Canada Cup '87... Lemieux + Gretzky = Magic

[@brianfurchner]

I get shivers when I see Canadians like these boys doing what we always do best, making us proud....pass the torch..

[@Blazers04]

1972, 1987, 2002 and 2010 --- the defining moments in Canadian Hockey

[@cmclean9100]

Without a doubt, three of the greatest hockey games I have ever watched in my life...

[@juniorsurprise06]

I still get goosebumps whenever I see this. The best series ever and all for National pride and not money.

[@Jiltedin2007]

RIP: Dan Kelly. There will never be a better Hockey Play-by-Play Man! Thank you for uploading the Dan Kelly version of this game. To me, it was the announcing of Dan Kelly that made this game more memorable, especially the call on the Lemieux Goal you have just seen. That call was Classic, and I still go to tears everytime I hear this call. Especially when I heard this on ESPN. In fact, when Dan Kelly died back in 1989, ESPN played his call on this goal in memorance of him.

[@cpt_mrn]

Love that intro theme this easily one of my favorite youtube videos ever

[@acejackson42]

Every time I watch this I see something new -- the two USSR players tieing up and falling over at the face-off directly led to the 3-on-1.... and Lemieux's presence of mind to get off the perfect shot. And Danny, god rest your magnificent soul, people don't remember the series as a defensive sham, all they remember is that this is the greatest overall game and greatest three-game series in the history of the sport. Bar none.

[@freespeech100]

I love this video and loved that serie s--- for my money, the best hockey I have ever seen...... The only time that the Canadians seemed to play like a REAL team.....

[@rowmike27]

Here's a few hockey notes I just recently came across... In the 1988-89 season, Mario Lemieux played 76 games (2 less games then Wayne Gretzky), scored 199 points (31 more points then Gretzky), had 31 more goals then Gretzky, 3 more GW goals, had a much higher +/- ratio (Lemieux's +41 to Waynes +15) and set a single season record of 13 short handed goals (still hasn't been beaten) and yet Gretzky was voted the MVP of that season. I know this happened nearly 25 years ago but still, what the fuck?

[@kidpoker9408]

cause 99 was on a last place team and made them Stanley cup contenders in one season

[@Blazers04]

This was without question, one of the two greatest hockey series' of all time. It's a damn shame this was the only time these two ever played together.

[@nuckster94]

What an effortless player Lemieux was. One of a kind, just watch some of his highlight reel goals. How lucky were the Pittsburgh fans to witness his career!

[@dejar44]

Gretzky interviewed years later: "I had the puck and saw Murphy and Lemieux open and thought - I'm sure as hell not passing it to Murphy" awesome!

[@DavidEmailman]

All of this action makes me drop my jaw and cry tears of joy in spectacular AMAZEMENT. Just watching #66 with #99 on that ice IS A Dream come true. May I brag on. Thank you soo... much for posting this video.

[@nutballgazette]

This was one of the great series of all time, and Canada 87 was maybe the greatest collection of players ever

[@TommyC503]

Lemieux was the greatest player on this ice.

[@lachlanmclean6752]

This still makes me tear up every time I watch

[@MrCopperKnight]

I was lucky enough to have a press pass for all the games. What an amazing experience! I'll never forget one of the early games. Lemieux scored 4 goals but Can got clobbered by Russia. At the press conference after no one asked Mario any questions! He sat in silence, then left. I couldn't believe it. I was a cub reporter for my university paper and sat at the back, hockey reporters from around the world packed up front. "Mario, what was it like to score 4 goals against the Russians and lose?"

[@lictor313]

imagine if they had played a complete season together... just a monstrous duo... monstrous!

[@robin-bq1lz]

les deux merveilles,si seulement le canada était plus souvent comme ca.Un des rares moment de véritable unitée national.

[@jchin9277]

there was no other possible outcome. 99 and 66 together in there prime. I am gonna watch the series now. as good as it gets. I was 6years old when this played.

[@ChainGuN2]

Gretzky may have had more points than Lemieux, but he didn't have to deal with a whole bunvh of health problems like Lemieux. Even with the health problem Lemieux still got TONS of points!

[@runamuck74]

this was special for me because the announcer was dan kelly, the finest play-by-play commentator i had the pleasure of listening to.

