As a young hockey mad Canadian, I didn't properly appreciate how good the Soviet team was. They really advanced how the game is played. Thanks for posting, it's wonderful to watch again
agree. this is likely the best game in hockey history, then, now, and future. both teams stacked with HoF legends. 1972 had more national pride and emotion, but this had much more speed and excitement. so very great to have this series recorded so future generations can see why these legends became so.
Sure, legends. But Joe Pavelski would be better than Gretzky simply based on training regimen and equipment improvements. Don't get me started on McDavid et al
@@davismavis2834 That's really silly to say. If Gretzky started playing today he would have everything the players of today have. Pavelski isn't even in the top 100 players of all time. Good grief lol
This series of three games (5-6, 6-5, 6-5) with two overtimes is still the best hockey the world has ever had! Unfortunately, there will not be a better hockey than that series for a long time...
All these years later and this series is still EPIC! WOW!! Even without a HD Flat Screen this was and is so visually appealing with it the speed and skillsets of all those LEGENDS!!
You'll never see great hockey like this ever again period, two greatest teams in the tournament in a best of three series, Canada wins but the Soviets came back as usual to tie it up, then it was like overtime for the remainder until Gretzky and Lemieux finishing it, this is one of the greatest games in hockey history. Thanks for the upload friend.
Jose Rodriguez The pace in this game was all time great, I just think this was close to being another blow out had not the officials decided there was not going to be another 8 -1 demolition.
@@ericday4505 Fuck off, Eric. Trade your visa for a Russian one. There was no blow out here and the 81 CC was a fluke. But 80 Olympics was worse than a blow out, commie. Loved seeing the Soviet commies beaten then the excuses and sore loser shit came on for years. According to Larionov, Krutov and Makarov were being injected with "vitamins". Gee. Is that different than the history of Russian malignant pride, injecting hockey players and children with steroids and performance enhancing drugs so they can "prove their system is better". Get your head examined mofo. You need a dose of Novochok. Shots on goal in this game Canada 43, USSR 26. Was it rudeness? A blow out to come? Or was it your biased imagination and hatred for Canada. Eric day as a Ukrainian, I say to you. GFY you whiny sore loser.
I know this comment is from seven years ago but... WHAT? Players today are SO much better than these guys. No shade, I watched a lot of them. But today's game is FAR more skilled and controlled.
@@anonymousmouseman You also have to take into consideration that if those players started their careers when today's players did they would also benefit from everything today has to offer. My point is each generation has elite players that could produce in any era.
I forgot just how excellent the Russian team was in this era (the Canadian excellence I _hadn't_ forgot about). Man, the physical conditioning on both sides is _off the charts,_ with possibly a tiny edge for the Soviets - man, they just kept coming and swarming (if you timed control of the puck, they had it more often). The playmaking genius of Gretzky, Lemieux & company made the tiny winning difference, but let's be honest: it could've gone either way.
Gretzky, Lemieux, Messier, Bourque and Coffey on the PP. Scary when the AVERAGE points in the NHL for these guys was 1900 pts! Best hockey of all time!!! 30 years on you know the result, but still nervous watching!
Check out the power play from 1976: On defence: Bobby Orr and Larry Robinson. Forward: Guy Lafleur, Gilbert Perrault and Bobby Clarke. Canada always had a sick superstar power-play no matter the generation !!!
Great players and great hockey but today's players are superior. Bigger, stronger, faster and more skilled. Just ask Gretzky. The 87 team would lose against a current allstar team.
These were the best games of two systems in place. The USSR had 5 man units where the NHL had 4 forward lines and 3 defensive pairings. The Russians main focus were on the World Championships where the NHL of course were on the Stanley Cup. Obviously, to win the World Championship the priority is the National team. That's why the Russian team played together for most of the year. The NHL teams will play together for their quest for the cup. The priority has never been the National team. Both countries learned from each other. Even today, the NHL teams have started concentrating more on 5 man units.
Loved watching these three games and it was awesome to see the likes of Gretzky, Mario, Makarov and Krutov. As a Canadian I of course loved the result but after 33 years I finally noticed Hawerchuk interferring with Bykov on the GWG giving Super Mario a clear lane to the net. Both sides used these tactics throughout the series and Gretz simply said, that was the way thegame was called back then,. I think it was a good goal but it does add some colour to how the trailer got so wide open.
The guy was out of the play and knew it so he tried for a penalty. The key on that play was 99 doing a Jedi mind trick on the Soviet Dean that caused him to fall down leaving 66 wide open for the pass.
I didn't know Larry Murphy played in this game. I wonder what his reaction would be if you told him that in ten years he'd be winning a Stanley Cup with two of the guys in red..
In my mind there is no loser, here. Could have went either way. Probably the best Soviet team I've seen. '72 team was amazing, too, with Kharlamov and Yakuchev. Great players.
I still get chills watching these three games. This was the heyday of hockey. Look at that first power play unit for Canada: Lemieux-Gretzky-Messier-Coffey-Bourque. That's almost unfair. 🙂
@@getrealman998 at 9:13 you can see Gusarov trip Anderson in the slot before taking the loose puck and going down the ice to score. Bourque was hooked off the puck on another Soviet goal. The refs favoured the Soviets 2 goals to 1 in this game.
@@mgclooper11 The talent level on both side was amazing, this was probably the greatest Final ever in a tournament involving the Soviet Union vs Canada.
