Born and raised in New Jersey . Ranger fan , I'm 59 years old. Prior to this tourney I always rooted for Canada after the USA. After, I never rooted for them again. Canada booed our national anthem. Cried like a great big brother when little brother won 1 time. I would root for any other country in a game vs Canada.
@user-vf2un4iz8h 0 секунд назад the Russians were smeared Canada is the best hockey country Canada is hockey, Russia is shit Slava=Glory to Ukraine! Canada and Ukraine!
Still the best hock I've ever seen! This world cup was better than any Olympics. Better than Salt Lake, better than Vancouver. It sucked as a Canadian to watch this, but man oh man, these guys really go fired up and let it all go. International play now lacks the passion and hatred.
This tournament didn't make me a hockey fan but it sure added more fuel to the fire. I was 9 years old and those guys on the USA squad are still some of my favorite players of all time.
I saw team USA play at MSG. I was only 14 at the time and can still remember the atmosphere in that arena. The crowd was absolutely incredible, it felt like a Rangers playoff game. Those USA jerseys are one of the best jerseys ever.
I had these Usa-Canada games in VHS. Watch them live on tv and recorded them. Best hockey ever. Finland-Czech was a game I saw live at Helsinki Ice Hall 1996. Jagr was phenomenal! But it was all about USA-Canada. Loved it that they fought 20 seconds when the game started!
@@thinkingjack well one thing I'm not is a victim. Never have been. The idiot we have in office has only survived his position due to the bigger moron you now have in office. BTW you guys have never gotten over us burning your white house down. Check your history books. Actually...I'm just ribbing you man. I have no problem with your country like many do....most Canadians are more than happy to have you as neighbour's. I also have no ussue with American hockey players...I'm a Flyers fan and John LeClair played his few AHL games here in my city of Fredericton.
Flyers Hockey fan since 73 ( philly native) I saw some amazing playoff series in the last half century but NOTHING comes close to the 96 world cup...And I totally forgot about it till yesterday...I watched all three games...Blew my mind as to the talent on the ice...The greatest game I ever saw...Playoff hockey at it's best...
Flyers fan since 73 myself.John leclair proved in that World Cup he was one of the best players in the world..I tell my kid all the time the 80 us team influenced that us team as this team made us hockey what it is today
@@charlesmurphy1840 Yeah, I always loved LeClair...The abuse he used to get hanging in front of opponents nets was BRUTAL...His poor back! He's keeping busy now...en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_LeClair
FINALLY!!!!!! DUUUUUDE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS!!! I'd been looking for this specific documentary for ages! I missed the original TV run and it never aired again lol.
As a Canadian I remember vividly the national self-reflection of our place in hockey after this loss, but make no mistake the US had a very strong team in ‘96. In the end it was a good thing for Canadian hockey and the game overall, because some of the best hockey ever played has been between these two countries since.
Remember it vividly too. As an American hockey fan, making my buddies watch it with me. They didn't know shit about the game. By the time Game 3 came around, they were hooked! Hooray Hockey!
It really was! And, despite it being in philly; my home town; I remember nothing of it...It just came back from watching Shorsey and it appeared...STAGGERING TALENT! The Russians, and Swedes loaded too!... 2 Brian Leetch D 5-11 190 L New York Rangers 3/3/68 Corpus Christi, Texas 3 Derian Hatcher D 6-5 225 L Dallas Stars 6/4/72 Sterling Heights, Mich. 4 Kevin Hatcher D 6-4 225 R Dallas Stars 9/9/66 Detroit, Mich. 5 Mathieu Schneider D 5-10 192 L Toronto Maple Leafs 6/12/69 New York, N.Y. 6 Phil Housley D 5-10 185 L New Jersey Devils 3/9/64 St. Paul, Minn. 7 Chris Chelios D 6-1 186 R Chicago Blackhawks 1/25/62 Chicago, Ill. 8 Bryan Smolinski F 6-1 200 R Pittsburgh Penguins 12/27/71 Toledo, Ohio 9 Mike Modano F 6-3 200 L Dallas Stars 6/7/70 Livonia, Mich. 10 John LeClair F 6-2 215 L Philadelphia Flyers 7/5/69 St. Albans, Vt. 11 Tony Amonte F 6-0 190 L Chicago Blackhawks 8/2/70 Hingham, Mass. 12 Bill Guerin F 6-2 200 R New Jersey Devils 11/9/70 Wilbraham, Mass. 14 Shawn McEachern F 5-11 195 L Boston Bruins 2/28/69 Waltham, Mass. 15 Brett Hull F 5-10 201 R St. Louis Blues 8/9/64 Belleville, Ontario 16 Pat LaFontaine F 5-10 180 R Buffalo Sabres 2/22/65 St. Louis, Mo. 17 Keith Tkachuk F 6-2 210 L Winnipeg