[@TheIerockabilly]

poetry in motion simply beatifull.

[@joeder1]

There's nothing better than international hockey.

[@Worrallthegreat]

Probably the greatest hockey team ever assembled

[@jason75]

i REMEMBER THIS, WE'RE GOING NUTS HERE IN CANADA...GOOD MEMORIES TO.

[@LEIJONA-xx6lw]

TWO OF MY IDOLS

[@noob1115]

mario lemieux's goal just gives goosebumps every time people watch it

[@dropoff]

Haha I got pretty excited when I heard Dale Hawerchucks name. Turns out he won the face off that set up this goal! Such an under rated forward from that era.

[@Quintaxos]

Wow, this must've been awesome for a Canadian. It reminds me of the Forsberg -> Sundin -> Lidström goal against finland a few seconds in to the last period of the olympics final. The best players to come out of sweden showing what they can do for the last time in the winter olympics.

[@HedgehogInTheFog]

I remember that too. I am Russian, and of course I was rooting for the USSR team : ) This was the best hockey I have ever seen and have ever remembered since then. A few years ago I even bought the DVDs of all these games. Because those were one of the best in the int'l hockey history.

[@habsmtl]

unreal trip by hawerchuck on the backchecker lol ...i love it

[@kayapeterson4534]

Hawerchuk, Lemieux and Gretzky, holy crap what a line.

[@shaolin95]

so true...imagine the nightmares for goalies facing that coming towards you :D

[@Maxie1111]

That's so true, one close to that was just before Henderson scored, he got tripped up by one of the Soviet players and he slid to the boards, no call on the play, got up, went to the net and scored with 34 seconds left!

[@KeVoRkIaN7]

This is why Hamilton deserves an NHL team. What a crowd!

[@VictorEMusique]

I am a Canadian who loves hockey and the Canadian national team. That goal - beautiful as it was - should never have happened. Dale Hawerchuk hooked a soviet defenseman and tripped him up giving the two most offensively gifted players of all time some extra room. I know I am going to get flamed but that's ok. And it's not like the Soviets did not use that kind of tactic as well...

[@Jiltedin2007]

@SonOfTamriel It was Dan Kelly's call of Lemieux's Goal that brings tears to my eyes in remembering this game. R.I.P.: Dan Kelly

[@theraj662]

Greatest team ever assembled! Grettzky, Lemieux, Coffey, Anderson, Messier, Fuhr, Goulet, Gartner, etc. all in their prime, it's like a roll call for the Hall of Fame. Greatest team ever assembled, period. I dare anybody to challenge that.

[@donbaraja]

99+66 WILL BE ALWAYS IN OURS HEARTS :-)

[@antonknivets7702]

Lemieux + Gretzky+Koharski=Very-Very Magic)))

[@leafyutube]

Alexander Semak also scored the OT winner in game 1. He was a pain in the ass.

[@AMOLADOS]

About twenty years ago I have read an article written by Igor Larionov called "Open letter to Viktor Vasilievitch " printed in Soviet magazine Ogonok ,interesting reading for those who so much celebrate past times .

[@CanadianStreetHockey]

Hamilton should have had a team decades ago. Damn shame. I can only imagine what it would be like, the city, the NHL... wow

[@sakusia]

Sports were so much better in the 80's. May i say that it was probably Canada's best team the 1987 one.

[@frankavdell]

you know I was at this game in the stands when I was 13 with my brother..i've seen this goal a million times on replay but never noticed the Hawerchuk hook!! Wow..let's be honest that should have been a penalty and if he was tripped up he would have caught up to Lemieux but destiny has a funny way of playing out. GO CANADA GO!!! I'm torn now as to which goal was bigger..this or Sid the kid's today.

[@dennistaylor3713]

I was 17 when this happened and it was thee best hockey in the HISTORY OF THE SPORT. .plain and simple

[@almo8989]

11 goals in a 3 game series. Sick

[@TheRiddaren]

Владимир Крутов - Игорь Ларионов- Сергей Макаров - вот кто для меня Волшебники!!! Были когда был мальчишкой, остаются и теперь, спустя много лет. Большой хоккей тогда был, в 87....

