HBO has a great documentary on the Broad Street Bullies teams from the 70’s. The Russians actually left the ice, but Ed Snider told em “fine..then u dont get paid”..5 minutes later they were back on the ice..too funny. Interesting title on that you tube clip..”Van Impe kills Kharlomov”....Kharlomov actually was killed a few years later in a car accident.
I was at the Spectrum a lot back then. My brother and I used to go down on a whim and buy the cheapest tickets we could find from the street scalpers. There was this couple who had season tickets down in the good seats, center ice, and they would routinely watch the 1st period from their seats and then leave and watch the rest of the game at the Spectrum's on site restaurant, the Ovations Club. I guess they would eat and drink and watch the rest of the game on TV there. Anyway, after the 1st period, my brother and I would always take those seats for the rest of the game. You can't really do that kind of stuff anymore, but like I said, "those were the days..."