I remember watching the 1987 Canada Cup on Television. As far as I am concerned the Soviet Coach Viktor Tikhonov was 100% correct when He said that the officiating was biased against the Soviet Union Team! The Soviets were being penalized much more often than Team Canada was and when the Canadian Team made an obvious Penalty MANY of those were not called on Canada! During 5 on 5 situations I could see that with the creative style of play that Soviets were using that they were outplaying Team Canada and if the officiating was not so biased against the Soviets Team Canada would have definitely lost that series.
I'm from Moscow, and I was 12 back in '87. This finals were the greatest hockey I've ever seen, in spite of Canada win. Lineup of greatest players from both sides. And the day after, when we came out on the playground to play in "Makarov-Semak-Gusarov- Coffey-Lemieux-Gretzky-etc." we felt that yesterday something happened, that will never be repeated. We were overwhelmed with emotions. Thanks for reminding me of these days.
that was a great video.I haven't seen these highlights (expect for the last goal) since watching the game live back in 87.What memories they were.Many thanks to unnamed00.
Koharski was not calling much against Canada, but sent the Soviets to the box whenever there was a chance to call something. This allowed Canada to come back and win.
Thanks for posting this...Whoever hooked Ray Bourque for Russia's 4th goal would have never gotten away with that in todays NHL. Brutal hook. Didn't matter in the end though.
Wow ! Goosebumps. I remember watching this when I was 13 years old and being on the edge of my seat the whole time! What blows me away is how much clutching a nd grabbing/interference WASNT called back then. Virtually every goal had a potential penalty(in todays NHL) on the play, and this was still the most entertaining hockey I'ver ever seen in spite of that! Kinda makes you wonder.
It's games like this that make me proud to be Canadian! Talent, heart, and toughness! All hallmarks of Canadian hockey. Not saying people of other nations don't have it as well, but that never say die attitude when the chips are down is something we Canucks are born with I think.
Я прекрасно помню эту финальную серию...Обидно было за наших парней - они как всегда "не поддавались на провокацию", а их нещадно и откровенно били. Если бы судили европейские арбитры,то канадцы не выиграли бы эту серию, и даже третьей игры бы не понадобилось. В то время с реализацией большинства у нашей сборной проблем не было. Как сказал автор? "Судейство было далеко неидеальным", да оно было отвратительным. Забрали бы сразу свой кубок без финала да и все! После 3-й финальной игры тренеры сборной СССР во главе с Виктором Тихоновым публично пообещали побить главного арбитра Дона Кохарски, а их планы одобрил даже исполнительный директор ассоциации североамериканских хоккеистов Алан Иглсон. Поводом к подобному заявлению стало крайне предвзятое судейство во всех матчах финала, и в частности, даже когда забивалась решающая шайба, арбитр "не заметил" явного нарушения со стороны Дэйла Хаверчука в отношении Вячеслава Быкова, когда последний пытался догнать убежавших в отрыв Гретцки и М.Лемье. А в 1 матче не заметил, как Крутову нанесли травму (он даже сознание потерял), и еще порядка 100 нарушений (за весь финал) со стороны канадцев. #USSRBETTERTHANCANADAINFAIRHOCKEY
That is the sad thing, that almost all of the goals scored by Canada were a result of questionable plays or calls. Koharski gave Canada chances and let them get away with offenses. For a good team like Canada, that was enough.
referees in Canada were always the best,many of our present and former NHL players told that after they returned home,the same high level referees were doing also in Cancups
I'm from Sweden and watched the games on television. It was the greatest offensive hockey ever. I remember that I got the "feeling" that the officials was "kind" to the hometeam Canada. Maybe the swedish commentators built that "feeling" in a way - but when you look at it - the fact is, that the referees accept hard play from both sides. The whole discussion (common in Europe) was a overreaction and today, I can honestly say that Canada was a great team with hardness, speed and great offense.
Nice last minute goal for Canada for sure. But without Hawerchuk (no. 10) putting a MASSIVE hook on cccp (no. 27) that goal has to happen a very different way.
we talk about 1972 summit series,the 2002 salt lake gold medal game and the 2010 gold medal match. IMO this was the most on the edge series of hockey i have seen.
