1978 Stanley Cup Game 2, Guy Lafleur scores OT winner

Game 2 highlights from the Montreal Forum - Guy Lafleur scores in overtime, Canadiens defeat the Boston Bruins 3-2
Original broadcast - LA SOIREE DU HOCKEY with Rene Lecavalier (Radio-Canada)
Posted for educational and historical purposes only. No copyright infringement is intended.

[@bobareebop]

I remember watching the 1977-78 Canadiens and just being amazing at their individual talent AND team play. They only lost 10 games that year. Lafleur, Steve Shutt, Rejean Houle, Robinson , Yvan Cournoyer...even as a loyal LA Kings fan these guys were hockey gods to me. Rest in Peace, Flower.

[@danlivni2097]

Those Canadien teams from the 70s were the best ever.

[@dansrod5952]

@@danlivni2097 grew up here in Quebec and when I was younger my dad always told me "the question wasn't if the canadians were gonna win on a given night, it was with how many goals they were going to win". I wish I could have withnessed this legendary time in hockey

[@fredbmurphy]

MY hockey idol: but infinitely more important, Mario Lemieux's idol.

[@brucelowe3391]

and in 76-77 8 losses playing with the B squad.

[@riobabic8960]

The Montreal Canadiens in the 70s and 80s was my religion ! I still follow and watch today because of those days !

[@dansrod5952]

And even though I wasnt alive to witness this era, Ill carry torch!

[@rumcoke9123]

My 2 favourite Habs of all time. Larry Robinson, and my Guy!

[@BudSchnelker]

I'm with you. Add in Chris Chelios as #3. It was a huge mistake to trade him for Savard.

[@sevyxuoir6714]

C'était l'équipe parfaite de l'époque...cela n'arrivera plus j'amais! R.i.p mon joeur préféré

[@ashini9511]

Exactement, une équipe parfaite, robuste , rapide, agile et affamée.....

[@drob281159]

À ce sujet, et si ce n'est pas déjà fait, tu dois lire "Le match" de Ken Dryden.

[@greatdude7645]

RIP, been watching his highlights for the past week. He was one of the best ever!

[@jakepapadopoulos8654]

I met this man and shook his hand. What an awesome person

[@user-sk8jx4rx7h]

aahhhh..la voix sereine de Rene Lecavalier..!!!!...quelle extra pour le Match..!!!!

[@merdus69]

I remember watching that as a kid and then jumping around the livingroom with my dad. Still gives me goosebumps. I hope he knew how much joy he brought! Merci, Guy!

[@Max-hc9hn]

Rest in peace legend ):

[@ricric1542]

Un merveilleux joueur dans une superbe équipe! Ils nous auront laissé de très beaux souvenirs. Guy Guy Guy !

[@vincentbarbeau3031]

Tellement bien écrit

[@rubyhabs]

A ticket to see the Habs play in the 70s at the Met Center in Bloomington, MN was a must. Twenty $$ for a seat in the front row at the red line - center ice. Didn't get any better than that. Hockey at its finest.

[@knarf_on_a_bike]

What a shot he had!

[@bobknee4127]

Dont even speak the language. Guy LaFleur was one of the greats. Incredible to see him play.

[@corvusthule]

R.I.P. Guy Lafleur. I will always cherish the memories of growing up watching you fly down the ice. You were a true gentlemen of the game and an A class player / team player. You were a living legend and now will go down in history as a hockey god. Maurice Richard and yourself were my all time 2 favourite Montreal Canadiens of all time!

[@bufnyfan1]

sad how the legacy of great French Canadian players who played for Montreal essentially ended with Mr. Lafleur--Rocket Richard passing the torch to Jean Beliveau who then passed it to Mr. Lafleur--Mario Lemieux would have been next but he made it very clear when he was about to be drafted he would not play in Montreal-so other than Patrick Roy (whose career in Montreal came to an ignominious end) there really hasn't been anyone else who followed Mr. Lafleur

[@dansrod5952]

@@bufnyfan1 its true that dominating players like those guys havent followed them but guys like bergeron or fleury are atleast somewhat a testament to french canadians in the game of hockey

[@perrysar5954]

The FORUM!!!!!.... the magic,the ghosts,the heart of the city,once they closed it downtown Montreal died

[@chaseman12]

Hockey had such character back then. The goalie masks. No helmets. I miss it. Guyyyy.