When hockey was played the way it’s suppose to be played. Clutch and grab, dirty, big open ice hits without everyone on the ice flipping out!!! I love this game with a passion! I’m 49 years young and been playing this game for 45 of those!! The game is a lot faster and to be honest, A LOT softer!! But this is how our 🇨🇦 game was suppose to be played. When ur teammates would lay down in traffic for you and do anything for that guy sitting on both sides of u on that bench. This is truly the best hockey you will ever watch. Mario and Gretzky, Messier, Toochet, Coffey, Sutter!! Anyone going into the corner with Big Mess knew that they were gunna eat either his lumber or his elbow!!!! The greatest sport ever to be played, and I’m proud to be a Canadian, where the sport was born!!!🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
Regnet35 cry me a river the soviets had the German ref in 72 and in 1 game gave Canada 34 min in penalties to your 4 min and you still couldn't beat us . da da Canada niet niet Soviet
Regnet35 You are spot on, as I said, the officiating was disgraceful, that was CLEARLY a penalty and likely the game, NO WAY they were calling that. The Soviets were clearly better.
@@MultiRivet a German being biased towards the Soviets!? Are you really claiming that? Have a look at the utterly biased US ref performance against the Soviets in the Summit Series. Kharlamov getting his ankle broken was deliberate and admitted to later. That changed the series. Canadians=dirty play. Zero honor.
As much as I love Canada, I have liked Canadian hockey philosophy because of things like this, which we saw from the top games in the early 70's and on. Esposito & Co turned it into a war, and in my opinion war & fighting has nothing to do with hockey. It is supposed to be a game. The russians played a much more elegant way of hockey, and though it's naturally a matter of taste, I prefer elegance to sheer force and stupid fighting. That's also one of the advantages of ladies' hockey - there is more room for elegance as opposed to all the interference and obstruction.
The Russian team didn’t used to the end of the game pressures in their country ever. Most teams they met gave up for the draw right about 5 minutes to the end of the game while Canada team kept pushing.
Both of these nations were great at hockey. Why do we need to fight over it. Both nations won games and lost games. That's it, that's all. Athletes win gracefully and lose honorably, as long as they play a good game.
When the Russians had Tretiak they always had an edge. Without Tretiak after 84 Olympics they were still great but without Tretiak they could give up three goal leads,like this game. That is the difference. Tretiak was superhuman. Exhibit A: 1975 v Montreal.
There were some damn good defensemen on those teams... but what can they do when you've got Larionov & Makarov going one way and Gretzky and Lemieux the other way.... all in their prime!!
As good as lemiuex , gretzky and Coffey were -and they were great-this game is not won without the third line of Hawerchuk-Sutter and Tochett and I will throw Murphy and Gilmour into the mix. Soviets had the KLM, Kasatonov and Fetisov and Kamensky but Canada was just a little deeper when it mattered. Great series and great players. Saw a lot of the Semenov and Priakihin when they joined the NHL shortly after this series but they were not in the same league as the guys I mentioned who were the role players for Canada. Not even close.
That 87 Canada team had everything, i didn't see any weaknesses.Grit, speed, skill, tenacity,creativity, finish, finesse, what else..... the only thing i didn't see was egoism.
@@thangnguyen10 Lots of weakness. Crossman? When Al MacInnis was was ready? Keenan picked too many from his team. Propp was useless. Tochett was okay. Lowe and Neely were cut. Beyond me how Stevens and Reinhart were not on this team.
Fetisov, OMG Fedorov, and Kanstantinov. Here are the Russian Five of the Detroit Red Wings. Not not mention Fetisov. You have to agree, they were world class players. They proved it, by winning the Stanley Cup.
@Paul Revere Hawerchuk at that time was an elite player, he was a 100 point a season guy. The fact he was on the ice with Gretzky and Lemieux in the last minutes tells you his status in the league was at the time
Great game!!! One of the best ever!! I was bored, it took 3:30 seconds give or take between the winning goal and the following faceoff. I always thought it was an eternity after Lemieux scored but 3 and a half minutes? Lol the interference by Hawerchuk we need not mention! It all balances out! What a game!!!
The pace of game 3 was frenetic, considering the shifts were long compared to the 45 second shifts of 2017. Nobody can convince me that yesterday's players could not compete with today's players or future players.
99 was the greatest ever. 66 the most talented. Jagr played with 66 and 66 was better. Jagr dominated until only a few years ago. Yes. Those guys could excell in any era.
Firsttime they heard and understand the song "Lalalala, hey hey goodbye" without the need of a translator. 20 years later, tears still goes to the eyes seeing Lemieux winning goal.
Forgot how crazy this game was. I snuck into g2 in Mtl as people were streaming out (got some stubs and ran from the usher). Saw the huge comeback and walked two blocks with Gretz after.
1:44:30 - Hawerchuk Interference penalty (not Hooking). Regardless of what can be speculated of the play if the Russian player could have made it back (would Canada still have scored - who knows), but the ref should have called that nonetheless.
at 9:13 you can see Gusarov trip Anderson in the slot before taking the loose puck and going down the ice to score. Bourque was hooked off the puck on another Soviet goal. The refs favoured the Soviets 2 goals to 1 in this game.
@@rudymilman994 Here's the video evidence. @ 1:03 of the video, Gusrov clearly takes Anderson's feet out from under him with a blatant trip, before getting the puck then going down the ice and scoring on a beautiful slap shot! There should have been a penalty on the play and no goal. czcams.com/video/M_Ip46b4nTY/video.html
The good'ol days...the high flying 80s What speed and flow with checks getting finished!!! sorry Ovi and Sid. You do not hold a candle to #99/66 and the KLM line
2014 Olympics would probably have them beat. 3-0-0 in round robin play, 11 GF 2 GA, 3-0 in Bracket play with only 1 goal allowed with 6-0-0 total record. Carey Price with a GAA of 0.5.
As someone who is 59 yrs old...with some perspective, I would still say the best team ever was the 76 Canada Cup team....with players like Hull, Orr, Esposito, Mahovlich, Lafleur, Lapointe, Vachon in net, Potvin, Perreault, Sittler, Clarke, Barber, Leach, Robinson and so on. It was an amazing team that was packed with superstars.
