@@daveyboy_ Well Lemieux took his fair share of punishment for the team, look at him get punched out here and draw a penalty in the 3rd period of a tied playoff game lol. He was more than just a diver, he was a clutch player and one of the best at getting teams off their game.
Don't forget the contribution from John Kordic in the finals. Calgary thought they were going to manhandle the Habs in their series, and Kordic didn't let that happen.
Nilans Book brought Me here. A good read. I’m a 60 year old life long Bruins but I knew there would be a lot of Boston related things in his book. Again , a good read.
Lemieux a réussi à déconcentrer les Bruins qui, autrement, auraient pu remporter le match. Chapeau également à Bob Gainey pour sa production offensive!
This brings back memories. Wow. I remember watching every game on my renred TV, From Granada TV if any one remembers. Young and couldn't afford much, and the playoff s are just about to start. Those were the days
I had the pleasure of seeing quite a few Hab's playoff games in the 1986 campaign, watching and following them on ESPN, but didn't get to see any from this Boston series. I watched on a $50 used 19" Admiral that I bought in the Recycler. The 86 Montreal Canadiens will always be one of my favorite teams!
Fukin Gainey really earned this SC. I think it was in game one when i saw Robinson fight Sleigher twice, i said Awwww mannnn this is gonna be a helluva series
VERY young Bill Ranford here...Bruins should been mpre patient with him ...also talk about Claude Lemieux taking one for the team ..great player very similar to Esa Tikkanen on the Oilers
Andy Moog acquired for Ranford gave the Habs quite a hard time. But they also had to give Geoff Courtnall in the trade which made it seem expensive looking back now so yes you are right.
I'd make that trade again. Moog was great in Boston. You have to go back to Frankie Brimsek to find a Bruin goalie who gave Montreal that bad of a time over that many years. Just the 1993 series alone, nevermind 1988 and 1990. Boston needed a veteran to stabilize the net, and Edmonton needed a young guy to back up Fuhr. It was a good trade for both teams.
If you're a Habs fan (which I am) how depressing is it to look at the present day team roster and look at the number of good, young players who were drafted and developed by Montreal. Compare that to this team who had Carbonneau, Chelios, Corson, Dalhin, Kurvers, C. Lemieux, Ludwig, McPhee, Richer, Roy, Skruland and Svoboda all 25 and under. This is the core of the team that was the class of the league in '89 with Calgary and had a 2-1 lead in the finals with game 4 in Montreal...and lost. And many of the same players are critical to the '93 cup. See Mr. Bergevin, that's what happens when you draft and develop your players properly instead of half assing it and then blaming the players when you mismanage them.
They were a factory, a veritable assembly line pumping our yearly quality two way talents. High IQ players who had skill, guts, smarts...and knew what to do in any situation on the ice. Also don't forget guys like Ryan Walter and Rick Green (not 25 and under but still smart and tough) even someone like a Mike Lalor who was an important piece of 85-86 They really could've toppled the Isles in 1984, that Isles team...on their last legs, was ripe for being picked off
@@mukinmukin6352 You're absolutely right. All those teams needed was a top tier goaltender. That's why they drafted Tretiak. It's a shame they didn't get someone like Gilles Meloche, he might have been good enough to help them topple the Islanders that year.
The team was young but not that bad. On the other hand, the goaltending was horrendous. They had three goalies and still had to bring up a 19 year old rookie for the playoffs. Pete lost his vibe. And forget about the other two. Riggins and Keans must have been great dodge ball players in school. This is why everything turned around once Reggie and Andy made their heroic entrance.
Lemieux, Richer, Corson, Maley, Kordic, and Roy to name a few rookies on this amazing 1986 Cup team. Praying that our young guys like Harris, Barron, Masur, Slavkovsky, and other promising rookies will bring their skills for many years to bring us several Cups.
Lemieux could have easily been given the Conn Smythe that year. I remember that playoff clearly, but it wasn't until we beat Hartford that the Cup was a real possibility.
