American Reacts to Canada's Greatest Sports Moments 

I remember when Crosby scored the 2010 golden goal. You could hear the screams and cheers across my entire apartment complex. It was A Moment.

A few of things about the 2010 Olympics Gold Medal game - First, the USA beat Canada in the preliminary round and, secondly, the US scored with like 24 seconds left in the game to tie it up and force the game into overtime (shattering for Canadian fans). Finally, the men's hockey gold medal win gave Canada a record 14 gold medals - the most for any country in a Winter Olympics.

The 1972 series against the Russian Red Army hockey team is probably near the top of most Canadians list. It's an amazing set of stories that had every single Canadian family glued to their TV sets! I'll never forget how our schools all had TV's in the classrooms for it and it completely dominated the news from coast to coast and a Canadian icon was born during that series. It will never be replicated.

Every time I watch thar Olympics clip, hearing Crobsy yelling "Iggy!" to Jerome Iginla on the boards gives me chills. It's just the urgency in his voice. Then Iginla just passing toward his voice. It's amazing.

What about the women's Olympic hockey gold medal game in Sochi in 2014? It was Canada vs the US, and the US was leading 2-0 with only a couple of minutes left in the game. Canada came back to tie the score, and then win in OT. Marie Phillippe Poulin scored the tying goal and the winning goal. And Hailey Wickenheiser, team captain, played half the game with a broken foot.

The Joe Carter home run shook the entire stadium. I was working at the SkyDome as a beer/bar manager, at that moment I had all my staff with me as we all watched from behind home plate on the first level. When the pitch was made everyone held their breath you could hear a pin drop, and when Joe swung everyone knew he got all of the ball on the bat, and I could feel the entire stadium shake under my feet, we stood back and watch the pandemonium be unleash! It's a memory that will forever be ingrained in my mind.

Phil Esposito’s emotional speech to the nation following game 4 of the ‘72 Summit Series. A real turning point

1972 Canada/Russia Series.

Dave Ayres making his NHL debut at age 42 as a backup emergency goalie is a heartwarming story. He actually played for Carolina against Toronto but he was the arena's designated backup goalie when all of the Carolina goalies were taken out of the game due to injuries. He even ended up with an NHL win under his belt!

For those of us who were alive at the time, nothing has ever approached the intensity of relief, joy, and national pride of the 1972 Canada-Soviet series. When the series moved to the Soviet Union the games were on during the day, when we were in class. Our teachers started bringing radios to class, then televisions, finally, for the last game we were all moved to the auditorium to watch it on several TVs (1972: giant screens didn't exist). Important moments have happened since then, but none can ever match 1972. This is also the moment in time when we learned to respect Soviet hockey. Soviet goalie Vladislav Tretiak became a household name and a hero to many of us impressionable youths.

Many schools in Canada paraded their students down to the auditorium/gymnasium to watch the final game in the 1972 Canada/Soviet hockey summit. We sat on the floor and watched tiny TVs at one end of the room, yet we were all glued to the game. A truly difficult feat with a room full of kids. The auditorium, the school, the neighbourhood, the city, the province/territory, the country, the Canadian people as a whole went ecstatic when Paul Henderson scored the winning goal for Canada. The series was a true roller coaster ride. The first four games were in Canada and the last 4 games were in Russia. Canadian fans were very optimistic going into the series. We quickly jumped out to an early 3 nothing lead in the first game and many of us thought, at that point, that we were going to humiliate the Russians. To our shock, the Russians came back with precision passing, control and scoring --- winning the game 7-3. Our confidence rose when we won the second game 4-1. Both teams played to a tie in the third game. The fourth game and last game in Canada was definitely an important game. The Russians won the game and took a 2 Win, 1 Loss, and 1 Tie record back to Russia. Panic started to definitely set in when Russia also won the first game back in Russia. With the tie, Canada would need to win the next 3 games in order to win the series. In which, as you know, they did and they did it in truly hard-working Canadian fashion. In the final game, the Canadians needed to score 3 goals in the third period to win and they got the third one from Paul Henderson with 34 seconds remaining in the game. If the game had remained tied, neither country would have won the series since each team's record would have been 3 Wins, 3 Losses, and 2 Ties (overtime was not played). But, Canadians play with heart! In the minds of Canadians --- we were then on top of the world.

