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Phil Esposito, Paul Henderson, Pat Stapleton, Bill White, Tony Esposito, and Ken Dryden, with Bobby Clark and Ron Ellis were the KEY players in Canada's victory!!
The Soviets later said that the way the Canadians came back to beat them in their building was a feat they thought impossible. It was the will of the Canadians, exemplified by Esposito and Henderson that was the difference. They refused to get beaten.
@Greg Last Clarkie wasn't finished with the Commies either. 4 yrs later in Philly he broke Kharmalov's ankle in Phillie when the Rooskies came over to play a series with individual NHL teams. Watch that game, there was more assaulting going on than at any midnight in Times Square.
Boy, was Brad Park solid in this game. He set up P Mavholich for a great goal that told the Soviets they were in a series. So many great plays, so many dirty plays, but all came down to the heart. Who loves hockey more? Canada loves hockey. This is what this series taught us. Today we use the old Soviet system a lot, killing penalties, todays game is a lot faster.
tdshaker, we know canada loves hockey more than any country,but that dosnt mean that russia,chek-rep,sweden,finland,swit,and yes even usa do not love it also.and the first five mentioned countrys love it passiontly.
Foster was 77 years old at the time. He was brought out of retirement to call this series. A lot of people thought a younger, more able announcer should have gotten the job.
As for the many illegal line changes the Soviets attempted in the first period, they surely knew that in international and NHL rules the home team changes last. If the officials had assessed a bench minor for delay of game in the first period (versus waiting til the 2nd period to penalize them), that mayve hurried the game along. I am also baffled that Kharlamov was not ejected after bumping the referee. Nowadays that would fetch you an epic suspension. Pete Mahovlich's career highlight for sure
i know its only a minor mistake ,but its annoying how brian c, keeps saying all through this entire series that alexander y, is 6-1 when he is somewhere around 6-3 or 6-3 and a half...
Foster Hewitt may have been the first to call Hockey on television but he certainly is no where near the best. Danny Gallivan Jim Robson Dan Kelly Bob Cole are great hockey play by play broadcasters. I'm sure there are others I have missed who work in local markets I have not had the privilege to listen to yet.
Not sure you're aware of it, but Bob Cole actually called the series for CBC Radio as Foster Hewitt was doing the TV broadcast. I actually had an LP that told the story of the series using highlights of Bob's call of all 8 games. It's gotta be floating around on worldwide interweb somewhere.
Bob Cole is useless and always has been-he and Harry Neale were actually split up because they were so pro-Leafs--now he's demented and can't even get the players names right--Cole couldn't stand in the shadow of Danny Gallivan, Dan Kelly or Bill Hewitt. Cole won't retire because his notorious ego won't let him
Makita knew plenty of Russian language and hated the Soviet regime. He remarked years later he gave cccp a constant barrage of insults in their own language.
36:54 Umm...Last time I checked you weren't allowed to score in the Goal Crease! (Just sain' Peter Mahavolich didn't shot the puck until he was in the Goal Crease)
Umm...You do realize the rules in 1972 were not same as today??? And International rules differ as well from NHL. Plus he wasn't in the crease while someone else took the shot. He completely deked Tretiak on a one on one. If only you understood the game of hockey as you pretend to. It was the best goal of the series.
@@nastalgicsportsfan1100 Pete mahovolich goal was a good one but not a pretty one. Cournoyer’s fly-by breakaway on the right wing was more elegant & Henderson’s game 7 winner was more dynamic. And stop saying “um” when you correct somebody. You sound like a post-menopausal spinster school teacher.
@@us-Bahn Listen douche bag I could care less about your f['n] opinion which is worthless & wrong. Secondly I was responding sarcastically to Joseph's use of the word Umm but you're too much of a dimwit to figure that out on your own. And third, you're a sexist jerk.
