Canada - USSR g8 rough stuff 9/28/72

and goals. Summit Series Game 8

[@ggholm5564]

I was 13 and played hockey back home in Sweden. Never liked communism but loved the way the Soviets played the game. Best national team. Remember Maltsev, Jakushev, Michailov, Petrov, Charlamov, Vasiliev.

[@matthow9131]

It still blows my mind how tough these guys were, hockey with no helmets, no problem.

[@lostboys-niagarapartyband1915]

I'll never forget this game. I was in grade 1 and the teacher stopped class, rolled the TV up in the front of the classroom and we watched the game. That's how important it was for the soul of the country.

[@sean367]

Those were big TV's 📺

[@user-hw7ig2cc2r]

I remember all the matches from seria, and best of all were my impression from the brave canadien players without the cascs on the heads... We haven't possibility to watch foreign sportcompetition, only the little parts from the OG or the World Championships in skiing, hockey, wrestling and so on... The most "Devil" in Canada Team was, in our opinion,Bergman. Between 3 keepers we called number 1 Jerry Chivers and the most star was Phil Esposito... There was a good time, if we have so many emotions this point... Good luck and all wishes! Salam from Dagestan, Russia!

[@lyledeckert365]

I was in grade 4 every classroom had a tv to watch. Thinking back at that young age to be so proud to be Canadian.

[@Dan-qt7kq]

Haha, we too had ATV for whole school, it was a 20” TV, can’t remember if it was colour, must of been. I remember the whole school in gym, but I know now it was for the teachers. I remember the male teachers going absolutely nuts in the las5 game when Henderson scored.

[@t56766]

Same thing grade four

[@johnsmith7345]

I was in grade 9 and the school set up TV's in the gym all the guys i grew up with watched this game together. When Henderson scored I never felt pure joy like that we were all hugging ourselves. Walking home every car on the street was honking their horns. It was an incredible moment.

[@user-yg2yg4rw3f]

Also, half the world and the whole USSR celebrated the first Victory over the "invincible professionals" - 7-3!

[@danielbowden6330]

Phil Esposito was everywhere in this series. He was the heart of the team.

[@rbrb3625]

FYI: The statue of Phil Esposito is in front of The Tampa Bay Forum honouring his achievements as a man of integrity and intellect in his years after his playing days. He is wearing a suit in this setting. Phil Esposito is great in many aspects ! ! ! 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

[@harveyotoole2029]

By far the best in this series.

[@dankelly5150]

For a guy who “couldn’t skate”, Phil was one of the best NHL scorers ever and a tower of strength in this series!

[@sergeikarp2702]

Phil Esposito is a typical hockey hooligan.

[@dankelly5150]

@@sergeikarp2702 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@andreygirenko5515]

I will never forget it too. I was a boy of 9 living in a city close to Moscow - this series was the event for all Soviets and for all times. It was impossible to get any tickets, so the TV was an only solution. I remember people gathered around their B&W TVs and stayed together long after the games. We were and still are proud for what these people did on the ice.

[@Woody10719]

As a Canadian thanks for sharing your memories!

[@glennpierce2137]

Was the average fan in Russia ,did you know that they took all their steaks and beer we had brought with us and that they phoned the players at 3 in the morning ,so they wouldnt get proper sleep ? I think not ...so my other question is , how disappointed were the average fan that you lost ?

[@andreygirenko5515]

@@glennpierce2137 Of course, we knew very little - only what was in official news on TV. Before the series we were told that in Canada they make laugh of us saying that the Canadian "profis" will crash the Soviet "amateurs" with something like 50:0. So, we were so proud especially after the first game, the spirit was so high. I would say that the feeling of disappointment after the overall result was not that bad ("we almost did it"). Now I am almost 60, live in Germany, and have a son of 9. Last winter when I was to Russia visiting my parents, both alive!, I found the special shop called "Red machine" and bought for my son the coat with the symbols of this great team. Now, this winter, after the war started, I hesitate to let him wear this coat. What a f...

[@user-cb8le7fb4k]

@@glennpierce2137 What, the steaks were really stolen? Now I will cry.

