American Reacts to the History of Canadian Hockey
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- čas přidán 7. 06. 2023
- As an American I am very much aware of Canada's love of hockey, but that got me wondering where it all came from. Today I am very excited to learn about the history of Canadian hockey. If you enjoyed the video feel free to leave a comment, like, or subscribe for more!
To be fair, an American team can win the Stanley Cup but a high percentage of their players are Canadian or other nationalities.
A good portion of American hockey players are Canadian. Ron McLean and Don Cherry were the host of Hockey Night in Canada. Don Cherry was the Boston Bruins head coach. Very interesting character. You should Goggle Don Cherry.....
I enjoy your videos........
Golden Knights had 20 Canadians on the team and Florida panthers had 16
That part!!
@@ca9na0da5yes, their the team with the highest density of Canadians. Including the Canadian teams
America has a number of excellent players, don’t discount them. They’re just more occupied with football and basketball (even though basketball is a Canadian thing)
The good ole hockey game, is the best game you can name. And the best game you can name, is the good ole hockey game.
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Just over half of all NHL players are Canadian. So there are some amazing Canadians on American teams we cheer for. It would be great if the Stanley cup came back to Canada, but any team who wins is a win for Canada.
I don't think the stat is quite that high anymore but well-made point regardless!
@@texadian3392 you are right stats of 2022. But yes still very impressive
Canada : 433
États-Unis : 283
Suède : 98
Finlande : 59
Russie : 53
République tchèque : 34
Suisse : 12
Slovaquie : 10
Allemagne : 9
Danemark : 8
Lettonie : 4
France : 3
Bélarus : 2
Australie : 1
Slovénie : 1
Norvège : 1
Pays-Bas : 1
Autriche : 1
Wasn’t until I was 25 that I learned Brodour was French Canadian 😅
@@terrancebrown87 first name shoulda tipped you off lol mar-tan not mart-in
@@coreyrees840 also not Brodour but Brodeur
In 1972, Canada shut down for the Summit Seiries against the Russians. The whole country was totally invested in it and when Canada won that final game the party was awesome.
That was the true Miracle on Ice .
@@Jay-vr9ir sad to admit I (female) was not aware of hockey (much) after my husband passed away...BUT I did perk up for the Canada \Russia games and was as glued to the TV as I used to be years before...I was beyond enraptured....
but with all the new teams I have to admit I lost my passion for the games...I was a devout Montreal Canadian fan since a child ...listening to the games with my dad on the radio! easy since we lived in Montreal!!
Hockey Night in Canada is an institution in Canada. It airs every Saturday evening at 8:00 p.m., on the CBC network. It originally aired in 1952, and continues today. In those early days CBC was the only TV channel in Canada. After dinner on Saturday night, the family would gather around the TV for Hockey Night in Canada. It remains a tradition today. Ron McLean joined the show in 1986. He's a beloved Canadian sports broadcaster.
Ron McLean's voice is so iconic to most Canadians!😊
@@TheDylls I went to school with Ron, and he married a classmate ❤ Red Deer!
I grew up watching Hockey Night with my uncles in "the shed"
Ron McLean, the man who turned on good friend who ended up getting fired for speaking the truth. All sportsnet from then on. Defund the cbc
Hockey was broadcast on radio long before TV. Saturday nights, families gathered around the radio.
Growing up in Canada, it's weird seeing someone unaware of the glory that is pond hockey. When I was a kid, the harbour even froze over most years and could go skating for miles.
Growing up in Northern Ontario, for me it was a frozen over swamp.
Depending on the year, middle December to middle of February was the best time.
My friends and I would maintain it. We would shovel the snow off and flood it, so that it was smooth. Even built a 3 inch wall of ice around it, so our pucks could rebound, and we wouldn’t have to search for it.
On Friday nights, we would build a bonfire, roast marshmallows and have hot chocolate. Saturday nights were for watching hockey night in Canada!
Stay safe, stay sane, stay strong Ukraine 🇺🇦
My second name is Maurice because Maurice Richard was my grandfather’s favorite hockey player 🏒 🥅 ⚜️🍁
Canada’s national women’s team is dominant and finals usually end up as Canada vs the US. And the teams are often evenly matched so it’s great competitive hockey.
Agreed! Women's Canada vs US hockey Gold Medal games are among the best games of hockey ever played by anyone
@@TheDylls Women's hockey? C'mon. Could the best women's team keep up with an average high school boy's team?
In the winter, it is common for your dad to make a skating rink in the back yard by shoveling the snow flat and watering it with the hose to make ice. Most playgrounds have ice rinks they put up in winter.