[@richardknapp7003]

HE SHOWED THE WAY THE GAME SHOULD BE PLAYED.R.I.P.(GOD BLESS HIS FAMILY.🏒🥅🍁🏒

[@brianferguson8380]

As a Boston Bruins fan, I hated the Canadiens but loved Guy Lefleur.

[@vincentlefebvre9255]

I always said that Montréal's arch rivals were the Bruins, not the Maple Leafs. The Leafs haven't won a serie since 2004 but they have the best fans.

[@00bikeboy]

😃 Greatest rivalry in pro sports

[@brettfavreify]

In the 70s, Guy was the gamebreaker.

[@stumarston6812]

After Orr and before Gretzky, he was the man.

[@wilnerolivier7971]

@@stumarston6812 Lafleur bridged the Orr & #99 era!!

[@paulrath7764]

The French play-by-play is fantastic.

[@k3ndll_226]

He did sm for Montreal. Rest In Peace💔🕊

[@billssportsandwrestlingchan]

Robinson & Lafleur were on a whole other level in the '78 playoffs.

[@brianbeaupre8493]

RIP LEGEND

[@generalgrant3189]

RIP Guy Lafleur. My god you were a great hockey player. Like all the greats, what you could do with the puck while skating at that speed. Amazing shot. I love these old clips. What really strikes me is as you are watching the play (with no ads on the boards), the amount of white ice visible and the plays and shots that are made. When was the last time in today's nhl you saw a player go down the right side, wind up and blast it into the net? Doesn't happen- no room or it just gets deflected. Yes all sports "evolve". Players are bigger, stronger, and faster. To think that today's players are playing on the same size ice surface - and its terrible to watch. No playmaking to great goals like shown here. Guys are banging into each other, bashing into the goalie's, and in order to score goals, the game sometime's literally has to be played at a sideways angle. Its sad. And sad about both Mike Bossy and Guy Lafleur. You were a class act Guy Lafleur, both on and off the ice.

[@romainlavoie1526]

What a clutch player No.10 was ! Pure magic !

[@tomharrison6607]

favorite player was jean ratelle but man the flower was something else

[@nadiaroussel5689]

On veut revoir ça aujourd'hui. Un vrai champion RIP Guy Lafleur.

[@claude122]

sa arrivera pas - avec le plafond salariale la seule equipe que ont peu comparer serais tampa bay - aucune faiblesse en attaque/defense/gardien - mais encore des croutes a manger pour avoir une equipe comme le ch des annees 70/80

[@speezleventis7475]

RIP GUY! I thank God I had the honour to meet you!

[@REDSHOECLUBWILSONBAAL]

I seen Lafleur score 6 Goals during his retirement break around 1987 in an old timers game in the First 2 Periods and didn’t shoot in the 3rd period out of Respect. You could easily tell Guy was still NHL Caliber then the following year he was on his way back into the NHL..It was just like watching the Lafleur from the 70’s that night !.

[@Unclemoparman]

You #saw. Do you live on a farm?

[@FlowerSofa]

Repose en paix mon Guy.

[@johnrencheck2283]

At 63 i remember this team beating up on pens 10 to 1 ,11 to2 on and on they were an offensive powerhouse with many hall of famers

[@Wanderglobe]

Robinson skating up the ice I'd sure as hell get out of this way.

[@MsCragar]

RIP Guy thx u

[@mikep509]

Instant like... Guy was the best

[@TurntableGuy]

Man Dryden looked like a sieve on that first tying goal. As for the OT winner, look at the way Robinson blasts out of the Habs' end like a freight train! Perfect pass to Lafleur for the cannonating slap shot.

[@marcelleclair4452]

I think in today's NHL, Dryden, as he played then, could not be a back up on the worst team. Goaltending has improved so much. I am thinking he would still be good relative to his peers if he was playing today but a lot of weak goals in those days.

[@deviantartist8640]

Quelle équipe!

[@TheScribe1.0]

Guy Lafleur played for the Montreal Canadians.

