Whoever posted this game here....THANK YOU SO MUCH!! This is the VERY FIRST playoff series I ever watched as a kid and I have fond memories of it. That was over 43 or 44 years ago, so seeing it again actually brought some tears to my eyes!!❤🏒🙂🇨🇦
Your comment is one of my highlights of the day!!! Seriously. What you experienced exemplifies the awesomeness of the Internet. I`ve been in Japan for 25 years now but recently have been longing for the downtown of Kitchener-Waterloo of the early 80s, when I was a little scamp and the arcades were my stomping ground. My "mid-life crisis" isn`t young girls or fast cars...it`s wanting to feel that again. And voila...I can...in a sense, though people like these who archive them on RU-vid (or wherever) So happy it found you, dude!! Happy New Year!!
@ninjacrumbs Thanks for the thoughtful comment. That was super nice! Yeah the internet can be 'magic' and I hope you get the same feelings too!! I also had some fun times in Kitchener, as I was there often in my youth, to visit my uncle...Great memories there too....small world eh! Happy Holidays my friend!🎄🎅🙂👍
When I was 10 I wanted to be Mike Palmateer... it was so much fun watching him play. I remember reading as a kid that he ate popcorn between periods. haha. Thanks for uploading this video!
I was 9 years old and of course I remember it because my whole family was a extreme pyscho leaf fans lol. One thing is for sure is if Palmateer jumped in a time machine from back then to the present time now he would not last 10 games in the NHL. He would allow at least 6 goals a game lol.
Awesome mask by the Leafs goalie…this leafs logo is much better than the present “maple” leaf logo ….the Flames A logo …one of the best all time ….better looking than the Calgary C
I remember watching this series. The Leafs were very close to going to the Cup if not for the Canadiens great team and 4 Cup run. The next year Ballard brings in Imlach and blows the whole thing up.
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1978-1979 season was their penultimate season in Ga.'s capital city, Atl. They'd spend one more season there (1979-1980) before transplanting to Canadian city, Calgary, Alta. for 1980-1981 season
this was the first year i started following the Leafs. i remembered the score before it started watching this. Palmateer was outstanding in this game and the reason why the Leafs won. i forgot about the line brawl, i also remember the Van/Phil series they had a bench clearing brawl back in Van,this has to be a record or close too it for a regulation game going 3 1/2 hours, wow, thanks for uploading this game, i remember the Montreal series after this one too/ too bad sad sack Ballard started trading all thier good players away after this season which lead too the Decade long suffering for the Leafs till cliff fletcher came along.
Wow I would have turned 4 in Aug. of 1979 so i don't remember this game but it's great since i never got to see some of these players play. I've been a hard core Flames fan since 1986 my favorite play back then was Lanny Mcdonald who played in this game as a member of the Leafs.
First Ford advertisement was voiced by legendary CFTO-TV weatherman (and Definition announcer) Dave Devall. Ford Mustang ad during first intermission featured 'Swingtown' by the Steve Miller Band Seeing Bill Clement playing instead of sitting in a tent shirtless with thousands of man eating mosquitos or doing colour commentary which would be a couple of years from this game.
I heard a story that there was a big protest outside Maple Leaf Gardens back in 1979, cause they traded Lanny McDonald to undermine and piss off Darryl Sittler.
i remember listening to this on the radio, for some reason living in mtl it was a hamilton station that vaguely came through with lots of distortion and only clear for about 3 seconds every 3 seconds. back then hnic had not figured out that they can play habs and leafs every night alternating and make a killing every day for 2 months
True, but it is so cool that the Williams` named their daughter "Clancy" after King Clancy. The King was a big supporter of the Tiger. Tiger went AWOL from Vancouver to attend King's funeral in 1986.
Classic HNIC on CBC Playoffs Tuesday Apr 10 1979 8 pm ET The Omni seen coast to coast except in BC where Viewers seen game 1 of Vancouver @ Philadelphia
Should I wear steel tube blades? Should I wear those newfangled plastic blades? Maybe a combo tube blade plastic blade like Sittler. Perhaps I'll go full Turnbull and get me a set of those Micron all plastic jobbers. Maybe a set of Langes like Boldirev's. Somebody put Palmateer back in his crease.
As a public service to hockey fans, the infamous brawling in the last minute of the secomd period is at 1:57:00 of this video. It is uncertain if anybody from either team also entered the ice to participate in the brawl, but let me know in the comments if you do see any additional players that jumped onto the frozen agua.
