THE FLYERS RED ARMY GAME, THE ROUGHEST, MOST BIZARRE HOCKEY GAME EVER

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  • Опубликовано: 24 ноя 2024

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  • @rayk48
    @rayk48 3 года назад +545

    What high praise from Russian coach when he called the Flyers a bunch of animals.

    • @WolfKreide
      @WolfKreide 3 года назад +19

      I think he degraded "animals"

    • @willbyrd5717
      @willbyrd5717 3 года назад +10

      The Russians needed Larry Robinson lol

    • @whocares3591
      @whocares3591 3 года назад +12

      Slap shot

    • @astro10
      @astro10 3 года назад +32

      Yeah, "animals" who knew how to play hockey, could beat the shit out of you on the ice and score with straight up skills baby. That's how we won two straight Stanley Cups and beat the so-called 'unbeatable Russians' at the same time saving face for Canada and the United States.

    • @whocares3591
      @whocares3591 3 года назад +6

      There going home

  • @JRZ67
    @JRZ67 4 года назад +164

    I was 9 years old and my father took me to that game. I still have the tickets in pristine condition. Went to many memorable games from ‘74-‘87. Saw the final game of the ‘76 Cup, Pelle’s final game, Flyers fan FOREVER!

    • @HigherVibe70
      @HigherVibe70 Год назад +1

      I watched it on tv. I was 6. I remember bits n pieces. Great game

    • @republica7337
      @republica7337 Год назад +1

      Pelle Lindbergh's final game was a loss to the oilers in the 7th game in 85? In the summer he totalled his Porsche and passed away. I'm a Canadian and the Flyers were and are my team. The next year they lost again to the Oilers. It was such an agonizing pain I ever felt for my team losing. I can still see myself standing up and watching the final countdown in so much pain and anger. I checked their 76 lineup, am sure it was still Bernie Parent's team. They had 4 other goalies on that roster.

    • @winsomepickett7694
      @winsomepickett7694 Год назад +2

      @@republica7337 Lindbergh didn't have his accident until November 10, 1985 -- well into the '85-'86 season. His last game was on November 7 against the Chicago Blackhawks. At the end of that season, the Flyers were eliminated in the preliminary round by the Rangers. They didn't have their rematch against Edmonton until the following season (1986-87).

    • @tweezerjam
      @tweezerjam Год назад

      Sick 🤟🏼

    • @joeclayton2121
      @joeclayton2121 Год назад

      @@republica7337 Parent didn't play in the Finals

  • @theloniousm4337
    @theloniousm4337 4 года назад +336

    The golden days of hockey - no helmets and no teeth.

  • @cvn6555
    @cvn6555 5 лет назад +489

    Flyers vs Russia ice hockey is straight-up Philly lore. Seems that Clarkie took that very seriously and we loved him for that.

    • @jeffgross9336
      @jeffgross9336 5 лет назад +13

      Fred Shero said you can't know if you're the best until you beat the Russians.

    • @eddriver7815
      @eddriver7815 4 года назад +2

      what a fucking no nothing ass you ared

    • @Thenakedfinisher
      @Thenakedfinisher 4 года назад +5

      @@jeffgross9336 That's right,Canadians are best at it, won't argue with you there my friend.

    • @joeclayton2121
      @joeclayton2121 4 года назад +2

      @@eddriver7815 and you're a moron

    • @hristo5689
      @hristo5689 3 года назад +8

      @@Thenakedfinisher Funny, especially that Canada was dominated by the USSR in the 70s and 80s. The only aspects Canada was special in were cheating and brutality. Nobody achieved the skill and results like the Soviet Union.

  • @ExplorationRandomDestination
    @ExplorationRandomDestination 5 лет назад +358

    Probably woulda been a better idea not to play a team with the well deserved name “The Broadstreet Bullies”

    • @eddriver7815
      @eddriver7815 4 года назад +2

      uhhhh Les Canadien beat the fuck out of the pigs .... AND A 4 - 0 SERIES SAYS IT ALL BAD MEMORY I SEE

    • @tommages2143
      @tommages2143 4 года назад +2

      Buffalo sabres beat the Russians before the flyers . flyers were a bunch of punks

    • @phillies842
      @phillies842 4 года назад +4

      Fuck Russia

    • @phillies842
      @phillies842 4 года назад +13

      Philadelphia beats the ever living shit out of Russia..... GOOD!!!

    • @JSchaffer214
      @JSchaffer214 4 года назад +13

      @@tommages2143 Okay, but did the Sabres send the Russians back to the locker room crying before the game was even finished?
      No, they didn't. The Sabres beat the Russians. The Flyers embarrassed them.

  • @jorgejohnson451
    @jorgejohnson451 4 года назад +309

    2:57 “If we lose, I think it’ll be worse than dying.”
    - Fred Shero, Flyers coach
    Now, THAT’S leadership.

    • @vanillagorilla8236
      @vanillagorilla8236 4 года назад +9

      Freddy The "FOG" win today and Walk together forever, one of his musing's

    • @BBQFanNo1
      @BBQFanNo1 3 года назад +2

      As a Montreal Canadiens Fan this game gave me so much pleasure watching. Exactly without goalies like Tretiak and Myshkin the Soviet Red Army and Soviet National Team would have been lit up by the Canadiens and Flyers with at least 8 goals scored on them. This was the only game the Soviet Red Army Team lost in the 1970's decade in the NHL Super Series against NHL Clubs before the Montreal Canadiens defeated them 4-2 on December 31, 1979. The Buffalo Sabres actually beat them 6-1 after New Year's 1980's on January 3, 1980.

    • @brettlawton9513
      @brettlawton9513 3 года назад +1

      Lmfaoooo 🤣💯‼️

    • @chizorama
      @chizorama 3 года назад +2

      You don't get quotes like that anymore.

    • @frankygmanentertainment5835
      @frankygmanentertainment5835 3 года назад +1

      That brought a tear to my eye

  • @cdprice
    @cdprice 6 лет назад +909

    So that's why Ivan Drago killed Apollo Creed.

    • @evenkeel6131
      @evenkeel6131 6 лет назад +18

      Hahahaha. You win the internet.

    • @Anders668
      @Anders668 6 лет назад +3

      For your notice: Drago was a SWEDE!! LOL

    • @doesnotexist305
      @doesnotexist305 6 лет назад +23

      @@Anders668 Dolph Lundgren was, not Drago. And Creed was from LA. Rocky was from Philadelphia.

    • @Bacalao2929
      @Bacalao2929 6 лет назад

      Clarence Price , funny

    • @dannymacdougall366
      @dannymacdougall366 6 лет назад +2

      Clarence Price . So when Rocky got revenge it would be more satisfying.

  • @navbuoy
    @navbuoy 5 лет назад +40

    When the captain of the team you are playing against is their leading scorer and he's missing most of his front teeth you gotta reconsider your playing style...LOL OMG, Bobby was both fierce and fearless...truly one of a kind.

  • @scottshepard3662
    @scottshepard3662 2 года назад +23

    In 1978 I met most of the Stanley Cup team at a private Barbecue, after a softball game...I was only 16 at the time, but I can remember drinking a beer with Bob Kelly, and Rick MacLeish! They were cool enough to give me all of their autographs, including Bernie. I'll never forget it. Happy new year everyone.

    • @Stussmeister
      @Stussmeister Год назад +2

      That's really neat. I've only been to a few Flyers games, but my grandmother managed to win a hockey stick signed by the '75 Flyers in a raffle, which she subsequently gave to me.

    • @whaleoilbeefhooked3892
      @whaleoilbeefhooked3892 Год назад +1

      A memory for sure! In 1978, Lloyd Gilmore who was the NHL referee in that game spoke at our junior hockey team wind-up banquet in Nanaimo, BC. His restaurant there was called "Nanaimo Harbour Lights" (NHL Restaurant). As I recall, he only talked about THAT game, nothing else!

    • @tweezerjam
      @tweezerjam Год назад +1

      Thats an awesome memory

    • @joesantamaria5874
      @joesantamaria5874 Год назад +1

      Bernie is a wonderful person to this day.

