The New York Islanders were playing the Vancouver Canucks on Saturday afternoon February 2, 1974 at Vancouver's Pacific Coliseum.

The game had a Canadian National TV audience watching the game on CBC's Hockey Night in Canada, including NHL President Clarence Campbell in Montreal.

The game was interrupted at 5:38 of 1st period, while the Islanders had the puck in the Canucks zone, when the gate next to Islanders bench opened and 3 young ladies who were naked, only runners on with rubber none slip attachments on scrambled onto the ice. They were Streakers, a popular pastime in the early 1970s. They Streaked past the Islanders and Canucks benches to another gate that was left open, ran through the tunnel to the back of the Pacific Coliseum, out some doors to the outside and jumped into a Diamond Cab that was waiting for them and left.

Joe Filippone (Philliponi) and Ross Filippone of the Penthouse Cabaret (Penthouse Nightclub) had concocted the whole scene. They had connections everywhere, including Mario Caravetta, general manager of the Coliseum. No employees of the Pacific Coliseum ever took credit for being involved and stuck to their guns they knew nothing about the Streaking until it happened.

Joe Filippone had brought the girls with him to the Hockey game, along with Danny Filippone, son of Ross. Danny was a youngster about 11 years old and remembers being excited to go the see the Hockey game and didn't know about the Streaking plan. The girls had long fur coats on, and Danny remembers them putting on ice skates, which were actually the rubber non slip attachments to their runners, before him and his uncle Joe went to their seats.

The ladies, Marilyn, Rose and Joanne were supposed to wait for a stoppage in play before they were to streak, when Joanne said to the other ladies that if they wait for a stoppage of play, they wont make it on national TV, so off the ladies went while the game was on, which was quickly whistled for a stoppage in play.

Coach of the Islanders Al Arbour was not amused and was said to go Crazy when it happened. He does not look happy in the photo in his plaid style suit jacket.

NHL President Clarence Campbell had been watching the game in Montreal on Hockey Night in Canada and was quickly on the phone to Vancouver to ‘Stop this madness and Who’s responsible for this?'” He later ordered to eliminate and destroy every print and piece on video or tape. This is the only photo known of the Streaking, taken by Province photographer Bill Cunningham, who had positioned himself at the right place and angle to get the best photo. Do you think he knew the Streaking was going to happen ?

New York Islanders players noticeable - Ed Westfall (18), Gerry Hart (2), Gerry Desjardins (1), Billy MacMillan (24) Doug Rombough (20), Tom Miller.

Canucks players noticeable - Tracy Pratt (5), Ken Lockett (35), Orland Kurtenbach, Phil Maloney (coach).

BTW, game ended in a 2-2 tie, as Bob Nystrom scored at 14:51 of 3rd period for the tie. The Real Winners were the fans who were there, and this moment has been acknowledged as the one of the Canucks Top Moments in their history.

No fines, suspensions or charges were ever laid, in fact it brought a lot of smiles and happiness to a dull game being played.

Funny Terms have been used over the years for this photo.
Barenaked Ladies, Bush Leaguers to name a couple.

The Penthouse conducts historical tours, hosted by Danny Filippone and Aaron Chapman, called The Secrets of the Penthouse. This tour always sells out and one of the highlights of the tour is when they bring this game up for discussion.

Aaron Chapman is a historical author, writing a number of books about Vancouver's history, and this photo is in his book published in 2012 by Arsenal Pulp Press called LIQUOR, LUST, AND THE LAW. It's about the Filippone family and The Penthouse.