Dominik Hasek’s performance in this game remains the greatest performance I’ve seen from a hockey goaltender. And Patrick Roy’s performance was nearly as great.
I am Canadian and i was 15yr old and this game was very intense. We knew the Czechs were a powerhouse and we knew Canada had a slight chance. This was one of the greatest times in Hockey ever.
@@theold4734 Were they though? 1995 - 2000 Czech won 3 world championships and ended 3rd in 2 others. I was a kid back then and we were always expecting the gold. Nowadays making quaterfinals is the expectation....
@@tomasmrazek8506 Yeah they were.... 1998 Olympics= best players from every country (NHL players actually playing there!) You cant compare championships to olympics. Most of those championships were played without NHL superstars. Also you shouldnt say 1995-2000! You should count 1993-1998. Why? Because those 2 championships we won were after Nagano not before. The fact is the we were outsiders in Nagano. Canada, USA, Russia, Finland, Sweden were supposed to be Top 5 teams there. We were supposed to fight for 6th place. Yeah we had Hasek and Jagr (one of the best players in the world), but those 5 teams had one of the best players too and they added Nhl stars. We added mostly extraliga players.
@@theold4734 The best two players in the world in 1998 were both Czech. To think that Finland had a better chance is a joke. Also every single WC had top NHL players. Sure it wasn't an all star full stack but it these were no amateurs. In those years Czechs won almost every WC and neither of them had Hasek nor Jagr in it. So even without the best two players in the world Czechs were winning almost every tournament.
@@lukebruce5234 Well yeah, but Most of the players werent even in NHL. Reason why they were winning was that they wanted Czech Republic to be proud again. They played with heart
heartbreaker? Couldn't disagree more. One of the happiest days of my life, as a Czech living in Japan I was in Nagano to see the quarter finals, semi finals and finals live. Should have won it in regulation, the Czechs were the better team and Canada was very lucky to tie it a minute from time. But the better team then won anyway.
sorry, it wasn't "lucky" at all, and the better team did not win. the team that Hasek happened to play on, won. because without him Czech would have been lucky even with a bronze.
@@fecesd5g Well Roy was worldstar goaltender just as well. Although I agree Hasek may have been a bit better at the time. But it was wake up call for Canada. And while our hockey have plummeted since then, yours have flourished.
Jagr wow... he's just an unique player. Nobody has come close to dominating the game one-on-one both technically and physically the way he did.
Dominik Hasek’s performance in this game remains the greatest performance I’ve seen from a hockey goaltender. And Patrick Roy’s performance was nearly as great.
I see Hasek in real life xD
I am Canadian and i was 15yr old and this game was very intense. We knew the Czechs were a powerhouse and we knew Canada had a slight chance. This was one of the greatest times in Hockey ever.
What are you talking about? Czechs were outsiders in Nagano
@@theold4734 Were they though? 1995 - 2000 Czech won 3 world championships and ended 3rd in 2 others. I was a kid back then and we were always expecting the gold. Nowadays making quaterfinals is the expectation....
@@tomasmrazek8506 Yeah they were.... 1998 Olympics= best players from every country (NHL players actually playing there!) You cant compare championships to olympics. Most of those championships were played without NHL superstars. Also you shouldnt say 1995-2000! You should count 1993-1998. Why? Because those 2 championships we won were after Nagano not before. The fact is the we were outsiders in Nagano.
Canada, USA, Russia, Finland, Sweden were supposed to be Top 5 teams there. We were supposed to fight for 6th place. Yeah we had Hasek and Jagr (one of the best players in the world), but those 5 teams had one of the best players too and they added Nhl stars. We added mostly extraliga players.
@@theold4734 The best two players in the world in 1998 were both Czech. To think that Finland had a better chance is a joke. Also every single WC had top NHL players. Sure it wasn't an all star full stack but it these were no amateurs. In those years Czechs won almost every WC and neither of them had Hasek nor Jagr in it. So even without the best two players in the world Czechs were winning almost every tournament.
@@lukebruce5234 Well yeah, but Most of the players werent even in NHL. Reason why they were winning was that they wanted Czech Republic to be proud again. They played with heart
heartbreaker? Couldn't disagree more. One of the happiest days of my life, as a Czech living in Japan I was in Nagano to see the quarter finals, semi finals and finals live. Should have won it in regulation, the Czechs were the better team and Canada was very lucky to tie it a minute from time. But the better team then won anyway.
Heartbreaker for Canada, they thought they would win.
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sorry, it wasn't "lucky" at all, and the better team did not win. the team that Hasek happened to play on, won. because without him Czech would have been lucky even with a bronze.
@@fecesd5g Well Roy was worldstar goaltender just as well. Although I agree Hasek may have been a bit better at the time. But it was wake up call for Canada. And while our hockey have plummeted since then, yours have flourished.
@@fecesd5g I hope you realize goaltending is part of the game so yeah Czechs were the better team.
Guys don't forget Czech is small country but hockey team had strong Also they have some players in NHL which nice I'm so proud that I'm Czechoslovakia
But now only Czech. And so not a strong as in privious life.
@@AndriiNikolaiev eeee, we weren't Czechoslovakia back then.. we split up with Slovaks in 1993
Be Proud Czech !!
Imagine having the greatest hockey player on your bench and you leave him there. Crawford's a clown.
No , Hasek was on the ice
Gretz was nothing special in penalties shots.
Tak jsem si zase pobrečel🤩
Not ez match but, we did iiiit
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