I grew up watching this hockey. At the time it was amazing. But looking back on it now, this is the kind of hockey you’d see at your local arena at 2 AM. It’s amazing how the game has progressed… Especially the goaltenders. Palmateer was my hero, but if he played in the NHL today, they’d score 20 to 25 goals a game on him lol.
this is real hockey. brawls, elbows, trips, tugs, wacks, hooks, slewfoots. brawls. hittinh hittling and more hitting. this shit was thrilling, it was a fight, a war, and captivating. the crap today is ballerinas on ice. glorified shinny. there is no edge, no drama in todays nhl.
I don't care what you say about the current play of the NHL. I'm telling you the mid to late 1970's throughout the 80's was EASILY the best era of professional hockey. It's NOT EVEN CLOSE MY FRIEND
@@MichaelRoccia-fb8lz "best" is subjective and based on opinion. If you have facts to back your contention up, provide them. But if you think that players from that era would dominate in today's NHL, I think you're letting nostalgic get in the way of reality. Wayne Gretzky himself said he'd struggle to be a point a game player today. The game is much faster, the players are much more skilled and athletic, teams are better coached, and the parity is off the charts. How many wrist shots from the blue line go in today? They used to hit the back of the net on a regular basis in the 70's and 80's when goalies would use camp to get in shape after a summer of drinking beers by the lake. Now the players stay in shape all summer. And there's no goons taking up roster spots. Even today's tough guys play a regular shift and contribute. Come on man. I loved watching hockey back then. But it's much harder to win a Stanley Cup today with the level of competition and skill of the players.
This was when I was a peak NHL fan. I was 11 and in love with the Leafs. I knew every player's name by their number. I played myself, every Saturday morning and Wednesday night and usually had two practises a week. It was a great time. Now, I just can't get into it like that, it is all numbers and micro analysis, Corsi numbers and it just isn't fun anymore. People know more about the front office of a team than the players on the bench. In short, I for one think Bettman's NHL sucks canal water.
I used to like Darcy Rota until I saw what he did in this fight. Nothing like completely blind-side punching a guy several times. 25-game suspension nowadays - or worse. It's hard to believe, but the Flames actually got rougher and tougher by their first year in Calgary. Randy Hot was a killer. Jim Peplinski was a rookie. And they still had Houston, Murdoch, Marsh and Russell.
Flames fans booing took a lot away from the enjoyment of this game for me. As an Islander fan I always felt a kinship to the Flames and there uniforms were fantastic but I couldn't help but think the fans didn't deserve what was a very good team (yes, they regularly underperformed in the playoffs). At least they got loud after the Pronovost goal, give them credit for that. And that brawl was so typical 70s hockey. It was really a shame that town couldn't support them more with better regular season attendance.
im a habs fan always will be. but i didnt mind the leafs in the days of lanny sittler turnbull palmateer etc . today i cant stand the leafs i absalutely hate them probly more than the bruins
I'm a Habs fan, too. I remember watching this game and there are a number of Leafs' players that I liked then and even more now, in hindsight. Lanny has always been one of my favorite players, and Borje Salming's performance in this game, and in the third period alone, was nothing short of heroic. Today's TML are the beneficiaries of a bloated media. I refuse to cheer for their beloved, overrated desert punk.
1:30:27 - I don't know who was more embarrassed at this moment. Firstly, I can still hear my mom screaming at the TV when seeing this moment live or trying to listen to Ray Boucher on CJOH-TV the next day complaining about this ditzy fan's antics.
I need the Mach II shirt by Arrow.. also my beer league is more competitive than this hogwash hockey.. is it the skates? Is that why zero skate faster than a 3 year old?
At first I was like “Flames, sweet!” And then I was like “wtf why does the crowd look so dismal?” And then I saw the A at centre ice. Ahhh that makes sense, Atlanta. They don’t give a shit about hockey there. Twice.
Played on a neighborhood street hockey team that same year and we managed to round up Atlanta Flames jerseys. These days, any uniform you want is a click away but, back then, you had to buy the jersey, then pay extra for the crest and the numbers! And to find seven Flames jerseys in a hockey store in Pgh, PA was not an easy task. Rupp’s Sporting Goods was the only place in the city to go. And my jersey was WAY too big! 🏒
