The goal that started a dynasty on Long Island began with a play that made Al Arbour wince.
Lorne Henning recalled a few years ago that his pass to spring John Tonelli into the Flyers' zone about seven minutes and change into overtime of Game 6 of the 1980 Stanley Cup Final was the sort of dangerous neutral-zone play that Arbour "said he would have choked me if we hadn't scored."
Instead, there were bear hugs, champagne and the start of something the hockey world -- or even the pro sports world -- has not seen since. Tonelli threw a centering pass, Bob Nystrom deflected it past Pete Peeters and at 7:11 of overtime on May 24, 1980, a dynasty was born.
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