Give your head a shake. No way the Russians would purposely lose. This was the cold war and the series became like a war. The Soviets did all they could to win and in Russia, the refs were very bias towards the Soviets and some of the calls against Canada were appalling. Also the Soviets bugged their room, stole their coke and other supplies and did everything they could to try to throw Canada off their game. People forget there was another series in 74 and the Soviets easily won. That series is rarely mentioned for Canada was made up of WHA players.
15:22 Another example of the Soviets throwing this match. What type of pass is this??? The Soviets in Game 1 NEVER made a weak pass like that, this is like the third time I have seen them do this in this game~~
Canadians were angry about getting ambushed in game 1, decided to play old style NHL in game 2. Lots of flying tackles, punches to the face and cross-checks. Cashman, Parise and Clarke led the way. Russians were clearly uncomfortable and lost.
Flying tackles don't win you games, just look at what happened with the Flyers when they faced the Canadiens in '76. Canada won this game by putting the puck in the net. Soviets were playing dirty as well, but, they failed to put the puck in the net enough times and lost.
Jonathan C That is true, but, when the opponents get stronger, as in the Canadiens, things like that won't work as effectively. It also won't work when things get called. Game 6 of the Summit Series, crappy ref's gave Canada so many penalities, it seemed like everything they did became suspect. They still won the game, but, it is almost suicidal to play like that.
Even Phil Esposito said later that part of the secret to their eventual success was to convince the Russians that they were "crazy". I think this style helped change the tone of the series in Game 2, but you are correct that they probably won the series because of the actual hockey they played in Games 6-8 when they were finally in playing shape and had evolved into a team. Bobby Clarke's stick thwack that broke Kharlamov's ankle was probably the low point, but what can you expect from Clarke? He was proud of it afterwards.
the russian national team and team canada 72 were about equal in talent,even though the russians were more skillful,and played the most crowd pleasing style,we have ever seen and will never see again,if you want to be honest, but the difference is there will always be bias,depending on what country your from,but wasnt everyone always saying this team, Tcanada 72 was the greatest team of all time,and the russians were equal to them.a one goal difference one way or the other dosnt mean anything.so that means these were the two greatest teams of all time.now dammit if your fair you dont have to be a genius to see that...
The Soviet team was better. When they gave a full effort (Like Game 1) they would blow out ANY NHL All-Star team. I LOT of cheap shots by the NHL players were not being called. If they had been the score would have been 10-2.
ben callos you are so right,Russian team was better. by thug tactics,dirty play,Canada won it by 1 goal. the vicious plays by lapointe,Parise,Clarke,even gentle cournoyer,along with phil Esposito's crybaby antics turned me off.after game 1, ,I rooted for the Russians. il
I'm a long time (58 yrs) Leaf fan, but the Canadiens dismantling of the Red Army team on New Year's eve in 1979 was the greatest game I've ever seen. The Habs outshot them something like 48-13 and were flying. Guys like Courneyer were diving face first at the blue line to stop Soviet shots. It doesn't seem as fast looking at it today because the players are a lot faster now, but it was the fastest, most entertaining game I'd seen up til that time. oh yeah, the score was a 3-3 tie.
The Soviets had been told to throw this game.... They played SO non Soviet style. They were extremely listless and seemed like a fighter when he gets asked to throw a fight, just give token resistance. Also, if the Soviets blew them out again, then the sponsors wouldn't make money, so they had the carry the Canadians and the referees were told to overlook all of those cheap shots the Canadians pulled.
+Joseph Dungee this is first ive heard of this,but it all makes perfect sense, canadiens will be outraged of course and curse you out,but what if,what if, its true,then despite hurt canadien pride soviets without question would have won this series,proving they were the greatest team of all time,whitch by the way they played, you could see that they were anyway,come on be honest about it...its my belief the soviets were better,because thier skills were so much greater,even greater that the canadiens,i know that hurts canadian pride but its true, now of course thats no longer true,but it was then.
+Joseph Dungee Quite an allegation. Where would you have found this information from? Is it bonafide? No doubt, the Soviets are not up to par but that could be for so many different reasons. Strong allegations Joe.