[@pocobull]

1970's were the NHL's golden era in my opinion. I miss those days. Today's NHL is like watching paint dry compared to that era.

[@maxhunt5702]

Seemed so much easier to score back then tbh

[@pocobull]

@@maxhunt5702 Well goalies weren't essentially a piece of plywood covering the entire net back then. You could score from pretty much anywhere on the ice, because there was always some net to shoot at. Goalies today don't have to make saves, they just have to flop down in that butterfly, and they pretty much cover every inch of the net.

[@maxhunt5702]

@@pocobull yeah so a all star from the 70’s wouldn’t be as good if they were playing present day. And it means the offence have to actually use their brain and not just twat it from the blue line

[@pocobull]

@@maxhunt5702 not sure what you are talking about. Based on what do you say that an all star from the 70's wouldn't be as good in the present day? As for the second part of your statement, that makes no sense to me, so maybe you can clarify.

[@maxhunt5702]

@@pocobull yes that’s what I said and second bit I was saying how modern day you have to be more technical well back then you just slap it from far and it goes in bc goalies have hardly any padding

[@Joe-to8og]

Great rush by Robinson.

[@vancouverology]

Rest in peace Guy Lafleur

[@christoskaloudis8800]

G. Lafleur was a pure goal scorer. Great hands and wicked slap shot.

[@dzanier]

I used to say Bossy was a shade better goal scorers than Guy, but I’m not so sure anymore. They are even. Both had rifle shots that were deadly accurate.

[@Joe-to8og]

@@dzanier Flower was a better all round player with a high hockey I.Q.

[@phitur]

You’re right, but you forgot the burst of acceleration to clear the other guy

[@Seoulmanaja]

RIP GUY

[@jimmason1072]

Gosh those 70's goalies looked like the net was 12 foot wide and 10 foot high....

[@auckland18]

Amazing, isn't it? I was alive during that era and looking back, forgot how small not only the goalies, but the equipment, were back then. Even a 6'4" Ken Dryden looks small compared to today.

[@nikshill8767]

to me the defining picture of any goal in the 70's was the puck resting on the edge of the "impaler" that divides the net in half. i love the mesh tension back in the 70's - today it is way to tight!

[@keen9629]

Those were the days.

[@markrooney9050]

The 70's Canadiens, the 70's Yankees, almost ruined my childhood. I remember that very shot, 3" off the ice, just inside the post, an absolute dot.I was at the clinching game in 1988 when Terry O'Reilly's B's finally broke the HABit. 2004 was a another nice year for breaking bad habits. Love all my Boston teams !

[@hendy4584]

I wasn’t born when guys like The Rocket and Gordie Howe were playing and I wondered as a kid what it must have been like to see them play. Now, many decades later, I wonder if there’s kids out there that wonder what it must have been like to see guys like Lafleur and Gretzky play. I was lucky enough to see them both, and many others, play live at the Coliseum in Vancouver.

[@glblb3030]

RIP GuyLafleur

[@pierremajor8712]

He always played well against the Bruins

[@Lou28100]

Je me souviens très bien de ce but. Lors de la reprise, nous avions vu que la force du lancer avait fait plier le bout du bâton de Cheevers pour que la rondelle entre dans le but.

[@rickdietrich3059]

They had to be one of the best teams of all time!

[@ragimundvonwallat8961]

just with robinson lapointe and savard as def you got a hard nut to crack

[@bigtimetimmyjim2104]

RIP Guy Lafleur

[@Chrisman77]

i can remember seeing that ot goal for the first time as a kid. my first thought was "he let THAT in?" 35 years later that opinion hasnt changed

[@toptenguy1]

Pour un partisan né en 1979.. Tellement de futurs entraineurs/directeur gérants! haha

[@sergebeaulieu7664]

R.I.P Flower GUY GUY GUY GUY !!!!

[@1Yh8HH]

The best years.. no advertising, blue ice level boards, no damn siren, and organ playing

[@3dbadboy1]

I noticed that a lot of these goals from the stars of the game in those days didn't necessarily have overpowering shots. The thing I noticed is that they had an uncanny ability to shoot the puck when the goaltender isn't ready for it. lol how do they know looking down at the puck?? Unreal how clever they were.

