NHL Rivals - New York Rangers - New York Islanders Documentrary 

- I think we're way overdue for another Rangers-Islanders playoff series once again.... ;)

Isles-Rangers in the 70's and 80's will never be repeated. There were brawls and fights every game. The atmosphere at MSG and the Colosseum was crazy.

I see the Canes play in NY all the time and the fans in blue are great! Great energy there👍🏽 Kudos to the Isles and Rangers fans for keeping it intense and real!

I still hear the 1940 chants in my head

I bet the people that disliked the video are sabers fans

A group of guys screamed “POTVIN SUCKS” at an elementary school concert where they played Let’s go Band.

The whole Metro division just like the NFC East is one big rivalry.

My family is split down the middle for sports. My dad is an islanders, jets, and mets fan. And his twin brother is a Yankees, giants and rangers fan. I mixed them. I like the islanders, Yankees, and I’m a ravens fan for football but trust me, the New York/New York rivalry is something you can’t really beat. Especially in hockey. There’s nothing like it in sports to me. Go isles!

They need to do one with the Leafs vs the win column

Islanders rule!!!

I'm from Saskatchewan but I love the Islanders

Yoo as a die hard islander fan I never seen a goalie stand on his head like Richter did in 94. holy shit the stops he made. Leech one of my favorite players ever.

I became an Islander fan (in Manhattan!) during Game 7 against the Leafs in '78. The Rangers-Islanders rivalry was so intense. Nothing like it. Of course, since my team won four Cups in a row I never really hated the Rangers, and would root for them when I was at MSG as long as the Islanders weren't the opponent. The only reason I could survive as an Islander fan in Manhattan was that I was also a Jets, Knicks, and Mets fan.

Great documentary. That 1979 improbable win by the Rangers was really amazing, I think the Islanders needed that defeat to be humble and win 4 straight Stanley Cup after that.

I was there in 72-73 at all 3 Ranger games at the Coliseum. Very loud, couldn't hear yourself think.

As a devils fan i really enjoyed watching these two teams at it

Isles till I die

Ranger fans were so brutal that the fans in the Blue seats would chant "Go home red seats (go home)!" late in a winning game. They threw fishheads at Denis Potvin and had an urn with the #35 when the Flyers came to town. Fun times!

I lived in Syracuse and Schenectady for a dozen years overall and I supported the Mets, Jets, Knicks and Islanders. Last team to win four straight Stanley Cup titles.

I thought they would've said something about the Islanders fisherman.

can't believe I've never seen this. thanks for the upload!

Rivalry was legendary.

I LOVE THE ISLANDERS SO MUCH!!!!!!

The battle of New York.

They should do one of these for Devils vs Rangers

As a fan of the #DetroitRedWings, to all of the fans of the #NewYorkRangers, STOP chanting “Potvin Sucks” and start chanting “Crosby Sucks”!

1:35 these aren't the Rangers these are the (now defunct) New York Americans

Best Rivalry in hockey !!!

This looks like a rivalry that could be coming back may not be as intense as the late 70s through the early 90s. Still has a chance to be some good

Was at a bar in Wantagh watching the NYR v TBL 2022 ECF game, there was a thunder storm that night and the satellite dish went out and the TV had no game. Kid maybe 27 sitting next to me pulls out a cellphone and is watching the game because he has the NHL package. He’s cheering for the NYR so I think he a NYR fan, he tells me he’s an Isle fan..🤔 I ask him how can you root for the NYR? He says he hates the TBL because they beat the Isles in 20 an 21 in the playoffs. It’s been 30 years since these 2 teams have seen each other in a playoff game, looking like 31 as of today. When they finally do meet again, a new generation of Hate will be born.

Girlfriend is a hardcore Rangers fan and hates the Isles with a passion. I don’t have a dog in the fight but hope to see a game in each arena.

That's cool they talked to Brian Trottier he also won a cup with the Penguins

really appreciated this video about the new york rangers/islanders rivalry history! i def remember 1994, and the great islander teams of the early '80's. i'm a red wings fan but am hoping both teams can continue the rivalry with more great battles. NYI is becoming a legit deep playoff contender, and with the rangers getting lafreniere, they should be close if not making the playoffs in 2021. good luck to both teams and looking forward to future great battles. cheers from southern ontario 🍁

Dan Cloutier: Real class act.