  • @byfirebepurged_930
    @byfirebepurged_930 6 лет назад +407

    the day the flyers (of all teams) were America's team

    • @FivePointsVids
      @FivePointsVids  6 лет назад +66

      Performed by all Canadiens lol

    • @garbageday587
      @garbageday587 6 лет назад +4

      True that

    • @JJ-fo3hz
      @JJ-fo3hz 5 лет назад +18

      The hole team was Canadian 🤣

    • @coledavlan1711
      @coledavlan1711 5 лет назад +6

      Christopher Draper I’lol meet you halfway and say it was 50% America’s team, the other half belonged to the place where the talent came from, Canada!!

    • @ginagawgawmoprods.5879
      @ginagawgawmoprods.5879 5 лет назад +1

      Yup probably. I can agree to that.

  • @connormclaughin4003
    @connormclaughin4003 6 лет назад +734

    One of the very rare times all the NHL was rooting for the Flyers(of all teams)

    • @CGoody564
      @CGoody564 6 лет назад +48

      As a Philadelphia fan from the area, I'm still surprised anyone wanted us to win. I love the flyers, but the reason I love then is why everyone else hated them, especially at that time. I figured you'd just want to see as many injuries as possible for both sides. That being said, it's nice to know a mutual disdain for another entity could bring such hated rivals together. The enemy of my enemy, as they say.

    • @jimwade7680
      @jimwade7680 6 лет назад +1

      your right..... there going home

    • @killerskillet
      @killerskillet 6 лет назад +7

      Every story needs a villain. I'm happy the Flyboys fill that role the other 95% of the time.

    • @ThrawnTheater
      @ThrawnTheater 6 лет назад

      I don't mind them except Gudas

    • @helpinghal
      @helpinghal 6 лет назад +49

      I was a Bruins fan but after the Soviet team beat Boston, I distinctly remember thinking "I can't wait till you a--holes get to Philadelphia."

  • @tomschultz8940
    @tomschultz8940 2 года назад +45

    That game wasn’t just about the Flyers physicality. I think one point that was missed was Fred Shero’s masterful coaching strategy. He assessed the strengths of the Soviet players and system and then basically took that away from them. He was a Hall of Fame inductee for good reason.

    • @Polytrout
      @Polytrout Год назад +2

      I was 12 going on 13 that year that this afternoon game took place. I remember Ed Van Imp getting a penalty, coming out of the box and immediately getting another (or was that Dave Schultz?). I recall the Soviets being unable to handle the physical play of the Flyers. Many years later, I read an account by Vladislav Tretiak that the Red Army players did not feel like playing the game. I also saw Don Cherry on Coach's Corner state that Fred Shero admired and analyzed the Soviet style of hockey yet took a more intimidation approach.
      As rough, tough and dirty as the Flyers were, they had some skilled and talented guys like Gary Dornhoefer, Rick McLeish, Boll Barber, Reggie Leach, Bobby Clarke and Jim Watson. Bernie Parent's goaltending beat the Boston Bruins - not Philly's toughness - NOBODY intimidated the Bruins.
      This game was an example, albeit extreme, of the importance of toughness in the game. The way I see it though, when the team had gone through its depth of talent (all 2 lines of it) they resorted to toughness and brutality...well not all draft picks turn out even today and back then nobody other than the Montreal Canadiens had immeasurable depth all the way down to the 4th line in their farm system.

    • @angusmcculloch6653
      @angusmcculloch6653 Год назад +5

      The game was about illegal hits and cheap shots. That's all the Flyers had. They were too scared to play the Russians straight up. After year after year of losing, the NHL decided they'd just forget the rules and let the Flyers play dirty. Every hockey fan should be ashamed of that game.

    • @Polytrout
      @Polytrout Год назад +2

      @Angus McCulloch In 1976 the losses to Russian teams by NHL club teams were the first ones suffered.
      The Flyers had the likes of Bobby Clarke, Reggie Leach, Gary Dornhoefer, Bill Barber, Rick McLeish, André "Moose" Dupont and Jim Watson. They were anchored by Bernie Parent in goal. In fact the Flyers beat the Boston Bruins winning their first Stanley on superior goaltending, not intimidation - NOBODY intimidated Boston (of course Flyers goons did suck better Bruin players into fights taking better Bruin players off the ice). All that being said, the Flyers dirty play made the Soviets try to leave. When they came back, they didn't feel like playing.

    • @afuzzycreature8387
      @afuzzycreature8387 Год назад

      yeah, shot totals seem to tell the story. If you watch NHL games of the era even into the 1980s they don't really play a system or nothing that resembles a more modern tactical game. Especially on defense. If you can get some discipline on defense then you can change a lot. The game they played wasn't just because of the time but because they didn't (want to?) play that way

    • @angusmcculloch6653
      @angusmcculloch6653 Год назад

      @@Polytrout Why would they? When you get into a game where you realize people are just trying to hurt your players because they know they can't beat them straight up, you just go into protecting yourself.
      Let the cheaters get their illegal win. The truth will always come out and people will always know they were cheaters.
      The only thing I can say is the Flyers accurately represented their city that night. Low-class and dirty.

  • @michaelv8633
    @michaelv8633 5 лет назад +62

    Calling great Valery Kharlamov something like "Kamalow" is the same as calling Phil Esposito "Opposito".

    • @djaypee
      @djaypee 3 года назад +1

      Karma love... 😂

    • @scotts7790
      @scotts7790 8 месяцев назад +1

      Or calling Ed Van Impe “Fred”

  • @jimkimball5125
    @jimkimball5125 3 года назад +43

    A side note to this, one of the linesman in this game was Matt Pavelich, who happened to speak Russian, which the players didn't know. Well, the Russian player was told to stay down, and Matt let the referee know what was up. He threatened the team with a delay of game penalty if he didn't get up, hence why they left. I read that in a book about NHL referees, and found it pretty interesting!

    • @riobabic8960
      @riobabic8960 8 месяцев назад +1

      Pavelich was Croatian and the language is almost 50% similar !

  • @astro10
    @astro10 3 года назад +15

    The Flyers vs. Russia game took place a day after my 13th birthday and what a birthday present it was! Watched it live on television along with everyone else and you could feel the tension in the air all over the city, the nation, and North America. I knew the Russians were not going to be prepared for our style of old-time hockey and even if they said that were - they still were not ready and got what they deserved. It was wonderful. This Flyers team was the best in the world and we let everyone - including the Russians - know that on January 11, 1976.

    • @shawnwright5332
      @shawnwright5332 2 года назад +1

      👍🇨🇦

    • @tomfoley6718
      @tomfoley6718 Год назад

      That game was the day before my birthday and that’s all I wanted a flyer victory over the Russians and I too got it great birthday present for my 10th birthday loved every minute of it God Bless you my man glad you enjoyed it on your birthday as much as I did

  • @whisperastra3637
    @whisperastra3637 6 лет назад +46

    “Canadians, Americans, annnnd ranger fans.” 😂😂😂

  • @joec9772
    @joec9772 6 лет назад +367

    "He ran into my elbow with his chin"....ed van impe

    • @richardlooby4736
      @richardlooby4736 5 лет назад +3

      Who is Fred Van Impe ?

    • @tygrkhat4087
      @tygrkhat4087 5 лет назад +2

      @@richardlooby4736 Ed Van Impe. The narrator of the video misspoke.

    • @richardlooby4736
      @richardlooby4736 5 лет назад +2

      @@tygrkhat4087 And me & the 2.5 million at the parade would know that. Editors?

    • @eddriver7815
      @eddriver7815 4 года назад +1

      van impe was a no talent thug
      the only team he could have pleayed for was the PIGS

    • @joeclayton2121
      @joeclayton2121 4 года назад +5

      @@eddriver7815 need a tissue snowflake?

  • @tygrkhat4087
    @tygrkhat4087 5 лет назад +87

    I once commented on this game in another forum; "The Red Army hadn't taken that bad a beating since 1941."

    • @thegreatattila
      @thegreatattila Год назад +2

      But who won the war in the end?

