Canada - USSR, Canada Cup 1987 Final, Game 2

[@gregorygarcia6558]

The two greatest teams ever assembled.....& the three greatest hockey games ever played....

[@72768487912002]

I don't think hockey has ever been played @ such a high level before or after this series.

[@TheTTBT]

Wayne Gretzky played 50 minutes in this game. He got one assist for every ten minutes he played. He pissed himself on the bench before the second overtime because he was so tired he couldn't control his bladder. True story.

[@billplate3125]

Dan Kelly the best hockey play by play announcer of all time !!

[@doublestrokeroll]

Yep. Best hockey ever played. Two best teams ever and even though Canada won really they were totally even. All games 6-5, 2 in overtime..They could have played 10 games and it would have gone back and forth like that. And damn...Gretzky .....You never know..but I'm really thinking no one will ever touch what he's done. It's pretty obvious crosby isn't even going to come close now.

[@TheJman2600]

I purchased the Blade Wars DVD set with all three games shown (aside from some cuts in between faceoffs and a few seconds missing in one game, but nothing major) in their entirety. Hockey doesn't get any better than those three games. One of the best purchases I've made, especially since it's so hard to find now.

[@qualityman1965]

I was there. The only serious hockey ever played at kopps coliseum.

[@Redrobin63]

I have to give Lemiuex winninggoal in game 2, as well as the 1984 semi final goal by bossy, as two of the most important goals in canadian hockey history.

[@MrFosse75]

Holy shit! What a game.....and just look at the lineup of each team....they are more or less all legends today

[@3girlrhumba]

FUCK YES, thank you for this video. This is the best hockey game of all time.

[@Aiqipao]

Yes, many people have called it the greatest game ever played... certainly the best series of all time. I was lucky to be there that night to see it, and told my wife before it was over that people would talk about that game in superlatives. In a recent interview, Gretzky said it was probably his best game ever. He and Lemieux were magic. To set the record straight re shots on goal, they were 61-50 for Canada... 39-32 in regulation time and 22-19 during the 30:07 of overtime.

[@nthdegree1269]

Gretzky was so tired after the OT, he actually pissed his pants. I read it in his book.

[@PonAdidas]

Gretzky had 3 goals and 18 assists for 21 points in 9 games and was named MVP. Lemieux had 11 goals and 7 assists for 18 points in 9 games. He also scored the game winners in game 2 and 3.

[@elmoflash]

I agree. Gretzky and Lemieux at the Olympics in their prime. Now THAT would have been a show.

[@PaulBrisson]

Read the book GTEZKY TO LEMIEUX : A HISTORY OF THE 1987 CANADA CUP. Great behind the scenes stories for the greatest 3 games of ice hockey ever played anywhere anytime. This speed, intensity, and pure skill and instinctual improv jazz like hockey was never repeated. Not even close.

[@RobertTorontoYYZ]

Incredible teams, both Canada and USSR - 99 and 66 made the difference

[@gulistonlatipova1656]

Да я восхищаюсь игрой какая игра а скорость молодцы ребята слов нет

[@nthdegree1269]

this canadian team was the best ever of any hockey team imho. the russians were close, but Gretzky--Lemieux would always given the balance to Canada. There is just no team that ever had that combo.

[@apanetta]

Good thing Keenan never asked Patrick Roy to play. It never would've gotten to Game 3 - and that famous goal. So it all worked out in the end.

[@ОчевидецСобытий-ю3п]

"Великое противостояние"! Всем большой респкт!!!

[@ckendall67]

*SIGH* I didn't start following hockey until 1991, I missed out on the Canada Cup in '87:-( Some fantastic hockey for sure......

[@jeffreycurtis4517]

If Lemieux had been healthy is whole career, would have scored over 1000 goals, purely amazing

[@matty2578]

Now that's a power play. Gretzky...Lemieux...Messier...Bourque...Coffey. Ridiculous.

[@jomppeautio2798]

And the Soviets made shorthanded goal against them.

[@Blazers04]

@@jomppeautio2798the USSR were NO slouches. Why it was the greatest hockey ever played up until that point. (And depending on who you ask, it still is.)

[@doublestrokeroll]

99's pass on the 2nd goal is unreal....

[@elmoflash]

Two of the most offensively gifted teams ever to meet. The Russians by now have earned Canada's respect, and vice versa.

[@PonAdidas]

3:45 Gretzky and Lemieux two on one! Picture perfect moment in time.

[@MultiRivet]

PonAdidas what can you do if your the goalie? lol

[@Blazers04]

@@MultiRivetshort of pushing the net off, enjoy a drink of water and get ready for the face off at centre ice.

[@michaelhicks9359]

i love to see the soviets play, like to watch them loose more though

[@Frozintoe]

best....game....ever

[@jeffmendelson8039]

YES

[@MrLCLM]

You are right. He did it on the bench.