Alphonso Davies making Canada's first goal in the WC, Andre De Grasse and Usain Bolt sharing a smile after a close run, Damian Warner gold in the Olympic Decathlon, And Womans soccer Gold medal olympics. These are some of my recent favourite moments.

Don't forget Clara Hughes partcipated in both winter and summer olympics and won medals in both season, first as a cyclist and then as a speed skater. The only athlete to win in both summer and winter.

Definitely the 1972 summit series! All of our schools moved tv's into classrooms and we all watched the games! When Henderson scored I think the whole school shook! You have to remember that this happened during the height of the cold war. This was the first time a series like this had happened outside of the Olympics!

1972 Summit Series was huge. I was in grade 6 and our whole school was in the gym watching it on TV.

I was in grade 6 for the Canada-Russia hockey summit. Every classroom had tv's in them and we were all glued to the sets. It was a glorious win!

Crosby scoring in 2010 was unforgettable, nerve racking and entertaining! But Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir were my all time Favourite Canadian sport moment, also their 2018 performance was just as good too! 🇨🇦🏒⛸️🥌 Team Martin,Canada’s Curling 🥌 team in 2010 was up their too! The crowd was singing O Canada 🇨🇦 before it was over!! 🥌⛸️🏒

1972-Henderson's goal 1972-I was 6 years old and Canada came to a standstill. The only time during my school years where we all left class to watch the hockey game in the gym on a small tv. Still remember it like it was yesterday.

The most Canadian celebration was on the Saturday half way in to those Olympics was the sight of Jon Montgomery walking through the crowd after his medal ceremony (gold) and high fiving everyone and someone hands him a pitcher of beer and he starts drinking out of the pitcher

As someone who grew up an hour outside of Toronto I am happy the raptors won at least once in my lifetime and the Jays twice. More than I can say about the leafs.

Old enough to have witnessed all these sporting events , Henderson's series winning goal with 34 seconds remaining in the game 8 final winner takes all game in 1972 was by far the greatest moment in Canadian sports history , that series lasted 28 days and it was like being on a roller coaster of emotions , I was only 8 when Henderson scored "the goal" but it is a moment I will never forget....

The goal Paul Henderson scored - It was one of the moments of my life which I remember exactly where I was. At work in an ad agency. EVERYONE went nuts!

I was a high school student in 1972...classes were cancelled for a special assembly in the school auditorium for us to watch the whole of game 7 in that Canada-Russia hockey series. When Paul Henderson scored that final goal it was magic, and utter pandemonium in the auditorium.

1972 Summit Series was the greatest sports moment in Canada. Canada stood up to the Soviet Union during the heart of the Cold War and won.

I don't know how many people remember this one, but it's a pretty awesome story. In the 2014 Olympics, 2 Canadian sisters, Justine and Chloe Dufour-LaPointe, won the gold and silver medals (respectively) in women's moguls! (There was a 3rd sister, Maxime, who also competed in the event, but didn't win a medal. I remember everyone thinking, "It must really suck to be her right now")

I have 2 more when a Canadian ski coach gave a ski to the Russian athlete because none of his team was there to replace his broken one and the next Olympics i think the Swedish ski coach gave a ski stick to the Canadian athlete to continue the race because her stick broke in half. Beautiful moments of sports!

I'm not a soccer fan at all, but our women's national soccer team is absolutely insane to watch in the Olympics. I think they won twice

Thank you Tyler once again for being so gracious! Love your expressions and comments!👍🥰🇨🇦

It's not always about finishing first. For me, it was Elizabeth Manley winning silver at the 1988 Olympics in what was supposed to be the battle of the Carmens, and in 2010, Joannie Rochette skating to Olympic bronze two days after her mother passed away.

Surprised the Kawhi shot and Raptors' championship didn't come up.

Regarding the 1972 Russia Canada Summit Series: a little context might help you to realize its importance. At the time, international hockey was supposed to be strictly amateur though everyone knew the Russian players were fulltime professionals. As a result, Canada, having all its great players in professional leagues, had been losing at the Olympics for years. Losing at "our game!" The Soviets rigged the series to their advantage in many ways. The East German referees were anything but neutral. The Canadians got themselves into a deep hole and dug themselves out against great odds. To give you an idea of how much Canada was invested in the series: At the Shakespearean Festival in Stratford Ontario, the actors were getting updates through the prompters speaker and, when Henderson scored, William Hutt stopped the performance to announce it to the audience.