Jets 3/28/72 Melrose, Mass. 18 Adam Deadmarsh F 6-0 195 R Colorado Avalanche 5/10/75 Trail, B.C. 19 Doug Weight F 5-11 191 L Edmonton Oilers 1/21/71 Warren, Mich. 20 Gary Suter D 6-0 190 L Chicago Blackhawks 6/24/64 Madison, Wis. 21 Scott Young F 6-0 190 R Colorado Avalanche 10/1/67 Clinton, Mass. 22 Steve Konowalchuk F 6-1 195 L Washington Capitals 11/11/72 Salt Lake City, Utah 25 Brian Rolston F 6-2 185 L New Jersey Devils 2/21/73 Flint, Mich. 28 Shawn Chambers D 6-2 200 L New Jersey Devils 10/11/66 Royal Oak, Mich. 29 Joel Otto F 6-4 220 R Philadelphia Flyers 10/29/61 Elk River, Minn. 30 Jim Carey G 6-2 205 L Washington Capitals 5/31/74 Dorchester, Mass. 31 Guy Hebert G 5-11 185 L Mighty Ducks of Anaheim 1/7/67 Troy, N.Y. 35 Mike Richter G 5-11 187 L New York Rangers 9/22/66 Abington, Pa.
WHY the FIRST game played in the U.S.A. then TWO games in Canada ? Why was it not FIRST game in U.S.A. SECOND in Canada and BACK to U.S.A the THIRD game ?
I'm not sure about that. Sutter was a nasty player. I saw him fuck with Mess and Bukaboom at MSG. Sorry, Jeff, I spelled your name wrong. Don't forget, Canada had a bunch of hard hitting mother fuckers put there. Can we remember Scott Steven's, the best defense to ever play. He was a hard pipe hitting MF. He should be an NHL coach. We need a guy like that back in the league.
I attended the last 2 games in Montreal. Great memories. As usual, we (Canada) had a great team but that year, I really believe that the USA had a better team, more players at their prime
As an American, I don't know? The Canadian lineup was and is insane. There's 11 hall of farmers on that team. Us Americans just grew up playing the game. I grew up with Quebcious and thank Canada for spreading hockey to the US like my Canadian friends.
Michael Richter ladies and gentlemen, maybe the greatest goalie performance ever against maybe the mightiest Canadian team of all time, I say maybe because Patrick Roy was not on this team
@@frantisekruzicka5449not in that tournament and definitely not at that time might have been the greatest three game set by a goalie ever ask the mighty Canadian people see what they say they're not going to say Hasek... And that's no disrespect to him he was better than Mike Richter career wise but for those three games I don't think any goalie matches that especially the team he was playing against
What a fantastic tournament. Remember watching the finals and was on the edge of my seat. The greatest U.S. hockey team ever assembled. The talent on both teams was just ridiculous. Canada will always have a great team but this U.S. team will never be matched. It was an absolute wrecking ball. Amazing documentary except someone forgot to edit out the dang commercials. 😂
Wow! I had no idea that team USA had won the 1996 world championships of hockey. The score was ironic because team Canada came back in the 2002 Salt Lake City gold medal final and won on American ice with the same score! That was sweet redemption!
Theo was right. In buffalo hockey was always a big deal but i went from being a kid who watched hockey and not caring about wins or losses to being an obsessed hockey fan. Hurt when Patty lala got hurt early that season. Loved brett hull for 3 years after this lol. This was insane. I remember how big of a deal this game was. I can remember my dad making a fire, my brother running home for the game. I always think of otto for some reason too. I can always remember joel otto being out there.
In my opinion, this is the greatest time for hockey. As someone who grew up in a market that did not have hockey, I got into the game after our city got an IHL team in 1990. What a great time to get into the game. Despite moving to Detroit in 05 my interest in the game has waned. Not because the Wings are not what they were but because I do not think the players today can stack up to the players of this era.
@@ibeleaf What I am saying is that despite the skill level being greater today (that is the case in all sports in all era's) that the game does not have the personality that it had during the mid-'70s through 2010 or so despite Ovechkin and McDavid. That is my opinion.
@@ibeleaf There is not "much more skill" now. Quite the opposite. It's all artificial. They removed the 2 line pass to artificially increase speed at the expense of physicality. Players in the 80s and 90s actually had to THINK and be CREATIVE to move the puck through the neutral zone. Now it's nothing but "bomb passes" and players skating with free reign up the ice without fear of being hit. The game was WAY BETTER in the 80s and 90s than it is today, and these guys, with modern NHL equipment, would SLAUGHTER the players of todays weak soft WUSS NHL.
