1984 the Penguins were still a poor team, coming off a 16-58-6 season. Warren Young makes it 2-0 with a shot into the open net around Bruins G Pete Peeters.
Tom Fergus cuts the Penguins lead in half with a bang-bang goal that G Denis Herron cannot stop. The Pens survive a furious power-play assault late in the second period, then go up by two again when Young blasts a 50-footer into the net. Linseman scores on a power-play when he gets the pass from O’Reilly right in front of the crease.
Mike O’Connell scores 38 seconds into the third period to
tie the score with a slick behind-the-back pass from Dave Silk. Ray Bourque screams in from the neutral zone
to take the pass from Silk and fire it in from the slot to take the lead for
the first time in the game.
Thanks Jim!
Running time: 2:06 (1 disc)