[@glennpierce2137]

@@user-cb8le7fb4k Yes and their beer too ..although I'm glad the beer was taken ,they needed to be as sober as possible to beat this great Russian team .

[@williamlacombe8958]

I grew up in Boston during the era of the big bad Bruin's.never missed a game.not while Bobby Orr was still on the team and I can tell you unequivocally this was the best game Esposito ever played.in fact the whole series he played better than any Stanley cup playoff series.he was simply a man possessed against the Russian.s

[@therapist6328]

Back then, the Boston Bruins were pretty much the Oshawa Generals players, once they reached 19 or 20 years old. I have an old Generals program with a bunch of autographs. It reads like the Bruins Hall of Fame. Bobby Orr, Wayne Cashman, Park, Middleton, O'Reilly, Sinden, the list goes on.

[@sean367]

Your Bruins are still big and bad .Respect

[@branislavmajer390]

I mean, they didn't show much in the game, but you could see where their brains were.

[@James-dt7ky]

@@therapist6328 What? No Pie Face McKenzie? :)

[@therapist6328]

@@James-dt7ky He played for St. Catherine Tee-Pees, so no. Wasn't he the original Brad Marchand?

[@yolazerbeam3205]

No helmets vs.helmets . Couldn't be any more proud of the boys

[@MurrayAtkinsonMusic]

Thank you whoever posted this what an amazing piece of hockey history!

[@danielbrown288]

The same thing happened for us in my school. The entire school was allowed to watch this game if they wanted to. This series unified Canadians and gave us a sense of pride that was incredible!

[@michalgoetz1338]

Roughness played against the art of hockey

[@PJM454]

Wish I was born when this goal was scored over 50 years ago but I would have to wait a few more hours before I could celebrate with the rest of Canada. In honour of Mr Henderson scoring that monumental goal, my parents named me Paul the very next day in Canada on September 29, 1972. Honoured.

[@HardRockMiner]

- The winning Henderson goal is my earliest memory of life. I more remember my family freaking out and cheering in front of the television, but after asking later in life I was told it was Henderson's goal.

[@dankelly5150]

And Rod Gilbert pounding some respect into the Soviet player at about the 15:00 mark 😂

[@jamiecrawford7220]

Happy Belated birthday ur half a century old now!! I'm also born in 1972 and basically the same as u for watching this game that's why I noticed ur comment.. Lol.. I thought I was the only one on the same page as u but now I know I'm not.. Lol..

[@James-dt7ky]

Henderson was one of the fastest skaters in the NHL back then. Not much of a goal scorer. He got one of the most important ones though.

[@user-mr6pl6td6b]

@@dankelly5150 канадцы как чмори несколько человек на одного русского, и этот лысый что сзади за шею повалил русского, хотя он один на один неплохо бы разобрался, но суки в белой форме сразу толпой наехали, хуже некуда и подло с зади нападать, пускай бы один на один выяснили, а сколько нарушений не свистнули Рефери, их запугали канадцы...

[@dmacco1]

Definitely one of Canada's finest moments

[@mark-dietz]

I'll never forget this. I was 11 at the time. The teachers put a couple TVs in the gymnasium and the whole school watched the game. I remember the Henderson goal, and how weird and out of character it was to see the usually calm and straight laced teachers jumping up and down and yelling. I cant remember if we had to go back to class after or not. I just remember the noise spilling out into the hallway with kids cheering for Canada. What a great memory!

[@ManifestingDaily1111]

😂 🇨🇦 🍁 ❤🏒 ty for sharing

[@radiationraven]

Ah, VHS and the “tracking” dial… kids today don’t get the struggle. It’s real!

[@mmmmm1113]

My parents had every Disney movie for us kids on VHS. I understand lol 😊

[@speedbag67]

just listening to the names..... ABSOLUTE Hockey Royalty... what a thrill to see them in their playing days.....

[@moshtradamus92]

The evolution of goaltending will always amaze me.

[@XxByePolarxX]

Everyone was a stand up at this point, I agree with you

[@fredriklindegren9755]

“He threatened the referee with the stick. He didn’t swing it but he certainly indicated he might” I wonder what fine that would end up in today 😂

[@danielupsdell2697]

He would be kicked out of the nhl today

[@mrn13]

hehe! He would be banned for sure? Lifetime ban even?

