Let's presume we’re not living in freak-town Bizarro World and that only fans of the home team rush the field. The issue is how this goomba went about ruining this moment. Had it not happened? Chalk one up for the Klubi, whose players responded by taking the fan to the ground like a dog owner rubbing a pup’s nose in a mistake-but that’s not the issue here. As a result, the ensuing garbage goal is rightfully discounted as a product of the interruption. Photo by Jason Payne / Province Joe Philliponi of the Penthouse Cabaret on September 14 1978.The streaker runs right across the forward’s line, interrupting everything as he bounds through the box. Caravetta denied that he was one of the planners of the Canucks streakers, and was genuinely shocked when the women jumped onto the ice in the middle of play, rather than waiting for a stoppage in play. “This is one of my feature stories, I was finally going to tell all and now I get this call from you!” he Longtime Pacific Coliseum general manager Mario Caravetta with Muhammad Ali in 1972, when Ali came to Vancouver to fight George Chuvalo. “He thought it was outrageous, he was calling from Montreal saying ‘Stop this madness!’”ĭouglas is working on a book of “all of the crazy capers and crazy sports characters I’ve met” over his five decade career in the Vancouver media. Campbell to eliminate and destroy every print and piece on video or tape,” said Douglas. “So when it played again is when the (bleep) hit the fan.”Ĭampbell got on the phone and raised hell. Ted asked Babe ‘What did you think was the highlight of that first period,’ and Babe says ‘Oh without a doubt - roll it again George!’ Ted Reynolds was intermission host on CBC and Babe Pratt was his analyst. Campbell didn’t see it live, he was watching the intermission. “That didn’t go over too big with him,” said Douglas. They did it in Long Island when the Canucks were there one time.”īut there was a problem when the Canucks were streaked - NHL president Clarence Campbell was watching the game on TV in Montreal. “There were streakers at soccer games, baseball games. “Back in the 70s streakers were the big rage,” said Douglas. There had been streakers at sports events all across North America. “The Islanders were pressing us in our end of the rink and all of a sudden out come these three gals bouncin’ along the ice from the visitors bench to the home bench, and then I guess they ducked down the home bench tunnel and out they went.” Greg Douglas on May 15 1967, when he was a sports reporter at The Vancouver Sun. “I guess one of them figured that out and said ‘Hey, if we wait until a stoppage of play we’re not going to get on TV. Because it’s on Hockey Night in Canada, and if it’s a stoppage in play, it doesn’t get on TV.” As I understand it - you hear that, as I understand it - the young ladies were supposed to run out of the chute from the visitors dressing room, by the players bench, during a stoppage of play. “The story behind the story was it was an afternoon game and was on Hockey Night in Canada,” recounts Douglas, 75. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. But the theory has always been it was concocted by Mario Caravetta of the Coliseum with Canucks PR man Greg Douglas and Joe Philliponi and Ross Filippone of the Penthouse Cabaret, who may have employed the streakers. Nobody seemed offended, except maybe Islanders coach Al Arbour, whose team had the puck when the game was interrupted at 5:38 of the first period. The fans are enjoying it most of all, smiling and laughing at the spectacle. The Canucks look stunned, while the Islanders seem captivated - some players are flashing toothless smiles and craning their heads to get a better look. The third streaker is blond, and looks like the happiest woman in Vancouver - it’s a miracle she didn’t collapse in laughter onto the ice. She has dark hair, as does another streaker running close to the Canucks bench. One of the women is wearing one of those Groucho Marx glasses/nose/moustache masks, socks and runners. And it’s hilarious.Ĭunningham had been tipped off about the streak and set up his camera up high at the end of the rink, which gave him an unrestricted view of the women as they ran down the ice in front of the benches for the Canucks and the New York Islanders. Manage Print Subscription / Tax Receiptīut there is one, by the late Province photographer Bill Cunningham.Westcoast Homes & Design Previous Issues.Vancouver Sun Run: Sign up & event info.
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