 Among their postseason highlights was the May 20 , 1975 , game three of the 1975 Stanley Cup Finals . This game , known as the fog game , was memorable because Buffalo Memorial Auditorium had no air conditioning and the arena temperature matched the 90 degree outdoor temperature , which caused fog to shroud the ice surface . During the overtime , play was delayed seven times due to fog on the ice surface at the Buffalo Memorial Auditorium . The players were instructed by Flyer coach Fred Shero and Sabre coach Floyd Smith to shoot whenever possible because of the impaired goaltender vision . Eventually , the French connection combined to score a Martin to Perreault to Robert game @-@ winning goal . This came after the French Connection swarmed Flyer goalie enabling Bill Hajt to knock in a Rick Martin rebound to send the game to overtime . 