    • @whaleoilbeefhooked3892
      @whaleoilbeefhooked3892 Год назад

      @@thegreatattila Victory Day is a holiday that commemorates the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in 1945. It was first inaugurated in the 15 republics of the Soviet Union, following the signing of the German Instrument of Surrender late in the evening on 8 May 1945

  • @isabellenicoleherman6816
    @isabellenicoleherman6816 3 года назад +21

    I know the exact day , January 11th because I was born that night. My dad for over 45 years let me know he missed the second half of the game because I had to start early on making his life a hell . LOL

    • @ITInLoveWUJAlways
      @ITInLoveWUJAlways 3 года назад +1

      Lol, nobody can argue that story. great post hope you and dad have worked things out.

  • @anlacombe
    @anlacombe 4 года назад +29

    I saw that game when I was 12 years old... but in my memory, I had merged this series with the Canada-Soviet series, it all just came back to me while watching your vid, the big hit and the red army leaving the ice, then when they returned the quick goal by Philly made us all jump with joy .. as a young habs fan I hated the broad street bullies but loved seeing them whip the reds.. thanks for making the video

  • @donplotner4862
    @donplotner4862 5 лет назад +4

    Thanks POP for turning me on to the Bullies back in the day. Still have the 1967 commerative coin you bought me when the Boys beat the penguins for their opening game at their new home. Many great times at the Spectrum, especially when we beat the bruins 1 - 0 in 74. So happy Kenny, you and me got in that day. Had chills when Kate Smith sang God Bless America. First time Philly celebrated big in many moons. Thanks to Fred and all the Flyers who brought happiness to our great city.

  • @Commanderraf
    @Commanderraf 5 лет назад +36

    Holy shit. I'm not a hockey fan; I'm not even from the US. But the fact that the 1976 Flyers had all of the NHL teams AND even the New Yorkers rooting for them made me feel good for them.
    And with that check against the Soviet player thew earned their spot on the Jury of the Damned. Well played and well done, Flyers.

  • @jasminetomca
    @jasminetomca 5 лет назад +176

    It's worth mentioning that it was Bobby Clarke who broke Kharlamov's ankle in '72, on coach's orders, apparently

    • @grousetheghoul2754
      @grousetheghoul2754 4 года назад +4

      Jas : The assistant coach was the one that told him to. John Ferguson, was hockey's original goon, passed the torch from him to his next generation appointed successor. :

    • @eddriver7815
      @eddriver7815 4 года назад +4

      some how I can't see Henri Richard or Dave Keon doing that

    • @grousetheghoul2754
      @grousetheghoul2754 4 года назад +9

      @@eddriver7815 I think , and I'm in my 60's, so I have seen a lot of hockey in my life, that the classiest player to ever play the game was Jean Beliveau . He played for Montreal. Multiple Cups, HOF , a legend in every hockey circle in Canada

    • @Zer0Skateboard
      @Zer0Skateboard 4 года назад +3

      Good.

    • @JW-xj1yf
      @JW-xj1yf 4 года назад +1

      It is actually in this video. You can see him doing it in the early footage.

  • @kraggman
    @kraggman 3 года назад +11

    I was at this game. Was a season tix holder back then. When the Russians walked off we were stunned. Still have the program and ticket. Was a magical game.

  • @realitybytes1359
    @realitybytes1359 5 лет назад +58

    Red army visits the Hanson brothers, gets their asses handed to them. LOL ! Great Video, commentary was superb.

    • @kevinskogg2179
      @kevinskogg2179 5 лет назад +4

      Don't disrespect that Hanson's like that, compared to the Broad Street Bullies they were saints.
      ruclips.net/video/3H3kiCbq2DY/видео.html

  • @EGlideKid
    @EGlideKid 6 лет назад +16

    I was never a fan of the Flyers, but you had to hand it to them with this one. Thanks guy!

  • @kylehankins5988
    @kylehankins5988 5 лет назад +5

    If I could go back in time this flyers game would be a part of my list of destinations lol

  • @FireballFlareblitz734
    @FireballFlareblitz734 6 лет назад +478

    Leave it to Philadelphia to put people in their place.

    • @MelissaKnox
      @MelissaKnox 6 лет назад +1

      Yeah, sure. After having the floor wiped with their faces for twenty year prior, and then twenty years after.

    • @MARBLE69boy
      @MARBLE69boy 6 лет назад +25

      @@MelissaKnox Though they won two cups in a row, 74' and 75'. 20 years prior you say.... even though this was after they won two cups... 😂😂

    • @riverratbond007
      @riverratbond007 6 лет назад +10

      @@MelissaKnox not a bad comment for a 12 year old chick, get back to cleaning floors like your so good at! lol

    • @MARBLE69boy
      @MARBLE69boy 6 лет назад +11

      @@riverratbond007 Yo sexism doesn't look good on you bro. You're taking this to an entirely different level. Way out of line

    • @mrceleb2006
      @mrceleb2006 6 лет назад +1

      Tell that to the Czar!

  • @nolanstewart8106
    @nolanstewart8106 6 лет назад +49

    The 1978 WHA Winnipeg Jets were the only other North American hockey team to beat the Russians (5-3) at the time. They also beat Gretzky and the Oilers and won the last Avco Cup before have the team broken up for being “too good” when they joined the NHL in 1979. Watch for them in the playoffs this year.

    • @bbh6925
      @bbh6925 6 лет назад +8

      The Jets got absolutely screwed by the NHL when they joined.

    • @jeffthewhiff
      @jeffthewhiff 6 лет назад +4

      Yes, the WHA Jets had a great team and probably could have won a Stanley Cup in the NHL back in the day.

    • @jeffthewhiff
      @jeffthewhiff 6 лет назад +2

      I didn't realize that. That's interesting.

    • @mr198221
      @mr198221 6 лет назад +2

      jeffthewhiff Wow, I didn't know this.

    • @robertyoung3992
      @robertyoung3992 6 лет назад +1

      the Buffalo Sabres destroyed the Soviet Wings 12-6

  • @godbobo4088
    @godbobo4088 3 года назад +5

    The second I heard “defending Stanley Cup champion” referring to the Flyers and realized what Flyers team you were talking about I knew things were about to get bloody.

  • @Ari22682
    @Ari22682 6 лет назад +40

    Oh my god, this is still my favorite Flyers game ever. The stories about this game still resonate to this day. Hell, this is how I heard about the Flyers in the first place when I was a little kid, too.

    • @joeclayton2121
      @joeclayton2121 Год назад +1

      then you missed it....72/73 they got their nickname and they wreaked havoc for 4 years
      i was 13 when i found hockey 73/74 season, the whole Delaware Valley was paying attention
      i grew up in Levittown and when they won the 1st cup the Delaware Valley exploded with street hockey
      good times

    • @markkrull556
      @markkrull556 Год назад

      @@joeclayton2121 oh yeah, we used to play street hockey all the time. I’m 61 years old and remember those days with great fondness

    • @joeclayton2121
      @joeclayton2121 Год назад

      @@markkrull556 i hope my "eternity" is to live in the 70's forever
      what a great decade to be a kid

    • @chonqmonk
      @chonqmonk Год назад

      @@joeclayton2121 *Hope is free!*

  • @FACrazyCanuck
    @FACrazyCanuck 5 лет назад +26

    I remember it well. Bob Cole, Canadian NHL Broadcaster, "There going home, there going home!"

    • @grousetheghoul2754
      @grousetheghoul2754 4 года назад +1

      Bob Cole Is about as Canadian as the Star Spangled Banner ( NO disrespect of any kind intended ) The Mouth That Hates Canada and his cropped Brooklyn accent never met an American team he didn't like. He just worked for Canadian TV.

    • @Thenakedfinisher
      @Thenakedfinisher 4 года назад +2

      @@grousetheghoul2754 Please do tell wtf you're talking about

    • @jimmcdiarmid7308
      @jimmcdiarmid7308 3 года назад

      @@grousetheghoul2754 Bob Cole was born in Newfoundland before it was part of Canada, but became the tenth province in 1949, so YES Bob Cole is Canadian.

    • @grousetheghoul2754
      @grousetheghoul2754 3 года назад

      @@jimmcdiarmid7308 I am aware of his place of birth. I am also aware of his open disdain for all teams and things Canadian. You can be born in Canada and not be Canadian. Bob Cole is living proof. I think " The mouth that hates Canada " is the best way to describe this awful person who's very presence on Canadian soil is an insult to Canadian sports fans worldwide.