408Magenta Give me a little time and I will give you the source. But I think the visual difference in their play between Game 1 and 2 demonstrates that.
Joseph Dungee The Canucks had to produce in game 2. They thought the series would be a pushover and after game 1, they quickly realized they would have to work their butts off.
Dirty play from team Canada. Shitty work of referees. And a huge gift of 12 mins of powerplay to crown it all. That's a secret recipe how this game was won.
Agreed!! I glad I'm not the only one that see's this. Also the Soviets were skating like old man, like they were told to lose and weren't happy about it and were sulking.
Phil Esposito, Paul Henderson, Pat Stapleton, Bill White, Tony Esposito, and Ken Dryden, with Bobby Clark and Ron Ellis were the KEY players in Canada's victory!!
The good old days-when the boards weren't plastered with tons of ads
greatest hockey match of all time
The Soviets later said that the way the Canadians came back to beat them in their building was a feat they thought impossible. It was the will of the Canadians, exemplified by Esposito and Henderson that was the difference. They refused to get beaten.
sashacougar plus the dirty play,like Clarke's thuggery
@Greg Last Clarkie wasn't finished with the Commies either. 4 yrs later in Philly he broke Kharmalov's ankle in Phillie
when the Rooskies came over to play a series with individual NHL teams. Watch that game, there was more assaulting
going on than at any midnight in Times Square.
Boy, was Brad Park solid in this game. He set up P Mavholich for a great goal that told the Soviets they were in a series. So many great plays, so many dirty plays, but all came down to the heart. Who loves hockey more? Canada loves hockey. This is what this series taught us. Today we use the old Soviet system a lot, killing penalties, todays game is a lot faster.
tdshaker, we know canada loves hockey more than any country,but that dosnt mean that russia,chek-rep,sweden,finland,swit,and yes even usa do not love it also.and the first five mentioned countrys love it passiontly.
Espo’s hands are so quick. Even stickhandling up ice no one can get it off him.
there has been a lot of fast skaters over the years than there was Yvan Cournoyer
Kharlamov MIA. A complete ghost for the rest of the series. When he took the slash and exited hurt nobody missed him.
The legendary Foster Hewitt seems to have trouble pronouncing Savard and Cournoyer.
Foster was 77 years old at the time. He was brought out of retirement to call this series. A lot of people thought a younger, more able announcer should have gotten the job.
Exactly. SA-vard. How weird.
This game in Toronto. They why were PA announcements made in French and English?
ace -2 great teams
As for the many illegal line changes the Soviets attempted in the first period, they surely knew that in international and NHL rules the home team changes last. If the officials had assessed a bench minor for delay of game in the first period (versus waiting til the 2nd period to penalize them), that mayve hurried the game along. I am also baffled that Kharlamov was not ejected after bumping the referee. Nowadays that would fetch you an epic suspension. Pete Mahovlich's career highlight for sure
Um, "Nowdays" half of the Canadian team would have been ejected for illegal plays
@@PavelSTL “Um”
i know its only a minor mistake ,but its annoying how brian c, keeps saying all through this entire series that alexander y, is 6-1 when he is somewhere around 6-3 or 6-3 and a half...
Foster Hewitt may have been the first to call Hockey on television but he certainly is no where near the best.
Danny Gallivan Jim Robson Dan Kelly Bob Cole are great hockey play by play broadcasters. I'm sure there are others I have missed who work in local markets I have not had the privilege to listen to yet.
Not sure you're aware of it, but Bob Cole actually called the series for CBC Radio as Foster Hewitt was doing the TV broadcast. I actually had an LP that told the story of the series using highlights of Bob's call of all 8 games. It's gotta be floating around on worldwide interweb somewhere.
DoctorWHO300,you have your thoughts on foster hewitt,and others have thiers,but in any case you should have more respect for the man...
