Canada Cup 1987 final 1 game

[@palomasik]

That´s one of the very best hockey games ever played, period.

[@ommdog]

Best showcase of hockey you will ever see. First of three 6-5 games. Even with all the goals the goalies said it was the best hockey they ever saw. The way hockey should be played.

[@drumtum]

RIP Krutov, such a great player.

[@michaelallport5816]

You got that right.

[@rodrigosalvadorcruz40]

Lomakin, Stelnov, Belosheikin, Mylnikov RIP to them too.

[@bullsleafs]

Great hockey, both teams were excellent. What I liked most was seeing players from other countries that we didn't know much about. It was great to see so many great players from outside the NHL. Back in 87 we didn't have the internet our access to the channel we have today, 24 - 7 info. Watching the current World Cup of Hockey and the Olympics we know every player. Players don't have that same feeling now as they are teammates with lots of the players from other countries. Back in 87 every team was playing almost against an enemy, they all wanted to win in a different way than current players. Most current players are soft compared to back in those days. They are more worried about their Prof contracts and endorsement deals. The Russians were cold and treated hard by their country towards winning, losing was not acceptable. Current Russian players are high skilled but don't have the old school Russian winning at all cost attitude.

[@michaelallport5816]

Makarov is my all-time favorite player!

[@benjaminvanderlund9522]

he overshines gretzky yet nobody in usa or canada knows who he is

[@theBrooksConglomerate]

Thanks Gretzky for the years of entertainment. That is serious business with the pace. -Catus Brooks

[@ajaxajax205]

Шикарно, других слов нет..

[@qanadaheadlongs2618]

99,66,11 - great to watch them together in the same time on the same side on the same ice.

[@September2004]

+Qanada Headlongs I always wished they had a poster of the best players of the 80s from behind wearing their double digit jersey numbers: 99 - Gretzky 66 - Lemieux 11 - Messier 77 - Coffey 77 - Bourque 33 - Roy

[@toptenguy1]

@@September2004 88 - Sakic for his first few years! lol

[@September2004]

@@toptenguy1 Oh, I never realized he was 88 for a few years. But he's not up there with them. =)

[@canuckereh9202]

#31 did okay as well

[@jimdraven2432]

My god you could fill a hall of fame just with the players from both teams in this series. Unreal. Hockey won this series.

[@gregoryvangaya8971]

Hockey won with the great Soviet to Canada rivalry... Really pushed the game forward.

[@timburr4453]

Before pro's played in the Olympics, this WAS the real Gold Medal tourny. Easily the best game I've seen in person. It was full speed at all time, crisp passing. The stakes were huge, the weight of a nation was upon them

[@HrHTeam]

Soviet's style of play is so different from today's NHL. Much more circular and possession based.

[@Shamedog]

This Canada Cup is THE BEST HOCKEY EVER PLAYED.

[@bobabooey4537]

FALSE - The best hockey ever played was playoff time during the 80's and 90's.

[@canuckereh9202]

Krutov.. beast!

[@bach5861]

great teams, great game...

[@jarmoelfving1675]

Hockey was better in the 80`s than today...

[@user-wf1tt6sf3e]

Это пожалуй лучшее в спорте,а я смотрю все соревнования с 1984г

[@tonygambino5905]

Awesome series. I was pulling for Canada but I have to admit the Soviets were better. They were faster, passed better, had better puck handling skills. They were just awesome. Don't forget this was played in Canada so the Soviets were on the road, in a foreign country, on a small ice surface. Woulda liked to have seen best of seven with some games in the Soviet Union.

[@michaelallport5816]

Bingo!!!

[@SliptreamSaint]

The Soviets trained and played 11 out of 12 months together for many years, the Canadians literally were a mix of NHL players from various teams, put together a for a few weeks before playing. The fact that they competed and won tells you about the spirit and pride of Canadian hockey.

[@smakarov24]

@@SliptreamSaint While it’s true that this Soviet National team was a more jelled team, it’s a myth that the entire Soviet team trained and played for 11 out of 12 months. Only the first two units of this specific national team played together for the entire season (CSKA), the rest of the players and the starting goalie were from other clubs (Dinamo Moscow, Soviet Wings, Traktor, Salvat Yulaev, and Dinamo Riga).

[@dominiquegagnon5264]

Awesome overtime goal by CCCP !

[@good2goskee]

surgical

[@September2004]

1:25:32 I'm surprised to hear that the Soviet team was not that great at changing on the fly. I would've thought having five-man units would make this easier and constantly mixing and matching your lines, like Keenan and Bowman like to do, would cause more 'too many men on the ice' penalties.

[@user-qx2pd2yh7k]

Mario so graceful out there ...as was Wayner 😅

[@Aaron_Wells]

Epic

[@kjellsundqvist8641]

Swedish in army at this moment 50% likes both team but in the end 90% likes russian watch every game

[@timburr4453]

1:46:48 have to say that was an incredible save on Lemieux

[@jkappianaq]

Mario Lemieux back pass, Mrs. Gretzky (misses Gretzky) @ 41:42 LMFAO

[@sibia5]

This is Hockey.