    • @Lava1964
      @Lava1964 8 месяцев назад

      "They're going home..."

  • @gmanlive5764
    @gmanlive5764 Год назад +3

    This is the greatest line …” you had to bring it just to tie these dudes” classic line

  • @dozenthdragon
    @dozenthdragon 6 лет назад +29

    Great video, but it needs to have Bob Cole saying "They're goin' home!"

    • @grousetheghoul2754
      @grousetheghoul2754 5 лет назад

      Bob Cole is an American shill and cheerleader. He never met an American team he didn't like.

    • @jeffgross9336
      @jeffgross9336 5 лет назад +1

      and sign man, "Tell it to the Czar!"

    • @richardlooby4736
      @richardlooby4736 5 лет назад +2

      @@jeffgross9336 Dave Leonardi

  • @tommysoprano1441
    @tommysoprano1441 6 лет назад +444

    Most of the Flyers were Canadians eh

    • @FivePointsVids
      @FivePointsVids  6 лет назад +27

      lol ikr

    • @deusvult8544
      @deusvult8544 6 лет назад +56

      During the Cold War though, Americans and Canadians were on the same page. Canadian players in an American franchise. It was the old West v. East thing. Americans aren't ignorant to Canada's immeasurable contribution to successes like these. The only exception was the Miracle on Ice. Those were a bunch of American college kids from states that border Canada. So a bunch of almost Canadians. I have much love for the frozen lands up North.

    • @siddokis2945
      @siddokis2945 6 лет назад +13

      @@tommysoprano1441 yes, I remember being stunned watching a Russian kicking a Canadian player during a scrum in the '72 series.

    • @williambergman8577
      @williambergman8577 6 лет назад +7

      That was Gary Bergman (no relation) who was viciously kicked.@@siddokis2945

    • @grousetheghoul2754
      @grousetheghoul2754 5 лет назад +10

      Being Canadian isn't where you were born, it's where you are when you decide what kind of hockey you play. That Flyers team was American to the core. They played like Americans, so they were Americans.

  • @foldsofblubber
    @foldsofblubber 5 лет назад +72

    The Flyers of that era were way under rated in terms of their talent. All the focus was on their toughness.

    • @lakeeriesailor2852
      @lakeeriesailor2852 5 лет назад +7

      I'll take the 1970s and 80s type of hockey over the unwatchable Bettman era shit of the last 20 years. I stopped watching hockey after about 2002.

    • @joeclayton2121
      @joeclayton2121 4 года назад

      @@lakeeriesailor2852 right, everything hard is a penalty and people like gretzky, crosby etc hardto be protected..... wimps

    • @LeoWhalen1933
      @LeoWhalen1933 4 года назад

      You're right. Even Dave Schultz could score.

    • @michaelpascarello895
      @michaelpascarello895 3 года назад

      @@LeoWhalen1933 Schultz scored 20 goals!!!

    • @knucklesphilly4638
      @knucklesphilly4638 3 года назад +3

      Yup people forget about leach,mAcleish,barber,Clarke,nolet

  • @flipflipflipadelphia2898
    @flipflipflipadelphia2898 6 лет назад +234

    Whenever I see Bobby Clarke smile it warms my heart.

    • @halmrkcrdz2494
      @halmrkcrdz2494 5 лет назад +6

      Commenting from Flin Flon Manitoba, home of Bobby Clarke

    • @jeffreykaufmann2867
      @jeffreykaufmann2867 4 года назад +6

      @@halmrkcrdz2494 if Bobby Clarke had not broken Kharlamov's ankle in 72 the Russians would have won the series.

    • @eddriver7815
      @eddriver7815 4 года назад

      you must be the dirtiest fan ever

    • @halmrkcrdz2494
      @halmrkcrdz2494 4 года назад

      @@eddriver7815 ? Nice observation

    • @Zer0Skateboard
      @Zer0Skateboard 4 года назад +12

      Clarke rightfully has a spot in the HOF. That dude practically put Philadelphia on the map in regards to the hockey world.

  • @lolwut9226
    @lolwut9226 6 лет назад +33

    Man FivePoints is playing a dangerous game liking so many comments now we all have a standard to hold him to when he hits 1 million

    • @FivePointsVids
      @FivePointsVids  6 лет назад +2

      Lol wut lol interacting with as many people as I can is fun for me. I know I cant always get to everyone, but it is worth trying :) thanks for watching my vids bro

  • @greg33770
    @greg33770 5 лет назад +15

    those were the good ole' days.....and loved the NHL back then, very entertaining ! "if ya can't beat them in the alley, ya can't beat them on the ice"

  • @blah646
    @blah646 4 года назад +93

    You mentioned “Fred” Van Imp, come on, do your home worlk, his name was “ Ed”

    • @imilf2003
      @imilf2003 4 года назад +6

      And it wasn't Ed Snider who told the Russians wouldn't get paid.It was Allen Eagleson that said they wouldn't get paid for the tour if they didn't finish the game

    • @tvanders7155
      @tvanders7155 4 года назад +1

      Right....video was decent though. Kid obviously wasn't there at the time. Hard to hear the name "Karmalov" over and over. Kharlamov (2nd sylabul starts with an L) was one of the best players in the world and everyone knew how to pronounce that name. Tretiak put in the best goalie show of any I have ever seen in the over half century of hockey that I've seen. Best performance was in Montreal.

    • @JSchaffer214
      @JSchaffer214 4 года назад

      @@tvanders7155 lol
      You called FivePoints a kid! Obviously you've never seen him. He's far from a kid!

    • @ronmailloux8655
      @ronmailloux8655 4 года назад +2

      @@tvanders7155 but really fred.....it is called research...p.s. the habs ran circles around the red army but dryden sucked big time.

    • @knucklesphilly4638
      @knucklesphilly4638 3 года назад

      Tell me about it how lame

  • @dougontheotherchannel3078
    @dougontheotherchannel3078 5 лет назад +21

    "but leave it to Capitalism to fix everything" Fucking awesome

  • @justinmichaeltarot
    @justinmichaeltarot 3 года назад +24

    One of the great sports teams ever! RIP Ed Snyder!

  • @98doom
    @98doom 6 лет назад +72

    you and tree replace ESPN and fox sports & FS1

    • @YaowBucketHEAD
      @YaowBucketHEAD 5 лет назад +1

      I'm just waiting for ESPN (Disney) to raid RUclips with cases of money and convert them to their generic brand of "hot takes".
      Kinda like WWE. They poach guys from NJPW to many fans excitement, then just bury them.
      These big companies just buy "popularity" and then resume business as usual.
      God I hope ESPN dies.

    • @markusray319
      @markusray319 5 лет назад

      YaowBucketHEAD don’t forget about the NFL

  • @craigfazekas3923
    @craigfazekas3923 4 года назад +3

    Rick MacLeish scored against Tretiak in this game. As a boy, I was Rick's paperboy, delivering the Courier-Post to his house at 119 Greenvale Rd. in Cherry Hill, NJ. Larry Goodenough lived down the same street on the opposite side (but didn't get home delivery of the paper...) 😎

  • @stephenparallox
    @stephenparallox Год назад +3

    The Soviet hockey team came to Philadelphia.
    The Flyers: And I took that personally.

  • @MrSEANCARPENTER1
    @MrSEANCARPENTER1 6 лет назад +303

    People don't realize that the Flyers were a scoring machine, hitting was only 1/4 of their game.

    • @hellekin.inferno
      @hellekin.inferno 5 лет назад +9

      indeed... the flyers had one hell of a lineup

    • @brianstryker4536
      @brianstryker4536 5 лет назад +19

      @@hellekin.inferno And THE best goalie of the time Bernie Parent. And he did all that standing up. Imagine how much better he would've been if he knew about the butterfly?