Well the Canadian commentator said that Bourque just fell and you can see from the reverse angle replay that Makarov only touched Bourque's jersey. Even if it was a hook, it does not even out anything.
I used to feel bad about the Hawerchuk hook on #27 that allowed Lemieux to be open to take Gretzky’s pass. But seeing the this footage and the number of USSR holds, interference and cross checks on Canada I say the hell with them.
Both teams gave as good as they got and Canada won a close, hard fought 3 game series that was probably the best in hockey history. You need to learn to let it go and just enjoy the most beautiful game on the planet.
Gyro911, you are so right. Some people making comments on here are......blind! The 1987 Team Canada was maybe the most powerful and talented team ever assembled.
That's a pretty biased interpretation. "Lemieux's defender"? You mean, a guy in the neutral zone who may or may not have ended up anywhere near Lemieux when he got the puck mere seconds later. Meanwhile, I notice you didn't mention the Makarov hook on Bourque that indisputably led to the Soviets' fourth goal.
anyone who watches this should read "Gretzky to Lemieux: The Story of the 1987 Canada Cup". great book by Ed Willes on how that team was constructed and the stories behind what many consider the greatest hockey ever played
Canada did get "breaks". There was a lot said about this in the comments before, so read them and watch my other video about this. Canada won more? Well it all depends on how and what you count...
Boy, it sure would be nice if fans of the sport 20 years later could appreciate this series for the elite, once-in-a-generation spectacle of competition that it was, instead of whining incessantly about officiating, whose current player system is better, whose players are "classy", etc. etc. ad nauseum.
The Soviets scored some beautiful goals this game...Canada's are so scrappy - except the last one, which was brilliant. Some amazing talent in this game I wonder how many hall of famers played in it?
This subject has been done to death. Both were great teams. Both teams clutched and grabbed, both teams had goals where penalties should have been called. In this game, the Soviets had two goals where penalties should have been called but weren't. Canada won fair and square.
I meant that other countries play and win in hockey now. So when Canada finishes 7th in the Olympics or fails in another tournament, it is always a great shock to Canadians who think like you.
Murphy... to Gretzky... to Lemieux.... he shoots HE SCORES!!... Does it get any better? One of the best breakout passers, to the single best passer in the game, to the greatest goal scorer. Epic.
Murphy never touched the puck. Hawerchuk took the faceoff (didn't really win it, despite what the commentator said, the puck just sat there), Lemieux picked it up and poked it past the defenceman and then passed it up to Grekzky, who dropped it back to Lemieux who scored.
So again, I respect what your saying but neither of us will budge from their position. I started watching hockey long ago, and one thing I learned is that people have their own views. So thanks for the engaging discussion and if there are different games you wish to discuss direct me there! Thanks again.
It was a definite hook on the red line, but the Soviet's 4th goal was a result of a hook as well. You would never get away with those kinds of hooks in today's game.
@Potts132 Actually Czeckoslovakia was in the 76 Final against Canada... they lost 2 games to zero but second game went to overtime where Darryl Sittler scored the winner...but your point is well taken...USSR and Canada were miles or should i say kilometres ahead of the the rest of the world......now there's 6 or 7 countries with top notch players!
Forget the 1972 series. THIS was the greatest game Canada ever played. The Hawerchuk-Gretzky-Lemiuex rush is the greatest goal Canada has ever scored. Far be it for me to overstate things, but the Soviet Union was never the same after this defeat. Sure, they lost in '72, but by '87 the Russian propaganda machine couldn't cover the fact that the vaunted CCCP wasn't a nation of supermen. Lose at hockey? What else might we lose? The Cold War? :)
@quincee33 Wow...Joe Murphy. There's a blast from the past. From what I remember about him was he had alot of hype around him but never totaly lived up to it.
Hockey work that way. That is why ref's are not always wrong in judging the flow of the game, cause, they see "off screen" things- You go to a game, and get a clearer picture on what is happening. There are plays that the Soviets got away with* on screen as well*, it all evens out. I was at those games, and I saw them on replay. The games were called just fine. Mistakes are made in a ton of games, that is a given.