[@adamdesanti6713]

Today that's extraordinary footage. In the 70's, it was Tuesday.

[@keithmiles-wl8rx]

I will never forget that game and the entire series for as long as I live. Neither will those courageous players.

[@zerubbablestranger6970]

Phil Esposito was an absolute beast in this series and to my mind, proved that he was one of the very best of all time.

[@oNeGiAnTLiE]

Took the words straight of me keyboard before I could type ! Espo commanded a lot of respect and showed a shitload of heart there. I remember watching this series on TV when I was 12 yrs old. Early Sabres fan.

[@YAe71]

one of the shocks for the Soviet audience was Canada playing so rough and dirty. The fact is that in the USSR there was gentleman's hockey, and what our players faced was incomprehensible and largely thanks to the referees, who often missed obvious provocations from the Canadians and the game slipped into outright rudeness and beatings due to ideological hatred.

[@Diogenes-ty9yy]

Phil Esposito...as a Chicagoan it still hurts to think that the Blackhawks' GM, Tommy Ivan, traded Espo, Fred Stanfield, and Ken Hodge to the Bruins for Gilles Marotte (?!!!!) and a couple of throw ins. the Bruins went on to greatness, the Blackhawks, not so much.

[@oNeGiAnTLiE]

@@YAe71 You are very correct! I do remember understanding this when i was 12 yrs old then. Damn Canadian goons

[@YAe71]

@@oNeGiAnTLiE 👍 they simply put an ideological background into this struggle, which was not on the part of the Soviets hockey players.

[@abouttime5000]

Most Canadian players were outclassed by the skating and passing skills of the Russians. It was a shock to Canadians. We managed a win by sheer emotion.

[@bobjohnson205]

I know that I was shocked by their skills when I first saw them play in Montreal. It was mind-blowing to see them pass and skate their way down the ice! They were so fast!

[@anthonypeterson428]

It was a Canadian coach who influenced that type of play. He was ignored by the NHL and Russia picked him up.

[@seanp9277]

Tretiak and Dryden, two of the greatest goalies ever.

[@tonybelchior6204]

I got this whole series on DVD collection all 8 games it is awesome. The Soviets were such a skilled hard-working team they took a lot of abuse but never gave up but Canada stuck around and after that heart felt speach by Esposito they rallied as a team and country .... great series

[@bobjohnson205]

The Soviets handed-out a lot of abuse, too!

[@iMakeThinkingFUN]

Awesome capture ... you had a VCR then wow you were rich... LOL .. I totally remember this game when I was a kid, my dad, uncle Roger, Uncle something, something, and , my cousin all watching in Timmins, Ontario where its 40- below with no McDonalds to go.... on the blue tube floor model Television, set within a Wooden furniture cabinet with a record player to the left and to the right an album shelf, the first multi-media entertainment centre, all watching one of the greatest games in History in Pre-Standard Definition SD... Yea boy ya brought me some cool memories.... Peace

[@jeanbonneau6711]

This is surreal at 2:34 when the player is about to swing at the referee

[@chadwellington2524]

in todays game what would happen if a player did that?

[@my3dviews]

@@chadwellington2524 Would get ejected from the game in the NHL, with a possible suspension. But this was international hockey, and the last game of the series. So, at most he would have missed the rest of the game. But could have also got a penalty to make them short handed.

[@Martin-es8mb]

JP Pairse.

[@alpha-male1959]

No wonder why this is called the best hockey series of all time..amazing

[@daver5196]

I was in high school and I watched this game when I got home. I always identified myself as Canadian, that day my heart swelled with national pride 🇨🇦

[@MrSteveblue824]

Epic! The most monumental hockey series in Canadian history without a doubt!

[@thejerseyj5479]

I watched this game on a delayed transmission so it had already been decided earlier that day. I was unaware of the outcome so this was a nail biter for a 15 year old kid who loved playing and watching hockey. I had tears coming down because it brought me back to those days.

[@MrFezco]

Like others here I remember this. Grade 4 Dawson Creek BC. Canada completely stopped everything to watch. So many greats on both sides. Epic.