    • @hellekin.inferno
      @hellekin.inferno 5 лет назад +6

      @@brianstryker4536 That's exactly what I like when I watch old footage. Watching Bernie make saves while standing up is pure poetry in motion! I just love that guy! ...and the mask... :-D

    • @dillonbija9592
      @dillonbija9592 5 лет назад +9

      Every line had a goon lmao

    • @jeffgross9336
      @jeffgross9336 5 лет назад +10

      @@hellekin.inferno "only the Lord saves more than Bernie Parent !"

  • @DarthTrader707
    @DarthTrader707 3 года назад +10

    Nice trip down memory lane. I remember that series, and I remember the the anticipation of that game by everyone who followed hockey. Everyone knew the Flyers weren't going to be gunning for a victory....they were going to be out for vengeance. They were at their "Broadstreet Bully" lore height, and everyone knew they not only wouldn't be dialing it back, they'd be amping it up. The Broadstreet bullies were a terror to play against in the mid 70's, and they inspired a classic....not this game (although it was). They inspired the movie Slap Shot.

    • @jackprecip5389
      @jackprecip5389 Год назад +3

      Your claim is erroneous. This game and the Flyers did NOT inspire Slap Shot. Slap Shot was written by Nancy Dowd, whose brother played minor league hockey in the long since folded NAHL (North American Hockey League) during the 1970's. The Charlestown Chiefs are based on the real life Johnstown Jets, and their opponents in the film are based on real teams the Jets used to play, such as the Broome Dusters who were in Binghamton NY (the movie has a scene where the play by play announcer mentions Broome County). Ogie Oglethorpe (who was played by Dowd's brother) was based on legendary minor league goon Bill "Goldie" Goldthorpe, and many of the incidents in the movie, such as the brawl before the game during warm-up's, and the Hansens getting arrested for going into the stands after getting hit with car keys, were all real life incidents that happened in the NAHL. Even the uniforms in Slap Shot are all based on actual uniforms from NAHL, with the Dusters and Beauce Jaros inspired uni's unmistakable. I attended some of these NAHL games in the 1970's as a young fan, and trust me, the Flyers were Boy Scouts compared to what the low level minor leagues of hockey were like in the 1970's.

    • @joeclayton2121
      @joeclayton2121 9 месяцев назад

      @@jackprecip5389 you never followed the Bullies then

    • @jackprecip5389
      @jackprecip5389 9 месяцев назад

      @@joeclayton2121 I knew the "bullies" well just like all the NHL teams on the East Coast in the 70's. They were the NHL, and as crazy as the NHL was in the 70's, they still had limits on what sponsors, commissioners, and owners would allow to go on. The minor leagues of hockey had no such limits, no big sponsors, and basically a league full of marginally talented hockey players, alcoholics, sociopaths, and goons. Ask any Philly Flyer of the 70's about the NAHL and some of the lower level Candian leagues and they'll agree with every assessment I've made.

    • @joeclayton2121
      @joeclayton2121 9 месяцев назад

      @@jackprecip5389 for about 3 years Campbell did nothing and the Bullies kept going. you did see his face both time he had to give them the cup right? the Flyers had a hand in making the rule book a lot bigger than the 85 pages it was. that's what toppled the Bullies

    • @jackprecip5389
      @jackprecip5389 9 месяцев назад

      @@joeclayton2121 I have no idea what any of this has to do with the original topic, as SLAP SHOT was NOT written about the Flyers, which is well known, since Nancy Dowd has publicly stated the script was about the NAHL. For those of us who watched NAHL games in arenas in the 70's and watched goons like Bill "Goldie" Goldthorpe play, we know exactly where they got almost every hockey incident and uniform from.

  • @HAL--ov4qu
    @HAL--ov4qu 3 года назад +18

    I remember this game very well, on the opening drop one of the enforcers from Philly dropped a Soviet so hard he knocked him out and bent down and said "welcome to Philly". Something like 3 soviets went to the hospital lol.

    • @reesecollins482
      @reesecollins482 Год назад +2

      lol but why? what did those soviet hockey players ever do to them except come to USA and expect a fair game? were the soviets known to be bullies on the ice? no, quiet the opposite actually. thats sportsmanship? thats honor? so the flyers knew the soviets were better everywhere so they just beat the shit out of them with refs not calling shit. yeah a great game to show what an embarrassment the flyers were and actually shows how the soviets ARE actually better because they have something called sportsmanship and integrity.

    • @HAL--ov4qu
      @HAL--ov4qu Год назад

      @@reesecollins482 That was the height of the cold war, we said things like "better dead than red" no matter what side of the isle. We were not nearly so divided and it was us versus them in every aspect of global affairs. If there was never a Soviet Union 80 percent of the world major problems would have never even happened.

    • @reesecollins482
      @reesecollins482 Год назад

      @@HAL--ov4qu you seem to have more hate for soviet union than for example the people that bombed pearl harbor or the people demolished the twin towers lol. Soviet union didn't do anything to USA, USA just doesn't like competition.

    • @HAL--ov4qu
      @HAL--ov4qu Год назад

      @@reesecollins482 I disdain twinkle toed communist cocksuckers and heathens and satanists and pussy wimp politicians. I hate limp dick groomers, pedos, evil sacks of shit, fascists, dictators, and regimes run by clerics on flying carpets. I am old and stubborn and earned my spurs stacking NVA fucks by the bushel. Call me boomer or whatever the kids do these days but I have a hammer on my front door that says break glass in event of world war! You youngens will need old, mean, tough guys when the shit hits the fan.

    • @reesecollins482
      @reesecollins482 Год назад

      @@HAL--ov4qu jfc talk about brainwashed lol.

  • @ackrgaul
    @ackrgaul 5 лет назад +66

    "nobody comes into our house, and pushes us around!"
    after winning 1 out of 4 games

    • @eddriver7815
      @eddriver7815 4 года назад

      no no no ....Les Canadiens beat flyers 4 to 0
      the pigs did not win a single game . getting old are you ?

    • @Zer0Skateboard
      @Zer0Skateboard 4 года назад +9

      @@eddriver7815 what are you even talking about? The NHL lost 3 out of 4 games against the soviet union, that lone win coming from the Flyers

    • @gynandroidhead
      @gynandroidhead 4 года назад +1

      @@Zer0Skateboard The Clarence Campbell "pep talk" story in the Flyers locker room is told with such disdain by the Flyers players " we know what the F to do, now get out of here."

    • @Zer0Skateboard
      @Zer0Skateboard 4 года назад +2

      @@gynandroidhead The game was over before it even started. They didn't need a pep talk

    • @gynandroidhead
      @gynandroidhead 4 года назад

      @@Zer0Skateboard I just loved hearing the disgust in the voices of the former Flyers to this day. Orest Kindrachuk saying "I don't drink vodka, but I did that night" and Bob Kelly saying "that they fulfilled their wishes of playing in the Spectrum" resonated when I saw them at a meet and greet in 2014 like they did in 1976.

  • @tobinlbeach
    @tobinlbeach 6 лет назад +30

    It should be mentioned that the tie between the Central Red Army and the Canadiens on that tour is probably the best hockey game ever played.

    • @markc8401
      @markc8401 3 года назад +5

      absolutely....there will never be a game like that one

    • @kennethprzybyla7915
      @kennethprzybyla7915 Год назад

      This video and everyone else seems to have forgotten that the Buffalo Sabres demolished the Soviets 12-6.

    • @richardvervoorn6626
      @richardvervoorn6626 Год назад

      I watched the game you’re referring to here and it was a GREAT game. Played and reff’ed by the rules. Speed, terrific plays and outstanding goaltending, not the same game that was played in Philadelphia. I feel like, even today, there is a difference between Canadian based teams and American teams. Our game has adopted some of the Russian training methods since ‘72 and is better for it…

    • @19problemzroblox91
      @19problemzroblox91 Год назад +1

      @@kennethprzybyla7915 that was wings, not the main team

    • @josephdelaney330
      @josephdelaney330 Год назад +1

      @@19problemzroblox91 They beat the Wings not the Central Red Army, the stronger team.

  • @dragonflysurgeon
    @dragonflysurgeon 5 лет назад +58

    That Flyers team is still the toughest team to ever play the game

    • @logandaigle7027
      @logandaigle7027 5 лет назад +1

      dragonflysurgeon I meannnn yeah but the bruins are twats especially Marchand

    • @theodorep9569
      @theodorep9569 4 года назад

      logan daigle agreed, signed every Leafs fan. F’n Boston.