Yes,you might be right there but we have a lake,like I live in a colony,and everyone I know LOVES hockey,and cheers for either the Calgary Flames,or the Edmonton Oilers,who do u cheer for?
I learned to ski before I learned to skate
@@laurabailey1054 wait what???I learned to skate the second I could walk,but I NEVER learned to ski until I was like 10 and I'm 13 now😮
Have a look at the amazing Montreal Canadians Team through the 60s and 70s. It was said that the junior teams that fed into the Canadians could beat most of the other NHL teams. The Summit series shut down the whole country to watch the games. It was dramatic. Even schools showed the final game. Paul Henderson is still a huge hockey hero.
😉Well said!
Considering Canada has most of the world’s fresh water, and hundreds of thousands of lakes and ponds and backyards that freeze for 4-6 months of the year, of course skating and the games associated would flourish. ❤🇨🇦❤
2-3 million lakes
In the video a person mentioned how long it’s been since a Canadian team won Stanley. What they failed to mention is the amount of Canadians on the teams that win Stanley every year.
For example… 2023 has the Panthers with an impressive 15 out of 25 players that are Canadian. The Knights only have a meagre 19 out of 25 players that are Canadian. Officially the teams winning are in the US but the players winning the cup are still making Canada proud.
Nobody around for it at the time will ever forget the 1972 Canada/Russia series. Paul Henderson scored the winning goal in the last 34 seconds of the last game. I remember being in a downtown store and seeing people glued to the TVs. I knew we'd won when everyone just started screaming & cheering and the store played the national anthem. IIHF by the way is the International Ice Hockey Federation.
Summit Series 72 is worth a look. It's a notable moment in Canadian history and legendary in the hockey world. Also, despite a Canadian team not winning the Cup in a couple decades, most American teams are comprised of Canadian players. The current Las Vegas Golden Knights, who are leading 2-0 right now to win the Cup, are 75% Canadian players.
Oh my god yes. I remember school stopped and we gathered around the tvs in class to watch. Young people won’t get how important this was as it was in the midst of the Cold War. This was a fight for supremacy without guns. Russia was seen as a superior team winning the Olympics almost every time because they’re players were part of the red army and not seen as pros. In those days NHL PLAYERS did not qualify for Olympics because they were pros. 72 was Russia against Canadian professional players Canada won. The feeling of that will never be duplicated.
Yes! Major Canadian history right there and The Hip (The Tragically Hip whom were covered in another of his videos) sing about that specific game.
Totally agree. I still remember watching it on TV in school that day. Who can ever forget the announcer screaming out "and they score Henderson!", 34 seconds before the end of the last game to win the series.
Here’s a pretty good video czcams.com/video/ksNPz5sVyvo/video.html
It's been twenty years since a Canadian team won the Stanley Cup.
Interestingly Gary Betman has been commissioner for twenty seven years.
One of the great things about the Stanley Cup is that the players on the winning team get to take it home and do with it whatever they want. The team gets 100 days with it in the off season, so they send it around to each player to have it for a day to show off and party with. The Stanley Cup will open the door to any party in Canada.
Lots of Canadians have gotten to see the Cup up close when a local player brought it to their favourite bar or restaurant. It has been all over Canada and I am sure it would have some stories if it could talk.
My mother was the oldest woman in an organized league in the 2010 era. She retired at almost 83. She was featured in an article in the Toronto Star and was interviewed for a segment during Hockey Day in Canada. She passed away on Jan 9, 2015 after watching the Canadian Jr team win their tournament against teams from around the world.
What a way to go... ❤
She sounded pretty awesome, sorry to hear she's passed.
yes, Canadians do teach their children to skate as soon as they can stand. Winters are long and there are rinks everywhere! And you should watch videos about the Canada - USSR 1972 Summit Series... the last game is still shown on TV every year! it was EPIC!
I learned to skate as a child. We all played hockey. Guys I went to school with took it very seriously.
In all fairness, most of us played any sport we could.
Basketball, football, soccer and baseball were daily things.
Tyler, we left Toronto and moved north 45 minutes onto 17 acres. Dug a pond 175x125x22 deep in a keyhole shape. . Kept it crystal clear of snow in winter. (Swam/fished it in summer). Three sons and their friends played mean games of hockey 6-7 nights a week. Our little daughter skated in the smaller area protected by a doorway wall of snow. Those kids wouldn't come into the house until their feet were as blue as their lips!
I’m almost 69 & still remember my large family watch Hockey Night in Canada on Saturdays when I was a child. Mom & Dad would be in their favourite chairs & us kids (7 of us) would all be spread out on the floor (hardwood) watching the games, it was a true family event & this was true of all the other homes in our neighbourhood for sure & I’m sure in the rest of Canada🇨🇦
The greatest game ever played. Gladiators, skills, passion, brutality.