ça c'était de la rivalité. Et les Canadiens qui sortaient tout le temps les Bruins grâce aux fantômes du Forum ;) Et que dire de l'équipe des Canadiens. On pouvait reconnaitre tous les joueurs en les croisant sur Ste-Cath, alors que maintenant...
@Jiltedin2007 You may have watched the recent RDS Montreal Boston rivalry doc? I spoke to Stephane Richer about that 88 series last week. Our star player was injured from game 2.
Did Richer"The Phantom" break a nail changing in and out of women's clothes? Did Richer get his sex change yet? He must be pretty popular these days. 👗😯
I cannot compehend how there are such abhorrent examples of sportsmanship in this sport (Bertuzzi vs Moore & McSorley vs. Breshear, for starters), but yet the players are forced to shake hands at the end of every playoff series. Talk about hypocritism at it's worst....
It's the gentlemanly thing to do. When two boxers talk trash up to a fight then beat the hell out of each other then embrace after the fight is that hypocritical?
@@daveyboy_Well, I live in America and you almost never see this in the other three major sports, in fact because unlike hockey, dirty players are not celebrated and victims are not criticized as "Deserving It" when they are attacked. That's all I have to say on that matter.
@@RandyDubin I don't think dirty players are celebrated. First, there's a difference between "dirty players" and "enforcers". Dirty players are guys like Claude Lemiuex and Darius Kasparitis - agitators who specialize in irritating opposing players to get them off their game, often breaking rules to do so. Those players are often considered "dirty" but they have never really been celebrated. Enforcers - Dave Brown, Bob Probert, etc. - are on the ice to fight - primarily to deter opposing players from harming his team's top players. They break the rules against fighting of course, but outside of that they don't do much other rulebreaking,so they're not considered "dirty". Those guys are celebrated by their fan base. But as fighting diminishes, the enforcer role is going extinct. Many teams don't have one now.
Speaking as a Canadian, did anyone won anything significant lately? The last time Lord Stanley Stayed at Canadian soil was the Land of the Red White And Blue.
@MW They can "NOT WIN" anything for a "LONG TIME" and still no other team will even come close to their cup wins. It's a shame really, that such a successful club, that used to assemble at least one Cup winning team every decade for over 70 years has been reduced to a "participant" instead of a yearly contender.
Wow, H.N.I.C. was awful! I know it's A Canadian broadcast, and all, but their usually pretty good with the homerism, Harry Neale was somewhere else. Before all the Boston haters chime in about Edwards, I say that about H.N.I.C. because I expect more from them, I hate Edwards, I turn down the t.v. sound, and put on the radio, even though the radio is multiple seconds behind in time, and they lost Dave Goucher(Tolman) to Las Vegas. People still whine about that( Edwards) idiot, and for the life of me I can't figure out why people still listen to him.... I guess they like to complain.
I was 13 and remember this series so well. This was such a rivalry back then. The beginning of the legends of a young Patrick Roy and Claude Lemieux.
The legend of the driver.
Daveyboy _ Bruce Driver?
@@steveshutt6409 Fuck. DIVER. My bad , The legend of the Diver .
@@daveyboy_ Well Lemieux took his fair share of punishment for the team, look at him get punched out here and draw a penalty in the 3rd period of a tied playoff game lol. He was more than just a diver, he was a clutch player and one of the best at getting teams off their game.
Don't forget the contribution from John Kordic in the finals.
Calgary thought they were going to manhandle the Habs in their series, and Kordic didn't let that happen.
Nilans Book brought Me here. A good read. I’m a 60 year old life long Bruins but I knew there would be a lot of Boston related things in his book. Again , a good read.
Lemieux a réussi à déconcentrer les Bruins qui, autrement, auraient pu remporter le match. Chapeau également à Bob Gainey pour sa production offensive!