[@rushrules81]

Amazing how bad the goaltending was back then. Game has changed for sure.

[@1959markie1]

Agree. And the awful play of the goaltender in this video is the highly respected Gerry Cheevers of the Bruins.

[@rushrules81]

@@1959markie1 yep and the even greater Ken Dryden wasn't much better.

[@1959markie1]

@@rushrules81 I agree. Dryden was the beneficiary of playing behind those unbelievable Canadien teams of the 70's. He is often mentioned as the main reason why Montreal upset Boston in the 1971 playoffs which was his rookie year, but the reality is he allowed 26 goals in the seven game series. He was good yes, but a bit overrated IMHO. BTW, I loved those Canadien teams (including Dryden) from that era.

[@rushrules81]

@@1959markie1 in his day he was great, along with Cheesy. But if almost any goaltender today played back in the 70s they would be thought of as the greatest goalie ever. Hockey looked remedial back then compared to now. Ovechkin would have probably scored 100 goals a year and Gretzky wouldn't sniff 200 in today's game IMO. The greats will always be the greats as you can't compare different generations of the game IMO, not fair. That being said, I think I enjoyed the game more back then!

[@1959markie1]

@@rushrules81 Agree with your post 100%!

[@BigEdDunkel]

1:04 Big Robby switches gears, then feathers a perfect pass to Lafleur coming up the right side

[@garysimard5674]

Dryden, Savard, Robinson, Lafleur, Shutt, Cournoyer. All 6 hall of famers on the ice at the same time. Boston had Cheevers and Park. 2 more hall of famers on the ice with them.

[@joelcloutier6003]

how is this video so clear!? great stuff

[@daboys1215]

RIP Flower

[@prestonlindbeck1197]

GUY!!! GUY!!! GUY!!! GUY!!! GUY!!! GUY!!!

[@jonbailey5697]

The best goalie of that time was Ken Dryden.

[@yannyburger]

Best of all time. At least in my lifetime. Tied in for 1st in career sv% with Hasek except in Dryden's Era he played with equipment what was like half the size of Hasek's. Check the difference in the size of the blockers and trappers they used lol.

[@Unclemoparman]

Liam Maguire is dismissive.

[@Unclemoparman]

@@yannyburger Kenny never threw his stick or did any of the crazy shi8 Dom did.

[@Jeff-rh8mq]

not Drydens best year though

[@dennislalka8027]

@@yannyburger Did Dryden score that goal? This was about Guy Not Dryden!!!

[@mathildedemers731]

jai le coeur brisé....

[@LeoWhalen1933]

I have no idea how some of these goals even went in...

[@John-tp5gc]

Very hard shots.

[@lankylankster7148]

Another Canadian legend gone, god damn it! Pierre Trudeau, Neil Peart and, now, The Flower!!! A sad day for Canada, but an opportunity to celebrate his legend! So crack open the nearest bottle of Molson Canadian beer, light up an Export 'A' cig in his memory, watch Don Cherry's latest installment of Rock'em Sock'em! and pour yourself some EXTRA maple syrup on those pancakes tomorrow morning! I'll miss Guy... RIP... and I hope his family accepts the STATE FUNERAL offered by the Province of Quebec (Canada)! Millions will appreciate it!!! LL

[@STEVENVUEH599]

Rip legend

[@alexlam6041]

rip guy lafleur

[@thenerdylad4201]

GUY! GUY! GUY! GUY! GUY!

[@daveyboy_]

Nobody's gonna mention Robinson's famous rush's ?

[@joedimaggio3687]

Back when the Montreal Canadiens were the "flying Frenchmen ".

[@lt.petemaverickmitchell7113]

That’s a DANGEROUS mofo right there!

[@tripsaplenty1227]

He smoked a thousand cigarettes that morning. Legend.

[@ronniesapp4469]

Cheevers had to stop goals 2/3. This was some squad though.

[@ianross806]

Different kinda cheer when Guy Lafleur scored.

[@VictorHugo-xr1ng]

Guy put it past him before Cheevers even moved.

[@basswanderer2765]

GUY

[@playergameeee]

WoW il avait tout un lancé le ti-Guy !

