Same Road/Home Win/Loss Configurations, As Minnesota Teams 7’d Defending League Champions 44 Years Apart

Who but me, albeit months later, will point out the perhaps, eery same home/road win configurations in ‘offs quarterfinal series, in which a Minnesota team won a road 7th game, to eliminate a defending league champion.

Far more significant, in that it ended the 4 year reign of what were great Montreal Canadiens teams, was the Minnesota North Stars, (now relocated as the Dallas Stars and only in ’99 did that franchise, which moved from “Minne” after 26 seasons in 1984, win a crown), “7 ‘ing” the Habs in a series, in which, the road team won 5 games, #’s 1,2,3,4 and 7.

This past NBA season, the Minnesota Timberwolves, in what was just their 5th NBA ‘offs series win, in what was their 35th season, won an exactly the same home/road wins configuration “quarter,” including a #7 win, at defending champion Denver (Nuggets).

Who, but me, indeed!!

Al MacAdam, is pictured above.

The goal by MacAdam was tallied late in the third period.

In the 1980 playoffs, he scored the deciding goal in Game 7 of the quarterfinals, which eliminated the four-time defending Stanley Cup champion Montreal Canadiens.