This was the greatest hockey tournament I ever watched. Hockey is huge in New England where I am from and I knew we had a chance when I saw our lineup. The physical play on both sides was vicious. All our guys played great, especially Mike Richter. I am looking forward to the next Olympics with NHL players again. I also wish they would bring the Canada Cup back. The USA is not David anymore!
I understand, but we had a heavy representation there. Trust me, I'm not disrespecting other great American hockey players from the Upper Midwest. We are all American and love you guys! Your people were very crucial to us beating Canada in the 96 World Cup.i love the Hatcher Brothers and Tkachuk. Team USA had to man up to the Canadian power house. Here's a wiseass comment, you should've been nicer to Brett Hull!
I never understood why the Canadian fans would boo Brett Hull when his 1st choice was to play for Team Canada. Naturally he is going to play for the United States since they gave him the opportunity
@@That90sShow i feel for canada. More than ever us/Canada need to stick together and be friends. We deserve better than this. Sounds cheesy but its a big deal. Being forced what to do and what you cant do is something i never thought could happen and it is. Gross part is some people welcome it and see it as a good thing. It should make every person sick no matter what your stance is.
What a great Tournament despite being on the wrong side of the finals. Practically hockey at it's Pinnacle. USA's roster was almost toe to toe with Canada's.
Great documentary, but a couple commercial breaks got left in. For all of y'all that want to skip em, here you go: - 9:55-12:26 - 20:45-22:30 - 30:05-32:05 - 39:40-41:40 - 48:33-50:20
I was so, so hyped that finally the best of the best of the best would compete against each other in Bejing winter Olympics. And then, no, it would not happen.
@@thepreacher4810 On November 2, 2016 Chicago Cubs won the world series, coincidence ??? I think not. World cup would be great but it would need that break from NHL anyway and knowing that the sport in itself is not in the interest of NHL cause there`s no money involved in it so it wont happen.
If Canada lost to Sweden….. I wonder what the US mindset would have been Ron Wilson mentioned how much they wanted to grab the wheel with Canada as the passenger , but we came within a goalpost of never happening
I saw the final at Wayne Gretzky's bar in Toronto. There were maybe a dozen of us from the US. It was so sweet seeing those Canucks losing their minds. The guy next to me went crazy when Hull scored. He kept going on about what a traitor he was and was supposed to be a Canadian. He kept saying, Canada is always number 1. I simply turned to him and said, 'Well, looks like it's US one and Canada zeo on the scoreboard.' I thought I was going to get punched :)
The U.S. won the 1996 World Cup of Hockey on Canadian ice in Montreal but Canada got their revenge on American soil in 2002 when we won Olympic gold in Salt Lake City!
To be fair this video really undersells the US. They were finalists in the 91 Canada Cup, and that US team was loaded with young superstars. ‘96 was their peak…and people forget that core that carried over to the ‘02 Olympics too for how good that crop of US players were.
speaking as a yankee, i rank this the #7 moment in north american non nhl hockey moment in history. game 3 of the finals in 96. and possibly the greatest goalie single game performance. tony esposito in game 2 of 72 summit series is close, 2nd . my 10 moments overall. 10. 1960 winter olympics gold medal game 9. 1987 canada cup final gm 2 8 1972 summit series gm 2 tony esposito performance 7. 1996 canada cup gm 3 mike richter performance 6. 1972 summit series gm 7 5.1987 canada cup gm 3 4. 1980 winter olympics gold medal game 3, 2010 winter olympics gold medal game 2. 1972 summit series gm 8 1. 1980 winter olympics usa vs soviet union
This is portrayed as David vs Goliath but come on, USA had a fantastic roster. On the Canadian side, Messier, Coffey and Gretzky were well past their prime and Cujo was an average goalie at that stage
WHY after the FIRST game in Philadelphia were the next TWO games played up in Montreal ???? WHY ??? Why was is not FIRST game Philadelphia - SECOND game in Montreal - - THIRD game back to Philadelphia ???? IN THAT ROTATION OF LOCATIONS ???? AND who set that up ??????
Dont kill me, but in my mind this win has had more of a lasting significant impact on the development of hockey in the US than 1980 **Of course without 1980, how many of the guys on the 96 team wouldve been there?