[@DaCleaner24]

#99 and #66 are just to damn good.

[@September2004]

It was kinda perfect the way the totals ended. - Gretzky and Lemieux were 1-2 in tournament scoring - Gretzky had the most assists and points - Lemieux had the most goals, more than a goal per game - The tournament all-stars were composed solely of Canadian and Russian players - The forwards were Gretzky, Lemieux and a member of the KLM line (Krutov) - The defencemen were Fetisov and Bourque, probably the best defensemen of the 80s - The goalie was from the winning team (Fuhr)

[@takayfawk]

I'm not sure if it would get anywhere close, but the 2002 Canadian Olympic team was pretty freaking stacked. Yzerman, Lemieux, Sakic, Broduer, Shannahan, Kariya, Iginla, Nieds, Pronger, etc. I think all of those guys are Hall of Fame candidates.

[@USMCdog157]

Lemieux + Gretzky = God of hockey

[@juniorsurprise06]

The NHL could very well use and need Hamilton and I say they need the great town, I support you folks in Steeltown from a friend in Winnipeg. Cops colliseum all the way!

[@JuliusC1973]

European players came into the NHL early in the 1970's, they were just few and far between. You see so many more players in the NHL today from Russia, Sweden, Finland, the Czech Republic, Slovokia and other countries. The NHL is all the better because now you have broadened the talent pool.

[@actionimagesphotography]

Hawerchuk holding up and ultimately hooking the Russian player is the only reason Mario had the time to shoot. Heads up play. Right or wrong , great game.

[@Foxtrotalex]

i agree, im my opinion thats the most stacked team canada has ever been. we couldn't have lost

[@RadioFreeCanada1]

Saw an interview with Larry Murphy once. He said that Gretzky told him after the game that he saw him on the right side but there wasn't a chance in hell that he was getting the puck, it WAS going to Mario. LOL!!

[@eaglejoe71]

Exellent....But that 8-1 Canada Cup 81 still burnes me...

[@sicilian10]

good ol' days

[@B69ne]

holy fuck this shit was 20 yrs ago... my how time passes by. I was just a kid when this went down.

TRETIAK, 1972 CCCP's excellent goaltender, wants to organize a new serie of games between Russia and Canada in both countries, like in 1972. That's great!

[@tking1974]

Hamilton will only be another home game for the Leafs, but look at Wayne, at 2:37, if you stop and freeze frame, he's the only that took just one little stop back, then he skates his off into the play, Wayne, that's Wayne at his best

[@charlie44441]

Watch Gretzky come across the middle to make it happen...he was always anticipating the play and this was so typical...

[@Italia311]

Man...Copps Colosseum is PUMPING...bring an NHL TEAM TO HAMILTON

[@newhere5801]

Good Game 6:5 Hard Work The two Giants

[@quincee33]

ya both teams were stacked, maybe the most talent on the ice at one time EVER

[@meiringen]

What a hooking there from Hawerchuk...

[@jansuch]

Reaction of Soviet coach at 4:05 I thought was a very interesting and telling difference between Western and Soviet mentalities.

[@Maxie1111]

And we have alot more championships commin our way.

[@vwblade234]

anyone get chills when gretzky to lemieux ...GOAL.

[@AMOLADOS]

Also in former Czechoslovakia hockey managers were declaring that Olympics and WorldChamp was priority,the reason waa always that they were afraid that probability to fail was much greater in this tournament.

[@budfloydi]

hhaha, that guy with the clapping hands hat is funny

[@Maxie1111]

He actually said that he waited one full second of the goalie to go down, "cause the trick was to go high on him". Btw, every time the Russians when Mario was on Team Canada, they are 0 and 3...And that was the in 86, 87, 04. Awsome.

[@AMOLADOS]

I am a Czech and I also agree that it was the best hockey. Canada as well as USA had a disadvantage,because they had no longterm -built natinal hockey teams composed of the best players at those times like USSR,CZE,Swedes and others.They only put together few weeks before tournament and made some pre-tournament matches and went to play this excellent hockey.Of course, they also sometimes missed the decisive game like in CanadaCup81 and ChallegeCup1979 ,but it does not matter.