"We DON'T MESS with the hockey players, Moran! They play their sport on the hardest surface known to man with BLADES strapped to their feet!"
- Thad, BMS
Skills, passion, brutality..is a more fitting description of hockey, actually!!
I love seeing a new Canadian from somewhere like Nigeria, shivering in a hockey arena...with a big smile on his face! Goal !!!!!
That beautiful Seawall you saw in the Vancouver video was wrapped around Stanley Park named named after Lord Stanley as was his "Cup"
HNIC (Hockey Night In Canada) theme song is Canada's 2nd national anthem. You would be hard pressed to find a Canadian who can't hum it. ❤
There’s a “You know you’re a Canadian if” item that was floating around years ago and one of the items was you can easily find any fellow Canadians in a public space in a foreign country if you begin humming the Hockey Night in Canada theme song. 🥅 🏒 🎶 🇨🇦 😂
In Canada, as someone who sucks at skating, Canadians are very surprised if someone can’t skate. I hope you’ve looked up the Rideau canal(Ottawa) in winter before. People will skate to work, class, etc.
I went to Carleton in Ottawa, and lived in the Dow’s Lake area. Anytime I wanted to go to the Rideau Centre, I would skate there, when the canal was open. Great way to get downtown!
Stay safe, stay sane, stay strong Ukraine 🇺🇦
@@sirdavidoftor3413 I also went to Carleton! That’s why I moved out that way, wish I had the skill to use the canal like that
Also a Canadian here and I can’t skate, I don’t like it. People do look at you like you’re crazy.
@@ness1729 : I wouldn’t look at you funny. I don’t like Maple Syrup…. I am not into sweet stuff, but I know a lot of people love it. I like peanut butter on my pancakes!
We all have our own different skills and likes! The world would be so boring if we were all the same!
Stay safe, stay sane, stay strong Ukraine 🇺🇦
As a Canadian, I don't remember specifically when I learned to skate, but I was really young. We regularly had skating trips in school. Every park in the city would have a skating/hockey rink set up for the winter where people in the community could come and skate all through the winter. They'd put up boards, and flood the area to create ice. It was great. A Canadian that can't skate is a pretty rare thing, at least where I grew up.
My kids go skating with their school once a week at our community rink!
Some of my first memories are with my 2 bladed skates with the bar
1972 summit series. I was in high school. The whole school listened to the game. My husband played hockey, my brothers played hockey, my sons played hockey, my grandsons play hockey. Yep it's our life.
Hockey Night in Canada started with games being broadcast over the radio from coast to coast by the CBC since 1936. The most famous games were always when the Montreal Canadians played against the Toronto Maple Leafs. TV broadcasting, from coast to coast by the CBC, started in 1952.
I'm a canadian femaie over 60. I'm not into hockey. But when it comes to really big games like that 72 summit series against Russia and the olympic games when Canada wins then I'm cheering on with huge national pride.
That 1972 summit series was, I think it is safe to say, a cultural high-water mark for all of Canada. The teachers in schools all across the country would bring TVs into the classroom and show the games. Probably not in colour, but not a lot of us around where I grew up had ever seen a colour TV yet. It was the biggest thing that created a national identity since WW2.
Canada is the land of fresh water lakes, and insanely cold temperatures. We have no trouble finding spots to skate on and play hockey
When I was a kid the only thing as exciting as Christmas was when the creek finally froze enough for us to skate on!
Summit Series was a 8 game exhibition between Canada and Russia. First time that professional players (NHL) were allowed to play against Russia (claimed their players were amateurs but were not). Canada was arrogant but we nearly lost. Definitely recommend you doing a follow up video on summit series
Not Russia but the USSR. They brought TVs into classrooms so we could watch key games
@@evilroyca yes, sorry my bad
Yes but we now know that USSR atheletes used an abundance of steroids in those days.
My wife and I - Canadians- love your videos. We often laugh, sometimes at you, but mostly with you. Thanks for enjoying our land and people and sharing us!
@@mrmacq so is laughing at american misconceptions
@mrmacq the man seems to have a decent sense of humour, he mocks himself in a lot of videos. No harm in a few jabs
I watch all your sessions and how. Bout doing a segment on Vancouver Island. We are a beautiful corner of Canada. Palm trees in Canada ??? Yes there are!
Canada vs US women’s hockey…maybe the biggest rivalry in sport period???
You could actually do an entire video on the history of the Stanley Cup. It is fascinating.