[@samspade1841]

I remember watching this with our grade 6/7 class in the elementary school library. Etched in my memory forever. I lament what has happened to Canada.

[@samspade1841]

@@johnnysockov2755 great points Johnny. I was just lamenting for the Canada I grew up in as a kid. The loser who occupies our current PM causes me to wish for times gone by. All the best👋

[@ApexBruin]

@@samspade1841 just to be clear, you're saying it's Trudeau's fault it isn't 1972 anymore...

[@samspade1841]

@@ApexBruin just to be clear you don’t get it. Go back to your tv and mind your own business if your too daft to understand. What are you a Liberal citiot sheople anyway🤓

[@andrewwhite8762]

@@ApexBruin haha 😂

[@ssvinny2536]

Ok boomer

[@hpolsixe]

Esposito; the man, the myth, the legend.

[@bruce8321]

I watched all 8 games like nothing I ever watched in my life. I would go over to the small bar in the Royal York Hotel for the games in Russia. You did not dare leave your stool to go to the washroom as you would never get your seat back. You learned quick to really sip the beer. lol. THE FIRST AND GREATEST HOCKEY SERIES IN HISTORY AND I HAVE SEEN THEM ALL.

[@budfraser5631]

Fabulous for you..would have been great to be an adult during this series..the kids view was pretty cool..

[@gordlockwood1213]

I was in grade 8. Our woodwork teacher brought a TV into class. A guy in my class and I put a saw horse behind everyone and watched the game standing on that saw horse so we could see the TV. When Henderson scored, we jumped into the air and landed on everyone in front of us!

[@lovser3201]

Смотрится все на одном дыхании . Вот это был хоккей…

[@ajaxmaintenance5104]

Paul scored that goal 50 years ago but I remember it like it was only yesterday.

[@beloskhanania5645]

Ya because they show it 10 times a year.

[@davidreid4210]

I was 11 yrs old. Our whole school watched. I will never forget that feeling and still get it every time I see this.

[@briancharters8720]

THE GREATEST GOAL IN HISTORY. SHOOK OUR NATION TO THE CORE..AN ERUPTION OF JOY IN EVERY CANADIAN… I REMEMBER WELL!!! GREAT TO BE ALIVE ( I was 21 )

[@franklinturtle2732]

Gooose Bumps everytime I watch any of these games...Phil was the Man...but also Henderson should be in the Hockey Hall of Fame.....on pure determination alone! GOD BLESS THE BOYS WHO DID US PROUD!

[@petermontagnon4440]

I remember watching this game in school. Great game, but so disappointed that Henderson has not made it to the Hockey Hall of Fame for this series!!!

[@kevinmacisaac4856]

I totally agree with you. Paul Henderson should be there right beside Phil Esposito in Canada hockey shrine

[@robsavage9440]

Because apart from being a hero in this series.... he didn't do much else

[@razorwire3056]

I just bought Ken Dryden's new book 'The Series.' I'm an old man, I guess. This game was one of those times when you know exactly where you were. I was 12 years old. Grade 6. My class went into the class of my best friend. We were sitting on his desk watching on one of those TVs that were on the high rack. I think every school had them. I am pretty sure it was the first time Rob and I ever hugged each other. It was certainly the first time I'd ever seen two teachers hug each other. As long as I live, I will never forget that day. Rob was killed in a motorcycle accident a few years ago. People who were too young, or not alive yet, will never understand how important that series was to Canada. This country just stopped. Work stopped. Shopping stopped. School stopped. Can you imagine school stopping for a hockey game today? My God, that September was an amazing time.

[@boblawblaw6875]

I love how the commentators called it like it was. “That’s a dive”

[@keithoneil9274]

Still get shivers watching these games .

[@neilreid2298]

I remember this series very well. It completely captivated the entire country and it was wild when we won. Great memories from a more simple time.

[@tretiek20]

That’s awesome that you were part of history and remembered it so well. Me as well. I have the posters of both teams in frames in perfect condition. I have owned them my entire life

[@randyhathaway4374]

I was glued to these games, and I loved them, but imagine if Auston Matthews could have gone back in time, or any modern-day star for that matter, as the skill level has soared in the past decade.