@@joeidaho5938 yes by far the 87 teams stacks up fairly good on the forward lines , on defense 76 team is hands down better only defensemen that compares to 76 defense are Bourque & Coffey , in goal Vachon over Fuhr any day
Plus Canada didn't send their Top Players to the World Hockey Championships from 1977 to 1984 because both the Montreal Canadiens and New York Islanders who had the Best Players in the NHL in that Period were playing in the Stanley Cup Finals trying to win the Stanley Cup Championships.
The infamous "hook" on the winning goal. Lol. That game was so entertaining to watch back in '87 and it still is today. Helluva lot of talent on both sides with Gretzky, Lemieux etc vs the KLM line, etc but our boys just refused to let up. Great game.
at 9:13 you can see Gusarov trip Anderson in the slot before taking the loose puck and going down the ice to score. Bourque was hooked off the puck on another Soviet goal. The refs favoured the Soviets 2 goals to 1 in this game.
I disagree with Yosef A. The Team Canada roster for the 1976 Canada Cup was the best hockey team EVER!!!! There were 17 Hall Of Famers on that awesome team.
1987 Canada Cup team was the greatest team ever on any ice surface anywhere!#7 Hall of Fame players where on that team.Also one of the Best Goaltender's ever in Grant Fuhr.Fuhr was at the peak of his game in that Canada Cup!!
I would debate that the 76 Canada Cup team was the best ever....with players like Hull, Orr and Esposito. It was a truly amazing team, both on defense and offense...and in goal.
Are you serious? Team Canada was a weak team, really weak team. They had only a couple players who could actually play hockey, rest was shit. Soviet Union was far superior and they had best players and best line - KLM. Canada couldnt play against them as they were much slower and much less skillfull. Thats why they needed a lot of help from officials, otherwise they would have been crushed like 1981
I feel really bad for the NHL's best Canadian hockey players of the 60's, 70's and 80's. They could not compete in the Winter Olympics. You know Team Canada would have won a few gold medals during those years. I wonder how many Stanley Cups Dryden, Robinson, Gainey or Richard would have traded for a Gold Medal?
@@ericday4505 I don't know how you can see that in this video. Khomutov is facing away from Gilmour. But then again, that play shouldn't have even got that far because Bourque was hooked down at the blue line. Should have been a penalty. Well guess what. Right there you see that the ref cannot make perfect call on everything.
Absolutely should not be tolerated, but that was Canada, clearly getting outplayed until the reveres intervened. I like the results of the 81 Canada cup.
Eric Day, the results were Can-USSR 7:3/ 1:8. Guess what a third game score would be. Given the NHL statistics my suggestion is a win for Can. Like in 1984 and 1987.
Haven't watched a game of hockey in over a decade. I watched the 72 game, the finals of the 76, 2002 and 2010 Olympic finals and this game. Hockey is terrible now! This is what I revert back to.
No doubt he struggled at the beginning of this game. My guess is he was spent from game 2. He was double-shifted all game in game 2. He even told the coach he couldn't play anymore and that's not Gretzky.
@@chesss1985 at 9:13 you can see Gusarov trip Anderson in the slot before taking the loose puck and going down the ice to score. Bourque was hooked off the puck on another Soviet goal. The refs favoured the Soviets 2 goals to 1 in this game.
Man they look better than Canada to me. The refs was the equalizers. Tikhonov was 10 times the coach Keenan was. Gretzky with terrible giveaways. Almost lost it. Lemieux 21 yrs only, became the best in the world after this tournament. Soviets couldn’t handle him. The NHL either for that matter. Bourque was great the whole tournament and Hawerchuk had a great game. Krutov, Kamensky, Makarov, Fetisov we’re all dynamite. Just loved the soviet’s style of play. Rumours was they were juiced up. Who cares now. Beautiful hockey.
Fedorov Mogilny and Bure were on the cusp of promotion to the national team (Among others) CCCP would have been a 90s powerhouse but not to be. They all wanted the hell out.
Canada's speed hurt the Soviets. Lemieux, Coffee, Messier, Hawerchuck forced the Soviets to protect their zone and so a lot of the play was in their end. But allowing comebacks of 4-1 in the 1º game and 3-0 in the 3º one means they couldn't protect their goal and sustain an attack. Other than that, both teams were well matched.
Lemieux clearly had the best shot...from the slot. A pass to Murphy could easily have been one pass too many. Murphy deserved lots of credit for splitting the attention of the goalie.
Murphy was open to the right. Lemieux shot from the left, up high; he knew either the shot was in, or the goalie would stop with a rebound directed to the right. Murphy was in place for the rebound. Hockey is a team game.
I recall being in the basement with my best pals watching and being so upset after 3 - 0 I got up and turned the tv off. My best pal yelled " fuck you" "we're coming back and winning" "put it back" on so I did and it was the best game out of the 3. Blades of summer 1987.
Man was this some outstanding hockey. Many of the games all time greats Gretzky , Lemieux , Messier, Coffey, Borque. Makarov was unbelievable puck handler and the KLM Line was scary. To bad the Russians didn’t have an Igor to give Messier one of his patented cheap shot elbows.
dude this fuckin canada team is STACKED and russia was just as good w names never heard besdies a few but this shows how 1980 was the greatest most embarrassing upset ever for a bunch of COLLEGE KIDS WHO werent the best in their own right to take Russia down..... simply amazing I NEVER KNEW A STACKED TEAM like canada had a series w russia
Самые великие игры нашей советской дружины.Показали местным недоумкам, что такое настоящий хоккей.К сожалению,благодаря канадским судьям и своему благородству,проиграли.Уровень Канады отражён в счёте финала Кубка Канады 1981!