As an Islanders fan. The 1940 chant still lingers around here.

Not a Rangers Or Islanders Fan Since I'm a Huge Flyers Fan But This Battle Of NY is Almost Like The Devils Rangers Rivalry Or Also Known As Crosstown Rivals!

The New York Islanders drought is now on the clock and is about to reach 40 years w/out. a Stanley Cup come next Spring and the New York Rangers are as well on the clock with their drought w/out. the Stanley Cup reaching 1 year shy of 30 years come next Spring! The years of 1983 (Islanders) & 1994 ( Rangers) seems like yesterday but in reality seems like a long, long time when next Spring of 2023 rolls around! 40 & 29 years hard to believe! Time flies quickly!

We can all agree the 6 original six teams can send the Devils to hell next year. #DevilsSuck

LETS GO ISLANDERS!!!!! Conference Finals 2021...Rangers? kickin' sand at the beach!

They need a battle of Alberta episode.

Where's NHL Rivals - Edmonton Oilers vs. Calgary Flames

I have been watching hockey for over 55 years ....back when there just 6 teams in the league I rooted for the. Rangers even though,up until they lost in the finals to. Boston in 1972,they never were that good, mostly because, other than a year or two here and there Montreal dominated ...but I remained loyal I had my faves back then but I liked no one more than "steady eddie. Giacomine (spelling ?) When the Islanders were "born" in 1972 inspite of their early lack of success I instantly became a fan. Here was a team from. New. York I could call my own that I was in on from the "ground floor" a la Jets Mets. But through all the years of being a die hard Islander fan I never hated the. Rangers they remained in a special place in my.happy memories ....one thing I will never understand is the meanness showed by the Ranger fans towards one of my all time favorite players and other than.maybe Bobby. Orr probably the greatest defenseman ever ... Potvins. Cups 🗽

2:33 if you look closely at the map you will see something called “Flushing Meadows Corona Park.”

FYI he sustained a pretty bad hand injury fracturing bones dislocated his thumb he’s one of the beginning players who used Nautilis training to rehabilitate his hand in his arm it lead to being one of the hardest shooting defenseman in the league for a period of time it turned around the notion that lifting weights was bad

They should one on Flyers-Devils. That rivalry in the 90s was more intense than what the rangers and devils ever had.

The chili shit had me dying😭😭

Rangers vs islanders playoff series. Small chance but it could happen

Hey islanderspride, since you uploaded this video do you know if they’re making more at all?

15:10 lol is that how that started?

Nice piece, but why did they completely omit the 1990 1st round playoff series? The Vukota/Bloomberg brawl at the end of game 1, LaFontaine getting knocked out cold, Mallette plastering Jeff Norton... all of that was certainly a big part of a heated rivalry... bad omission

The PNC arena in Raleigh North Carolina you can also hear Potvin SUCKS!!! When the Rangers or Islanders are in town. So many New Yorkers have escaped high taxes and High cost of living to live in North Carolina.

Wow.

When Lic is sober and prepared he’s just good as anybody in the league remember when he broke his ankle coming out of the Statler Hilton after being drunk for 24 hours

ISLANDERS!!

Rangers have been here for almost 100 years and islanders have been here for like 50 years and islanders have the same amount of cup wins and are more likely to get another one before the rangers

What’s amazing is that if the Rangers how to start off their career in the NHL the same way they probably be gone in three years the really hard start and the real poor record that the Islanders started with galvanized the organization the coaching staff the general manager and of course the head coach in producing one of the top three sports dynasties in professional sports in the United States they have records that will never be beaten in the playoffs and of course look how many Hall of Fame players made it to the Hall of Fame. For five years the New York islanders were a perfect NHL franchise.

Grew up in Uniondale

You can say yankees-red Sox, celtics-lakers or Knicks, packers-bears, no rivalry was as heated and intense as Rangers-Islanders. Both players and fans stoked the fiery rivalry especially Denis Potvin who to this day is still heard the chant "Potvin Sucks".