Yes Tyler, the serie against U.S.S.R was a major moment in hockey. I wasnt born but my father told me everything about it. Im glad that they talk about the gold medal in Salt Lake City and Mario Lemieux letting the puck going in between his legs to Joe Sakic I think...? And in Vancouver, Crosby with yhe golden Goal... Amazing moment.
When a Canadian puts on a team Canada jersey, we are 100% with them. You just feel it in the whole country
I remember being a kid in class and them rolling the tv into the classroom whenever team Canada played during the olympics 😂
Hockey is way of life or ingrained in our life, I serviced the Zamboni at MLG from 75 to78 , my best man went to Russia in 72 for the summit series, and I have trained so many to drive a ice resurfacer I cannot remember, I made curling and ice rinks for over 21 years.
Hockey Night in Canada (similar to America's Monday Night Football) has been a Canadian Saturday night tradition going back to the days of radio predating television. It specifically covers NHL games and for the last 20 to 30 years they have adopted a back-to-back game presentation with the first game originating from an eastern city and the second game from a western city.
I saw you looked up the Stanley Cup and it was originally commissioned by Lord Stanley a Governor General of Canada (Canada is a constitutional monarchy and since the king or queen of Canada resides in England, the Governor General is their representative which allows the government to continue in their absence). Lord Stanley purchased the Cup in 1892 to present to "The Champion of the Dominion of Canada" and it wasn't until 1910 that it was awarded to a professional hockey team. As of 1926, it became the trophy of the National Hockey League (NHL) and is awarded to the team who wins the NHL playoffs (the NHL regular season standings determine which teams are allowed to participate in the playoffs. Of the 32 teams in total, 16 will make it into the playoffs and 16 will be eliminated at the end of the regular season).
We have a program called CAN skate, that teaches children to skate. Most are about 2 years old starting out to learn how to skate. A lot of parents will start their kids in that program, few years before starting them out in hockey or figure skating :) Also a lot who have a pind or lake near by, will learn to skate outdoors. Its a lot of fun. We love our hockey here.
The NHL Stanley Cup as you mentioned was originally won only in Canada for Canadian hockey under the Canadian Hockey League. When hockey amalgamated into the NHL the U.S and Canadian hockey teams it became the hockey prize to strive for. The Summit Series is a fascinating story in Canada. The first hockey tournament ever played by Russia. It was much watch tv across Canada even with the time zone issues. Canada literally stopped for the final game. Children were allow to watch in school, my school allowed us to go home to watch with family. It was a nail biter that game. Canada Won 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
In Canada most people who follow the NHL pick the team they want to support. The team does not have to preside in Canada. However most teams have a significant number of Canadian players on their team. Canada also has a high standard of junior hockey players that play in the home country and are up for being drafted to the NHL each spring. They would go to where they are drafted.
That Ron McLean is well loved is an understatement. There were almost riots in the streets when he wanted to retire originally. He had to come due to popular demand.
I don’t recall any riot for that dude. He is the least genuine person ever after what he did to Don.
Ron MacLean (note the spelling) is hated in Vancouver.
I love all your videos! As a Canadian, you are my favourite American.
agreed!
I remember the Canada Cup in 1976 & I was working at one of Canada’s major stores when the game between Russia & Canada came on & I snuck off the floor to go watch part of the game & my manager found me😂 I apologize & just said I only wanted a quick peak & he winked at me & said, why do you think I’m here🤣 We both stayed & were lucky enough to see Canada score a goal, I lost my voice for sure that year😁🇨🇦❤️
I liked this video. We take so much pride in our strengths. And this passion we all gravitate towards “the worlds fastest sport” is such an awesome thing.
When my grandfather joined the Winnipeg fire dept in 1907 . They flooded all the vacant lots so the kids would have ice rinks in every neighborhood
Yes, most of us strap skates on our kids around 2yrs old. But, probably in Dad's arms or in a stroller on the ice before 2yrs. Also, Tyler, USA is pretty good at hockey too - especially the woman's team
Almost every park in Canada has an outdoor ice rink in the winter. The city waters it at night and the players shovel the snow off when necessary. Every spring the city removed the boards and it usually becomes a baseball field until December when they put the boards back up
I wish the park across my street had an ice rink, but I’ll have to settle for going around the corner and use the one at the school
@@Nevertoleave That's rough, walking more than 500 metres for an ice rink in Canada should be illegal lol
@@TritoneChris it’s been a real struggle. A whole five minute walk. Can’t even skate to there
Might be good to check out the Summit Series of 1972 - first time Canada's Pros played the Soviet Stars - people still remember where they were when Henderson scored that goal! EPIC.
