1979 NHL Playoffs-Islanders vs. Rangers, Game 6 (MSG)

[@nyrfandc]

MSG Network had a condensed version of this game on a few years ago (MSG Vault show). This version is even better! Thank you! Love hearing Jim Gordon and The Big Whistle! I had my right leg amputated in early 1979. Around that time, I was gifted a get well card and an autographed hockey stick signed by the Rangers. I started watching and a fan was born! I still have both items to this day.

[@tobymoore849]

No ads on the boards. Love it!

[@Michael-v3z1s]

Rink looks bigger.

[@TimestreamVideobyNickSullivan]

Thanks for this! Unforgettable… watched with my mom, a great fan who despised the NYI … she lived long enough to see 1994 …

[@robertweiss-id3wf]

thanks for the memories. fantastic game; great series. unfortunately lost to canadiens in finals.

[@ANTHONY0808able]

Tremendous upload, people are always looking for the version of this game with Gordon and Chadwick.

[@Demy1970]

I had my school friends over the house on this one and it was the best day of my life with this win, especially going to school the next day and smiling at all the fair weather islander fans. Man, those were great series all into the 80’s between islanders and rangers, you looked forward to each game throughout the season. Now, forget it, hockey on different channels and just lost interest.

[@ziggymorris8760]

Last time you would smile for a while with those fair weather ranger fans.

[@will-eh3qt]

@@ziggymorris8760 and islanders fans haven't smiled in 40 years lmao

[@Michael-v3z1s]

How cool to see it.Thsnks for uploading it. LIFELONG Ranger fan.

[@hamburg1306]

Great upload! Great quality and wow brings back so many memories. Remember this series so well and all games on cable except game 2 at a time when cable wasn’t readily available.

[@richkraft3620]

Never ceased to amaze me on what pops up on your channel. Thank you for sharing these and the Yankee game. Can’t wait to watch this. The video quality is excellent! Happy holidays!

[@kevinvanmeter2264]

Organist-Toby Wright. He was the Islanders original Organist from 1972-76. He did both the Rangers and Islanders at the same time. This was Toby's last game as a sports organist. He died over the summer due to a massive heart attack performing at the Waldorf Astoria.

[@jctorontojctoronto]

Amazing..r.i.p.

[@hamburg1306]

Jim Gordon reference “sit down at the Felt Forum”. Game was shown on closed circuit at the Felt Forum which was the smaller theater venue at the Garden. Now the Hulu theater at msg.

[@mythenandnowchannel]

I listened to this game on the Armed Forces Radio Network in Frankfurt, Germany. The following year I was still there and listened to the Islanders defeat the Flyers for the Stanley Cup in game 6.

[@paulmendrina1449]

Been waiting for the full game 6 awesome 👍

[@wiedep]

Great post-game with 'Red Light' and Rod.

[@rudypericolo]

I was 9 when my old man and I went to this game, let's go 👏 👏

[@johns.7501]

Great announcers; focus on the game and even more impressive Rangers winning series.

[@Michael-v3z1s]

The big whistle and Jim. As a kid listening on the radio.

[@mrbob424]

Finally the full game 6 . I was there. Watching potvin cry on the ice was classic 😆 🤣 😂 😹

[@sosuapimp8449]

Won 4 cups in a row

[@mrbob424]

@@sosuapimp8449 🥱

[@mrbob424]

@@sosuapimp8449 Potvin beat his wife. That's some accomplishment.

[@sosuapimp8449]

@@mrbob424 she had it coming

[@Demy1970]

I have the newspaper picture of potvin in a scrap book, loved that picture

[@dzanier]

Great stuff.

[@bauerpowerca]

The Rangers robbed us from the Stanley Cup Final that the Hockey World wanted to see. The End of One Dynasty and the Beginning of Another. At least the Rangers could have played against Montreal like they did against the Isles. Instead, it was like they won their cup and they crapped the bed against the Canadiens.

[@epaddon]

Actually it should have been Rangers vs. Bruins but for the "Too many men on the ice" debacle. And then it would have been Ratelle/Park against Esposito in the ultimate test of who came out the better in the biggest trade of the decade.

[@bauerpowerca]

@@epaddonYou are right. The Bruins were so close to pulling the huge upset. All in all, 1979 was a great time to be a Hockey Fan.

[@kevinvanmeter2264]

The Rangers would still have to wait until 1994. It's 2023 and the Rangers have won only one Cup in 83 yeaqrs. NONE Since Jim Dolan owns the team.

[@ericgoldfarb4870]

Isles will win 19 straight playoff series after this devastating loss. Best thing ever happened to isles

[@jctorontojctoronto]

Amazing

[@sandy3482]

45 years later and I still love watching the Ranger beat the Isles especially when it is means eliminating them from the PLAYOFFS

[@Robertj1214]

I was there!!

[@radlinx4448]

Why was Chico Resch playing? Not Smith?

[@kevinvanmeter2264]

Next year...the Islanders dynasty began with FOUR straight Stanley Cups.

[@phillcash2542]

if only NYR couldve beaten those frenchmen in 79

[@kevinvanmeter2264]

Organist-Toby Wright-First organist of the Yankees. Was the Islanders organist from 1973-6. He also did the Rangers during that period. Wright created the iconic "Let's Go Islanders" Chant. He passed way in the summer of 1979. He had left sports after the hockey season. This game would be Toby's last hockey game ever. He suffered a massive heart attack while performing on stage with a band at the Waldorf Astoria. Eddie Layton handled the Stanley Cup Finals at the Garden.

[@Henry-kd5kv]

Was at this game. Section 439. Nickys Knights Fan Club.

[@kevinvanmeter2264]

1:07:40 Eddie Westfall was not available for this game. Bad ankle. He retired as a player after this series. He had played only 55 games that season with only 5 goals. He was scratched after game 2 of the series.

[@kevinvanmeter2264]

For The Rangers this was payback for 1974-5 when JP Parise beat Ed Giacomin 11 seconds into the overtime, 4-3. Giacomin was released by Emile Francis and Detroit picked him up. Gilles Villemure was traded to Chicago and Emile Francis traded for John Davidson. When Giacomin faced the Rangers the Garden was solidly behind him. The Rangers were booed. Davidson played that game and the fans were vicious to him. This game made Davidson a hero. The Islanders would win the Stanley Cup the next year, the next after that, the next after that and a fourth after that. 19 straight playoffs series wins.

[@douglemay7989]

The second string announcers. An Isles fan here.

[@Lefty-mp1mf]

Hard to beat The Big Whistle!

[@MichoelDobry]

56:23 Died of a heart attack while jogging. How ironic.

[@marblox9300]

Back when the White Jerseys were the Home Uniforms as it SHOULD BE. Not like todays fucked up schemes.

[@Lefty-mp1mf]

If there are any Ranger fans who've read Ratso's book "Thin Ice" and have any info to share re: the fate of superfan Robert Marcus it would be appreciated. Along w/ The Chief, he was quite a character.

[@robertosso5210]

the islander dynasty will begin after this

[@domenicdurante966]

Hurts to see a young Don Murdoch. Could have been great, but those drugs. Now 66 years old. Hope he is doing well.

[@dzanier]

He was the real deal until it all caught up with him

[@med1965]

Don was a great natural talent. Hope he is doing good too!

[@seveglider8406]

Playoff Hockey at its finest!