To hear Mike Donnelly recall the play that broke a 3-3 deadlock late in the third period in Game 7 of the 1993 Campbell Conference Final is to hear the recollection of a goal that for 37 seconds stood as the most important goal in the history of the franchise.
“I think I knocked Marty [McSorley] right over, I jumped so hard into his arms,” Donnelly said.
Well before there was 2014 Kings-Blackhawks, there was 1993 Kings-Maple Leafs. It is difficult to reference one playoff series without the context of the other. One series featured breathtaking end-to-end overtime action, the other featured Wayne Gretzky well aware that Toronto media had tugged on his cape.