@@fangofsilver5537 He was not, he was however the first on that kind of stage, just like Forsberg took it to another level in a shootout Olympic final.
@@fangofsilver5537 Kenta is the only one I've seen do this prior to Forsberg, but Swedish commentator Arne Hegerfors mentions Ulf Sterner as well as Kenta when Forsberg scored this one so it's possible he made this type of goal as well decades earlier.
Forsberg broke down his two shots in the shootout in an interview some time ago (moght have been in swedish) and when he’s goong to explaing why he did the forsberg he simply says ”I only had two moves and I already did the firat one”
Corey Hirsch talking about Peter Forsberg says: "That's what great players do!" ...and it is true “talk the talk, walk the walk”, becouse it takes greatness to recognize greatness. Word “compete” are the Latin con petire, which meant “to seek together.” What each person seeks is to actualize her potential, and this task is made easier when others force us to do our best... and in this best of the best millimeters a move is born. Move, magic moment, which became immortalized. In the name of "pure enjoyment of the game" Thank You both, Hirsch & Foppa, for that magic move.
Corey Hirsch was a great hockey player and he does amazing work now in his post hockey career. He has nothing to be ashamed of and much to be proud of. We Rangers fans love you, dude!
One of the absolute greatest hockey moments I've had in my life, is actually the season (I think it was 05/06) When Corey Hirsch played for Malmö Redhawks and they advanced to the SHL (Best hockey league in Sweden)
As a fellow goalie I feel his pain but as a fellow hockey player I gotta tip my hat to Peter Forsberg for having the guts to try that move on that big a stage. Wow!
There are and have been a few players that dials it up a notch when it really matters. They thrive on it. Forsberg is one of them. He absolutely hates to lose.
Corey Hirsch if that's really you I salute you. You got up to one of the best players in the world, for sure you know it by know. I was a hockey coach in Modo when Peter, Marcus and Niclas growing up. Those guys took NHL with storm. Just look up Wayne Gretzkys words 😉
Everything seems so fine and dandy BUT Corey threatend to sue the Swedish post if they didn't remove his name and changed the color of the jersey on the stamp. I don't know if he got the 100.000$ he wanted for beeing part of the stamp.
@@BoschThermador well if I was a officiell person as a hockey player in the olympics I would probably answer no on you question. The photo that the stamp was made from has surley a bigger world wide spread than a stamp in a small country like Sweden. But my problem was that he didn't mention this in the clip. He made us belive that e had no problem with this. He is a nice person and I liked him when he played here in Sweden later on inhis career.
@@BoschThermador The owner of the copyright of the photo is the one who can have an opinion on how it is used. To threaten with a lawsuit was a dick move by Hirsch, and I hate his guts for that ever since.
As this was the first olympics where the Norwegians really took us over in the Winter sports, Peter saved us Swedes by making the shot, as we could technically say we came home with 25 golden medals (one from each player on the hockey team). Great to hear Corey can look back on it and smile as well 😊
@@jimbombadill There are many many things out there to be learned from, but only few are born into eyes of whole world. “If I have seen further,” Isaac Newton wrote in a 1675 letter to fellow scientist Robert Hooke, “it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.” As many people before him, Peter Forsberg says he learned!!!, he saw the move out there in the field. If there was not greatness of Peter Forsberg challenged to show the best of the best milimeters by great Corey Hirsch in that specific moment in time... this move would be just another puck move out there. (As proven previously by Kenta.) Apple will fall anyways. What someone do with that apple move, is what makes all the difference. Read more "Apple Isaac Newton". Gravity and apples are among many things out there to be learned from, but only few people have greatness to bring "that things" to eyes of whole world.
The shootout-winning goal by Peter Forsberg was depicted on a Swedish postage stamp, featuring the image of a generic goalie because Hirsch refused to allow his likeness to be used. Sounds like he's pissed :P
Love Hirsch's attitude and play by play. The thing is with plays like this, like he said millimeters made the difference. Like in swimming, sometimes silver medalists lose by 1/1000 second. That's sports.
I think he is a comlete jerk for threatening the Swedish postal service with a lawsuit when they wanted to print a stamp with the genuine jersey colors. A cry baby which I have zero respect for.
Corey's article only appears briefly on screen, but I encourage everyone to read it at the players' tribune. (Dark, Dark, Dark, Dark, Dark, Dark, Dark, Dark)
I think it's funny when none Swedish people say The Forsberg Goal, when in Sweden we say Kenta Nilsson Mål (Goal) because Kent Nilsson did the goal before Forsberg when Kent did it against the USA year 1989. :P
Two errors in this video. Forsberg has told the Swedish media many times that he specifically said that he didn’t want to do the first penalty, but had no say in it and did what he was told by the coach, Loob and Naslund. For the second penalty he thought that if he would miss at least Sweden wouldn’t loose, so he was more relaxed. (He has explained in interviews? Secondly - He stole the move from Kent Nilsson. He has explained that too many times. It should be called the Kent Nilsson move. Not the Forsberg move. Forsberg is the GOAT by the way.
It's funny how it's never talked about or mentioned, but this move by Forsberg on Hirsch wasn't what won the game or sealed the deal. The game wasn't over yet. Goalie Salo's save on Kariya which happened after, is what won the game. Salo's save was the last thing to occur in the game, and yet it's completely ignored.
As I recall, nbc covered the Lillehammer games. I was there, even tried to sell a ticket to one of their guys. Yeah, could not talk him into buying one. If you were in Lillehammer, the Captain Sweden guy with the flag on my back, Superman style, that was me.
It depends what we call it here in Sweden. I'd say most people call it the "Forsberg move" (or "Foppa-dragningen") but people from the older generations call it the "Kenta move".
As a goalie myself it’s a game of luck. Albeit skill yields luck. Forsberg got lucky, the goalie didn’t. A couple more millimeters the goalie would’ve been lucky and Forsberg not so lucky.
1992 Olympics- Canada almost loses in qualification round to Germany in a shootout. They went to replay and could not determine if the puck was over the line. 1994 - Forsberg goal 1998 - “Let’s pick some players for the shootout on the bench if and when the time comes”
Oh when that goal went in, I jumped up and down and almost fell over on the floor.. because this Corey Hirsch in the net was killing us the whole game. Now Forsberg had his mind set for the second time around in the shoot out and just barley made this deke of his work out. It ment we finally got the upper hand in the shoot out and Salo in our net could seal the deal. Well the rest is history. Cheers from Sweden Corey, you were a demon in the net and one great goalie!
That was probably the best non NHL team that Canada sent to the Olympics. Losing the gold medal in a shootout was not a bad result. Later years proved that Canada is best when they can use their best. Won 3 out of 4 gold medals when NHL players were allowed.
How did it define his career... He's a Hall of Famer, last time i checked... But the Steven's hit, sure did... Lost a good portion of his prime... Wasn't the same afterward, who knows what he could have been without those concussions...
LOL, this was also the days when nobody could get the pucks off the ice, now they can pin point it anywhere in a net in a matter of seconds. I think the bigger gear is justified... plus these 80s tendys have GARBAGE fundamentals. Goalies are so much better today
@@R7U1LE Going down on your knees as soon as the puck enters the zone is garbage. Gigantic pads, glove and blockers are garbage. Letting in countless goals to the high side because you are constantly on your knees is garbage.