American Reacts to When A 22 Year Old Sidney Crosby Made Hockey History 

Maybe not ever but he is very solid defensively

Gordie Howe was a mule in his day, it’s a shame he played so early. Crosby but more physical and mean.

This, this is a good take, I can see Howe or iginla challenging that too

An argument can be made for Forsberg.

@@scotscar I'm guessing you mean Peter and if so you wouldn't be wrong

The 50 Years of Failure video?

@@QuackAttack yep

The reason we hate the shootout is because it does not involve playing hockey. Hockey is a team game and defense is played in layers with players working together, an individual effort is not enough to win a game. The shootout ignores all the team play involved and it's basically a roll of the dice to see who wins then, nobody wants to win by shootout.

@Games_By_Design that was perfectly said, I just didn't want to make my post too wordy lol

The IIHF even abolished it from gold medal games 9 years later because they felt a gold medal shouldn't be won via shootout (after several international tournaments in 2017 and 2018 saw the gold medal game be decided by shootout)

Yeah it’s because people hate the shootout it’s just a glorified skills competition

Bring back ties!

@@YungKilogram no argument there

In 2019, the IIHF modified their rules to now say that in an international tournament (like the Olympics), the gold medal game cannot be decided by a shootout. It's now 3 on 3 for 20 minute periods, with full intermissions in between, until there is a winner.

I bet the USA wasn’t cheering 😂

Martin Frk and Zdeno Chara are both ahead of Weber unfortunately.

Imagine if the NBA went to a Foul shot shoot out to decide games

The IIHF would abolish shootouts from gold medal games a few years later (2019, to be exact). Now 3 on 3 for 20 minute periods until there is a winner.

​@@allanrudge1518FIFA still allows World Cups to be decided in penalty kicks (if no one scores in extra time), if I remember correctly.

Martin Frk 109.2mph

@@DustinPierson-bo9yl holy shit I completely forgot about that lmao, my bad. For NHL wise though I think Zdeno still holds that record.

@@Vixsufil Ya, Chara in the NHL.

He already reacted to The Great One, just check his back library for the video. The Golden Sid is great, but he's not THE Great ONE. There is only one The Great One, and I think you know who I'm referring to.

@@Seriously_Unserious Sid the kid best hockey player

@@slothbro6415 he's the best of his generation, but not better then Wayne Gretzky. The Great One has more assists alone then the next best guy, Janamir Jagr has total points. The Great One leads the NHL all time in Goals, Assists and Points. He also has the record for the most goals in a season at 92, most points at 215 and topped 200 points in a season FOUR times, and is the ONLY player to reach the 200 points in a season milestone. The next best player, Mario Lemieux (who also outdoes Crosby in his career) maxed out at 199 points. Brett Hull's the next best for goals in a single season at 86 and after that season he declared Gretzky's 92 goals impossible to beat. Since Brett, nobody's even come close to that record. Since Lemieux's 199 point season, nobody's come even close to Gretzky's 215 point season. Gretzky defined the 80s and for a decade, erradicated the notion that "defense wins championships" by taking on the mantra of score so many goals the other team can't possibly score enough to get the win, and he and his Oilers had the talent to back that up for 4 Stanley Cups in the 80s and a 5th one in 1990 after Gretzky had gone to LA. Sindey Crosby's done amazing things for hockey, but he still doesn't even come close to The Great One. You may not realize how great Gretzky was because he's probably before your time and you just never got to see him play. His glory years were my childhood years, so I grew up on his unmatched greatness.