Unused Canadiens tickets unique keepsakes from ’74 St. Patrick’s Day blizzard

“I do remember the look of shock and surprise on the face of my mom as her frozen husband and young son walked in,” Wolofsky said. “Whether or not my dad’s friend and his son made it to the game is anyone’s guess.

“I’m not sure if it was ever discussed between my father and his friend, and if it was, I wasn’t made aware of the details.”

The Canadiens’ 3-1 Forum loss the night before to the Chicago Black Hawks had been televised, but the Sunday game against the Islanders would be broadcast only on radio.

“I seem to recall my dad going back to our abandoned Plymouth either later that night or early the next morning,” Wolofsky said. “He went with a friend to shovel out and get the car home.”

Thirty-five years ago, upon the passing of his father in 1989, Wolofsky went about cleaning his boyhood home and found the two unused 1974 Forum tickets in the back of a dresser drawer.

“I’m not sure what possessed me to keep them all these years, but I’m glad I did,” he said, today cherishing a 50-year-old souvenir of a game that’s more memorable for his not having seen it at all.

Top photo: Lorne Wolofsky’s two unused tickets for the March 17, 1974, game between the Montreal Canadiens and visiting New York Islanders.