The Calgary Flames won the game and (finally!) won a playoff series against their archrivals from up north.
Edmonton-raised Perry Berezan lost a few friends back home.
Kinda surprising, since the speedy forward was searching for a seat on the visiting bench at Northlands Coliseum when he was credited with what was, up to that point, the most significant marker in Flames franchise history.
Of course, folks don’t refer to it as ‘the Perry Berezan goal.’ No, the tiebreaking tally and eventual winner in Game 7 of the 1986 Smythe Division final is — and will forever be — known as ‘the Steve Smith goal’ after the Oilers defenceman banked an attempted breakout pass off the boot of his own masked man, Grant Fuhr, for one of the most famous gaffes in hockey history.