Just recently, May 22, Norway beat Canada 4-2 in the penalty-shot shootout to win the game.
I didn't watch it, because I thought Norway's team wouldn't have a chance against the Canadian giants. Hockey is not a big sport in Norway, so this was not expected.
Must have been fun for the few Norwegians that watched the game, and sad for the many Canadians who watched it.
To all Canadians out there; I'm sorry for your loss. I doubt it will happen again.
Do the summit series. It's legendary. Violence, politics, and drama.
Tyler. You are phenomenally interested in learning about Canada and being VERY POSITIVE and VERY POLITE . THANK YOU🙋♀️🇨🇦
Have been watching your videos for awhile and just realized I’m not subscribed! Couldn’t believe it, as a Canadian, I love your videos☺️
One of the best championship was the Canada/Russia series’s & boy was it fantastic & Canada won the last 3 games to win the series that went to 8 games because of a tie game & to top it off Paul Henderson of the Toronto Maple Leafs scored the winning goal in all 3 of those games😁🥳🇨🇦
Tyler, I really Love ❤ and appreciate your videos of Canada, it's history and culture. I have discovered and relearned sooo much watching them. I was hooked after watching the 1st one. You've actually changed my opinion of how i negatively generalized Americans like many other Canadians do.
I do really wish you would take some time to Review the Comments your videos elicit. You would learn the answers to most of the questions you ask as you react to op videos. There are tons of suggestions for other topics/people that define us for you to explore.
Canadians are made up of a variety of cultures, many fleeing from oppression, war, persecution, or looking for better opportunity than they had in their home countries.
Add in harsh long winters, semi isolation, vastly different landscapes and animals. It doesnt take much to encounter danger from weather, wildlife, distance to resources and other communities that we come together to look out for each other and help where we can. This is why we are known as kind, polite, and for the most part peacekeepers to the rest of the world.
I am a proud Canadian ❤
Born from a Canadian and an immigrant to Canada 🍁 🇨🇦
Love your channel, sometimes you remind me of things I take for granted as a Canadian. Creeks, lakes and backyards across the country are where most of us started playing the game. From sun up until supper that's where you'd find a lot of us as kids. To answer your question about if it was true that we started skating really young, I remember my dad tying my skates because I couldn't get them tight enough myself. Lol
I started skating young enough to need those double bladed sled like things that strapped to the bottom of your boots. There was no way I could stand up on regular skates lol
@@Caprabone Love it! I remember those.... Do they even make them anymore?
The Salt Lake City Olympics was huge for Canada. First time in many of our lifetimes Canada finally won Gold. For older folks it was the first time they saw it. The final vs the USA was an amazing game. Other games/series up for GOAT status is 2010 Vancouver Olympics (Canada over US again), the 1987 Canada Cup final series (Canada over Russia) and 1996 World Cup final series (USA over Canada)
Canadians have been teaching the world to play hockey and the world is getting better. Many European nations hire Canadian coaches and now there is no guarantee Canada will win Gold. We have to work darned hard to win
25yrs since a Canadian based NHL team has won the Stanley cup, but American NHL teams are mostly comprised of Canadian players.
I love hockey I watch all the games on tv and watch the world junior championships
Until the mid 80's when indoor rinks started to flourish community leagues in edmonton, working wirh parks and rec maintained outdoor rinks. Also there were many covered rinks with natural ice surfaces. In many rural comnunities the rink was where social gatherings took place and where many first dates occured because it was a safe and public environment, therefore, almost everyone knew how to skate
Over 65% of hockey players on American teams are Canadians. When the N H L went to 12 teams from 6 teams over 98%of players where Canadians.
What about canadien teams?
Bigger than the war of 1822. The 1972 Summit Series, or series of the century, between Canada and the USSR was like taking WWIII to the soviets. This was probably the most important hockey series in Canadian history.
I have played hockey for almost 60 years and have played goal for over 50 years. Yes we love the game!!!
My daughter started playing hockey 🏒 at the age of 4 right up until 18, and she loves hockey 🏒, i asked her what she wanted to do whether it was dancing or any sport and she chose hockey and she's won many medals 🏅 and trophies 🏆 and im very proud of her.
Summit Series 1972, Team Canada vs the Soviet Red Army, 4 games in Canada, then 4 games in the U.S.S.R Team Canada expected to steam roll the commies, however, the Soviets blew Team Canada out of the water in game one in Montreal. The scene was set for hockeys greatest drama. Highly recommend you a reaction to the series. It opened the door for NIxon's visit to USSR and other cultural crossovers. With that in mind, Ron McLean mentioned the FLQ crisis, a serious political event here involving kidnapping and murder of politicians. Something to deep dive into.