This brings back memories. Wow. I remember watching every game on my renred TV, From Granada TV if any one remembers. Young and couldn't afford much, and the playoff s are just about to start. Those were the days
I had the pleasure of seeing quite a few Hab's playoff games in the 1986 campaign, watching and following them on ESPN, but didn't get to see any from this Boston series.
I watched on a $50 used 19" Admiral that I bought in the Recycler.
The 86 Montreal Canadiens will always be one of my favorite teams!
Awesome Parade - went right past the Greanda store between St Marc & Guy :
I, too, watched the series on my rented 26" Granada TV. I was attending university at that time.
4:35 - Carbonneau skating is a beautiful thing to watch
Carbonneau and Gainey on the same line was equally beautiful.
Carbonneau won Montreal the series against Hartford. Timely goals, and great two way play.
Fukin Gainey really earned this SC. I think it was in game one when i saw Robinson fight Sleigher twice, i said Awwww mannnn this is gonna be a helluva series
THAT TEAM WAS THE BEST AT THE TIME WOW WOW ... THEY WAS SPECTACULARS,
🥅🏒🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆1986 1993WOW...
I was working in the old garden as a vendor that night and wow do I remember the Habs fans with those air horns… this one hurt!
VERY young Bill Ranford here...Bruins should been mpre patient with him ...also talk about Claude Lemieux taking one for the team ..great player very similar to Esa Tikkanen on the Oilers
Andy Moog acquired for Ranford gave the Habs quite a hard time. But they also had to give Geoff Courtnall in the trade which made it seem expensive looking back now so yes you are right.
I'd make that trade again. Moog was great in Boston. You have to go back to Frankie Brimsek to find a Bruin goalie who gave Montreal that bad of a time over that many years. Just the 1993 series alone, nevermind 1988 and 1990. Boston needed a veteran to stabilize the net, and Edmonton needed a young guy to back up Fuhr. It was a good trade for both teams.
If you're a Habs fan (which I am) how depressing is it to look at the present day team roster and look at the number of good, young players who were drafted and developed by Montreal. Compare that to this team who had Carbonneau, Chelios, Corson, Dalhin, Kurvers, C. Lemieux, Ludwig, McPhee, Richer, Roy, Skruland and Svoboda all 25 and under. This is the core of the team that was the class of the league in '89 with Calgary and had a 2-1 lead in the finals with game 4 in Montreal...and lost. And many of the same players are critical to the '93 cup. See Mr. Bergevin, that's what happens when you draft and develop your players properly instead of half assing it and then blaming the players when you mismanage them.
They were a factory, a veritable assembly line pumping our yearly quality two way talents. High IQ players who had skill, guts, smarts...and knew what to do in any situation on the ice. Also don't forget guys like Ryan Walter and Rick Green (not 25 and under but still smart and tough) even someone like a Mike Lalor who was an important piece of 85-86
They really could've toppled the Isles in 1984, that Isles team...on their last legs, was ripe for being picked off
Here, have a drink 🍼
@@mukinmukin6352 You're absolutely right. All those teams needed was a top tier goaltender. That's why they drafted Tretiak. It's a shame they didn't get someone like Gilles Meloche, he might have been good enough to help them topple the Islanders that year.
Agreed. They had the best defensive team in the league, losing was unacceptable, and the Cup was the goal each and every single year.
I was 11 yrs old.. memories..
Yeah never forget sitting on the toilet and hearing my dad scream from tv room when Skrudland scored the winner in the Flames Stanley Cup finals
You figured you had enough time for a bathroom break 😅
L bon vieux temps que
jaimais , mais les années 70 était les meilleurs
3 games sweep was a norm back then
And what, it's 4 games now?
Harry Neal always sounds down when the Habs score...
Even the announcers don't like Montreal.
@@DAVESLAM what do you mean "even?"
That's funny, I heard the complete opposite. He wanted to throw the book at Courtnall.