You should consider doing a reaction to the 72 Summit Series... There are many documentaries on the event... It was much larger to our culture, than just that one goal.... Including the KGB taking Allen Eagleson off the bench and in to the stands... Canadian Hockey players actually intervened with HOCKEY STICKS, to get him back! An epic story! Thanks for the content!

I was in Grade 6 for that Henderson. We had a strict teacher but she said if we were quiet and did our work, she would bring the small TV in to the room for us. It was our life over our weeks. It was what everybody talked about. Everybody I knew were glued to their televisions. Unless you lived it, you can't understand how it enveloped everything.

The biggest thing about the 1972 hockey series with the USSR was it was during the cold war. There was virtually no communication or anything between the west and USSR...but that hockey series oped the door to friendship and without knowing the outcome EVERY game was watched by every Canadian. TVs rolled into each classroom. The fact we actually won made it super fantastic ... There has never been anything like that series since.

Nothing compares to that ‘72 series. Keep in mind this was during the cold war and there was so much drama leading up to that final game. It was war. The entire country was on pause as schools across the country brought students into their auditoriums to watch the game.

Top goals in Canadian history: 1) Henderson's game 8,1972, 2) Sid's olympic winner vs. the US, 3) Mario's 87 Canada Cup winner vs. Russia..! Population of Canada in 72 was 21 million and over 16 million either watched on TV or listened on radio to Henderson's winner.An exhibition series that turned into a war of systems.

During the "summit series" one of the hockey players being interviewed said the chant from the crowd was incredible all he heard was "DAH, DAH, CANADA...NYET, NYET, SOVIET!!"

Henderson actually scored the winning goal in the last three games of the series. I was a schoolboy when that final goal was scored. Classes were suspended so we could all watch hockey :D

A reaction to the 1972 Summit Series would be great. It was about hocky supremacy but it was also about the west vs the Soviets, culturally. There are so many important stories that came out of it - it would have to be a long reaction, but worth it to understand how really important it was.

My favourite that no one really talks about was the Canadas woman’s hockey team winning the gold medal against the USA in the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.

I'm old enough and enough of a sports fan to remember all of these events. But I think in many, many ways the 72 Summit Series had the most impact. Remember, that the USSR was still behind the Iron Curtain and no Russian hockey players were in the NHL. It wasn't just a hockey series (8 games). It was war - Democracy vs. Communism. And it took the Canadians to win that war in enemy territory. Canada closed down when these games were on. Literally!

i gotta say, since i was living in vancouver at the time, the gold medal game and crosbys ot goal. you could legit feel the city vibrating. going outside into the streets packed with happy people all celebrating was pretty sweet.

About the Olympics you have to understand Canada's history of hosting the games. We had held 2 Olympic games previously(Montreal and Calgary) and didn't win a gold medal at either. The ONLY host nation that had failed to win gold at their own games and we did it twice. Vancouver was our coming out party. We won the most golds of any hosting nation at that that point. From nothing to number one. The Vancouver Olympics was huge for Canada. Vindication.

For me, it was the 82nd Grey Cup. It was like something out of a movie. Hometown boy Lui Passaglia of the BC Lions (in his final game before retirement) wins the game, played in Vancouver, with a final-seconds field goal, in the first Grey Cup match-up between a Canadian and an American team! Seriously, you could make a movie out of that CFL post-season and it would be amazing!

Mike Weir winning the Masters and Kawhi's game winning shot in game 7 against the 76ers should also me mentioned.

I remember Henderson's goal so well, was in Sec Two and the whole school was watching the game in the gym.

The 72 Summit Series was part of the change in diplomacy between Canada and the Soviet Union. This included an 8 game series with the first 4 games in Canada and the last 4 in the Soviet Union. After was trailing with only 1 win and a tie after the first five games before winning the final 3 games; and in each game, Paul Henderson scored the winning goal. Everyone alive at the time wathced this series. It was as big as landing a man on the moon! The series changed Canadian hockey and that of the NHL forever. Some of the Russian players became household names in Canada; like their goaltender, Tretiak.