Hi Tyler! I have been skating since I was very younger (a looong time ago). Women (and thus girls) didn’t really play Hockey in those days; but we all skated. During the winter ((could be -30) my friends and I would go to our local community club, with its outdoor rinks and skate until our feet were numb! Then we would walk home to our mothers crying about how much our feet hurt! 25:41 Then we would go back the next night.
There are 32 teams in the NHL, 6 are Canadian teams
Montreal Canadiens (spelled the French way)
Toronto Maple Leafs
Ottawa Senators
Winnipeg Jets (my beloved team!)
Edmonton Oilers
Calgary Flames
Vancouver Canucks
- that’s from east to west, more or less
The first team to win Olympic Gold was the
Now do a video on the Canadian Football League. It has a long rich history and many unique rules.
I've been enjoying your reaction videos about Canada for several months now since I discovered your channel. I hope eventually you make a trip north of the border, have a double-double with a snack pack of Timbits, try an authentic poutine (not the crap from McDonald's) while listening to The Tragically Hip for your trip, and give us a reaction video on trying these things for the first time, it would be so fun to watch!
In women’s hockey, Canada and USA dominate over all other countries. Some are moving up in the ranks but it’s Canada USA in every gold medal game and it’s a very evenly matched rivalry. Great hockey to watch.
Canada has dominated international hockey the past 100 years or so. 53 world championship medals (28 golds), 20 world junior golds (U20), 22 Olympic medals (including 13 golds), 23 u18 world golds, and the past three best on best tournaments, and thats just the men, the women have arguably been even more dominant. Not to mention the best player in the world right now with Connor McDavid and the best prospect with Connor Bedard (maybe the next Mcdavid?). If there was a mens best vs best tournament right now, meaning every country could have their best players, Canada would be the favorite followed by the US and Russia.
« Les hivers de mon enfance étaient des saisons longues, longues. Nous vivions en trois lieux : l’école, l’église et la patinoire; mais la vraie vie était sur la patinoire. » ❤
Who is that? It's on the tip of my tongue lol
je suis d'accord :)
For many years, nearly all of the players of the "original 6" teams in the NHL were Canadian, though 4 of the 6 were American owned teams in Boston, New York, Detroit, and Chicago - compared to the Canadian Teams in Toronto and Montreal.
The first ice hockey cup to be awarded in Canada was the Stanley Cup. It was originally a challenge cup, first presented by Lord Stanley, a Governor General of Canada in 1892. The 2nd oldest cup is the Allan Cup. It has been awarded to the best senior amateur hockey team in Canada since 1909. Senior doesn't mean senior citizen; it simply means the players are over 21. At this time the Stanley Cup was now only awarded to the best professional team. Starting in 1926, this to be a team belonging to the NHL. The next most important cup is the Memorial Cup. It is given to the best Junior Hockey team in the country (junior means players under 21) and was first dedicated in 1919 and is a Memorial to those who died during the First World War. In 1934 junior hockey was divided into two tiers A & B with the Memorial Cup awarded to the national Junior A champion, and other cups being awarded to the Junior B champion of each province. In 1971, Junior A was divided into two tiers; Major Junior and Junior A, with the Memorial Cup awarded to the national Major Junior Champion and the Manitoba Centennial Trophy (today simply the Centennial Cup) to the national Junior A champion. Today there is also a national midget championship (Telus cup; first called the Wrigley Cup in 1974), the national Univeristy hockey championship has been awarded the now- named David Johnston University Cup since 1962. Their are many other hockey cups awarded in Canada and its provinces; and newer cups awarded to our female athletes. The oldest cup to be awarded to women in 1920 was the Lady Meredith Cup. Today, the oldest continuously awarded cup for a women's national champion is the Golden Path Trophy. It is awarded to the best female University team since 1998.
I'm a Canadian from Newfoundland and there are two NHL players from Newfoundland, both on American teams. New Jersey and Colorado, and I am a New Jersey fan specifically because of that. So there are lots of Canadian NHL players on American teams. Great video, love your channel and shoutout from Gander Newfoundland!
Please do a video on Don Cherry! He's truly really the face of Hockey Night in Canada. For many years Ron McLean was his sidekick. He was quite the character!
Love how you are with we Canadians 😅. You make me feel you are always rooting for us and you really are one of us❤ Thankyou Tyler you're the best❤
I am old now (71) I was gifted with with 2 tickets to go see the Habs at the Montreal Forum. wooden seats at the Blue Line. Best night ever! They won the Stanley Cup that year.