[@SpartacusColo]

Someone fix the rabbit ears!

[@roywolfe8691]

I watched every game.i.m 74 yrs old,what a comeback in Russia canada won 3 out of 4 games.

[@derronsanchez391]

This is great old time hockey!!! Thanks for posting!

[@poconnor2085]

they let school out early so we could watch it at home ,i can remember running outside leaping in air ,crying and yelling we won we won ,never was so proud to be a Canadian

[@stevesmodelbuilds5473]

The great Foster Hewitt. There was no one better at calling Hockey: Coast-to-coast and all the ships at sea. Even listening on the radio, you could SEE the action.

[@clinttrost5743]

I agree he was awesome at calling a game but there is one better and that is Rod Phillips with the Edmonton oilers he could make a very boring and dull game sound exciting

[@patstevens1913]

Still great to watch. I remember sitting in the hallway watching the game at school . Our teacher was a fan, he was watching it in his lunch room. It was a war

[@Snowdog070]

Like so many who have commented I watched this at school as an 11 year old in Grade 6 if I recall. The school day stopped. I still have the image of the TV in my head. It was a B&W TV on a 4-legged metal stand with wheels on each leg. The TV was about 5 feet off the floor. The teachers opened up a folding partition between two classrooms and everyone gathered to watch the game. I think the whole country shut down for that last game from Moscow.

[@robertrust9223]

The greatest goal in history. Hearing it live on the radio was unbelievable, especially with the play by play Foster Hewitt, the voice of hockey, Canada. There has never been a series like it and never will be again. The team only started practicing and getting in physical shape a little over 2 weeks before the series started, playing a well oiled Soviet team. No pay, no prizes, no trophy, nothing, just playing for Canadian hockey and Canada. The team was all character and heart.

[@bobjohnson205]

I believe Foster Hewitt did the play by play on TV and Danny Gallivan did the radio play by play.

[@fucker1714]

I was born a bit too late for this Series, but I'll say that my monumental game was the Gold medal game, Olympics in 2002 in Salt Lake City. Canada hadn't won gold in 50 yrs, Gretzky put the dream-team together with so many HOF players. It was incredible. 2010 gold medal on home ice was awesome too!

[@daviddiamond1128]

do you believe in miracles--- "yes" 1980 USA gold medal and win in semi's against Russia one for the ages. I was 16 and the USA went nuts. We didn't know at the time the game was played in the afternoon, but broadcast on ABC NY channel 7 at night. the days of cell phones and internet were not available.

[@erikpeterson25]

This series was super AWESOME !!!! impressive on both sides👍

[@Trener16]

А ещё я помню первую игру Канада - СССР 2-7. ПРИЧЕСАЛИ канадцев)). Профессионалов. Тарасов великий тренер. Но при всех равных родина хоккея с шайбой Канада и они в этом молодцы. Этим живут и этим дышат.

[@user-hv1bh4wj8u]

Хреновая у тебя память! Счёт был другим. И какое отношение имел Тарасов к той игре-то? И чем он "велик"?

[@thestrum71]

Great to watch. Both teams were damn good. Made it a great game!! Awesome footage!!

[@oNeGiAnTLiE]

Jesus Saves! And then Esposito knocks in the rebound!! Espo was in warrior mode through this series. Commanded a lifetime of respect! I saw this series on TV when I was a 12 yr old fledgling Sabres fan. Trechiak the soviet goalie may have been the best goalie in the world back then.

[@ColllegePrep]

never seen this game, it was before i was born. However i m watching this and yelling at the screen for the calls and cheering our Canadian boys when they score. This was an awesome game, wow

[@scarbourgeoisie]

I wish the NHL had adopted this rink size going forward, it would have made today's game much more interesting.

[@bobjohnson205]

Because of pressure from the fans they thought about it for a while but the cost to the owners put an end to that thinking!

[@basilcarroll9729]

​@@bobjohnson205But they could have built the new rinks with larger surface. I think the cement head mentality of the NHL was more worried about better and faster skaters taking over the game and there be less violence and fights.

[@rastapete100]

Those were legit penalties that Canada received. I didn't think so at the time but when I see this I realize that was blinded by my hope for Team Canada.