Чудик ,доумок самодельный,чтоб ты знал - за полвека состоялось 13 турниров где сборные играли в сильнейших составах, кубки канады,олимпийские игры 1998- 2014, кубки мира . Из них ссср(россия ),выиграла один ,в 1981 кубок канады. И всё,вася! Канада выиграла 4 кубка канады,3 олимпиады, 2 кубка мира. И в суперсерии 72 в москве показали кто в доме хозяин. А тебе остаётся вспоминать один матч и вечно ныть на судью,на ветер и дождь. Танцору всегда что- то мешает.
As a young hockey mad Canadian, I didn't properly appreciate how good the Soviet team was. They really advanced how the game is played. Thanks for posting, it's wonderful to watch again
The 87 team was incredible. Toe to Toe with prime Gretzky and Lemieux. Let alone the TEN or so Hall of Famers.
The USSR there was amazing.
agree. this is likely the best game in hockey history, then, now, and future. both teams stacked with HoF legends. 1972 had more national pride and emotion, but this had much more speed and excitement. so very great to have this series recorded so future generations can see why these legends became so.
These are THE two greatest teams ever assembled. Stacked with legends.
Sure, legends. But Joe Pavelski would be better than Gretzky simply based on training regimen and equipment improvements. Don't get me started on McDavid et al
Pretty close at least. The USSR had their most stacked team at Lake Placid, but WTF they were doing, IDK.
Stacked with legends
Team Canada 72 Summit Series
@@davismavis2834 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@davismavis2834 That's really silly to say. If Gretzky started playing today he would have everything the players of today have. Pavelski isn't even in the top 100 players of all time. Good grief lol
This series of three games (5-6, 6-5, 6-5) with two overtimes is still the best hockey the world has ever had!
Unfortunately, there will not be a better hockey than that series for a long time...
Yes. Its the truth.
The best EVER
Utterly jaw dropping, superb game that ranks as one of the all-time greatest events in all of sports.
Наряду с суперсерией1972
I was 6 in 1972. I shall watch the games on CZcams… my understanding is that the Soviet Union had superb players
I was at this game. Wonderful night. When we won the entire crowd sand Oh Canada, It's a night I will never forget. Thank you guys!
Great game. Not many people happy with the country today!
I envy you. That was a great game
No, they sang Hey Hey, Goodbye. Tim Horton's and booze has rotted your brain.
All these years later and this series is still EPIC! WOW!! Even without a HD Flat Screen this was and is so visually appealing with it the speed and skillsets of all those LEGENDS!!
I think this is the apex of hockey talent history, period - both teams.
czcams.com/video/2OBLLe4biM0/video.html
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Two best teams of all time.
Dale Hawerchuck is your third centre.
Doug Gilmour is your fourth. That's nutty
You'll never see great hockey like this ever again period, two greatest teams in the tournament in a best of three series, Canada wins but the Soviets came back as usual to tie it up, then it was like overtime for the remainder until Gretzky and Lemieux finishing it, this is one of the greatest games in hockey history. Thanks for the upload friend.
The greatest game ever played!
Play by play Dan Kelly was the greatest!
Dan Kelly = legend
Game 2 was a better game. But series was the greatest hockey ever played
@@robmacmillan7655 have you seen all games in Nhl history to say so
@@denislaferriere2693 there hasnt been a nhl game of that calibre ever
The greatest 3 hockey games I ever saw. Most of the players on those games including the Russian one's are in the Hall of Fame.
Jose Rodriguez The pace in this game was all time great, I just think this was close to being another blow out had not the officials decided there was not going to be another 8 -1 demolition.
@@ericday4505 Fuck off, Eric. Trade your visa for a Russian one. There was no blow out here and the 81 CC was a fluke. But 80 Olympics was worse than a blow out, commie. Loved seeing the Soviet commies beaten then the excuses and sore loser shit came on for years. According to Larionov, Krutov and Makarov were being injected with "vitamins". Gee. Is that different than the history of Russian malignant pride, injecting hockey players and children with steroids and performance enhancing drugs so they can "prove their system is better". Get your head examined mofo. You need a dose of Novochok. Shots on goal in this game Canada 43, USSR 26. Was it rudeness? A blow out to come? Or was it your biased imagination and hatred for Canada. Eric day as a Ukrainian, I say to you. GFY you whiny sore loser.
Some of the most exciting hockey ever played. WIsh the game still had this flow and skill.
I know this comment is from seven years ago but... WHAT? Players today are SO much better than these guys. No shade, I watched a lot of them. But today's game is FAR more skilled and controlled.
@@anonymousmouseman applies in every sport i suppose
todays football/soccer players would run circles around people like pele
Two best teams of all time
T K, I agree. If todays players had this skill how come I do not watch the game? They have improved technology but the game is worse.
@@anonymousmouseman You also have to take into consideration that if those players started their careers when today's players did they would also benefit from everything today has to offer. My point is each generation has elite players that could produce in any era.
I forgot just how excellent the Russian team was in this era (the Canadian excellence I _hadn't_ forgot about). Man, the physical conditioning on both sides is _off the charts,_ with possibly a tiny edge for the Soviets - man, they just kept coming and swarming (if you timed control of the puck, they had it more often). The playmaking genius of Gretzky, Lemieux & company made the tiny winning difference, but let's be honest: it could've gone either way.
Если быть честным то канадская шобла во главе с коновалом мессье и нхловскими судьями заслужили пожизненно этот вонючий кк.
best hockey game ever .... Legends on both teams ... Go Canada Go !!! 99 and 66 Wow 1987
This was THEE best hockey EVER!!
By far..:)
1:44:25 this was THEE best foul EVER!!
Gretzky, Lemieux, Messier, Bourque and Coffey on the PP. Scary when the AVERAGE points in the NHL for these guys was 1900 pts! Best hockey of all time!!! 30 years on you know the result, but still nervous watching!