OMG, as a forever Montreal fan, that would be a dream come true for me. The Bell Centre would be nice but not the same.
@@kristinehirtle6021 I was an office boy only 19 and the sports editor did not want to go to the game ,so he gave me the tickets at 4pm and the game was at 8. The Habs and the LA Kings in those purple sweaters lol
My grand parents used to listen hockey on the radio.
Radio was invented in Canada and the first radio station was in Montreal 😜
Good reasons to party on Saturday nights with friends and family
Rhéaume, first woman NHL player, played for the Sherbrooke Jofa-Titan squad in the League Régionale du Hockey au Féminin in the province of Québec. She was the first female goaltender to play for a boys' team in the 1984
Wayne Gretzky: (The great one) The best hocky player of all time
In the days before national television, Hockey Night in Canada was heard across the country on the radio, and in my childhood one voice stands out: Foster Hewitt. He described what was happening on the ice so well that everyone could picture it in their own minds. I'm sure many others have similar memories. Live national television was also one of the driving forces for Canada's development of the world's first (and largest) national microwave network, in the early - mid 1950's. This was a very technologically advanced idea at that time - a string of microwave repeater stations, typically about 25 miles apart, that stretched across the country. Communications satellites did not reach that stage for at least another 25 years.
It was not built (just) for hockey broadcasts, of course: it was used by telephone and teletype networks, communications of the Canadian Pacific and Canadian National railroads, and much else. Canadian scientists and engineers had been a big part of the development of microwave radar during WWII, and wired telephone lines could not even begin to accommodate the volume of communications traffic. The demand for communications grew very quickly, and the system capacity was continually expanding. I think the system was originally the "Trans-Canada Telephone System" but in fact it transmitted much more than telephone calls right from the beginning. It was a very technically advanced system - and almost certainly the largest microwave communication in the world. It was possible for someone in Vancouver to pick up their telephone and call someone in Halifax. or Montreal, or Winnipeg, and it also spawned "direct dialing" and teletype for businesses. Soon it became less and less necessary to call long-distance through an operator. It's still one of the greatest engineering projects of the 20th Century.
But aside from that, it meant that the NHL games were broadcast across the country, which expanded the radio audience still further. Hockey games had been transmitted across Canada via regular telephone lines, but this really expanded the possibilities. Likewise, when television stations became common, one of the largest demands on the network was sending hockey games across the country as they were happening.
The Summit series was HUGE here in Canada. At the time, Canada and the USSR were mortal enemies politically. So when they challenged us to an 8 game series it was huge.
I was about in grade 4 at the time. The series was so important to Canadians that parents wanted the schools to close for the final game and the local board actually considered it. But they didn't close. So my teacher played the last period of the game on the radio and we listened to it.
The way it was set up, the first 4 games were played in Canada and the last 4 in Russia. If the series ended in a 4-4 tie the winner would be the team that had scored the most total goals during the series.
Canada went into game 8 ahead 4-3 in the series but Russia was ahead in the total goals scored count. It was beginning to look like the last game was going to be tied and go into overtime when Canada scored the winning goal.
Other classes must have been listening as well because the entire school erupted in cheers! People still talk about the series and that goal today. It's considered by some to be a major historical event. Paul Henderson's winning goal is actually called "The Goal of the Century"
1972 Summit Series Canada vs Russia is very important to Canada 🇨🇦 Canadians and even some Americans
TYLER, i'm 62 yrs old, the summit series is very special, the whole country stopped during the series, in 1972, i was 12 years old, the second half of the series was in Russia so the game was during the day, i was in high school, the teacher stopped the class and brought out a tv so we could watch the game, the principal also put a tv in the gym, for the first time we had plyers from all the nhl, example the best player in Boston is Phil Esposito, he is Canadian, so we built the dream team, we were going to smash the Russians, but we never seen them play, the first game we lost, it was chaos in the Country, it was the greatest series of all time, thost Russians were Amazing, plaing a different style with lots of passes and dont wastes shotes at the net, I still remember there names and the coachews name till today, and in goals they had the amazing Vladislav Tretiak... to know what happened, find a summit series video on youtube, there was a tv series made about the summit series.
The Stanley Cup (or La Coupe Stanley) is a championship trophy created in 1892 by the then-Governor General of Canada, Lord Stanley of Preston. He wanted to commission a trophy for the Canadian championship because his sons played the game and loved it. Alas, Stanley was recalled to England before he could ever watch a Stanley Cup game.
It was originally known as the "Dominion Challenge Cup", with "Dominion" meaning the Dominion of Canada (we weren't a full-fledged country then). At first, it was limited solely to amateur competition. Eventually, professional teams got into the action, multiple leagues began competing for it, and eventually the National Hockey League took sole possession of it.