The one Boston team in 86 that did absolutely nothing lol
The team was young but not that bad. On the other hand, the goaltending was horrendous. They had three goalies and still had to bring up a 19 year old rookie for the playoffs. Pete lost his vibe. And forget about the other two. Riggins and Keans must have been great dodge ball players in school. This is why everything turned around once Reggie and Andy made their heroic entrance.
Lemieux, Richer, Corson, Maley, Kordic, and Roy to name a few rookies on this amazing 1986 Cup team.
Praying that our young guys like Harris, Barron, Masur, Slavkovsky, and other promising rookies will bring their skills for many years to bring us several Cups.
Seems like we have a nice wave of future stars this time around, more hope than the 2007+ era
😴💤💤...... keep dreaming.
30 years..........
...... And Counting! 🤣😂🤣
@@jason-hy8ciall things are possible, faith bro….faith
4:25 Jacques Demers in the audience?
said the same thing when I saw him lolllll
LMao. Nice!!
bahahaha
Lol. Good one!
Not him. Jacques was in St. Louis coaching the Blues against the Minnesota North Stars.
And did Lemieux shake Courtnall's hand in the end?
Lemieux could have easily been given the Conn Smythe that year. I remember that playoff clearly, but it wasn't until we beat Hartford that the Cup was a real possibility.
Agree. I still remember his ot goal against Mike Liut! Coming from behind the net!
"Lootie" was never the same after that series.
I know of some players that would like to give him something.
Montreal had to go through some tough goalies that year
Naslund goal would is not suppose to be good ,the ref did not call a penality from Bobby Smith play just before
Welcome to Montreal vs. Boston
Est. 1924
Agreed. And I'm a Habs fan.
ça c'était de la rivalité. Et les Canadiens qui sortaient tout le temps les Bruins grâce aux fantômes du Forum ;) Et que dire de l'équipe des Canadiens. On pouvait reconnaitre tous les joueurs en les croisant sur Ste-Cath, alors que maintenant...
On what planet does Ludwig skate up into the rush like that? 5:50 Also...Gainey with multi goal games?
Its kinda funny because theyre almost backhandedly saying Ranford shoulda just ignored the open man because... its Craig Ludwig man
Amazing.
I just need to see the faded yellow seats and I know where this is.
J'ai toujours détesté Bob Gainey. Celui-là même qui avait sorti Rick Middleton du match lors d'une série entre les 2 équipes.
What? Jean? Is that a ladies name?
@@DAVESLAM John in English sir.
@@DAVESLAMJean Beliveau?..... Jean Ratelle??....... Don't be stupid, huh.
How could ananyone hate Gainey.
Bruins playing with the class they have become famous for.
Tom Harrington "Bruins in 5." 🤣🐀
34 years later and that Courtnall crack to Lemieux's jaw still feels good...
I'm a Habs fan and can admit Lemieux was a dirty bastard. But, he was instrumental in that year's cup win.
I'm a Habs fan but Lemieux was very hard to like as a player. Despite the skill he possessed he chose to be an ass.
Today, that punch would have had Courtnall thrown out of the game.
No it wouldn't have. He would have been in the box for roughing.
1988 was when the Bruins finally gave it to those Canadiens after a 43 year domination by Montreal.
@Jiltedin2007 You may have watched the recent RDS Montreal Boston rivalry doc? I spoke to Stephane Richer about that 88 series last week. Our star player was injured from game 2.
Richer missing Game 2 and why was Hayward played instead of Roy in that series is baffling.
@MontrealJunior Oh..... Habs had an injury???...... that's tough luck!... yeah, because the Bruins NEVER had injuries, Get Real. 🤡
Did Richer"The Phantom" break a nail changing in and out of women's clothes? Did Richer get his sex change yet? He must be pretty popular these days. 👗😯
@jason-hy8ci You pretty Salty. Is it cause of that 25-9 series win record in Favour of the Habs vs the Bruins in the playoffs?
Dee Cee this is for you!
Funny thing, the Kluzak trip, the puck was on Smith's stick as his stick was in his skates. Kluzak lost the puck.