Check out the power play from 1976:
On defence: Bobby Orr and Larry Robinson.
Forward: Guy Lafleur, Gilbert Perrault and Bobby Clarke.
Canada always had a sick superstar power-play no matter the generation !!!
Going to look for that game. I would like to watch Bobby the man Orr. Thanks
Great players and great hockey but today's players are superior. Bigger, stronger, faster and more skilled. Just ask Gretzky. The 87 team would lose against a current allstar team.
It's pretty mind boggling. I think of that and really admire the Soviet team being as good as they were.
These were the best games of two systems in place. The USSR had 5 man units where the NHL had 4 forward lines and 3 defensive pairings. The Russians main focus were on the World Championships where the NHL of course were on the Stanley Cup. Obviously, to win the World Championship the priority is the National team. That's why the Russian team played together for most of the year. The NHL teams will play together for their quest for the cup. The priority has never been the National team. Both countries learned from each other. Even today, the NHL teams have started concentrating more on 5 man units.
Loved watching these three games and it was awesome to see the likes of Gretzky, Mario, Makarov and Krutov. As a Canadian I of course loved the result but after 33 years I finally noticed Hawerchuk interferring with Bykov on the GWG giving Super Mario a clear lane to the net. Both sides used these tactics throughout the series and Gretz simply said, that was the way thegame was called back then,. I think it was a good goal but it does add some colour to how the trailer got so wide open.
The guy was out of the play and knew it so he tried for a penalty. The key on that play was 99 doing a Jedi mind trick on the Soviet Dean that caused him to fall down leaving 66 wide open for the pass.
A penalty is a penalty. Interference is Interference. Had Koharski saw it, it would have been called.
One referee in those days, no trailing official. The ref was focused on the rush chance
Даже 72 суперсерии не сравниться с кубок канады 87. Сколько смотрю и ещё хочется смотреть. Особенно на Гретский и Лемье.
I didn't know Larry Murphy played in this game. I wonder what his reaction would be if you told him that in ten years he'd be winning a Stanley Cup with two of the guys in red..
In my mind there is no loser, here. Could have went either way. Probably the best Soviet team I've seen. '72 team was amazing, too, with Kharlamov and Yakuchev. Great players.
Great players for sure but a ridiculous statement. There is always a loser. That's life!
I still get chills watching these three games. This was the heyday of hockey. Look at that first power play unit for Canada: Lemieux-Gretzky-Messier-Coffey-Bourque. That's almost unfair. 🙂
Nejlepší zápas v historii co jsem viděla.
Sovjet hade vunnit denna serie 7 dagar i veckan med riktiga domare!!
Nej
@@rudde7918 Om du inte kan något om hockey så håll tyst!
The best I ever seen . Thank you
*saw
How old are you?
2?
Gretz I fricken love you !
But Holy crap...Hawarchuck! Speed, grit, skill, and tenacity. What a beauty!!!
What? Hawerchuk cheated twice on that winning goal deserving two penalty's.
mario greatest player ever!
Yes quite true
Fuck you if you want
@@getrealman998 at 9:13 you can see Gusarov trip Anderson in the slot before taking the loose puck and going down the ice to score. Bourque was hooked off the puck on another Soviet goal. The refs favoured the Soviets 2 goals to 1 in this game.
The best game in hockey's history.
Thats hard to argue
Yep
Agree. The best of the West and the East. But no Tretiak. Only guy missing. Oh well.
Very close, but game 2 was even better.
@@mgclooper11 The talent level on both side was amazing, this was probably the greatest Final ever in a tournament involving the Soviet Union vs Canada.
I was 13 years old, my Dad and I watched that game and many more. My Dad passed away 2020 :( sometimes I can still hear him yelling 😅
In the middle of the night you hear SHOOT!
When hockey was played the way it’s suppose to be played. Clutch and grab, dirty, big open ice hits without everyone on the ice flipping out!!! I love this game with a passion! I’m 49 years young and been playing this game for 45 of those!! The game is a lot faster and to be honest, A LOT softer!! But this is how our 🇨🇦 game was suppose to be played. When ur teammates would lay down in traffic for you and do anything for that guy sitting on both sides of u on that bench. This is truly the best hockey you will ever watch. Mario and Gretzky, Messier, Toochet, Coffey, Sutter!! Anyone going into the corner with Big Mess knew that they were gunna eat either his lumber or his elbow!!!! The greatest sport ever to be played, and I’m proud to be a Canadian, where the sport was born!!!🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
That hit to the head of Khomutov after he scored the goal at 32:23 wasn't even mentioned by the commentators. That would be a 20 game ban today.
Yes, 5 min powerplay for soviets and possibility to score one or more goals
Regnet35 cry me a river the soviets had the German ref in 72 and in 1 game gave Canada 34 min in penalties to your 4 min and you still couldn't beat us . da da Canada niet niet Soviet
Regnet35 You are spot on, as I said, the officiating was disgraceful, that was CLEARLY a penalty and likely the game, NO WAY they were calling that. The Soviets were clearly better.
@@MultiRivet a German being biased towards the Soviets!? Are you really claiming that? Have a look at the utterly biased US ref performance against the Soviets in the Summit Series. Kharlamov getting his ankle broken was deliberate and admitted to later. That changed the series. Canadians=dirty play. Zero honor.
As much as I love Canada, I have liked Canadian hockey philosophy because of things like this, which we saw from the top games in the early 70's and on. Esposito & Co turned it into a war, and in my opinion war & fighting has nothing to do with hockey. It is supposed to be a game. The russians played a much more elegant way of hockey, and though it's naturally a matter of taste, I prefer elegance to sheer force and stupid fighting. That's also one of the advantages of ladies' hockey - there is more room for elegance as opposed to all the interference and obstruction.