For example, look at Canada's roster in 82: Reinhart, Hartsburg, van Boxmeer, Lowe, Maxwell, Giles, Napier, Clarke, Sittler, Vaive, Gretzky, Barber, Gainey, B. Smith, Ciccarelli, Gartner, Hawerchuk, Propp, Maloche(G), Millen(G).
What knee hit? And Bourque probably did not dive, but it looks like he fell by himself, as the commentators said. That tap by Makarov on the tip of his jersey was not going to take him down. However, I remember hearing that Bourque had a habit of diving in his own zone sometimes.
I respect your view also, especially since you have been watching hockey much longer than me. Yes, we won't agree on this, but at least we did not flame each other.
"I did not say Canada NEVER sent ANY NHLer's, but very few. And often they got added on in the middle of the tounament as they got eliminated from the playoffs." You said that Canada was "sending college or university players". Since 77, Canadian teams entirely consisted of NHLers and most of them were not added in the middle of the tournament.
I saw a number of Russian players talking about the series, and they aren't complaining about these things. Like I said it goes both ways, and you can make an argument going the other way. If you saw the game live and then watched them you wouldn't even bother mentioning most of this.
Canada deserved the game and the series. The Russians, not the Canadians had all the breaks from the referees. At the end of the day, the best team one. Hands down.
GREAT PLAYERS FROM GREAT TEAMS,iN THE END IT WAS 5-6,6-5,6-5 VERY CLOSE AND ALL GAMES PLAYE IN CANADA,SO....SERGEY MAKAROV WAS MY FAVORITE PLAYER,AND FROM CANADA TEAM WANE GRTETZKY,PAUL COFFEY AND MARIO
Well that is what you like to think. It is not like only a few more calls were missed in favor of one team... That is why I say you have to watch the games again and pay attention to the officiating.
No, the referees let Canada play and do anything they wanted for most of the game and series... The Soviets were called for minor stuff and things that were not penalties. Go watch the other video I have about this.
@Potts132 The stuff that matters is the tournament that has the best against the best. In the Olympics since the "PRO's" Started going beginning in 98, we are the only team to repeat. IN 02 and in 2010. The trend continues. If we send our pro's we will win. The Canada Cup was the ultimate test since all the world had time to put their best against the best of Canada.
Why? I was there in person, and watched them when the "vhs" was out over and over again. Look, when the United States won in '96, there were some foolish calls. I can name a whole bunch of games, but never in my life would I suggest that caused a certain team to loose. I have been watching hockey live since 1968 starting at the Montreal Forum. Its a fast game, calls are missed, its part of the game and always has been. Canada was the better team in '91 '87 '84 '76--
They had a way to communicate; that is not an excuse. Of course Koharski would not call a major on Canada, even though it could have been called here. And it is not that only a major could come from the linesman. In the round robin game, the NHL linesman told the referee to call a bench minor on the Soviets, because he was supposedly held by someone from their bench.
was there ever a collection of greater players (on both sides) to play a series? canada had some of the greatest NHL players of all time time; USSR had some the greatest international players of all time. im not canadian, but im a hockey fan, and I think that last goal is the greatest goal I have ever seen given the moment, the players on the ice(both sides), comeback from 3-0, GW Lemieux/Gretz. was there a better series? EDM v. NYI?
If Canada has much more players, then of course they are more likely to have more good players for a limited age group. Yes, some who play in that tournament become superstars, but most are not heard of again.
Just watched the first period of the game. Koharski made a panalty call out of nothing when two Russians were breaking out 2 on 1. This was when Canada was trailing 3:0 and the first goal was scored. And if u look at the goal, the Russian goalie is hit/speared in the mask before the goal. As funny officiating as it can get. Kill the momentum and ignore the goalie interference. :D
On the second goal, Tochett was doing the manhandling; first he grabbed and then elbowed the Soviet defenseman. Not sure what you mean about the fourth goal. During the fifth goal, you don't see the clear stick hold behind the net?
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Dan Kelly! One of the All Time great play by play voices. A fantastic Canadian hockey moment.