[@andrewm753]

In today's game, you are right. BUT. Watch another 1970s game ... Even a 90s game and you will see much more "legal" interference. The reality is the game was refereed differently then. Those German refs were calling plays that wouldn't be called at that time, but would be called now.

[@donpietruk1517]

@@andrewm753 it was more of a difference in what was called in European hockey vs. what was called in North American hockey.

[@winterdock]

The worst infractio n in this series was Paul Henderson being slashed hooked and sent head first into the boards by an obvious, slower , inferior Russian defenceman in game five No doubt a concussion The rest is history The cry baby's who whine about Bobby Clark slashing old whatitzname on the ankle don't wish to acknowledge the fact by comparison, that forgotten Russian was nothing but a pussy compared to Henderson

[@alpearson9158]

@@winterdock Kharlamov is not forgotten by this Canadian and won't be by any knowledgable hockey fan of the time. the swung stick by Clarke was a cheap shot but there were lots by both teams in that series

[@ppower7945]

@@winterdock that's why it was so sweet when he scored that winner 🏆

[@fifthbusiness1678]

Henderson got the glory with that goal, but without Esposito I don’t think Canada wins that series. He was heart and soul of the team, and appeared to will them to victory. Fond memories of Grade V class being postponed as we watched this game on tv.

[@gophersk]

Classic. Thanks for sharing. Henderson was my hero for his effort. Esposito was a truck. Thanks again.

[@kralthewarriorking7503]

I remember watching this at school. We had TV's brought in our rooms...everyone was glued to the games

[@toddshowan3871]

Grade 4. Mrs Val..... Our teacher, lived 2 houses over from our schoolyard in Thessalon, Ontario. She took our entire class home to her house to watch the big game on TV. Can u imagine?? it was a defining moment for our generation. Like many, I had the team canada players poster on my wall, a replica jersey,.... And lucky was the boy who called that he was Paul Henderson at the Saturday night road hockey game under one streetlight, 20 below, hardpack road, using chunks of snow for goalposts. We were all paul Henderson, or Ken Dryden, in our minds. I ended up marrying Mrs. V'S WONDERFUL daughter, we got married on Mr and Mrs Vs lawn, and we now live across the road from where that unforgettable chapter in our lives occurred. Thank you Mrs V, and thank you Team Canada!!!

[@onemorething100]

What a story! Thank you

[@nelsonvienneau7348]

proud to say i was alive and 4 months old at the time haha first time watching it at 50 years young, what a treat!

[@RedRiderXXX]

Their house. Our game!

[@northstarwars]

Thank you, I had a vague recollection of this when I was 12. My 1st year on the Pee wee A Team wearing uniforms like The Bruins. What a Fun Time 🙂

[@user-it4qd5eb3q]

Greatest hockey series of all time I remember watching it on tv.

[@lucrobitaille7815]

This is such a huge series but I still feel like we fully understand how big it actually was for these people

[@zerubbablestranger6970]

I think you meant “feel like we DON’T fully understand…” If that’s what you meant, I couldn’t agree more. Very few people understand the ramifications of many historical events, this being one of them.

[@lucrobitaille7815]

@@zerubbablestranger6970 exactly

[@Vestu]

The absolute legend Phi Esposito

[@hillbillyhippie23]

I had watched all the games but got wind bound canoeing in Algonquin Park for the eighth, dam but still exciting.

[@jamiecrawford7220]

No helmet game crazy exciting special game this was.. Never witnessed this til now great comeback from Canada unequivocally..

[@jamiecrawford7220]

Tis it is!!

[@snafufubar]

Was in high school for these. Trying to watch on a 26 inch TV in the cafeteria. Hearing all the hockey names from my youth.

[@James-dt7ky]

The high school set up 3 TVs in the gym for us. The whole school watched. Unrelated....streaking was a thing back then. :)

[@KellyRicketts]

Back when I loved watching hockey!

[@edmanzini3664]

The Americans had the Apollo landing in 1969. This was Canada’s moment when we all came together. The Cold War was going and we came up big to win. Glad we got to watch it in school.😊

[@abouttime5000]

This series initiated the change around the world from stand up goal tending.