Now, this is how hockey should be played. A rush by Paul Coffey just confirmed this.
Вот это рубка! Скорости, накал страстей, обе команды достойны друг друга.
Глядя на сегодняшний безмозглый хоккей сожалеешь что молодежь не видит да похоже и не увидит ни когда.
Canada lutshe
Sports at its finest. Emotion, enthusiasium and a-plus talent. Magical. And I'm american
It's so good to watch these games even though the video quality is poor
Very exciting
That last goal gives me the shivers every time!
The speed of these two teams is crazy
Not as fast as today's game! Just ask Gretzky! The skill level is much higher today!
Это и есть то самое, где великолепная пятёрка и вратарь, Слава нашим, действительно, Героям Льда И Славного Советского Хоккея с Большой буквы!!!
When that last goal was scored you could literally feel a thunderous roar throughout the entire city of Hamilton.
I was there🇨🇦
The Russian team didn’t used to the end of the game pressures in their country ever. Most teams they met gave up for the draw right about 5 minutes to the end of the game while Canada team kept pushing.
The judge helped Canada, it is obvious. Especially when the last washer was abandoned in the gate of the USSR.
Both of these nations were great at hockey. Why do we need to fight over it. Both nations won games and lost games. That's it, that's all. Athletes win gracefully and lose honorably, as long as they play a good game.
Well said !!
When the Russians had Tretiak they always had an edge. Without Tretiak after 84 Olympics they were still great but without Tretiak they could give up three goal leads,like this game. That is the difference. Tretiak was superhuman. Exhibit A: 1975 v Montreal.
Yea, Edmonton (current NHL champions)- Red Army 1985-86
The clutching and grabbing is shocking!
This was the best team Canada ever. It even included a couple of refs.
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Only loosers to blame the refs for their loses
wow just realized this was in hamilton 2 minutes away from me sweet, at first I thought it was in edmonton for some reason
Wow.... Best hockey you'll ever see. Maybe the 2 best teams ever?
There were some damn good defensemen on those teams... but what can they do when you've got Larionov & Makarov going one way and Gretzky and Lemieux the other way.... all in their prime!!
I get goosebumps every time I watch that winning goal. Greatest playmaker ever sets up the greatest goal scorer ever.
The greatest series ever
As good as lemiuex , gretzky and Coffey were -and they were great-this game is not won without the third line of Hawerchuk-Sutter and Tochett and I will throw Murphy and Gilmour into the mix. Soviets had the KLM, Kasatonov and Fetisov and Kamensky but Canada was just a little deeper when it mattered. Great series and great players. Saw a lot of the Semenov and Priakihin when they joined the NHL shortly after this series but they were not in the same league as the guys I mentioned who were the role players for Canada. Not even close.
That 87 Canada team had everything, i didn't see any weaknesses.Grit, speed, skill, tenacity,creativity, finish, finesse, what else..... the only thing i didn't see was egoism.
Depth? How about Gartner killing penalties? Canada had insane depth. When Normand Rochefort is third line....
@@thangnguyen10 Lots of weakness. Crossman? When Al MacInnis was was ready? Keenan picked too many from his team. Propp was useless. Tochett was okay. Lowe and Neely were cut. Beyond me how Stevens and Reinhart were not on this team.
Fetisov, OMG Fedorov, and Kanstantinov. Here are the Russian Five of the Detroit Red Wings. Not not mention Fetisov. You have to agree, they were world class players. They proved it, by winning the Stanley Cup.
Fedorov, and Kanstantinov where r they?
Larionov, Makarov. Krutov up front, Kasatonov and Fetisov on D...That's the Green unit
Sergei Fedorov was a Junior in 1988. Not a 16 year old on this team
Why was Steve Yzerman not on this team. He had 90 points in the 87’ season. Amazing.....
He sucked
I believe he was the last player cut on this team.
Keenan fucked him
Neely and MacInnis should have been on this team. Its the greatest hockey ever played
@Paul Revere Hawerchuk at that time was an elite player, he was a 100 point a season guy. The fact he was on the ice with Gretzky and Lemieux in the last minutes tells you his status in the league was at the time
Great game!!! One of the best ever!!
I was bored, it took 3:30 seconds give or take between the winning goal and the following faceoff. I always thought it was an eternity after Lemieux scored but 3 and a half minutes? Lol the interference by Hawerchuk we need not mention! It all balances out! What a game!!!
The pace of game 3 was frenetic, considering the shifts were long compared to the 45 second shifts of 2017. Nobody can convince me that yesterday's players could not compete with today's players or future players.
99 was the greatest ever. 66 the most talented. Jagr played with 66 and 66 was better. Jagr dominated until only a few years ago. Yes. Those guys could excell in any era.
Fantastic game.
TWO FAVS
Firsttime they heard and understand the song "Lalalala, hey hey goodbye" without the need of a translator. 20 years later, tears still goes to the eyes seeing Lemieux winning goal.
Hockey The two giants !
Ни кто, и никогда,не будет играть в хоккей,лучше чем сборная СССР☝️
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Messier, Gretzky and Lemieux. That line's just not fair.
Love those Canadians.
This was one deflection from going either way. Simply the two best teams ever.
wow! over 5 million views on a facebook hockey page..great job.
Forgot how crazy this game was. I snuck into g2 in Mtl as people were streaming out (got some stubs and ran from the usher). Saw the huge comeback and walked two blocks with Gretz after.
Lying sack of shit!
1:44:30 - Hawerchuk Interference penalty (not Hooking). Regardless of what can be speculated of the play if the Russian player could have made it back (would Canada still have scored - who knows), but the ref should have called that nonetheless.
at 9:13 you can see Gusarov trip Anderson in the slot before taking the loose puck and going down the ice to score. Bourque was hooked off the puck on another Soviet goal. The refs favoured the Soviets 2 goals to 1 in this game.
