1974 Roller Games: L.A. T-Birds vs Canadian All-Stars (80-82)

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[@TJMr63]

Sam, you're still the man!! 🛼🛼🛼

[@marcstern4703]

This game is from 74. International Skating Conference. Sowinski was with NY Bombers until the end of 73

[@TJMr63]

Big thanks to Scott Stephens

[@nymet2454]

I've been looking forward to watching this game all week. I had my notification on.

[@user-dz5qb1nh5w]

Best Captains of the Roller Games #1 ) Judy Arnold Philadelphia #67 #2 Judy Sowinski New York Bombers # 41 # 3 ) Diane Syversion Detroit Devils # 27 These were by far the best skaters and best Captain for their teams. Really miss Ronnie Raines!

[@eternal1blue]

Great game nice to see the TBirds

[@LosAngelesThunderbirds]

Thank you to Marc Stern and SidneyBird for the correction. This game is from 1974, not 1972.

[@LorayCurenton-gp7eq]

I remember when Canadian All Stars and Los Angeles T-Birds skating in Detroit.

[@MrChristopherHaas]

I cant believe who won! LA tbirds were like the LA Dodgers…..they ended up with the other teams best players lol.We Milwaukee residents used to get LA tbirds every Saturday at 1 pm. There was also a Milwaukee team that aired every week that i didnt watch for some reason. There was something about the LA Birds. I once sent them money for a program and some advertised autographed pictures of Reilly and a large african american jammer whose name escapes me, pretty sure its the man selling the program here. Also Sam the Man. I never got anything in return. Anyhow this is GREAT and i suspect that there is MORE, PLEASE tell me there is MORE. The bumps these athletes took appear to be far worse than wrestlers took.

[@sidneybird6711]

This game can not be from 1972 looking at the lineup of each team, it has to be at least 1974. It's good game that I've seen before but I was so hoping for a game from 1972

[@kevinm6790]

Kinda funny...Danny Reilly didn't act like that when they were at home in LA.

[@kevinm6790]

Wait...Skinny Minnie Miller and Diane Severson skated for Canada??? (I'm only a couple minutes in, so not sure about the guys yet.)

[@kevinm6790]

Sam the Man Washington and Frankie Macedo! Did the Canadians need to borrow some T-Bird skaters to fill out their line-up?

[@user-dz5qb1nh5w]

The best Captians in were Roller Games were: #1 Judy Arnold , #2 Judy Sowinski , #3 Diane Syverson . sorry to tell you but Sally Vega was so lame!

[@donniehagy5125]

A shining example of why I never cared for "Games." Everything was so scripted--right down to the outcome of the game. In Roller Derby, the second you "slugged" someone, that was a penalty. These clowns did everything and all the officials did was...nothing. What a shame; Games had some very good skaters. However, their skating usually played second fiddle because they had to sell their shenanigans. "Skinny Minny Miller the greatest Canadian skater ever"? Really? I guess that's completely overlooking her time with the T-Birds.