[@xaptc]

Imagine having all these players at your disposal and than stoop to that kind of "ice hockey" to win a game, for shame Canada ! But than again nothing new is it ? :)

[@rekkamies152]

Unfortunately this Canada Cup was played for Canada by the referrees...

[@lawrencewright2816]

Definitely just a cry baby comment. The most egregious example of biased officiating was in the 1972 series, where the refs were clearly on the Soviet side.

[@Andyvas375]

+Lawrence Wright Especially in Game 6, when Kharlamov scored a goal and Kompalla didn't allow it. Even Eagleson admit this

[@lawrencewright2816]

+MrVasilenkoK ...With the number of biased penalties that shithead Kompalla was calling, the Soviets should have won that game by a wide margin. In spite of Kompalla's help, the Soviets lost.

[@Andyvas375]

+Lawrence Wright Sure lost, he didn't allow goal

[@rekkamies152]

Lawrence Wright The refs were bad in the summit series '72 but it still doesnt change the fact that it was Canada which was heavily favoured by the refs in Canada Cup '87

[@ChristineCAlb1]

LOL at Mike Keenan with hair! I'm pretty sure all the athletes in the 1980's were on cocaine. :(

[@lawrencewright2816]

You must be hallucinating.

[@canuckereh9202]

12:54 true words.

[@lukebruce5234]

Hasek

[@gorge5412]

I suppose that Canada's method of throwing it into the R end and then digging for it on the boards is thought either to come up w the puck or to force a faceoff. I prefer the R approach of possession and precision passing. Talented players on each team! Thanks, Mr. V, for posting. At ~1:21:36 the organist plays "You are My Sunshine," an old tune from 1939 made popular by country music star Jimmie Davis who was also the governor of Louisiana twice . . . but WHY would he play that? It's not (!) a song to encourage clapping.

[@lenhudson8194]

It's also because, against this Russian team, neutral zone turnovers could kill you dead.

[@HrHTeam]

Hockey has gotten so much faster and more physical these days. Watch any important game today and it makes this game seem like pond hockey

[@bryanoconnor8926]

faster, YES. But hockey today is not remotely as physical as it was in the 80s. There is very minimal bodychecking in today's NHL; it is very comparable to the women's game which bans intentional bodychecking.

[@4merxtian432]

Yes but that is because everything is a system. Players dont make as many mistakes as they used to since defense is taught so well. When the Europeans/Russians flooded the NHL in the early 90s the play-style changed forever.

[@renocool1558]

these games are much better hockey than what we typically see today. They maybe quicker today in some respects, but the flow of the game is slower, more grindy, and the passes are not handled as quickly, or as creatively.

[@Retsler54]

Hockey, tennis and F1 was all better back then, heavy weight boxing too thanks to Mike Tyson The Greatest. I want hockey to return to this. Greetings from Sweden.

[@TheGlow57]

🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

[@jkappianaq]

Too many men for Canada @ 38:32? Mike Gartner got off the ice and touch the puck before Canadian player got off the ice?

[@casparuskruger4807]

Oh man did Fuhr play that OT goal poorly

[@artvandelay4485]

desgutsting!!

[@unforgivenIII]

грязная игра канадцев

[@carolinek9249]

Pfff nobody did any of the drugs at the time

[@quorthon182]

Мессье поганый хоккеист! Всё исподтишка делает!

[@user-fw8hh3gb7g]

Ну поганый.....не поганый...а результат...гол плюс пас давал в каждом матче .....

[@Inkog_Von]

ЖЕСТЬ , хоть счёт бы писали !!! Неужели канадцы были такие отсталые ,что даже счет не писали ,в отличии от наших трансляций.

[@kfinmh]

I always laugh a little whenever a hockey play-by-play guy says "it's centered out in front." Why do they say "in front"? Where else is the puck ever centered?

[@GreenKidGreenKid]

What a stupid thing to nit pick. The puck is often "centered" on the breakout, for starters...

[@nthdegree1269]

out in front of the net

[@travelingcam8239]

Always the same old whining about the "referees",what bullshit.just can;t accept that Canada wins when its best on best.Always.And it'll never be any other way.cause its our sport

[@bencallos812]

Traveling Cam,of course hockey is canadas sport,but to not give credit to great players from other countries,or to not see that there are other countries who love hockey is stupid...

[@theodorekell]

I can only add to whining. Even though Canada had x10 less population in 1987 (vs USSR), they had x100 hockey rinks and equipment. And hockey wasn't sport #1 in USSR. It was winter pass time while waiting for soccer season. And Soviet rinks where around 5K people capacity. Even today, with Russia having x4 population of Canada, Canada has around 3300 indoor rinks, while Russia - 550. Besides, in that USSR team everyone was Russian native. Which is to say that hockey was practically non-existent in the most parts of USSR.

[@travelingcam8239]

canada dominates,high end skill.

[@tonygambino5905]

Noooooo. High end skill? The Russians were skating circles around them

[@zipoman77]

Dirty play Canada.