I remember watching the 1987 Canada Cup on Television. As far as I am concerned the Soviet Coach Viktor Tikhonov was 100% correct when He said that the officiating was biased against the Soviet Union Team! The Soviets were being penalized much more often than Team Canada was and when the Canadian Team made an obvious Penalty MANY of those were not called on Canada! During 5 on 5 situations I could see that with the creative style of play that Soviets were using that they were outplaying Team Canada and if the officiating was not so biased against the Soviets Team Canada would have definitely lost that series.
Another salty Soviet fan. Just take the L we clearly had a better team and we played a better game
I'm from Moscow, and I was 12 back in '87. This finals were the greatest hockey I've ever seen, in spite of Canada win. Lineup of greatest players from both sides. And the day after, when we came out on the playground to play in "Makarov-Semak-Gusarov- Coffey-Lemieux-Gretzky-etc." we felt that yesterday something happened, that will never be repeated. We were overwhelmed with emotions. Thanks for reminding me of these days.
Koharsky was the MVP of last game. Great player, true canadian spirit. Still remember 1981.
"he shoots he scores mario lemieux" best call ever
Hearing Dan Kelly's call on Mario Lemieux's Goal from Wayne Gretzky still brings tears to my Eyes today!
Full body goose bumps. Every time. I was 10 years old and grew up in Edmonton. This was the best hockey ever played hands down.
I just turned this on to hear the greatest hockey announcer of all time, Dan Kelly
that was a great video.I haven't seen these highlights (expect for the last goal) since watching the game live back in 87.What memories they were.Many thanks to unnamed00.
Koharski was not calling much against Canada, but sent the Soviets to the box whenever there was a chance to call something. This allowed Canada to come back and win.
Thanks for posting this...Whoever hooked Ray Bourque for Russia's 4th goal would have never gotten away with that in todays NHL. Brutal hook. Didn't matter in the end though.
Wow ! Goosebumps. I remember watching this when I was 13 years old and being on the edge of my seat the whole time! What blows me away is how much clutching a nd grabbing/interference WASNT called back then. Virtually every goal had a potential penalty(in todays NHL) on the play, and this was still the most entertaining hockey I'ver ever seen in spite of that! Kinda makes you wonder.
I remember this game well. Canadas MVP was the referee. As always in Canada cup (World cup) of course.
It's games like this that make me proud to be Canadian! Talent, heart, and toughness! All hallmarks of Canadian hockey. Not saying people of other nations don't have it as well, but that never say die attitude when the chips are down is something we Canucks are born with I think.
I never forget this game 💗😀
oh no doubt about it, the '87 series, like wow some of my favorite hockey played by both sides. Something to be in awe at!
Best hockey game I will ever see.
I watched that series on TV in 1987. It was a great battle! You can't see anything of the kind these days.
Greatest game of all time. Without question.
The drone the organ guy plays after each Soviet goal is perfect.
Я прекрасно помню эту финальную серию...Обидно было за наших парней - они как всегда "не поддавались на провокацию", а их нещадно и откровенно били. Если бы судили европейские арбитры,то канадцы не выиграли бы эту серию, и даже третьей игры бы не понадобилось. В то время с реализацией большинства у нашей сборной проблем не было. Как сказал автор? "Судейство было далеко неидеальным", да оно было отвратительным. Забрали бы сразу свой кубок без финала да и все!
После 3-й финальной игры тренеры сборной СССР во главе с Виктором Тихоновым публично пообещали побить главного арбитра Дона Кохарски, а их планы одобрил даже исполнительный директор ассоциации североамериканских хоккеистов Алан Иглсон. Поводом к подобному заявлению стало крайне предвзятое судейство во всех матчах финала, и в частности, даже когда забивалась решающая шайба, арбитр "не заметил" явного нарушения со стороны Дэйла Хаверчука в отношении Вячеслава Быкова, когда последний пытался догнать убежавших в отрыв Гретцки и М.Лемье. А в 1 матче не заметил, как Крутову нанесли травму (он даже сознание потерял), и еще порядка 100 нарушений (за весь финал) со стороны канадцев.