The names of every player on the winning team are engraved on the bottom-most band of the Cup. Every 13 years, the top-most band is removed and retired to the Hockey Hall Of Fame in Toronto, and a new band added.
It is widely heralded as "the most difficult trophy in the world to win". Stanley Cup champions have to win four best-of-seven series (so, 16 victories) to claim the Cup. The competition lasts TWO MONTHS.
Alas, the video you selected is out of date - it has now been THIRTY YEARS since the last Canadian team won the Stanley Cup, the 1993 Montreal Canadiens. The decade before that was DOMINATED by Canadian teams, with the Edmonton Oilers winning 5 Stanley Cups and both the Montreal Canadiens and Calgary Flames claiming one each.
Fun fact: one episode of the television series "Elementary" involved Sherlock Holmes purchasing the Stanley Cup and then having to determine if it's real or a forgery. Turned out, it was real - both in-universe and in actual fact. Phil Pritchard, "The Keeper Of The Cup", travels with the Cup on all locations when it is outside of the Hall Of Fame - and he was on-set during the entire shoot.
I've been on skates since I was 3, one of the best games in the world and what it means to countries playing it! USA has more than a niece for it now and starting to get a few legends over time. This game is passion, its culture and its fun! It's not NFL or MLB, which are incredibule but its different. Gotta love sports!!
How do you spend almost a year 'learning" about Canada and not know that hockey was invented there? It's one of the few things that pretty much everyone in the world knows about Canada.
PS. Even non hockey lovers like myself feel pride when we win. I was about 6 when the Canada Russia series seized the national, we all watched and were so proud. The dynasty of Gretzky & the Edmonton Oilers winning the Cup so many times and of course living in Vancouver the magic of the 2010 Olympic’s culminating in Sidney Crosby’s golden goal & the joy it brought the whole nation. The win at the very end of what sportscasters worldwide still call the best winter games ever gave Canada that 14th Gold Medal giving us the record of most gold medals by a home country in Olympic history. It just seems right that hockey and skating helped secure that achievement.
Both my kids were on skates at 2yo, new how to skate by themselves by 3.
Maybe not all kids start as early, but I used to be a national level competitive figure skater and taught young kids on weekends 😊
I switch to hockey at 17 when I left figure skating and went to college (known for its female hockey teams since the 1960’s).
Both my sons learned how to skate first, then played hockey for a few years, and I coached their teams 🙂
as a Canadian i don't like regular ice hockey to much but i do like street hockey. i used to have it as an after school activity tho i don't anymore but it did get a little violent at one point. i was in 3rd grade and the activity was for pretty much everybody so there were 6th graders there to. at some point in the match me and a 6th grader on the opposing team were both going for the ball and i went to hit it but the guy put his leg in the way and i ended up accidentally slashing him in the ankle, it wasn't even a hard hit and he started bawling his eyes out, then he got up took his stick and slashed me (3 years younger than him) full force in the neck then "fell" back to the floor crying meanwhile all his friends were calling him a bitch because i just stood there holding my neck swearing at him. i then learnt that my pain tolerance is pretty high.
Many of our families made little rinks in the yard lol. That's where I started. I did it with my daughter too. Canadian things lol
You have to take into consideration that we have in most places in Canada, a winter that is 6 months long. We have a five dollar bill with a picture of kids playing hockey on a frozen pond, it's reality, it's what me and my friends were doing in winter in the early 70's. For many the saturday night game was more important than mass. In every house people would gather and watch the game.
I don't know, there is really no winter in Vancouver and I live in Nova Scotia and the only real winter we have is January and February.
@@kristinehirtle6021 The benefits of living near an ocean.
The Summit Series is a watershed moment for Canadian hockey. It was a series to establish who was the best country at hockey. You should definitely look into what the '72 Summit Series is.
Paul Henderson is an icon among Canadian hockey fans.
You bet...alot of us learned to skate as soon as we could stand and walk.
Some of us had Dad'd who build backyard rinks...hosing diwn thr icr every night before they went to bed.
Childhood paradise.
I've been to Hockey Hall of fame in Toronto it was awesome my dads distant relative used to play/coach. Won the cup more than once as a coach for NY Islanders. My dream was to always to visit Hall of fame totally lived up to my expectations.
The Summit series was a 7 game series that basically set the international stage for hockey.
Eight game series, actually.... First 4 in Canada (Montréal, Toronto, Winnipeg, Vancouver) and the last 4 games in Moscow. They tied 1 game and Canada barely won the series 4-3-1, winning 3 of 4 games in the Soviet Union.