Bob Cole is useless and always has been-he and Harry Neale were actually split up because they were so pro-Leafs--now he's demented and can't even get the players names right--Cole couldn't stand in the shadow of Danny Gallivan, Dan Kelly or Bill Hewitt. Cole won't retire because his notorious ego won't let him
Danny Gallivan was the best ever
@@bufnyfan1 TMI nobody gives a shit
wonder what Makita said to that russian in the handshake line?
Makita knew plenty of Russian language and hated the Soviet regime. He remarked years later he gave cccp a constant barrage of insults in their own language.
Old Foster Hewitt trying to pronounce Yvan Cournoyer's name... Cornwire, Cornhay, Cornwhy. LOL.
36:54 Umm...Last time I checked you weren't allowed to score in the Goal Crease! (Just sain' Peter Mahavolich didn't shot the puck until he was in the Goal Crease)
Umm...You do realize the rules in 1972 were not same as today??? And International rules differ as well from NHL. Plus he wasn't in the crease while someone else took the shot. He completely deked Tretiak on a one on one. If only you understood the game of hockey as you pretend to. It was the best goal of the series.
You cannot wait in the crease, but you can carry the puck into it.
@@nastalgicsportsfan1100 Pete mahovolich goal was a good one but not a pretty one. Cournoyer’s fly-by breakaway on the right wing was more elegant & Henderson’s game 7 winner was more dynamic. And stop saying “um” when you correct somebody. You sound like a post-menopausal spinster school teacher.
@@us-Bahn Listen douche bag I could care less about your f['n] opinion which is worthless & wrong. Secondly I was responding sarcastically to Joseph's use of the word Umm but you're too much of a dimwit to figure that out on your own. And third, you're a sexist jerk.
You obviously know very little about hockey you can carry it into the crease any old time. I think both your bias and dumb ass comments are telling.
stops after a few seconds
Were the Soviets asked to throw games 6, 7 and 8?
Give your head a shake. No way the Russians would purposely lose. This was the cold war and the series became like a war. The Soviets did all they could to win and in Russia, the refs were very bias towards the Soviets and some of the calls against Canada were appalling. Also the Soviets bugged their room, stole their coke and other supplies and did everything they could to try to throw Canada off their game. People forget there was another series in 74 and the Soviets easily won. That series is rarely mentioned for Canada was made up of WHA players.
Asked by whom?! And for what purpose?! If you’re going to push a whacky narrative provide some argument.
Imagine if a healthy Bobby Orr and the 1975 version of Gilbert Perreault played
Imagine if Tarasov been there... We only can guess what would happen if someone been
15:22 Another example of the Soviets throwing this match. What type of pass is this??? The Soviets in Game 1 NEVER made a weak pass like that, this is like the third time I have seen them do this in this game~~
Have you not heard of bad Puck luck or the Fact that the Soviets were shook by the Canadians hard hitting.
they heard footsteps bud.
Poor Pat Stapleton,always referred to as"Whitey".Kinda funny his defense partner on the Black Hawks and Team Canada was Bill White!
Canadians were angry about getting ambushed in game 1, decided to play old style NHL in game 2. Lots of flying tackles, punches to the face and cross-checks. Cashman, Parise and Clarke led the way. Russians were clearly uncomfortable and lost.
Flying tackles don't win you games, just look at what happened with the Flyers when they faced the Canadiens in '76.
Canada won this game by putting the puck in the net. Soviets were playing dirty as well, but, they failed to put the puck in the net enough times and lost.
Ah, but what about the Flyers in 74 and 75?!
Jonathan C
That is true, but, when the opponents get stronger, as in the Canadiens,
things like that won't work as effectively. It also won't work when things get called. Game 6 of the Summit Series, crappy ref's gave Canada so many penalities, it seemed like everything they did became suspect. They still won the game, but, it is almost suicidal to play like that.
Even Phil Esposito said later that part of the secret to their eventual success was to convince the Russians that they were "crazy". I think this style helped change the tone of the series in Game 2, but you are correct that they probably won the series because of the actual hockey they played in Games 6-8 when they were finally in playing shape and had evolved into a team. Bobby Clarke's stick thwack that broke Kharlamov's ankle was probably the low point, but what can you expect from Clarke? He was proud of it afterwards.