#USSRBETTERTHANCANADAINFAIRHOCKEY
no you're really stupid
Winning home and often biased tournaments does not automatically make your country the greatest in international hockey.
Well we all should remember the great moments, but also not ignore the bad ones.
what an amazingingly exciting goal ... all the soviet goals looked beautiful ... the canadian ones looked ok ... great game
That is the sad thing, that almost all of the goals scored by Canada were a result of questionable plays or calls. Koharski gave Canada chances and let them get away with offenses. For a good team like Canada, that was enough.
referees in Canada were always the best,many of our present and former NHL players told that after they returned home,the same high level referees were doing also in Cancups
One of the best hockey games ever played.
I'm from Sweden and watched the games on television. It was the greatest offensive hockey ever. I remember that I got the "feeling" that the officials was "kind" to the hometeam Canada. Maybe the swedish commentators built that "feeling" in a way - but when you look at it - the fact is, that the referees accept hard play from both sides. The whole discussion (common in Europe) was a overreaction and today, I can honestly say that Canada was a great team with hardness, speed and great offense.
Hopefully we'll see more great games in that very Arena soon.
I was at a game at Copps during that Canada Cup. Awesome.
Nice last minute goal for Canada for sure. But without Hawerchuk (no. 10) putting a MASSIVE hook on cccp (no. 27) that goal has to happen a very different way.
we talk about 1972 summit series,the 2002 salt lake gold medal game and the 2010 gold medal match.
IMO this was the most on the edge series of hockey i have seen.
out of all the three most famous winning goals for Canada, this one is the best, as good as Crosbys was, this was the best.
Well the Canadian commentator said that Bourque just fell and you can see from the reverse angle replay that Makarov only touched Bourque's jersey.
Even if it was a hook, it does not even out anything.
WOW! Amazing game!
What nostalgia? I was born in 85.
I used to feel bad about the Hawerchuk hook on #27 that allowed Lemieux to be open to take Gretzky’s pass. But seeing the this footage and the number of USSR holds, interference and cross checks on Canada I say the hell with them.
so good, so nice
Both teams gave as good as they got and Canada won a close, hard fought 3 game series that was probably the best in hockey history. You need to learn to let it go and just enjoy the most beautiful game on the planet.
Gyro911, you are so right. Some people making comments on here are......blind! The 1987 Team Canada was maybe the most powerful and talented team ever assembled.
in my opinion the two best hockey teams EVER
I can only appreciate you are so relentless ,that´s all. I hope you will not start to devaluate our 72,76,77,85 wins.
What a crazy roster...Lemieux,Gretzky, Coffey, Messier, Borque, Murphy, Anderson etc. That's scary.
Yeah, and then consider Russia was even better.
I am talking about a specific game and series, not all of hockey history.
I love Hawerchuck's hooking of Lemieux's defender that allowed the winning goal
That's a pretty biased interpretation. "Lemieux's defender"? You mean, a guy in the neutral zone who may or may not have ended up anywhere near Lemieux when he got the puck mere seconds later. Meanwhile, I notice you didn't mention the Makarov hook on Bourque that indisputably led to the Soviets' fourth goal.
anyone who watches this should read "Gretzky to Lemieux: The Story of the 1987 Canada Cup". great book by Ed Willes on how that team was constructed and the stories behind what many consider the greatest hockey ever played
This to me was the greatest game ever.
Canada did get "breaks". There was a lot said about this in the comments before, so read them and watch my other video about this.
Canada won more? Well it all depends on how and what you count...
When exactly were they "dirtier"?
Look at Canada's 2nd, 5th, and last goals as these are clear examples of the breaks they got.
Since the late 70s, Canada has been sending NHLers to the world championships.
Great teams. Great Hockey.
Boy, it sure would be nice if fans of the sport 20 years later could appreciate this series for the elite, once-in-a-generation spectacle of competition that it was, instead of whining incessantly about officiating, whose current player system is better, whose players are "classy", etc. etc. ad nauseum.
He shoots, he scores! Mario Lemieux! Great finish to a great series.