[@Blazers04]

3:44 Gretzky…. Mario…. CHEDDAR! (Should’ve just blown the play down at the blue line and had the face off at centre and saved the 2 seconds LOL)

[@timburr4453]

the play the soviets at 2:13 is pure magic

[@MrLCLM]

@asdver The urban legend is that Belosheikin and Alexei Gusarov went out drinking in November 1987 and picked up a couple of women in the bar. They took them back to their apartment, the women slipped something into their drinks and they were knocked unconscious and got robbed. After that Belosheikin's eyesight was screwed and he had serious liver problems. He was a pretty good goalie but he could never make the the Oilers in that condition. That's probably why he committed suicide too.

[@unnamed00]

What happened to the 5th Soviet player on that last goal? Canada did not have a powerplay.

[@unforgivenIII]

Canadians dirty game! If it were not Canadian (!) Judge, the Soviet had to win in all three games. I respect Canadian hockey, but that time the Soviet hockey - the most technically and the most spectacular in the world.

[@RacingPoint-io8yk]

@Frank Roelands that called team vs individuals

[@raj2007ca]

lol the shots were 61-50 for canada. The only showed some highlights of the game. Trust me there were plenty of big saves and chances throughout the game!

[@Beginstheman]

About 1987, Roy wasn't quite the legendary animal/athlete until a couple of years later. Considering Jean Perron was assistant coach, I thought he could have brought Roy in this tournament as 3rd goalie. In 1991, Sean Burke was the 3rd goalie... I'm not sure why they chose him. Perhaps it was because the Habs already had 3 representatives for Canada (Corson, Courtnall & Desjardins). Still, it would have been quite a battle for number 1 spot back then with Bill Ranford and Ed Belfour.

[@gulistonlatipova1656]

Спосибо за такую игру

[@journeythruthepast]

Well Roy had won the Conn Smythe in '86 but looked wonky in the '87 playoffs. Fuhr was the right guy to go with. Ron Hextall also had just come off a Conn Smythe more fresh in people's minds. Not sure why Roy wasn't the other man instead of Kelly Hrudey though- who you see on the bench dressed for these games. Maybe his infamous drive to win made him turn down the chance to be a 3rd goalie. Bigger question is why was Roy not on the '91 team? He usually didn't enjoy being a backup.

[@Amoostoons]

what ur looking for is game 7 flames canucks 1994 lol.. clean breakaway goal - check at least one lead change - check one really outstanding save in ot - check .. ur welcome :D

[@игорьлемберский-р6н]

The powers were equal .Neither side wasn't greater than other one. It was the end of 15 -year resistense between soviet players and Canadian pros.Soon Soviet Union will collapse and the world will became one-polar - but it's just whole another story...

[@rrh1980]

Who is the play by play guy here?

[@Amoostoons]

infinitely more skilled? lol.. these two teams were about as equally skilled as u can get..

[@ByronMcElroy]

Look at Messier skating at 0:45 ... as if HE had scored the goal. WTF?

[@asdver]

I just read a huge story on the St. Petersburg UCKA site about Belosheikin.(Thanks to Babel fish.)Although it seams to be true about the woman drugging and robbing Gusarov and Belosheikin. He played 42 games the next year with it 1.42 GAA does not seam to have slowd him down much. The former Trainer (Guy who wrote the story) Thinks he fell out of favor with Tikinov after rendez-vours'87. In which Tikinov turned his favor to Irbe. He also said he thought Belosheikin was better then Irbe was.

[@asdver]

Did they Soviet goalie Evgeny Belosheikin committe suicide in the late 90's? I think I remember reading something like that.

[@iuriikoboziev7263]

Yes, he did. In 1999.

[@gerrypicard1383]

asdver n

[@asdver]

Kind to bad the Oilers were Jam packed with goalies in the 90's. I would have liked to see what Evgeny Belosheikin could do against regular nhl in regular season play..

[@Beginstheman]

I can't believe Keenan never considered Patrick Roy to be part of the squad in 1987, and not even in 1991 (which is very insulting in my book).

[@buddha7178]

Keenan is a asshole.

[@MrFosse75]

Mmm just imagine...the russians must have been like aliens for the north americans watching...there werent any russians playing in the nhl even...times are changing

[@quincee33]

shit i don't even remember Rochefort? who did he play for?

[@rickp4214]

Many who say this series was the "best hockey ever played"- with its 11 goals per game, awful goalies and porous D-- also claim that the neutral zone trap era was "beautiful." How can both be true? Just seems like pundits change their criteria to suit the narrative. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@AncientHunter]

who's announcing? is that Cole?

[@kristinaciarla4708]

Hewhohunts69 Dan Kelly

[@September2004]

3:42

[@archivist5]

@asdver yes it is true

[@MultiRivet]

Gretzky lemieux > KLM line and it's not even close.

[@rottingmeatman]

Holy shit, the entire russian teams last names end in "OV".

[@yaniktydetmer4153]

Normand rochefort yes

[@Retsler54]

1987 the best Canada Cup? The torurnament has lost something. The set up or the game itself? I am not certain really what the problem might be.

[@СергейЕланский-ъ4я]

The Soviet Union had to win this and take the cup. the goal was clean which did not protect. dirty judging

[@Yokkaii]

Mario Lemieuuuuuuxxxxxxxxxx

[@Aiqipao]

Try again... 39-31 in regulation.

[@Jatt96]

1:19 "Dildo"? LMFAO