It's mutual respect. I am a lifelong, diehard, fan of the Montreal Canadiens but I truly do respect and like the Calgary Flames. If for some reason the Canadiens folded as a franchise and no longer existed, I would immediately become a Flames fan. I really did think Montreal would win this series in 6 games but the 89 Flames were a special team and deserved to win. OMG, what I wouldn't do to see another Flames vs. Canadiens Stanley Cup Finals instead of all the expansion bullshit we've had forced down our throats for the past 15-20 years. This was real hockey with legendary franchises and for the record, these two teams have the two greatest looking uniforms and logos in all of professional sports, hands down.
@@tombstone1111 The Flames were an expansion team in 1972 so they weren't exactly that legendary of an organization. I don't see what problem you could possibly have with expansion teams as it grows the NHL and creates markets which attracts people from other cities that may not care about hockey to make them care.
I was in 7th or 8th grade when this game happened and although I liked the Flames I didn’t think they’d beat the Habs. I bet my best friend five bucks that the Flames would lose. Since I lost and didn’t have the $5, I had to give my friend the Flames pennant that hung on my bedroom wall.
Whether you like the Habs or hate them, you gotta hand it to their crowd this nite. Not many home town fans will stick around and cheer the other team when they win Lord Stanley's Mug. These Hab fans were a classy group. They loved the game almost as much as they loved their team. That is class.
I watched this game as a kid but was too young to fully appreciate it, wasn't until a couple years later I was a fully invested Flames fan. FF a few years later I always liked Claude Lemieux, I had no idea he pulled this ish in game 6 on us. If I were only a couple years older, I would've hated that dude the rest of his career from that horse-bleep.
Flames actually had early, close ties with Montreal. GM Cliff Fletcher worked for Sam Pollock as assistant GM. At expansion (1972) Montreal was exempt from losing a goaltender but Pollock waived that and allowed the Flames to select goalie Phil Myre (in return for future considerations... nothing comes for free. Montreal great Bernie "Boom Boom" Geoffrion was the Flames first coach.
Younger NHL fans can scream until they turns blue, but this doesn't changes the fact of that NHL were better and a lot more exciting to watch then compared with now. Zero emotions, toughness, no touch, no defense in the current NHL. So many stars and HoF:ers here on both teams, more than what every the current NHL teams has now combined, no joke!
Nice to see this, good times then. Sadly the flames will never win another cup. The ownership is happy with just putting asses in the seats, they are not a Stanley Cup team anymore.
"It take nearly a lifetime for many hockey players to reach the ultimate. For many more, even a lifetime is not enough." This has to be one of the greatest hockey calls of all time.
There it is. I was born in Calgary and Lanny McDonald has to be my favorite historical player for Calgary from the '80s. What a historical goal that was
@charlieb308 You’re the only person on planet earth who cares this much about who scored what goal. Like, cool, Gilmore scored the winner. He actually had two goals in the period and is well remembered for that. Lanny’s goal is just a lot more memorable due to it being his final game.
The 1989 Calargy Flames (sorry for the comparing in another sport) remind me of the 1998 Denver Broncos. For several years both the Flames and Broncos was really good championship contenders. However both had to be 2nd fiddle to legendary teams of that same era ie the Habs and Oilers. With the Broncos being overshadowed by the Dallas Cowboys Buffalo Bills and San Francisco 49ers before winning the Super Bowl in the ‘98-‘99 season. While of course the Flames with the legendary Gretzky/Messier led Oilers Dynasty of the Mid ‘80s. Plus the Montreal Canadians as well. Then finally getting over the hump in 1989. FYI Thanks for the Poster of this video. Living in the NYC area at this time, My family did not have access to Digital Cable TV so other than watching rare Rangers or Islanders playoff games on WOR-TV, similar to most US Sports/NHL Viewers, I never saw live these games in the 80s. Especially since I think this Cup Final was on then exclusive American NHL TV outlet Sportschannel America.
I think they’re like the Indianapolis Colts of the 2000s-consistently fielded a very good team, but had the misfortune of having to play one of the greatest dynasties of all time in their conference. Still managed to play in two championships and win one, probably would have won more if they’d played in a different era.
Watching this game makes me realize how the modern day hockey lacks the virility in ferociousness of those days... I think there's a drop in testosterone in humanity it's showing in the NHL