What I remember most of the '72 Canada-Soviet summit was the reaction of fans near the end of the Canadian portion of the series when the soviets were introduced. The fans loved Tretiak. I felt so proud. Yes we wanted to beat them, but we respected their talent. Canada entered the series cocky but by the end of the Canadian portion, the soviets had earned our respect.

More modern moments that deserve to be there. Kawhi Leonard's buzzer beater to eliminate Philadelphia, Raptors later went on to win their first NBA championship. And secondly Jose Bautista's bat flip HR in the 7th inning vs Texas Rangers.

A few other mentions, Raptors winning the NBA championship in 2019, and golfer Mike Weir winning the 2003 Masters.

Honestly the 2002 dual gold medals from the women's and men's teams over America with the lucky loonie in the ice were more satisfying to me than the 2010 hockey.

There are many moments not in this video. Such as 2002 Saltlake City Olympics. A man named Trent Evans started a trend by hiding a loonie (coin) while making the ice at the Salt Lake City Olympics in 2002, where both Canadian men's and women's hockey teams went on to won gold. He made everyone he told about the loonie keep it a secret until the night before the men's gold-medal game. 1998 Nagano Japan was the first time snowboarding was in the Olympics. Canadian Ross Rebagliati won the men's giant slalom and became the first athlete to win a gold medal in snowboarding. Rebagliati was briefly stripped of his medal by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) after testing positive for marijuana. However, the IOC's decision was reverted following an appeal from the Canadian Olympic Association. Another cool moment Watch video of Jon Montgomery winning gold in Skelton 2010 Olympics. Then watch video of him soon after walking back through Whistler Village and chugs beer from a large pitcher someone randomly hands him in celebration of his gold metal win.

To make the Joe Carter home run more impressive, in the season previous Carter caught the final out to give the Blue Jays their first World Series. The '93 home run gave the Jays back-to-back World Series championships.

I was in high-school, classes were canceled while the game was on. Every student was in the school auditorium watching the game. I remember it well!!

For me, it is when Scott Moir and Tessa Virtue win gold again at the 2018 Olympics!!

I was in junior high and my French teacher brought a tv in to our classroom and we were lucky enough to witness this great Canadian sports moment.

I don't think it's possible to understand the experience of the '72 Summit Series if you didn't live through the worst of the Cold War. This was the first awareness most of us had of the SU that didn't involve fear-mongering, and daily drills to practicing hiding under your school desk if they launched nuclear weapons from Cuba. It was like playing against terrifying aliens, with the world on the line. When their team came at us on our own land 4x as strong and skilled as anyone anticipated - the pressure was dire to come back and win that series. Any other hockey or sports moment in history - great at they may be - cannot come close to '72.

We got the time off school to watch the game. They had TVs in classrooms for those who lived too far. I ran home to watch it.

The three Dufour-Lapointe sisters competing in the moguls at 2014 olympic winter games and two of them winning gold and silver. That was so amazing!

I loved it when the Raptors won the NBA championship, but the 1972 summit series was THE moment in Canadian sports.

In recent history THE BAT FLIP is it for me. After an insane MLB playoff game and one of the longest innings I’d ever seen with everything seeming to go against the Jays and then Jose Bautista hits that home run. I went nuts…along with everyone else in Canada watching. Bat flips are fairly common now, but that one was epic!

Mike Weir winning The Masters golf tournament has to be up there

All of these are truly memorable Canadian moments. I think i actually saw all of these as they happened. Though I was fairly young when Paul Henderson scored his goal. You should definitely take a look at the ‘72 Summit Series to understand the impact it had on the Canadian mind set. A couple of other suggestions that weren’t on the list would be the Canadian Women’s soccer team’s gold medal at the Tokyo 2020 games, the 1987 Canada Cup with Gretzky setting up Lemieux for the gold medal winning goal, or the Toronto Raptors winning the NBA championship in 2019. As well as the intense rivalry between the American and Canadian Women’s hockey teams. Both countries have their greatest achievements against each other, for Canada one of the best moments came at the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympic Games.

