Edmonton’s playoff experience won them this cup. Along with Ranford’s amazing play. They weren’t great all year. They were just great when they needed to be. Just like the 95 Cowboys, 2000 Yankees and 2018 Patriots
Amazing to finally see this again after all these years. Though I've not followed hockey at all since the mid 90's; alongside my great youthful memories of my beloved Habs and even the Maple Leafs to a large measure, this victory for the Oilers formed the true capstone of celebration when it comes to cheering for a team over a course of one's sporting life. The Oilers were never my team, but like many hockey fans, respected in awe by all. As covered fully throughout the post-game interviews, the entire theme of this 1990 cup victory for the Oilers was about vindicating their greatness without Gretzky. Only those that lived in this area can understand what all had transpired with that Gretzky trade and what it did to the spirit of the game of hockey itself. Indeed, this fifth cup for the Oilers will forever remain their sweetest of all.
I was in Edmonton for this final cup and it seemed routine by then, I thought we were going to win cups forever, we moved east to St. John's NL that summer and I slowly became a Leafs fan as a teen, which I still am now living in Toronto, but I still stay up to finish the Oilers games on Saturday nights when they are playing
Where did Bill Ranford come from? He was just amazing. Esa Tikkanen was my favorite Oiler. He would agitate, get under people's skin but he could fly and score as well.
This is what cemented my hate toward the Bruins. I thought they were an average team that made it to the finals TWICE even though they were NOT the best team in the conference. They won because they happened to play hockey in a sardine can of an arena. Two trips to the finals and how many games did they win? 1?? Ridiculous. It would have been far more interesting and entertaining to watch Montreal or Washington, perhaps Quebec or Hartford go and face the Oilers. The Bruins were just such a poor skating team that they didn't match up well against Edmonton.
The first period of this game is the best single period of NHL hockey I’ve ever watched.
End to end movement but not many quality shots on net
Edmonton’s playoff experience won them this cup. Along with Ranford’s amazing play. They weren’t great all year. They were just great when they needed to be. Just like the 95 Cowboys, 2000 Yankees and 2018 Patriots
Amazing to finally see this again after all these years. Though I've not followed hockey at all since the mid 90's; alongside my great youthful memories of my beloved Habs and even the Maple Leafs to a large measure, this victory for the Oilers formed the true capstone of celebration when it comes to cheering for a team over a course of one's sporting life. The Oilers were never my team, but like many hockey fans, respected in awe by all.
As covered fully throughout the post-game interviews, the entire theme of this 1990 cup victory for the Oilers was about vindicating their greatness without Gretzky. Only those that lived in this area can understand what all had transpired with that Gretzky trade and what it did to the spirit of the game of hockey itself. Indeed, this fifth cup for the Oilers will forever remain their sweetest of all.
As a young Oilers fan I couldn't watch this "live" so thank you for posting this.
I was in Edmonton for this final cup and it seemed routine by then, I thought we were going to win cups forever, we moved east to St. John's NL that summer and I slowly became a Leafs fan as a teen, which I still am now living in Toronto, but I still stay up to finish the Oilers games on Saturday nights when they are playing
The end of an era for the Oilers and hockey. Higher salaries, power forwards, lower scoring, and Bettman were on the horizon.
And after Montreal won the cup a few years later. Stanley was lost for longer than 30 years 😢
Thank you for posting this! This was my childhood! The good old days!
With Graves, Murphy, MacTavish, this Oiler team is in effect two teams.
I was there.I remember thinking if we could just win this game…. Boy how wrong was I. Oilers were unbeatable with that team. True powerhouse
Where did Bill Ranford come from? He was just amazing. Esa Tikkanen was my favorite Oiler. He would agitate, get under people's skin but he could fly and score as well.
And then it was all down hill from here for the Oilers and the dark ages would go on for almost 20 years
The more sports & news the better for channel
Shall do my best!
if the ice or any thing makes everything way too light turn the contrast down on your tv
The days of clutch and grab, interference, hooking, bulldogging uncalled tripping etc. Big changes since then.
Gelinas skates and skates but he cannot finish and he cannot score - quick exit.
NO GRETZKY REQUIRED!!!
Do you have Flyers vs Oilers 1987 Game 6
Not sure, will keep an eye out
Well at least the bruins beat the oilers once ..lol
This is what cemented my hate toward the Bruins. I thought they were an average team that made it to the finals TWICE even though they were NOT the best team in the conference. They won because they happened to play hockey in a sardine can of an arena. Two trips to the finals and how many games did they win? 1?? Ridiculous. It would have been far more interesting and entertaining to watch Montreal or Washington, perhaps Quebec or Hartford go and face the Oilers. The Bruins were just such a poor skating team that they didn't match up well against Edmonton.
Bourque was also highly overrated. Leetch was better.