@@gordonbgraham yes it all seems to be forgotten end the end it was pretty even re.calls.
@@gordonbgraham Blatant lie!
@@rudymilman994 The video evidence disagrees with your contention. Try harder, guy
@@rudymilman994 Here's the video evidence. @ 1:03 of the video, Gusrov clearly takes Anderson's feet out from under him with a blatant trip, before getting the puck then going down the ice and scoring on a beautiful slap shot! There should have been a penalty on the play and no goal. czcams.com/video/M_Ip46b4nTY/video.html
You had Gretsky,MarioL.Messier,Anderson,Coffey,Bourque,add Hawerchuck,Gilmour&Fuhr-Game Over!
The good'ol days...the high flying 80s
What speed and flow with checks getting finished!!!
sorry Ovi and Sid. You do not hold a candle to #99/66 and the KLM line
Gretzky to Lemieux he shoots he scores is the word downtown
maybe the most Awesome Goal EVER in Canadian Hockey Gretzky to Lemieux LOVE it, we went NUTS , lol
2 on 1 gm 2 99 to 66 perfection
...or Numbet 4
Don't forget Hawerchuk. He played in 99's shadow but 99, 66 and 10 were the best Canadian players of the era.
NICE TO WATCH IT
It was the greatest Canadian team ever.
Still is,,,,, including the great end to end rush by the great #4 vs czks still in space every time i see it
2014 Olympics would probably have them beat. 3-0-0 in round robin play, 11 GF 2 GA, 3-0 in Bracket play with only 1 goal allowed with 6-0-0 total record. Carey Price with a GAA of 0.5.
As someone who is 59 yrs old...with some perspective, I would still say the best team ever was the 76 Canada Cup team....with players like Hull, Orr, Esposito, Mahovlich, Lafleur, Lapointe, Vachon in net, Potvin, Perreault, Sittler, Clarke, Barber, Leach, Robinson and so on. It was an amazing team that was packed with superstars.
@@joeidaho5938 yes by far the 87 teams stacks up fairly good on the forward lines , on defense 76 team is hands down better only defensemen that compares to 76 defense are Bourque & Coffey , in goal Vachon over Fuhr any day
Да это просто хроники нашего времени, фантастика и невозможное - возможно, ребята творили чудеса!!!
Plus Canada didn't send their Top Players to the World Hockey Championships from 1977 to 1984 because both the Montreal Canadiens and New York Islanders who had the Best Players in the NHL in that Period were playing in the Stanley Cup Finals trying to win the Stanley Cup Championships.
Lots of missed calls in this game. Why no hooking call when Bourque was hooked leading to the 4th Soviet goal?
Yes there should have been a call for sure, it was a hook on Bourque.
Pán rozhodca, kde si mal oči v čase 17:48 pri zákroku na Chomutova? Btw Gretzky vie pekne padať :) Ale ináč bol to pekný hokej.
Absolutely
Great hockey 🏒 all offensive ,speed and skill.
The infamous "hook" on the winning goal. Lol.
That game was so entertaining to watch back in '87 and it still is today.
Helluva lot of talent on both sides with Gretzky, Lemieux etc vs the KLM line, etc but our boys just refused to let up. Great game.
at 9:13 you can see Gusarov trip Anderson in the slot before taking the loose puck and going down the ice to score. Bourque was hooked off the puck on another Soviet goal. The refs favoured the Soviets 2 goals to 1 in this game.
As an American hockey fan I can say those were the days. USSR vs Canada. Never any better, before or since.
There was a very small window where the US replaced the Russkies. The "Mike Richter" years...98 or so. 2010 wasn't bad either :-)
I disagree with Yosef A. The Team Canada roster for the 1976 Canada Cup was the best hockey team EVER!!!! There were 17 Hall Of Famers on that awesome team.
michael volgare Not of Gretsky&Mario'sL.quality!
Frederick Simonsen overall they may have been a better team in 76 it’s close Orr, Hull , Lafleur , Clarke , Esposito All time greats
1987 Canada Cup team was the greatest team ever on any ice surface anywhere!#7 Hall of Fame players where on that team.Also one of the Best Goaltender's ever in Grant Fuhr.Fuhr was at the peak of his game in that Canada Cup!!
I would debate that the 76 Canada Cup team was the best ever....with players like Hull, Orr and Esposito. It was a truly amazing team, both on defense and offense...and in goal.
Are you serious? Team Canada was a weak team, really weak team. They had only a couple players who could actually play hockey, rest was shit. Soviet Union was far superior and they had best players and best line - KLM. Canada couldnt play against them as they were much slower and much less skillfull. Thats why they needed a lot of help from officials, otherwise they would have been crushed like 1981
Nonsense. A "modern" all star team are bigger, stronger, faster! They would be too much for that limited '87 team!
yes,it is jiggs mcdonald,love listening to him.
No, Dan Kelly.
I feel really bad for the NHL's best Canadian hockey players of the 60's, 70's and 80's. They could not compete in the Winter Olympics. You know Team Canada would have won a few gold medals during those years. I wonder how many Stanley Cups Dryden, Robinson, Gainey or Richard would have traded for a Gold Medal?
Michael Adinolfe none
100% agree
watch the nice slash to the face by gilmour on khomutov at 31:52. that would get you 20 games in todays nhl.
Michael McLean Disgraceful!!
@@ericday4505 I don't know how you can see that in this video. Khomutov is facing away from Gilmour. But then again, that play shouldn't have even got that far because Bourque was hooked down at the blue line. Should have been a penalty. Well guess what. Right there you see that the ref cannot make perfect call on everything.
Nevermind. It can be seen better on the replay. yes. unacceptable.