I remember watching the Olympic Hockey gold medal game when I was in Europe. There were just two of us Canadians a bunch of Americans cheering for our respective teams. Fortunately, all the Europeans that were with us helped us cheer for Canada which made it a fun and lively rivalry.

As a figure skating fan, I would say the Sale and Pelltier gold medal loss/win at the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics. A cheating judge resulted in the Russian pair winning the gold, even though they made several small mistakes. Sale and P. skated perfectly. All Canadians were on their feet!. But when the marks came up, S and P were second. The world was stunned. We all knew there had been many times when figure skating judging was suss. The French judge was accused of misconduct (vote-trading), and barred from the sport for three years by the Inter'nl Skating Union, she never judged again. Jamie and David were awarded the gold medal . ..but it was heart wrenching to see them on the podium receiving their silver medals in the initial ceremony. The international figure skating judging system was reformed as a result of the scandal.

Joe.Carter winni g the world series is my favourite moment in canaduan sports!!! I remember the sounds coming from outside after this happened!! Honks from cars and bangs from pots and pans !!! People were whooping and shouting in joy!! It was a most wonderful moment!!!

Team Gushue winning Olympic Gold in Curling in 2006 was iconic for Newfoundland. They have a highway named after them on the Island. Took home Canada's first Olympic Gold Medal for Men's Curling, and Newfoundland's very first Olympic Gold Medal in HISTORY. I was a very proud Newfoundlander that day. :)

I loved this episode I lived all of them so far and it was great to relive them through your eyes 🙏

The Toronto Blue Jays winning back to back World series championships back in 1992-93 definitely has to be in the top 5 moments, everyone from coast to coast was watching.

One thing to note about Bilodeau’s reaction there is that he hadn’t actually won yet. There was one more skier after him. Once the final skier went and he actually won he pop off a little more and had an emotional embrace with his brother. Also, my favourite Canadian sports moment has to be Jordan Eberle’s goal against Russia at the world juniors

One of my favourite memories was the 1975 New Years Eve game between the Canadiens and the Red Army team (Russian). It ended in a 3 all tie. While not a win for the Canadiens, the Russian team had the very best players from Russia against one single NHL franchise. It was NOT all the best Canadian players as they were spread out over the entire NHL, so for one team to be able to draw with the Russians elite team was pretty amazing. Tretiak, the Russian goal tender, played beyond belief and was the only reason the Russians got a tie!

During the 2010 Olympics, my job put a large TV in our break room and we would all gather during our lunch and breaks to watch the Olympic coverage. It was awesome!

I was in grade 5 at the time, we watched the 1972 finale up until 3rd period, the school sent us home to watch the final period. I pretty sure my Dad's scream could be heard across the Maritimes.

I remember being on a bus coming home from a ski competition when the 2010 gold medal hockey game happened. Our coach was giving us play by play during OT. When the goal was scored the whole bus went crazy

Thank you. As you suspected, many of these "favourite moments " are subjective and emotional (1972 hockey series was cold war on skates). Every one that you reviewed would be among the most important sports moments for Canadians. Have a look at Mike Weir winning the Masters - it was a home town boy who did really well, and still shows tremendous respect for others. Thanks again - I really appreciate that you make the effort to make learning more about Canada fun, even for Canadians.

I swear, some of those clips made me mist up. Nostalgia is a powerful thing. Thank-you!

FYI - The Blue Jays won back to back World Series championships.

Donovan Bailey and Crosby both brought tears to my eyes. They were imprinted, time and place, in my memory forever

That Henderson goal was so iconic, that even today, people can tell you where they were when he scored it. Same for Crosby's goal in 2010.

For me the best moment was Jacques Villeneuve winning the F1 championship in 1997 at the last race of the season vs Micheal Schumacher. In the Qualification Villeneuve, Schumacher and Frentzen got the exact same time, the only time it happend in F1 history

Ahh.. I caught that comment about you feeling like you needed to apologize. You're one of us one! Great videos! Thanks for always being great/positive and fun!

The 2010 Olympics happened in Vancouver. Vancouver went nuts when that goal was scored. No one in the neighbourhood of the stadium was in any doubt that the Canadian team had won. Skiing is very popular in Canada. But that 1972 summit goal was one of the greatest moments of my life, just watching it on TV. The whole country went insane. People skipped school or called in sick at work, just ro watch that last game. We were pretty happy when the Canadian team tied it up, but when Hendwrson scored in the last few seconds it was unbelievable. I remember screaming and dancing around the living room in ecstasy. Yeah, uh, Canadians kinda like hockey.