    • @eddriver7815
      @eddriver7815 4 года назад

      like fuck
      then why did Les Canadien win every fight .... and score every goal in a 4 - 0 series sweep .
      the pigs could not out fight Les Canadien , and the pigs could not out play Les Canadien
      what a dumb ass you are

    • @somethingsomething8511
      @somethingsomething8511 4 года назад

      Yea but they'd be absolute garbage in the modern NHL

    • @somethingsomething8511
      @somethingsomething8511 4 года назад

      @John Logue yep, that's because teams were filled with skilless goons due to the officiating being absolute trash

  • @Topshelf78
    @Topshelf78 6 лет назад +13

    love this game. my dad was there when he was 6 and still remembers it

  • @thearmyflyer4905
    @thearmyflyer4905 4 года назад +6

    I always enjoy when Hockey players smile! Ot makes you appreciate still having all your front teeth at the age of 24

  • @ghostsofVTurbexSkysthelimitvid
    @ghostsofVTurbexSkysthelimitvid Год назад +2

    when the russians call you animals, you know you did your job lol

  • @mattygates1
    @mattygates1 6 лет назад +77

    Always been a Habs fan but for one night was a Flyers fan, and man did they come through. Broad St Bullies at their best.

    • @gattobazilio
      @gattobazilio 4 года назад +1

      You are as dirty a pig as those American hockey hooligans.

    • @eddriver7815
      @eddriver7815 4 года назад

      not a fuckingchance

  • @donaldstein3851
    @donaldstein3851 3 года назад +8

    I'm a great fan of the Flyers and have been for more than 50 years. I watched the game against the Russians and one thing stood out. My nice peacefull Dad raging and wanting himself to head for the Spectrum for the chance to join in the beatdown of the Sovs. Philly fans are not nice, but to see MY dad go off the way he did over a hockey game said many things (most unprintable). I played hockey like most kids, my age, in Philly and I wasn't very good. What I could do was fight and pretty much that's what I did. I wasn't big or agile I was a bit nutso. This is what that brought out in my Dad. Forty-two years later I still get a thrill watching that game. I love the Russians ( mostly their women!), but a good fight is worth far more.

  • @brenthill3241
    @brenthill3241 4 года назад +7

    Oh yes I remember that game.
    What was significant to me and so enjoyable was that it was a professional club team that did the beat down.
    It didn't have the controversy of a one off goal after injuring the opposing team's key player while the total goals over all were even as in the previous summit series in 72.

    • @garryhall9519
      @garryhall9519 3 года назад

      Injured by Flyers captain Bobby Clarke. One of the dirtiest players I have ever seen. Dirty and gutless.

  • @lozgod
    @lozgod 6 лет назад +10

    Great commentary. Proud to be from the Delaware Valley right now. Eagles Sixers Phillies and Flyers!

    • @cteal2018
      @cteal2018 Год назад

      This + iggles booing Santa explains Philly fans.

  • @mikemercer5808
    @mikemercer5808 5 лет назад +11

    I never heard about this game. Thanks for posting this!

  • @rustyfan89
    @rustyfan89 Год назад +1

    As a kid growing up in Philly the broad street bullies were something to cheer on and get behind unfortunately we’ve never won a cup since the 70’s but it was great back then…

  • @bobupndowns4270
    @bobupndowns4270 6 лет назад +35

    Best team ever! Early 70's Flyers. Thanks for the wonderful memories.

    • @jeffgross9336
      @jeffgross9336 5 лет назад

      Snyder and most American Jews at that time were seeking justice for Soviet Jews...it was a great day for Philadelphia ! The only reason I was there (at age 15) was because my Dad got beaned in the eye playing indoor tennis that day...he recovered fully.

  • @calixa
    @calixa 6 лет назад +5

    My Dad has told me about this game for years. Learned some new stuff. Thanks!

  • @TyillestTV2
    @TyillestTV2 5 лет назад +3

    That’s the thing, my dad and grandfather lived in philly through the 90’s and I still live here now. You can’t come into this city expecting anything easy. The city has always been and always will be a strong blue collar city that takes care of our own.

  • @NYCQuint
    @NYCQuint 6 лет назад +11

    As an American, this was awesome, as a Flyer fan... hell yeah!

  • @michaelpascarello895
    @michaelpascarello895 5 лет назад +47

    As a lifelong FLYERS FAN, I love the statement, they wanted to know what it was like to play the Flyers in the Spectrum, well that's what it was like!!!

    • @knucklesphilly4638
      @knucklesphilly4638 3 года назад +4

      I live in s Philly and back in the day we were one of the only houses that had Prism and could watch playoff games and my whole block would b squeezed in our row house great memories u paid like 30 bucks for Prism so u could watch all of games that was slot of money for my family back then go flyers

    • @-Homelander.
      @-Homelander. 3 года назад

      I think a lot of philly fans are pricks lot of videos of them being disrespectful to other teams and even their own team

    • @crossefire01
      @crossefire01 3 года назад

      @@-Homelander.I'm sure you've never seen videos of other teams' fans being disrespectful, right? C'mon, if you want class, go to the opera. If you want passion, go to a Flyers game.

    • @-Homelander.
      @-Homelander. 3 года назад

      @@crossefire01 flyers are scum and cant get a win unless they cheat and buy the ref

    • @drasticwillb
      @drasticwillb 2 года назад

      @@knucklesphilly4638 The classic Rick MacLeish wrister. He was the smoothest skater. Loved him. Moose DuPont for the Moose Shuffle after a goal. Scrapping for loose pucks, hard checks I liked. Holding up the game for 20 minutes with ridiculous fights I didn't like. Made the game go past my bedtime. Dave Schultz, I was never a fan and I can't believe he's in the Flyers Hall of Fame even though he was actually a good player. I thought their endless brawls and starting fights when they were losing was classless.

  • @JohnSmith-fq7hj
    @JohnSmith-fq7hj 4 года назад +6

    Crazy to see how hard these dudes played back then not even wearing helmets lol

  • @evog35viii
    @evog35viii 6 лет назад +121

    70's Mother Russian Hockey. The most dominating hockey force in the world. They always break you.... until they went to the dirty streets of Philly. Lmao👏👏👏
    I swear I saw something kinda similar happened before. Something something *🥊* something.

    • @OompaL0ompa
      @OompaL0ompa 6 лет назад +3

      At least they had the balls to play them on the smaller field.

    • @evog35viii
      @evog35viii 6 лет назад

      thamonkaface999 *looks at your thumbnail *...... meow!

    • @danaugust824
      @danaugust824 6 лет назад +9

      The Soviets never used dirty play to win . If they had wanted to play dirty Bobby Clark would gotten some riacin in his beer and that would be the end of that.

    • @quincybear5807
      @quincybear5807 6 лет назад +3

      During major tournament Russian played grown men against college kids from Canada and the States. Hardly dominate

    • @mikeysawchyn9415
      @mikeysawchyn9415 6 лет назад +1

      Russians cant beat Philadelphians no matter how hard they try ask this team oh and Drago 😂😂

  • @johnwagner4776
    @johnwagner4776 4 года назад +5

    Wow! I forgot how Red Army had dominated the cream of the NHL in '76 before facing the Flyers!
    Every bar in town had this game on TV. Every guy I played hockey with...all of us Rangers or Islanders fans...rooted for the Flyers for the first-and-last-time in our lives. (I think we all knew Van Impe had charged Karmalov, but nobody gave a shit!) What a great docu vid!

  • @themikeomega
    @themikeomega 4 года назад +6

    So this is what the Devil was talking about in The Simpsons Halloween Special.

  • @sixtiesschlitz1638
    @sixtiesschlitz1638 6 лет назад +9

    That game was a Sunday afternoon broadcast and even yikes Bruins fans were rooting for the Flyers.

    • @Lava1964
      @Lava1964 8 месяцев назад

      Yes, indeed! I was one of them.