The Soviets scored some beautiful goals this game...Canada's are so scrappy - except the last one, which was brilliant.
Some amazing talent in this game I wonder how many hall of famers played in it?
holy crap - Look at that dirty Soviet hook on Coffey that led to their 4th goal at 2.47.That must be one of the breaks the ref gave Canada.
Gretzky-Hawerchuk-Lemieux for a line....that's just flat out sick.
Looked to you, but look at it closely.
Hawerchuk's hook was clear and decided the game, and it was far from being the only vital no-call.
This subject has been done to death. Both were great teams. Both teams clutched and grabbed, both teams had goals where penalties should have been called. In this game, the Soviets had two goals where penalties should have been called but weren't. Canada won fair and square.
There was the 1974 summit series...
There were also a lot of World Championships, which Canada did not win for decades until the USSR broke up...
The audio is not off.
I think he is talking about the second goal.
I meant that other countries play and win in hockey now.
So when Canada finishes 7th in the Olympics or fails in another tournament, it is always a great shock to Canadians who think like you.
Murphy... to Gretzky... to Lemieux.... he shoots HE SCORES!!...
Does it get any better? One of the best breakout passers, to the single best passer in the game, to the greatest goal scorer. Epic.
Murphy never touched the puck. Hawerchuk took the faceoff (didn't really win it, despite what the commentator said, the puck just sat there), Lemieux picked it up and poked it past the defenceman and then passed it up to Grekzky, who dropped it back to Lemieux who scored.
So again, I respect what your saying but neither of us will budge from their position. I started watching hockey long ago, and one thing I learned is that people have their own views. So thanks for the engaging discussion and if there are different games you wish to discuss direct me there! Thanks again.
I agree. The bottom line is Team Canada won and as a Canadian fan, it was one hell of a thrill!!
Outclassed by the hooking and holding...
Not all teams had their best in the Canada Cup all the time, but I should not have expected you to know that.
It was a definite hook on the red line, but the Soviet's 4th goal was a result of a hook as well. You would never get away with those kinds of hooks in today's game.
Gretzky made Lemieux a world class superstar with one pass.
@Potts132 Actually Czeckoslovakia was in the 76 Final against Canada... they lost 2 games to zero but second game went to overtime where Darryl Sittler scored the winner...but your point is well taken...USSR and Canada were miles or should i say kilometres ahead of the the rest of the world......now there's 6 or 7 countries with top notch players!
Oh. P.S
The history of hockey plays a huge factor in how teams play each other now. Its called a rivalry.
I think the audio is a little off...you can tell because the crowd noise doesn't start right when they score, that's delayed as well.
R u sure?Is it on Ebay or any proper music shop?
Bykov caught up to Lemieux, the goal scorer, before being hooked down, so it is not a "weak excuse."
Forget the 1972 series. THIS was the greatest game Canada ever played. The Hawerchuk-Gretzky-Lemiuex rush is the greatest goal Canada has ever scored. Far be it for me to overstate things, but the Soviet Union was never the same after this defeat. Sure, they lost in '72, but by '87 the Russian propaganda machine couldn't cover the fact that the vaunted CCCP wasn't a nation of supermen. Lose at hockey? What else might we lose? The Cold War? :)
What do current juniors have to do with Soviet hockey?
What a DIVER Gretzky was
@quincee33 Wow...Joe Murphy. There's a blast from the past. From what I remember about him was he had alot of hype around him but never totaly lived up to it.
Hockey work that way. That is why ref's are not always wrong in judging the flow of the game, cause, they see "off screen" things- You go to a game, and get a clearer picture on what is happening. There are plays that the Soviets got away with* on screen as well*, it all evens out.
I was at those games, and I saw them on replay. The games were called just fine. Mistakes are made in a ton of games, that is a given.
For example, look at Canada's roster in 82:
Reinhart, Hartsburg, van Boxmeer, Lowe, Maxwell, Giles, Napier, Clarke, Sittler, Vaive, Gretzky, Barber, Gainey, B. Smith, Ciccarelli, Gartner, Hawerchuk, Propp, Maloche(G), Millen(G).
What knee hit?
