Gretzky reflects on the 'intense' 1987 Canada Cup and what he learned from the Soviets | TSN Hockey

After joining TSN for the re-airings of all 3 games of the 1987 Canada Cup, Tournament MVP Wayne Gretzky Joins Pierre LeBrun for a look back at THE very memorable series. ‘The Great One’ also talks about the relationships between the two teams, and how the Soviets inspired NHLers to adopt many styles of their game.

[@zigfield723]

Wayne you just never stop inspiring people and doing your great work in life after Hockey. It's quite impressive.

[@cantthinkofaname7247]

Get Corwin to have a conversation with Wayne lol

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[@Dumballa]

Thank you for doing this Wayne 😀

[@amandawattie5444]

You the best 99

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[@marksibley4546]

Great series remember it well 99 and 66 where on another level in those 3 games

[@iavorbalabanov8567]

Sorry, if it was not for the officials, Canada would have not won. The better team lost. And 99 and 66 are the two best players in the history of the game , but were NOT the two best players in the Canada Cup 87.

[@marksibley4546]

Iavor Balabanov sorry to burst your bubble but Gretzky had in 9 games 3 goals 18 assist for 21 pts to lead the tourney ... Mario was second with 11 goals 7 assists for second in scoring .... Canada 🇨🇦 won the tourney that is what makes you the best team in that tournament .... also best on best in the last 20 years what is Russia’s record against Canada beat on Best ? Look it up sorry but winning is what makes you the best

[@shwnbur77]

Canada had a huge advantage playing those games with the nhl size rink and Canadian referees but the rink should have been Olympic/international size since it was international competition the bigger rink would help the Soviet style of play, the referees were very biased

[@kidpoker9408]

@@iavorbalabanov8567 crunch time 2 minutes left overtime basically and wayne decides to play chess. that setup was just mind blowing the anticicpation the presense to put him self where he was to make mario make a no brain decision to put the defense in a vulnerable state and to put mario in a situation to deliver pure genious

[@realjamesbowned]

Yea show the summit series I wanna watch that

[@jaysimoes3705]

I do not agree at all on the refereeing. Over here in Europe we actually were mainly behind Canada, but gradually that changed because we felt many fouls made by Canadians (including the last goal) were simply not given. The Russians were a bit better all in all, the endresult was unfair due to refereeing.

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Gretzky's game resembled that of a chess master on ice hockey skates.🇨🇦🏒

[@andreasgossen883]

"The refering was pretty fair for both teams..." LOL WHAT ABOUT KOHARSKI????!!

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Get Jesse to have a conversation with Wayne. Lol

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[@mrcaplot7629]

No it would be funny if corwin talked to Gretzky's

[@anthonyiacobucci3652]

"That Soviet hockey team was probably the greatest team ever assembled and we really had no business beating them. We won that series because Keenan out coached Tikhonov." Gretzky in his book "Stories of the Game". To be honest I don't think Canada could have won that series if some of the games were played in Moscow. They had home ice the whole tournament.

[@kidpoker9408]

good point but seeing wayne play in his prime on olympic ice would have been something

[@JackyTTV69]

McDavid versus Gretzky

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CZcams no views 7 comments and 7 likes wow

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[@andrewpayette621]

An absolute travesty

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Forth

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Fifth

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First

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[@roimari]

"Referiing was pretty fair for both teams" bullshit.