  • @cam_raney
    @cam_raney 4 года назад +8

    the "bring on the martians" sign lmao

    • @Rockhound6165
      @Rockhound6165 4 года назад +4

      Sign man. Was behind the opposing goal twice a game for the entire existence of the Spectrum. He still is at Flyer games but his seats are now on the side. That game he also had a sign that read, "Tell it to the Czar"

  • @don63
    @don63 2 года назад +3

    This was a classic game. My Flyers came out banging and the Soviets tried to go home

  • @Bawbster1
    @Bawbster1 6 лет назад +47

    That 3-3 tie vs the Montreal Canadiens, on news years eve, was one of the best hockey games ever played.

    • @turkturkleton2671
      @turkturkleton2671 6 лет назад +2

      Bawbster1 yep. The way it should have been. This game was a joke

    • @dontbetonit813
      @dontbetonit813 6 лет назад +3

      Montreal out shot them severely Dryden couldn't stop a beach ball in that one. I wish he would have played that way more often in the Stanley Cup playoffs.

    • @billsandiego3385
      @billsandiego3385 6 лет назад +1

      @@dontbetonit813 why?

    • @grousetheghoul2754
      @grousetheghoul2754 5 лет назад +13

      Get the box set of the Canada - Russia 8 game " Summit series " from 1972, There's 8 more. And yes, the game where Phil Esposito trips over the blue line during player introductions is on there . Look at team Canada's roster. Almost all of those guys are in the HOF. But yeah, Dryden let in 2 soft goals or we win that 3 to 1 on New Year's Eve game. The most amazing moment in the game was after it was played. The Hockey Night in Canada telecast had a postgame interview with Peter Mahovolich. He was in tears and apologised to the people of Canada for not winning the game. That is what it really means to be Canadian. To have so much pride in your hockey that it hurts when you think you can't get it done right. A lot of people were pleased, even a lot of Canadians, but the players wanted it so bad, and left everything on the ice, a tie wasn't good enough. I was never so proud to be Canadian because I knew what he meant. He wasn't crying like sore loser crybabies, the tears were born from pride in your game, and your country, and to think you let both of those things down, must've hurt real bad.

    • @richardlooby4736
      @richardlooby4736 5 лет назад +2

      @@grousetheghoul2754 The Best & most pressure filled games ever played. WAY BIGGER in Canada. 🥅🇨🇦

  • @MoonLight-id9kk
    @MoonLight-id9kk 6 лет назад +31

    This was the very first hockey game I had ever seen when I was a kid . From there I became a Flyers fan and to this very day I continue to follow the Black and Orange .
    Strange game to inspire me but it did !!!

    • @FivePointsVids
      @FivePointsVids  6 лет назад

      that's awesome !

    • @Nova902Scotia
      @Nova902Scotia 5 лет назад +1

      Hell yeah !!!

    • @cvn6555
      @cvn6555 5 лет назад

      You might be the reason they have never again won the Cup. Kidding. It's been a long time. My earliest memory of any memory is the impromptu parade through the streets after their first Cup. Was also at Pelle Lindbergh's last game before he crashed his Porsche that night.

    • @spar0035
      @spar0035 Год назад

      Actually, this seems like the perfect game to inspire someone to love hockey. Not that strange at all 💪😄

  • @robertcurran3273
    @robertcurran3273 4 года назад +12

    Like Mike Tyson said,"everybody has a plan until you hit them in the face".

    • @mihailc6402
      @mihailc6402 3 года назад +2

      Great relation to hockey...

    • @joeclayton2121
      @joeclayton2121 Год назад

      Tyson..... the original clubber lang

    • @ashocck8065
      @ashocck8065 Год назад

      @@mihailc6402 It was very pertinent to hockey in the 70s.

  • @johnnymarinarasauce
    @johnnymarinarasauce 5 лет назад +8

    “On one cold night in 1976” I recall it being an afternoon game.

    • @elguapo9637
      @elguapo9637 5 лет назад +1

      It was a cold night...in Russia.

  • @subscribeorelse2248
    @subscribeorelse2248 6 лет назад +6

    I’d never thought I’d say “thank you” to the flyers

  • @kellycollison3611
    @kellycollison3611 4 года назад +1

    Remember this game well. I hated the Flyers back then for beating the Bruins but I loved them on this night. Old time hockey.

  • @rydawg26
    @rydawg26 6 лет назад +71

    Do Malace at the Palace

  • @michaelmaira1515
    @michaelmaira1515 4 года назад +5

    the BSB were at their peak during that era. intimidating, relentless, and unbeatable.. not to long after that game, they strung together 35 consequetive games without a loss. pre shootout era

    • @brucewayne3602
      @brucewayne3602 3 года назад

      as brilliant a team as any before or since ... always thought Bernie Parent was Beyond Brilliant

  • @tdunph4250
    @tdunph4250 6 лет назад +11

    Bobby Clarke. The king of dirty stick work balanced with above average skill and skating made him a major force not to be messed with. Perhaps one of the top 5 meanest men to ever wear the "C"

    • @usfanlovesjiwoo1978
      @usfanlovesjiwoo1978 3 года назад +2

      Clarkee didn't seem mean to me compared to others, but he definitely was no joke. I remember he was the heart of the Flyers and was a smart player. Being from Flin Flon, he picked up a lot of cool tricks. Clarkee was the mob boss and Shultz was his enforcer. lol

    • @markmearth1
      @markmearth1 Год назад

      Ironically, his physical conditioning was always at an excellent level, at least partly because he was a serious diabetic, and serious exercise and conditioning were absolutely necessary for him to manage his diabetes. Especially, if he wanted to reach his hockey goals of playing professionaly.

    • @markmearth1
      @markmearth1 Год назад

      I have always really admired him for meeting and overcoming the challenges that faced him. ❤

    • @РусланАбреков-в4б
      @РусланАбреков-в4б Год назад

      Тяпнуть клюшкой со всего маху по голеностопу, особенно сзади, Бобби Кларк это любил

  • @Rockhound6165
    @Rockhound6165 6 лет назад +43

    Fred Van Impe? That would be Ed but it's an honest mistake. I remember watching this game as it happened. I was but a pup at 11 years old and a rabid Flyers fan then(still am actually). The Flyers used 2 different strategies during this game. The first, as you mention, was brute force. The Russians wanted to show some kind of domination against NHL teams, well, they had to get past the 2 time defending champs and the Broad Street Bullies were having none of it. The Flyers changed nothing and kept Shero's philosophy of taking the shortest route to the puck and arriving in ill humor to the letter. 2nd, they simply didn't allow the Soviets to penetrate the zone. If you watch the complete game, pay attention to the Flyers defending their own blue line. 4 guys were set up as a picket fence at all times and forced the Russians to play dump and chase, something they weren't accustomed to. This worked like a charm and the Russians barely registered many shots on goal. After the Van Impe hit, the Flyers won the psychological battle at that point and when the Soviets returned to the ice, the game had already been decided. After Leach's goal, it was all down hill. I mean, the Flyers were having their way to the point that Joe Watson, a guy who might score 3 or 4 goals a season, scored the 4th goal. The funniest thing afterward was the front page of Pravda, the propaganda arm of the Kremlin, had a cartoon of a Soviet player holding an ice bag on his head while Neanderthal Flyers skated behind them carrying clubs. The irony was here was a regime who would kill you if you tried to flee their empire and yet depicted themselves as victims here. Ed Snyder framed that newspaper and from what I understand, it still hangs in his old office at the Wells Fargo Center.

    • @FivePointsVids
      @FivePointsVids  6 лет назад +6

      This is a great breakdown of the game. Thank you!

    • @TheIcepick33
      @TheIcepick33 5 лет назад

      Fred is Ed's lesset known brother.

    • @richardlooby4736
      @richardlooby4736 5 лет назад

      @@TheIcepick33 Was he the 1 who finished 2nd to Orr 4 ROY ?

    • @eddriver7815
      @eddriver7815 4 года назад

      FUCKING PIGS FAN I SEE

    • @koen8185
      @koen8185 4 года назад

      van Impe ! Also in '76 Lucien van Impe , you would call him Luke , won the Tour de France , last Belgian cyclist who would win the Tour , so Ed has Belgian roots . The biggest cyclist ever was Eddy Merckx , 60s and 70s , also Belgian . But I don't think many Belgians know Ed(dy) van Impe , no (ice) skating culture at all , certainly not back in the 70s

  • @FACrazyCanuck
    @FACrazyCanuck 3 года назад +2

    I remember it well. Twenty-one Canadians and one American in the team. Bob Coles, of CBC, famous call, “Their goin’ home, their goin’ home!”

