Gretzky's best individual game ever played and Mario playing as good a game as he's ever had. Not a good combo for their opponents. Especially on that 2 on 1, and worse, Gretzky's got the puck. May as well skate to center ice and wait for the faceoff.
Life long Bruins fan, not impressed with Phil Esposito. Like Cashman, but absolutely can be goon-ish..If you were to believe Team Canada then you would think everyone and everything was against them..lol.. It is great to know that Paul Henderson publicly spoke out against the slash on Kharlamov by B. Clarke.. brutal. How he wasn't thrown out of the series is mind-boggling.. Clarke even years later: "...He hit me with his stick in the other end..I chased him down and slashed him right on the ankle. I guess i hurt him. I don't know if his ankle was broke or not. He says it was. I don't know. He wasn't the same player after that.." lol.. Coach Ferguson told him to do that.. I'd like to hear Ken Dryden talk about these matters.. Dryden's a breath of fresh air .😊
Herb Brooks was a genius for scheduling this game right before the Olympics. If the U.S. had won this game, their confidence would have been boosted immensely. Since they got thrashed, the Soviets were extremely overconfident two weeks later, and didn't take them seriously.
+Купил диск в 2009г. с этим матчем,то там почему-то поисходит заедание и не крутит произведение на удалении Васильева В.И.-6 ?...Посмотрим,здесь так же?...
Американские Бляди так и лезут в драку !!!! Зря наши не шли в отмах - отпиздили бы этих Шлюх америсосных хоть разок , чтоб тем ещё очень на долго хватило !!!! Чтоб другие бы даже ССАЛИ в нашу сторону смотреть !!!!
5ensation !!! I rememdered this match ❤ . I'm Latvian hockey fan , and lived in USSR , but fun other teams . Super - Jopcik , Zentara... / ln Latvian : tajos laikos nefanojām par USSR , bet par Helmutu Balderi , kurš bija mūsėjais hokejists .
never understood why the Soviets didn't believe in pulling the goaltender late in games down 1...they didnt do it when the Americans beat them in the Olympics in 1980...didnt do it here either. Just very odd....anybody know why?
48:45...even the announcers realize how great the play is in this game..."just wonderful"...this is the way the game is SUPPOSED to be played, skill, artistry....not the garbage dump and chase that the game today has become. They ruined their own game..idiots.
The Canada vs Soviet Union Summit Series in 1972 showcased what the Best of a 4 out of 7 Games Series would look like if the Best NHL Team went against the Best Soviet League Team Moscow Central Red Army faced each Other. In 1976 case it would be either the Montreal Canadiens or Philadelphia Flyers against the Moscow Central Red Army. Only biggest problem for the Habs is Ken Dryden usually always had trouble against the Russian Teams. He even had trouble against Czechoslovakia in the game after the Summit Series. For some weird reason his style had trouble against Eastern European and Russian Teams Players movements and shooting.
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. 🙂
