Man, this thread is great!
One of my greatest memories was at the last minute, deciding with my nephew to go to game 4 of the Sabres/Canadians playoff series in '93. We got tickets in the middle of a group who bused down from Montreal. We traded verbal jabs back and forth. When Yuri Khimilov (sp) scored with 9.3 seconds to go to tie it, we all just looked at each other, and said, "This is what Hockey is supposed to be". Sure. The Canadians scored to win the series, but just watching great playoff hockey in the old barn was beautiful!