  • @renemathieu100
    @renemathieu100 6 лет назад +16

    Kharmalov? Really?
    Kharlamov. There, fixed it for you.

  • @digmission
    @digmission 6 лет назад +14

    Why couldn't I be alive for this game #LetsGoFlyers

    • @bobhayett2376
      @bobhayett2376 6 лет назад +2

      Team Extreme sports I was a young guy and a huge Bruins fan, but I loved every minute of this game. People forget what a huge event this was. Even people who knew nothing about hockey watched this game.

    • @joeclayton2121
      @joeclayton2121 5 лет назад

      i saw the game, i was 14 watching it on my little b/w TV

  • @billjeffers2273
    @billjeffers2273 Год назад +1

    Cold war slap in the face!!
    Watched it ALL, best hockey ever...my childhood rocked!! ❤

  • @Mcburger644
    @Mcburger644 6 лет назад +10

    One of the great Flyers moments. A moment like this makes me happy to be a Flyer fan

  • @colts8146
    @colts8146 6 лет назад +13

    damn straight they aint coming in our house and pushing us around. well put fivepoitns :)

  • @3AHoles
    @3AHoles 8 месяцев назад +1

    He called the Flyers animals to which they replied "Thanks"

  • @Xbangsplot
    @Xbangsplot 4 года назад +11

    The best Soviet player was Valeri Kharlamov, not Kharmalov as is pronounced in this video. He was one of the greatest players on the planet in the 70s.

    • @grousetheghoul2754
      @grousetheghoul2754 4 года назад +2

      Dan , he was the greatest player ever not to win a Stanley Cup. Period.

    • @vanillagorilla8236
      @vanillagorilla8236 4 года назад

      Vladislav Aleksandrovich Tretiak best goaltender Ever ! Ask any of the players and they will agree !

    • @grousetheghoul2754
      @grousetheghoul2754 4 года назад

      @@vanillagorilla8236 This is how the Soviet Union gained unfair advantage in sports. This is a true story. When the Communist party saw how good Tretiak was, they surgically altered his knees when he was 13. The operation allowed him to make his lower legs spread outwards on the ice at a 180 degree angle. He was almost unbeatable in a goalmouth scramble because he had the entire lower part of the net covered while remaining upright. But even without the surgery, he was one of the greatest ever without question, Look at ANY films of Tretiak in the crease when there are players around him trying to score from in close. Look at the angle his legs are on while he is kneeling down. There's all the proof you need.

  • @senrom2273
    @senrom2273 6 лет назад +13

    That Flyers defenseman, number 2, was Ed, not "Fred," Van Impe. He was there from the beginning of the franchise in 1967 and had been the captain until Bobby Clarke came along. Also, the game took place on a Sunday afternoon, not at night. It was a fabulous game to watch: the seemingly replicated, look-alike robotic Soviets with their helmets vs. the Flyers with their assortment of wild hair and facial growth. The Soviets lost the game and the ideological battle. The individuals crushed the automatons.

  • @richardayala4356
    @richardayala4356 3 года назад +1

    I remember that awesome, physical game! The opening song “God Bless America,” the crowd roaring so load! Two hours of intensity!

    • @davidnabess8494
      @davidnabess8494 4 месяца назад

      They only brought Kate Smith out when they absolutely needed a win.

  • @ramon3964
    @ramon3964 5 лет назад +36

    As a Ranger's fan and a strong Flyers hater, I actually rooted for Philadelphia that night ❤🏒🏆

    • @dannyreynolds9800
      @dannyreynolds9800 5 лет назад +4

      Coming from a flyers fan, I’m very surprised but I respect that

    • @richardlooby4736
      @richardlooby4736 5 лет назад

      Day

    • @MrJDBrophy
      @MrJDBrophy 5 лет назад +2

      "rooted for Philadelphia that night", right. You look like yer in your 30's

    • @joeclayton2121
      @joeclayton2121 4 года назад +1

      night? it was played in the afternoon not at night

    • @Thenakedfinisher
      @Thenakedfinisher 4 года назад +1

      Why hate any team, enjoy the great game regardless who's in it. A true hockey fan watches every game until the Stanley Cup, World Cup, Olympics is won,that's how it should be. If you don't, you're just a tribalism band wagon watcher. The game is so magnificent.

  • @easy_nator_gamer8498
    @easy_nator_gamer8498 6 лет назад +12

    Just like in 72' the war was being fought on the ice and of course it wasn't pretty. Our way of life vs theirs. I'll always believe those boys did what was necessary.
    Also the tie game against the Montreal Canadians was possibly the greatest game ever played and I hate both of those teams.

    • @brucewayne3602
      @brucewayne3602 3 года назад +1

      to win the last 3 games in hostile territory with brutal refereeing is nearly impossible to describe ... many Heroes but Phil was the heart soul !!!

  • @yathatsright5958
    @yathatsright5958 Год назад +1

    What the Flyers did in 1976 was payback for the 1972 Summit Series that Bobby Clarke was a part of! The Russians were notorious for spearing and butt ending throughout the entire series!

  • @falconeaterf15
    @falconeaterf15 4 года назад +3

    The United States has the Marine Corps.
    Canada has its Junior Hockey League.
    They basically accomplish the same thing but in different ways.

  • @MrJagger112
    @MrJagger112 4 года назад +7

    Where I live in Sweden we had a hockey tournament each year for kids/young teams and in one of the older groups there was a team from Toronto (I think they had something to do with the Maple Leafs because they had the blue leaf as their logo) visiting and playing. Everyone was really excited to see what they were like so their games had the biggest crowds in the whole tournament. I was at one of the games and they were good, but the thing I remember the most was that they played a really ugly style of hockey compared to what Swedes were used to and at one point during the game they had so many guys in the penalty box that they couldn't actually fit all of them in there. So some of their players had to "do their time" on their own bench and some poor guy had to try and timestamp every penalty on a paper pad, since there was no room on the digital board either, and keep track of when players were allowed to come back on. It was complete and total mayhem. This was in the early 90's if I remember correctly.

    • @shawnwright5332
      @shawnwright5332 2 года назад

      Good ol' 🇨🇦 hockey, truly miss the old style of hockey

    • @imaman8926
      @imaman8926 Год назад +1

      As a Canadian who had the opportunity to play tournaments in both Sweden and Finland when I was a kid, it’s not an ugly game the European game is just soft. They don’t play with contact until a much later age. So yes when we play over there penalties wrack up because the North American game is tougher.

    • @williamanderson6006
      @williamanderson6006 Год назад +2

      It sure beats the pansie sport hockey is today

  • @sircliffordmalcolmjac5870
    @sircliffordmalcolmjac5870 2 года назад +2

    I love your vids five points! The stadium lists are always my favorite! You have a very nice sentiment there at the end! Too bad it aged like milk!! Still love ya bud!!

  • @yoyo50515
    @yoyo50515 5 лет назад +8

    The flyers also had a brilliant coach who came up with a iron curtain in the neutral zone and the control there allowed them to counter attack

    • @bassiejazz
      @bassiejazz Год назад

      Nahhh ... they were just a bunch of thugs who hacked their way to victory against a better team.

    • @yoyo50515
      @yoyo50515 Год назад

      @@bassiejazz lol if they were better they’d have won. It continues to blow me away that these absolute retards don’t look at the actual account of what happened and just say they flyers were goons. they were getting beat up before so they beat up in return and then in their third finals they were beaten on by a younger bigger faster meaner Larry Robinson led MTL Canadian team like know your limits and play within it

    • @Whocares66672
      @Whocares66672 7 месяцев назад

      ​@@bassiejazzwah wah wah. Wuss like the russians

  • @blablablablabittybla561
    @blablablablabittybla561 5 лет назад +5

    You covered the 2 most important hockey games that were completed, in 1 vid. Good work!