The Goalie ran into Claude Lemieux ? lmfao
Knowing Claude, he must have run into the goalie.
2 goaltenders that have won cups and Conn Smythe trophies!!
And one of them played like he was still in pee wee's
People forget that just like in 93
Mtl. Had to go through some great goalies
Cool.
I cannot compehend how there are such abhorrent examples of sportsmanship in this sport (Bertuzzi vs Moore & McSorley vs. Breshear, for starters), but yet the players are forced to shake hands at the end of every playoff series. Talk about hypocritism at it's worst....
What the hell are you talking about?
You can't fix stupid/liberals!
Go back to watching gymnastics
You jackass
Yeah, because you "Keeps it REAL", Right? 🤡
It's the gentlemanly thing to do. When two boxers talk trash up to a fight then beat the hell out of each other then embrace after the fight is that hypocritical?
@@daveyboy_Well, I live in America and you almost never see this in the other three major sports, in fact because unlike hockey, dirty players are not celebrated and victims are not criticized as "Deserving It" when they are attacked. That's all I have to say on that matter.
@@RandyDubin I don't think dirty players are celebrated. First, there's a difference between "dirty players" and "enforcers". Dirty players are guys like Claude Lemiuex and Darius Kasparitis - agitators who specialize in irritating opposing players to get them off their game, often breaking rules to do so. Those players are often considered "dirty" but they have never really been celebrated. Enforcers - Dave Brown, Bob Probert, etc. - are on the ice to fight - primarily to deter opposing players from harming his team's top players. They break the rules against fighting of course, but outside of that they don't do much other rulebreaking,so they're not considered "dirty". Those guys are celebrated by their fan base. But as fighting diminishes, the enforcer role is going extinct. Many teams don't have one now.
GHG!
.. first goal here, the severe mistake by Chelios: we all make mistakes . .
The ice was brutal, like a skating rink outside
Back when you didn’t have stupid horns and lights. You score a goal you keep it moving
Not the same Ranford that won the cup 4 years after. Gosh !
My dad never got over that. "He was a bum here but goes to Edmonton and becomes Ken Dryden"
Boy, how do Neale and Irvin miss that Lemieux deliberately went over to interfere with Ranford? Better yet, how do the linesmen and ref miss it?
They use to miss A lot of things back then. Guess that's part of being Great?
F##kin Lemieux!
What was he even doing there ?
What's the Problem? He did nothing wrong, that's hockey, he made A nice long, juicey career out of that.
--- Montreal fan.
The refs let the Canadiens get away with a lot of dirty play, especially from, of course, Claude Lemieux.
Imagine that. 😒
So, What's the Problem?
YOU HAVE TO DO A LOT OF LOOKING TO FIND MONTREAL WINNING ANYTHING THEY ARE TOAST
Speaking as a Canadian, did anyone won anything significant lately? The last time Lord Stanley Stayed at Canadian soil was the Land of the Red White And Blue.
Margaret Wouters idiot
They are French.... enough said.
@@2002S40
And as long as Bettman is in charge, there won't be another Canada based team winning the cup.
@MW
They can "NOT WIN" anything for a "LONG TIME" and still no other team will even come close to their cup wins.
It's a shame really, that such a successful club, that used to assemble at least one Cup winning team every decade for over 70 years has been reduced to a "participant" instead of a yearly contender.
Wow, H.N.I.C. was awful! I know it's A Canadian broadcast, and all, but their usually pretty good with the homerism, Harry Neale was somewhere else. Before all the Boston haters chime in about Edwards, I say that about H.N.I.C. because I expect more from them,
I hate Edwards, I turn down the t.v. sound, and put on the radio, even though the radio is multiple seconds behind in time, and they lost Dave Goucher(Tolman) to Las Vegas. People still whine about that( Edwards) idiot, and for the life of me I can't figure out why people still listen to him.... I guess they like to complain.