Absolutely should not be tolerated, but that was Canada, clearly getting outplayed until the reveres intervened. I like the results of the 81 Canada cup.
Eric Day, the results were Can-USSR 7:3/ 1:8. Guess what a third game score would be. Given the NHL statistics my suggestion is a win for Can. Like in 1984 and 1987.
Haven't watched a game of hockey in over a decade. I watched the 72 game, the finals of the 76, 2002 and 2010 Olympic finals and this game. Hockey is terrible now! This is what I revert back to.
Obviously if the Officiating was not biased against the Soviet Union Team the Soviet's would have WON The 1987 Canada Cup Ice Hockey Tournament!
Absolutely
Is that excuse used for the Russian loss to Canada 3 months later?
Действительно, захватывающий поединок, но Грецки был не очень активный, но хорош, чертовски хорош, Слава Великому!!
No doubt he struggled at the beginning of this game. My guess is he was spent from game 2. He was double-shifted all game in game 2. He even told the coach he couldn't play anymore and that's not Gretzky.
Damn that was a nice play by Lemieux for that last goal... Wow
There is nothing wow in that stupid goal. Two soviets players were hooked down and because of that damn stupid canadians got what they wanted.
Russians lost, even on steroids. LOL
@@chesss1985 at 9:13 you can see Gusarov trip Anderson in the slot before taking the loose puck and going down the ice to score. Bourque was hooked off the puck on another Soviet goal. The refs favoured the Soviets 2 goals to 1 in this game.
Greatest game ever ....
Man, this is a damn good Russian team. Maybe amongst the best they ever had.
That was arguably the best Team Canada every assembled
Man they look better than Canada to me. The refs was the equalizers. Tikhonov was 10 times the coach Keenan was. Gretzky with terrible giveaways. Almost lost it. Lemieux 21 yrs only, became the best in the world after this tournament. Soviets couldn’t handle him. The NHL either for that matter. Bourque was great the whole tournament and Hawerchuk had a great game. Krutov, Kamensky, Makarov, Fetisov we’re all dynamite. Just loved the soviet’s style of play. Rumours was they were juiced up. Who cares now. Beautiful hockey.
Fedorov Mogilny and Bure were on the cusp of promotion to the national team (Among others) CCCP would have been a 90s powerhouse but not to be. They all wanted the hell out.
Curious were this ranks to Canadian great moments?
Probably 2nd only to the 1972 Summit Series
Joe Carter?
хороший хоккей был!
Canada's speed hurt the Soviets. Lemieux, Coffee, Messier, Hawerchuck forced the Soviets to protect their zone and so a lot of the play was in their end. But allowing comebacks of 4-1 in the 1º game and 3-0 in the 3º one means they couldn't protect their goal and sustain an attack. Other than that, both teams were well matched.
I watched this game in my friends basement. We angered his mom, from screaming
13:23 - Gretzky diving like a Soccer player.
You're a fool.
How old are you?
6?
Shameful diving.
I always think of poor Larry Murphy who was wide open on that game winning goal, he could have been the hero had Mario passed it to him LOL
Lemieux clearly had the best shot...from the slot. A pass to Murphy could easily have been one pass too many. Murphy deserved lots of credit for splitting the attention of the goalie.
The greatest decoy in the history of hockey!
Murphy was open to the right. Lemieux shot from the left, up high; he knew either the shot was in, or the goalie would stop with a rebound directed to the right. Murphy was in place for the rebound. Hockey is a team game.
Is Gretzky wearing those funky blue Perfecta blades?
I recall being in the basement with my best pals watching and being so upset after 3 - 0 I got up and turned the tv off. My best pal yelled " fuck you" "we're coming back and winning" "put it back" on so I did and it was the best game out of the 3. Blades of summer 1987.
You turned off the tv?
You're a moron!
@@111highgh you obviously didn't read the whole qoute you moron !
The amount of hooking in this series though... :)
That was the style back then.
Was basically considered a stick check back then
ye, it was a great era of hockey
Man was this some outstanding hockey. Many of the games all time greats Gretzky , Lemieux , Messier, Coffey, Borque. Makarov was unbelievable puck handler and the KLM Line was scary.
To bad the Russians didn’t have an Igor to give Messier one of his patented cheap shot elbows.
Your "all time greats" Gretzky , Lemieux , Messier are miserable pieces of shit!
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Ok there dip shit name a better five
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Talk about loaded teams! Holy smokes!!!
The thing that always struck me watching these 80s era Canada Cups was the mobility of the Soviet D-men.
dude this fuckin canada team is STACKED and russia was just as good w names never heard besdies a few but this shows how 1980 was the greatest most embarrassing upset ever for a bunch of COLLEGE KIDS WHO werent the best in their own right to take Russia down..... simply amazing I NEVER KNEW A STACKED TEAM like canada had a series w russia
Самые великие игры нашей советской дружины.Показали местным недоумкам, что такое настоящий хоккей.К сожалению,благодаря канадским судьям и своему благородству,проиграли.Уровень Канады отражён в счёте финала Кубка Канады 1981!
Чудик ,доумок самодельный,чтоб ты знал - за полвека состоялось 13 турниров где сборные играли в сильнейших составах, кубки канады,олимпийские игры 1998- 2014, кубки мира . Из них ссср(россия ),выиграла один ,в 1981 кубок канады. И всё,вася! Канада выиграла 4 кубка канады,3 олимпиады, 2 кубка мира. И в суперсерии 72 в москве показали кто в доме хозяин. А тебе остаётся вспоминать один матч и вечно ныть на судью,на ветер и дождь. Танцору всегда что- то мешает.
@@user-rl4ni3fr8l 3 олимпиады, научись считать до трех сначала.
Gretzky to Lemeiux to Koharski.GOALLLLLLLLLLL!!!