Let me tell you as a young New England American, I look back now and the roster that Canada had, it's unbelievable that team USA won, but we had a lot ofNew Englanders on the team and we border Canada. It was a sick tournament, but it should've been played in Boston or New York. This tournament did a lot for hockey in the US, not necessarily in my neck of the woods,but for the other parts of the US that is unfamiliar with hockey. GO BRUINS!!
3:52 - "Decades past dominance". That is truth with alterations, so to speak! Canada Cup (NHL international team All-Stars) on NHL rinks was Canada's home-turf and 4/5 won the gold medal. Only the Sovietunion managed to win once the gold medal (1981). But in the Olympics and IIHF World Championship tournaments, Team Canada had not been in recent decades a major player. Just look at the results; Canada had not won an Olympic gold medal since 1952 (not broken til 2002 = 50 YEARS) and not any medal since 1968 Olympics, where they won a Bronze medal. In the Olympics it had been beside the 1980 OG with Team USA, all European dominance for the medals. Sovietunion, Czechoslovakia and Sweden won most. In IIHF World Championship Tournaments, Canada had managed to make better results with the medals. They had won 2 years prior in 1994 the gold medal, but prior that it had been 33 YEARS = 3 decades since they had managed to win the gold (1961). In the 1970's only 1 Bronze medal in an entire decade - In the 1980's, 2 silver and 3 Bronze medals. So while Canada was a major player non the less, in the international perspective at the time, Canada was beside the 1996 World Cup not regarded as THE big dog on international ice. Again, Sweden, Russia, Czech Republic & recent major player Finland was in international ice perspective regarded higher. USA was always a 6th level player. And to clerify, NHL players was allowed to participate in the IIHF World Championships from 1976 and up. The Olympics, NHL players was allowed between 1998-2014. Yeah blame the NHL for this. The world wants NHL players but the league holds them back.
I hear you on that. I grew up with Canadians getting my balls busted and this was my voice saying we can play to. That Canadian team was unbelievable and probably should have won. Canada had so many players to chose and some of my favorites, but team USA was a nasty team that played Candaian hockey. Unfortunately today, the US Canada rival doesn't exist because the kids from Boston are playing the Montreal kids at hockey tournaments at Jay Peak Ski Resort in Vermont. Also, hockey east in New England is playing the Canadian college teams. God Bless the USA 🇺🇸 and Canada 🇨🇦!
These are the best tournaments. The real best vs the best.. But even if thats the most popular thing in hockey they're still not doing it. NHL needs to put out their star to play international,, it is not the same anymore. So many NHLers and fans wants a best vs best-tournment in hockey.
if you look at their roster, that was the pinnacle of US hockey talent. Gretzky was just fading from his prime and Lemieux was unable to play. perfect storm.
I was 14 and over at my girlfriends house watching that game. I remember that being the lowest I ever felt as a fan for Team Canada. But at least it wasn’t as bad as 1981. I still think Roy would have made a difference.
Good video, but to say in the begining that Canada dominated the hockey world since to 70's and the Soviets only had a sniff at beating canada is not accurate. I'm not saying the Soviets where better than Canada, but the summit series in 72 went down to the last minute as did the fantastic 87 canada cup. Let's not forget to the 8-1 thrashing the Russians handed out in 1981. They also routinely defeated NHL teams in head to head competition.
Team Canada was without the best player in the world at the time: Mario Lemieux. They were also missing Paul Kariya, Ray Bourque, Al Macinnis, and arguably the best goalie of all time, Patrick Roy.
Oh poor little Trav doesn’t like hearing the truth 😢. I was simply contextualizing the 1996 World Cup by making an important observation, and that was enough to trigger you. So, if you want to see a snowflake, look in the mirror!
@@protestadventures Russia was missing Bure, Zhamnov, Konstantinov, and Zubov. US was missing Roenick (who was a UFA). Bourque, Lemieux, and Roy chose to have longer summers.
No, Zubov and Zhamnov were there. The only Russian superstar missing was Bure. Canada, in contrast, was missing several superstars. Also, Roy wasn’t selected to the 1996 team. Sleepy Glen Sather selected his own goalie, Cujo, from Edmonton instead - which was obviously a big mistake. When Roy played in Nagano in 1998, he was outstanding and almost shutout team USA, which included Roenick. And when Lemieux, Kariya, Macinnis, and Nolan played in 2002, Canada beat USA again.
Agreed. And Brett Hull's tying goal late in the 3rd period of Game #3 was a CLEAR high-stick (at almost neck height!) ... I have no idea why it was allowed.
@@Nick-NY I guess 😎 Anyways, Canada won Salt Lake City 2002 and Vancouver 2010 afterwards against USA, so I'm cool with it. Haha! 😋😉 Were are you from in the US, man?
