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after, though the Flames held on to win 4–3. After the game, MacTavish preceded with a comment on the incident: "Once we got the tongue out of his mouth, we started to turn things around a little bit. If we scored that last goal to tie it, I was looking for Harvey the Hound." The incident made headlines throughout North
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ripped Harvey's tongue from his mouth. With the Flames leading 4–0, Harvey was taunting the Oilers behind their bench. Players squirted him with water, and MacTavish eventually reached up and ripped Harvey's tongue from his mouth, tossing it into the crowd. The Oilers scored three goals shortly
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