I remember watching the gold medal game in class. We stopped doing work for the day and just focused on game. Truly a Canadian moment

Where were you in 72? These were all amazing moments! I remember being downtown Vancouver during the Olympics. It was incredible. Canada won more gold medals than any country in the winter Olympics in history. For me personally, some of the most amazing sports moments are when my sister one silver and bronze and speed skating in the '88 Calgary Olympics. And when she broke a world record in Japan.

I'm not much of a hockey fan but I do enjoy the games when I see them live. I did watch the 2010 Olympics though. I can still remember working in the souvenir shop in the mall and listening to the game on the radio in the store while watching the game play on the tv in the jersey store across from me

Two comments. 1. My mom's claim to fame was yelling F-ck right by a camera during a Russia versus Canada game (from the 72 series, I think). 2. My favorite moment was the time the mic stopped working during the American National Anthem, so the audience sang the song.

2007 gold medal game for the WJC is the one for me, Canada vs USA over time with no goal to a 7 round shoot out. Words can not describe the feeling of that win!

That 4x100 was with Donovan Bailey as the last runner, that's why the guy passing him the baton was already cheering the win, because he knew nobody was going to catch Donovan, he had just won gold on the 100 meters, fastest man on earth. Lol

It's not an international accomplishment but I feel like as someone from Saskatchewan I have to shout-out to the Canadian Football League 1989 Grey Cup. Where the Saskatchewan Roughriders won their 2nd Grey Cup title. The Roughriders are a special team because they are not owned by an individual, or company, they are owned by the province of Saskatchewan. And at the time of the 1989 Grey Cup they were pretty much broke and were the underdogs going into playoffs. They managed to upset all the way to the Grey Cup and win the whole thing. One of the playes, George Reed was one of the first African-American athletes ever in the CFL and he was a part of our 1989 team. Many of the those players on the 1989 team have become legends in Saskatchewan (Especially since Saskatchewan has only ever won 4 Grey Cups: 1966, 1989, 2007 and most recently 2013 which was hosted in Regina).

The best thing about d. Bailey was an American runner challenged him, made a big deal out of it by running his mouth a lot. Then when the race took place the American guy tore his Achilles at the start line.

Oh wow, I remember so many of these. Awesome to rewatch them. From your reaction you’re clearly a baseball fan. As usual great vid.😊

You skipped the best part of Bilodeau's story. He dedicated the run to his disabled brother beforehand, then knocked it out of the park. The nation as so proud of them

I just love watching you discover great moments in history. Thank you for being such an avid learner

Gilles VIlleneuve first Canadian to win a Formula 1 Grand Prix - and he did it In Montreal.

I feel like the Kawhi Leonard game winner in 2019 against the 76s that bounced ALL OVER the rim before going in for the win was such an EPIC Moment. Also the 2015 ALDS 7th Inning come back the Blue Jays made against the Texas Rangers (Texas didn't help themselves either), but wow what a thing to watch!

Definitely Sidney Crosby's gold winning goal, and as a former figure skater myself I have to say Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir (ice dancers) winning gold at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics, and then their beautiful gala skate after winning as well).

1972 i was 6 amd remember it well. Watched on a black n white tv in my parents room with my older brothers.

I’ve had the great fortune to watch all the great series from 72 onward. They’ve almost all been great. But to me, the greatest hockey series ever was the 1987 Canada Cup. The 1972 Summit Series was great as was the 1976 Canada Cup because Orr played. But the 87 Canada Cup with Lemieux and Gretzky was the best. The final went 6-5, 6-5, 6-5 with the winning goal in game 3 by Lemieux from Gretzky being the goal that will remain, to me, the goal and it won the series for Canada 2 games to 1. And both teams were unbelievably great.

The Canadian/ Usa game. Not only was it in OT but it was the last event of that Olympics, and when Canada won, set the record for most Gold medals at a winter Olympics

The cold war made the '72 series win so dramatic. Our finest sports moment IMO.