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It’s remembered as the wildest day in NHL history and, as a matter of fact, Mickey Redmond was remembering it just the other day.

“It’s funny,” Redmond recalled. “Given the situation that we’re in here in Detroit right now, having been in the playoffs 24 straight years — I don’t remember how many straight years it had been in Montreal.”

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Actually it was 21 successive years in the playoffs for the Habs as the 1969-70 campaign got underway, not to mention two straight Stanley Cup wins and four in the previous five seasons for Montreal.

“I got thinking about that the other day, how disappointing that had to be for the fans and the players for sure — you always want to be in the playoffs,” Redmond said.

“But to lose out that way — wow.”

Yeah, that way. What a way to lose, a way that was so weird, the NHL immediately acted to ensure it could never happen again.

Imagine trying to make the Stanley Cup playoffs without a goaltender.