The Game of the Century IV
By WILSON RING

And still they come. Four years after the group of aging hockey players first made the trek back up Main Street, by Luigi’s, past The Goose and beyond the dormitories where so much personal history was made in the era of Whip Inflation Now, the national malaise and Ronald Reagan, they came back.

The numbers weren’t as great as in games I, II, and III, but for the hard-core hockey addicts looking to relive the glory of beating the University of Maine or surviving the drive up the Maine Turnpike, it was better that way: More ice time.

There was no national anthem and no fans were turned away at the turnstiles as in past years, but the players weren’t there for the fans, they were there for the sound of the puck whacking off the boards, the opportunity to humiliate the opposing goalie and the chance to catch up with some of the best friends any of them ever had. more...

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