[@Sallaire]

Nice hooking at 3:18 hahaha

[@teck9troublesome]

isn't that Jean Perron at 7:29 ... bein the Mike Keanan's assitant coach ? (for those who don't know who he is, he was the Habs coach when they won the cup in 86...)

[@abermen]

Watch these games and you notice one huge difference between the NHL. NO FIGHTS. Great hockey. Funny how that works out.

[@CaBrown86]

Lemieux + Gretzky = GODS......

[@cexirx]

Soviets/Russians have my respect for being superb players, but when Canadian Hockey comes to mind, I think of the Molson anthem, ``I know this place is where I am, no other place is better than, no matter where I go I am, proudly be CANADIAN``

[@rosannarossi4472]

If you go back and just look at how Gretzky saw the whole play before any one else it just kills me. Gretzky ,Mario, Coffey,my grand mother in net let's go.

[@kidpoker9408]

look where wayne is mario just looks up and is like ohhh

[@DoYouThinkForUrselF]

@MrRob7004 only reason they have more gold is because they always had THEIR best on the ice. Our players were in the NHL. 1998 was the first olympics where we had our best on the ice. This olympics we creamed them. Their teams also played together all year round.

[@chomsky88]

This was a great series and perhaps the most talented Canadian team ever assembled, but for sheer drama, you can't really beat the Canada/Soviet series in '72.

[@AMOLADOS]

Before 1990 only Canadacups were tournaments with the best teams ,only deaf and blind man could doubt about this reality.

[@danielkol]

The reason for Canada's "shortcomings" in international play does not have to do with talent level, but the fact that these players are bred in a system where they rarely play with one another (unlike the scenario in Europe). Canadians have less than two weeks to prepare for tournaments and establish a sense of "team play".

[@KylaF10]

Lemieux from gretzky for the win. Perfect.

[@qayak]

@RigaFraction There were three of the greatest centres ever to play the game on the ice for Canada, Gretzky, Lemieux and Hawerchuk. Hawerchuk never gets any credit but he was in the faceoff circle because he was the best draw man and he proved it. Hawerchuk was just unfortunate that he had to play his entire career in the shadow of Gretzky. Three great players = one of Canada's best moments in hockey.

[@josaldinho1884]

MY IDOLS IS LEMIEUX

[@elmoflash]

Shots on goal, 46 to 23 in favour of Canada. The Soviets must have had outstanding goaltending to keep the score close.

[@Novittupete]

This is it. It can't get any better than this. I'm a finn but this is my alltime favorite game. Maybe because the end is just not real...can't be...from a fuckin heromovie or something... I was 11 in '87 but still remember this as clear as yesterday.

[@cfb30]

The Soviets never learned that respect for the coach is more important than fear.

[@wilmanric1]

@lordraven1980 No. Every single game close, every single game decided by a split second. These were two of the most closely matched teams of all time. I could not believe how good the hockey was. Don't diminish the accomplishment of either team in that series. It's one reason why I, unlike most Canadians, will always prefer to watch a Canada-Russia game over a Canada-US game. Such great memories, and hopes they will be repeated. The gold game in 2010 came closest. Excellent game.

[@hugh2hoob668]

Wayne was like Moses and Mario was like Jesus Gretzky had miracles but nothing like Lemieux

[@superdave198]

Yes great linemates as a result of Gretzky. Both Jari Kurri and Bernie Nichols got 70 goals with Gretzky feeding them the puck. Both of them only had one season with over 40 goals on their own. Messier had only one 50 goal season. When? playing on Gretzky's line.

[@cfb30]

Hey, I am a Blues fan. You don't have to tell ME about Keenan. :)

[@qiranwang]

i agree with you, if lemieux passed the puck to coffey on the right, it could of been less riskier

[@Jiltedin2007]

@karatekween33 Oh, you're kidding me! When and where?!

[@carparthero]

Totally agree with couz650. Bottom line is the NHL is no longer a candian game, it's a GLOBAL game. Go Euro-Wings!!

[@insight36]

@thomasmoonman think you better turn that 66 upside down! 99 was the best ever... although 87 is quickly catching up!

[@PointedTip]

this is Canadiana at its best!

[@JaneIsMine]

Lemieux + Gretzky+Koharski = Canada's victory. Did Koharki get his golden medal?