[@my3dviews]

The goalies usually look bad in highlights from that era. They only seemed to show goals and almost no saves. The only saves shown here are where they gave up a rebound that resulted in a goal.

[@jkent6526]

That Robinson bear hug he gives LaFleur is pure love.

[@chr970]

Two of my all time favourites. Agree with you. Almost funny, looks like he is squeezing the breath out of him in the extra excitement . In a prolonged video. Larry holds that choke hold on for quite a while. What a moment and what a team they were to follow.

[@jkent6526]

@@chr970 100%. Now that's a hug. LoL

[@toddpurvis9621]

What was there, an inch or two available on the short side? Lafleur found it. Guy could shoot mud through a straw (see what I did there?)

[@puckstop4286]

Who's here because of recent events?

[@STEVENVUEH599]

Me 😢

[@johnnyskinwalker4095]

You really cannot compete with Robinson and Lafleur two speed machines, hair in the air, one carries the puck, the other put it in the net. Raise the white flag, fellas. lol

[@34Packardphaeton]

... but the overlooked man was Lemaire... whose deft passes were converted into goals by LaFleur.. and Shutt.

[@johnnyskinwalker4095]

@@34Packardphaeton oh yea Lemaire was brilliant

[@shinkoakata11]

Do you have the full game you can upload here?

[@andrewsheehy9938]

The full game is uploaded on KZbin. Just type in 1978 Montreal Canadiens.

[@34Packardphaeton]

... The last year or two... of Sam Pollock's created dynasty.

[@brucemorton7787]

1955-1979 24 seasons, 15 Cups.

[@jeffroegner1499]

Tis painful what happened the summer after the 79 cup. 😶😶

[@robertlarue6186]

Dans le temps où chacun savait ce qu'il avait à faire.

[@C0VQ4]

sa c'était du hockey !

[@joeq.public281]

No way that goes in today. Goalies were so awful back then

[@bb-gc2tx]

you tube has really exposed the myth of drydens "greatness" he was good goalie far from great . lots of videos of him giving up awful goals and looking awkward

[@leafyutube]

Cheevers was quite the sieve late in his career.

[@Unclemoparman]

Not as bad as Price.

[@junkboxxxxxx]

Marque le but. Bon lance fleur

[@phitur]

Un boulet. Je remarque comment Guy se laisse glisser, lit bien le jeu, en faisant des cercles au lieu d’arrêter et repartir comme la plupart des joueurs.

[@mik8352]

Exactement, content que quelqu'un est remarqué cela. Lafleur était le meilleur.

[@dickgezinya5318]

Goalies sure didn't like to crouch in those days.

[@alexandrebertrand-lafleur3114]

0:44 Gainey a servi une tasse de café à Cheevers! Il a dormi pis c'est vrai!

[@sevyxuoir6714]

L'aveuglette n'avais pas beaucoup de temps de glace a cette époque

[@vincentlefebvre9255]

Brio non plus ne jouait pas toujours à la hauteur ! 🤪

[@bigjohn08865]

🙂

[@donscott4143]

God almighty Gerry Cheevers was such an over rated goalie. He wasn't half the goalie Gilles Gilbert was, but Cherry had such a hard on for him . Cheevers should have stayed in the WHA . "That" was his level of hockey

[@oscargoya]

Well said. He truly was "cheesy".

[@robertsohm4521]

If only the Bruins had protected Bernie Parent in the expansion draft at least 2 more cups

[@GrowthruGod]

Cheevers was great great goalie who had a few very bad moments

[@daveyboy_]

if they wouldn't have parted was with Dryden .....

[@yannyburger]

@@robertsohm4521 the ruins also traded Montreal Dryden for 2 guys who never made the NHL. Is that the worst trade in NHL history or what? Lol Boston traded them the key to a dynasty and didn't even get a bag of used pucks in return.

[@ProfAndre-ck2yd]

RIP Guy Lafleur, le dernier des grands Canadiens : L’importance du lien émotionnel avec les partisans: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jZOzlmBjisiSack.

[@ivangodin1850]

René Lecavalier - toujours en retard sur le jeu

[@perrinaybara8551]

when it was about hockey and not money, I remember watching hockey back then. Now a days the rink looks covered with ugly tattoos, back then no ads on the ice or the boards