The new chant is 1994 😂 #CauseChaos ❤️🖤

Let's go Islanders, 2020-2021, went my first rivalry game came the Barn, in late 1990's

Potvin's Cups

It's sad to think that what once great franchise has become what it is today in the NHL

in ALL honesty i did do and/or probably will SOMEWHAT like hockey including these 2 teams

19:59 tavares 😆

Should really do a devils-rangers,devils-flyers and devils-penguins rivalry video

Rip to the coliseum 😭😔🙏

oo, la la, so soon?

Lets go Islanders!!!

I like islanders cuz I live on Long Island

I just hate it in sports back then when they run on the field cuz they probably hurt the players tackling them

That's why the Islanders drew a line in the sand, they did it with their Logo, the I in Islanders points to Nassau coliseum, and the Island does not include Brooklyn or Queens...There is no team like the Islanders, they won 4 cups, yes, but they were great for 10 years...and got good and moved up really fast, they made the playoffs in 2 years and finished 1st -3rd for 14 years...74-88 and averaged over 100 points a season over those 14 years...I remember watching Billy Smith score that goal..my dad out of the USAF after Vietnam and got a job for METLIFE, in 76 he was given the NY Islanders account, and then opened his own place in 88. so I was a kid and a fly on the wall of things people dream about...

If u want it to happen reply the year u think there will be a conference finals when it’s islanders and rangers. Also this season I’m happy as long as the lightning get don’t get 3 cups in a row and the rangers don’t win the cup

Potvin’s Cups! 😂

How would I represent the big bad city of behaviors of beef against these teams

Rangers vs islanders and Jets vs Giants and Nets vs Knicks and Mets vs Yankees

Rangers vs islanders vs sabres battle of New York

There was a second line for "the chant" - "...'ya beat yer wife!..."

Wow! The entire islander fan base is in the comments section. All 10 of you!

The jinx of 1994 begins

Yea too bad the Rangers needed half of the Edmonton Oilers Stanley Cup team to win hahahahaha you mean..Potvin owned you!

1994

John isn’t on the isles anymore

Dave Maloney was referring to the "double chili" game from November '79 when the Isles ran up 10 goals. Since Wendy's gave free chili after 5 goals, 10 goals was two times five, hence "double chili..clap clap clap clap clap...double chili"...

I love my islanders and sabres

The chant actually is “ beat your wife potvin, beat your wife!”

Hey Rangers fans, you really wanna piss of Islanders fans? When they play at MSG start chanting “Tavarrres, Tavarrres...” Oh they’ll love that! 😆

Did this documentary really just say that the Mets are better than Yankees? Mets won as new comers but Yankees are still king of the hill. Mets are nothing as time went on. Yea I know 2015, Mets at least went to the World Series, but how has the Mets postseason chances been since they lost the World Series. Yankees swept the Mets and Yankees were 1 win away from going to the World Series ON THEIR REBUILDING YEAR!

Rangers v isle the new york derby.

1:34 Thats the New York Americans.

They falsely mentioned how the islanders came to be the New York Islanders. Not because they were going to be the Atlanta Thrashers? Atlanta wasn’t a thought in that day and age to have a team as an expansion!

This makes the islanders look like bad guys

One thing is different now is Tavares is gone and so is Okposo

I am surprised not to see even a slight mention of the 1990 first round playoff matchup. Both teams were mediocre (Rangers got bounced in the following round), but definitely injurous rival highlights with LaFontaine getting knocked out with the nasty concussion, and in response Al Arbour sending goons Baumgartner and Vukota to make mayhem.

Islanders are in Brooklyn

Maloney crying......that's precious

94 wasn’t even a full season. There was a lockout

If I was a Newyorker, well no debate over which Franchise I would cheer for... "Potvin ain't sucks" you Manhattan dummies... but your blue Shirts definitely are ...

It will never beat Bruins-Canadiens.

I’m a devil fan but it’s potvins cups he won 4 in row

Rivalry means that one team has a similar success to the other the New York rangers are a doormat for the New York islanders on the ice