Today in NHL History: May 12

[Spyro Gyra]

Beat Me in St. Louis: The Monday Night Miracle

The St. Louis Blues pulled off one of the biggest comebacks in Stanley Cup Playoffs history on May 12, 1986, in Game 6 of the Campbell Conference Final. Trailing the Calgary Flames 5-2 with less than 12 minutes to play and facing elimination, Brian Sutter began an epic comeback that would be known as the “Monday Night Miracle.”

Shortly after Sutter made it a 5-3 game, Greg Paslawski cut the deficit down to a single goal with about four minutes left in regulation. He tied the game with his 10th goal of the postseason three minutes later. In overtime, Doug Wickenheiser’s second goal of the game forced a Game 7 back in Calgary. Wickenheiser came into the game with no goals in the postseason. Cliff Ronning’s first-period goal for the Blues was the first of his NHL career.

MUCH, MUCH MORE ABOUT 5/12

I was there, remember it like it was yesterday.

[nhlbluesguy]

The Monday Night Miracle and now we have The Sunday Night Choke!

[BobbyBlue]

Watched both games…the BIG difference btw the two…despite one being a dramatic Blues win and the other being a devastating Blues loss is that the Monday Night Miracle was a 12 minute comeback plus OT…the Sunday Choke was 3 minutes of a total team collapse.