And Bourque probably did not dive, but it looks like he fell by himself, as the commentators said. That tap by Makarov on the tip of his jersey was not going to take him down.
However, I remember hearing that Bourque had a habit of diving in his own zone sometimes.
I respect your view also, especially since you have been watching hockey much longer than me.
Yes, we won't agree on this, but at least we did not flame each other.
"I did not say Canada NEVER sent ANY NHLer's, but very few. And often they got added on in the middle of the tounament as they got eliminated from the playoffs."
You said that Canada was "sending college or university players". Since 77, Canadian teams entirely consisted of NHLers and most of them were not added in the middle of the tournament.
I saw a number of Russian players talking about the series, and they aren't complaining about these things. Like I said it goes both ways, and you can make an argument going the other way. If you saw the game live and then watched them you wouldn't even bother mentioning most of this.
Canada deserved the game and the series. The Russians, not the Canadians had all the breaks from the referees. At the end of the day, the best team one. Hands down.
All Russian goals looked so easy and pretty. Team Canada scored only one pretty goal - the very last one.
GREAT PLAYERS FROM GREAT TEAMS,iN THE END IT WAS 5-6,6-5,6-5 VERY CLOSE AND ALL GAMES PLAYE IN CANADA,SO....SERGEY MAKAROV WAS MY FAVORITE PLAYER,AND FROM CANADA TEAM WANE GRTETZKY,PAUL COFFEY AND MARIO
Well that is what you like to think.
It is not like only a few more calls were missed in favor of one team...
That is why I say you have to watch the games again and pay attention to the officiating.
No, the referees let Canada play and do anything they wanted for most of the game and series... The Soviets were called for minor stuff and things that were not penalties.
Go watch the other video I have about this.
@Potts132
The stuff that matters is the tournament that has the best against the best. In the Olympics since the "PRO's" Started going beginning in 98, we are the only team to repeat. IN 02 and in 2010. The trend continues. If we send our pro's we will win. The Canada Cup was the ultimate test since all the world had time to put their best against the best of Canada.
Team Canada played so dirty, and got away with it. The refs were afraid for thier lives! Did you see the Soviet player get hacked after he scored?
Why? I was there in person, and watched them when the "vhs" was out over and over again. Look, when the United States won in '96, there were some foolish calls. I can name a whole bunch of games, but never in my life would I suggest that caused a certain team to loose. I have been watching hockey live since 1968 starting at the Montreal Forum. Its a fast game, calls are missed, its part of the game and always has been. Canada was the better team in '91 '87 '84 '76--
Leafyutube, Right On. Team Canada all the way.
two greatest team in the world ever
They had a way to communicate; that is not an excuse.
Of course Koharski would not call a major on Canada, even though it could have been called here.
And it is not that only a major could come from the linesman. In the round robin game, the NHL linesman told the referee to call a bench minor on the Soviets, because he was supposedly held by someone from their bench.
Try watching these games again carefully.
was there ever a collection of greater players (on both sides) to play a series? canada had some of the greatest NHL players of all time time; USSR had some the greatest international players of all time. im not canadian, but im a hockey fan, and I think that last goal is the greatest goal I have ever seen given the moment, the players on the ice(both sides), comeback from 3-0, GW Lemieux/Gretz. was there a better series? EDM v. NYI?
If Canada has much more players, then of course they are more likely to have more good players for a limited age group. Yes, some who play in that tournament become superstars, but most are not heard of again.
Tretiak?
Just watched the first period of the game. Koharski made a panalty call out of nothing when two Russians were breaking out 2 on 1. This was when Canada was trailing 3:0 and the first goal was scored. And if u look at the goal, the Russian goalie is hit/speared in the mask before the goal.
As funny officiating as it can get. Kill the momentum and ignore the goalie interference. :D
@MAGNNUM finally someone said it. yur absolutey right, just like Dryden in 72... it happens to the best of them, just like Tretiak in 80 against U.S.
On the second goal, Tochett was doing the manhandling; first he grabbed and then elbowed the Soviet defenseman.
Not sure what you mean about the fourth goal.
During the fifth goal, you don't see the clear stick hold behind the net?