[@nicholajrantala]

In 1995 Finland won the world championship in ice hockey against Sweden. Den glider in. Check that song out but Finland owned it even it was a Swedish song❤ 1-4. The championship was held in Sweden so it was extra sweet to beat the Swedes, and the coach was a swede Curt Lindström

[@BobShoe-qp7em]

Thanks for sharing the video ❤❤, Canadians are tough on the ice, I’ve noticed that only one player wore a helmet. Natural peace keepers eh! That’s how wars should be fought!

[@vegetawithabinky]

Amazing hockey history

[@nobodyimportant6851]

Grade 7, all of Canada came to a standstill. We all watched a TV set up in the school gym. Feels like it was yesterday.

[@abouttime5000]

Phil Esposito was the king of the garbage goals.

[@framneck28]

The commentary is fantastic. They don’t sound like that anymore

[@donpietruk1517]

Let's not forget Bobby Clarke taking out Kharamalov, who many thought was the best player on the ice from either team, in the previous game with the intentional ankle slash. He was out for the previous game and extremely hobbled on this game.

[@hulkhogan8212]

its was Kharlamov not Kucherov lol

[@donpietruk1517]

@@hulkhogan8212 You're right. My bad. Don't know what the bleep I was thinking when I typed that.

[@hulkhogan8212]

@@donpietruk1517 Both are good russian player with a name beginning by K and end by OV

[@swampfolk2526]

В отместку надо было эспозито сломать или курнуайе. Ну разве проблема дать человеку клюшкой по открытой голове? Проблема сборной СССР в том, что она канадцев за людей нормальных воспринимала. А вы мрази. С вами играть не следовало. Тот был полный дурак кто позволил это неспортивное действо.

[@brookemaskell1275]

Not a one sided affair though either. Boris Mikhailev kicked Gary Bergman I believe in the shin through the shinpad and gashing him wide open

[@franks9344]

And how about Mr Ranger, the late great Rod Gilbert dishing out a nice beating !

[@louis-etiennebelangergagno5514]

Goalies in that time were so insane, actual gigachad move to step in front of a shot with a puck

[@bombasticbushkin4985]

I can still feel the emotion, the stress as if it was yesterday. It was bigger than a hockey game. It was about a way of life and Canada's hockey tradition. Free society vs communism. The Soviets were bragging towards the end how with a tie they still win the series. That heroic last goal with Henderson asking to go in, flying off the bench, and leader Esposito's great pass and persistence, was epic and etched in the minds of all Canadians alive 'til this day.

[@georgedunn7825]

Great game!!! That's how it was meant to be played!!!! Nice to see that

[@jackmorrison8269]

Not sure how but Tretiak ended up watching a game in my small home town in Alberta and got to meet him.

[@user-et5nk2ib1g]

Hockey has evolved so much. This game looks like it’s a bunch of senior beer leaguers.

[@ricter29]

Wished Orr could have played

[@danielupsdell2697]

If Orr played Canada would have won the series already

[@ssvinny2536]

Why didnt he play?

[@lukebruce5234]

@@ssvinny2536 injured

[@1safety4all]

awesome series

[@mvwoon]

And 20 years later the USSR team moved to Detroit

[@swampfolk2526]

Нет.

[@TheDefeatest]

19:57 look at that Canadian player going over and tapping the Russian goalie to say good try bud, like a real sportsman. Classy.

[@michaelcarlson7575]

Peter Mahovlich did the same thing while the Canadians were celebrating Henderson's goal. Imagine Tretiak (or Dryden for that matter) wearing all the pads goalies wear these days.

[@nathanhazlehurst484]

Lol. That was intense! Esposito and mahovolich where awesome players. Haven't watched this game in a long time. Well highlights in this case.

[@bobroberts7269]

I wasn't born yet but I will always remember watching this game.

[@PercyKlvana]

No names on dress, no helmets on heads, no logos on ice ... Only game

[@bobbilly5960]

I have a big framed picture on my wall with the 4 guys in it from the famous hug while Tretiak laying on the ice. Hand signed by all 4 players.

[@italia2002italia]

........the STORY !!!!!!!..............................ssssssupeeerrrr gameee!!!!! thanks!!