Jonathan C Yeah Bobby Clarke was pathetic and since he was getting POWNED by the guy, he decided to slash and break the guys ankle
Pretty sluggish hockey actually.
the russian national team and team canada 72 were about equal in talent,even though the russians were more skillful,and played the most crowd pleasing style,we have ever seen and will never see again,if you want to be honest, but the difference is there will always be bias,depending on what country your from,but wasnt everyone always saying this team, Tcanada 72 was the greatest team of all time,and the russians were equal to them.a one goal difference one way or the other dosnt mean anything.so that means these were the two greatest teams of all time.now dammit if your fair you dont have to be a genius to see that...
The Soviet team was better. When they gave a full effort (Like Game 1) they would blow out ANY NHL All-Star team.
I LOT of cheap shots by the NHL players were not being called. If they had been the score would have been 10-2.
ben callos you are so right,Russian team was better. by thug tactics,dirty play,Canada won it by 1 goal. the vicious plays by lapointe,Parise,Clarke,even gentle cournoyer,along with phil Esposito's crybaby antics turned me off.after game 1, ,I rooted for the Russians.
il
I'm a long time (58 yrs) Leaf fan, but the Canadiens dismantling of the Red Army team on New Year's eve in 1979 was the
greatest game I've ever seen. The Habs outshot them something like 48-13 and were flying. Guys like Courneyer were
diving face first at the blue line to stop Soviet shots. It doesn't seem as fast looking at it today because the players are a
lot faster now, but it was the fastest, most entertaining game I'd seen up til that time. oh yeah, the score was a 3-3 tie.
@@graciemaemarie11jones16 Team Canada mostly turned into a team of Ted Linseys and Gordie Howes and played for keeps and it was a thing of beauty .
well payed off referees...
Limehills Pembroke Welsh Corgi So true, they made this game a joke.
Did you see the games in Russia? The use of amateur refs able to bullied by the Russian coach
oh come on man lol.......lame
The Soviets had been told to throw this game.... They played SO non Soviet style. They were extremely listless and seemed like a fighter when he gets asked to throw a fight, just give token resistance.
Also, if the Soviets blew them out again, then the sponsors wouldn't make money, so they had the carry the Canadians and the referees were told to overlook all of those cheap shots the Canadians pulled.
+Joseph Dungee this is first ive heard of this,but it all makes perfect sense, canadiens will be outraged of course and curse you out,but what if,what if, its true,then despite hurt canadien pride soviets without question would have won this series,proving they were the greatest team of all time,whitch by the way they played, you could see that they were anyway,come on be honest about it...its my belief the soviets were better,because thier skills were so much greater,even greater that the canadiens,i know that hurts canadian pride but its true, now of course thats no longer true,but it was then.
+Joseph Dungee
Quite an allegation. Where would you have found this information from? Is it bonafide? No doubt, the Soviets are not up to par but that could be for so many different reasons. Strong allegations Joe.
408Magenta Give me a little time and I will give you the source. But I think the visual difference in their play between Game 1 and 2 demonstrates that.
Joseph Dungee
The Canucks had to produce in game 2. They thought the series would be a pushover and after game 1, they quickly realized they would have to work their butts off.
Lemme guess, your source is the Almighty.
Dirty play from team Canada. Shitty work of referees. And a huge gift of 12 mins of powerplay to crown it all. That's a secret recipe how this game was won.
Peter Mahovlich's beautiful goal was shorthanded and
Agreed!! I glad I'm not the only one that see's this. Also the Soviets were skating like old man, like they were told to lose and weren't happy about it and were sulking.
Joseph Dungee .....Really? They were told to lose? And your proof is?
Anyone suggesting Soviets were anything other than continuously dirty is delusional.
It was great effort by the Canucks dim witty.