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Thanks for the reminder. I went to one Redwings game at the really old stadium in Detroit in the 70's when the Flyers were champions.

We had a crowd that they used to call the UN because we all had non-midwest accents.

I started the jinx by getting my Flyers beat for the first time in the last 25 games by the lowly Detroit team.

Seems every time one of our previous home town favorites (multiple sports -- basesball, football, and basketball also)came in the Detriot teams handed them their heads back in their helmets. None of the Detroit teams was very good, except the Tigers with Fidrich (sp?)"The Bird" pitching.

Moved to MD and broke another 25 game streak by the Flyers against the Capitals.

Four days after the hockey game a VP of a bank I believe was killed in the parking lot after a game for $2. Do you think we ever went to another game there? It was a really old stadium, a true experience. The new stadium is very close to where we lived, and some of the guys were hockey players from MA and Canada.

You were at the old Olympia Stadium. That place was in the ghetto, much like Tiger Stadium. I remember the Olympia as a kid. The steps were so steep and scary. I believe that your boss was mugged for $2. That's they way it is in those areas. It's still that way. We have all new stadiums now in very safe and police patrolled areas. Detroit's renaissance isn't coming from the mayor's office, but from the suburban business and sport team owners and suburban fans.

We are now Cleveland without the glamour.