Classic: Rangers @ Nordiques 05/06/95 | Game 1 Quarterfinals 1995

Game 1 between the Rangers and Nordiques in the 1995 playoffs.

[@CodyChromeBand]

That Sakic goal is one I'll never forget. The crowd was cheering as soon as he picked up the puck.

[@lordsmokio]

This is the final series the Nordiques ever played. Pretty cool to see the full game! Keep up the great uploads!

[@rickp4214]

Very cool crossroads with NYR approaching the end of their run, and QUE/COL at the beginning of theirs.

[@freakyfornash]

Would have been interesting to see how things would have turned out, had if Quebec not moved. But T.B.H., while it was bad that the fans of Quebec lost their team, moving to Denver was probably the best thing that ever could have happened to the franchise itself. That being the case since players suddenly wanted to play for their organization, while very few wanted anything to do with Quebec. Plus keep in mind the Avs at the very least would have never gotten Patrick Roy, since there's no way in Hell that the Habs would have ever traded him to the Nordiques for certain, no matter the circumstances too.

[@littl3m0nkey]

1:25:56 "Oh yes.... this is playoff hockey now!" Classic Bob Cole. Legend

[@0512tommy]

I believe it was the last ever home win for the Nordiques.

[@exquisitevibes5467]

Actually Game 5 of that series was their last home win

[@miket7330]

The nhl is missing in the city of québec

[@mrbob424]

No it isn't lol 😆 😂

[@sjdrifter72]

@@mrbob424 Yes it does, the NHL fandom that is. But that sleazebag Gary Bettman would rather put teams in Sun Belt locations where it doesn't belong (Arizona and Vegas) instead of bringing back the Nordiques to a traditional hockey market like Quebec City.

[@freakyfornash]

@@sjdrifter72 At least he was surprisingly kind, and wise enough to let Winnipeg have their team back. You have to give him some credit for that at least, but still though! Plus keep in mind that the NHL's sunbelt experience began just before Bettman become the commissioner, even if he was the one who really accelerated it to the extreme however.

[@mattandkim17]

Super Joe!

[@richardkagan3603]

We were told Quebec City could not support a NHL team...but this video shows a different story.. An electric atmosphere , thrilling game... Quebec City should have never lost their franchise.... meanwhile, for 25 years, the NHL has thrown away millions of dollars to prop up an Arizona franchise that has been a cash-sucking bottomless pit ....

[@mrbob424]

It's called finances and unfortunately quebec couldn't compete especially with the Canadian dollar being too low to compete with the US dollar. The fans came though this series didn't sell out. Every game had tickets available which should never happen in the playoffs.

[@sjdrifter72]

You can blame Bettman for the Coyotes still existing in Arizona. It's ironic he did nothing to save the Winnipeg Jets but he goes through hell and high water to keep that franchise in the desert where they never should have relocated to.

[@sjdrifter72]

@@mrbob424 well, I guess those 'finances' you speak has not kept the Coyotes out of bankruptcy, hasn't it? That team has always had a cloud of uncertainty ever since moving to the southwest and any self respecting player not of retirement age would be nuts to sign with that team since they're never going to compete for Stanley Cups. It's a dead end street.

[@elGeant24]

@@mrbob424 Québec would have been having as much success at the gates as the Jets if they would have entered been entering 10 years ago but they vibe isn't much there aymore and it would rather looks like Ottawa in the stands with atttendance from 10000 to many sell outs if they would have been having a good club, which is still better the many Southern teams. It's sure that Québec will never be like Toronto or Montreal.

[@freakyfornash]

@@elGeant24 But Quebec City cannot possibly be any worse than Phoenix, and, Miami, and hell would no doubt even outdraw (North) Carolina, and Tampa Bay at the very least for that matter also.

[@freakyfornash]

To think that this series would have been a sweep, had if the Rangers been able to have hung on, and win this game. That despite Quebec sweeping them during the regular season, while having the top seed in the East though. I do wonder if the franchise perhaps could have been saved, if the Nordiques won the Cup this season? Can only wonder what would have been if they hadn't moved, and with how different the 1995-1996 season would have been for them if so? While they still had a very good team, we do know they at the very least wouldn't have gotten Patrick Roy, since there's no way in hell Montreal would have traded him to the Nordiques. That along with Denver being a much desirable place to go to, than Quebec ever was for certain, where very few players wanted to be also.

[@mrbob424]

Very true but whiny nordiques fans still whine about Kovalev dive in game 4 at msg when he was slashed in the back. I was there it wasn't a dive but whiny fans never got over it lol 😆 😂 😅

[@freakyfornash]

@@mrbob424 I'm a Rangers fan too, and I was kind of surprised that call wasn't made, which changed the direction of the series. No way the Rangers would have bounced back to win Game #4 if that didn't go their way, and likely don't win the series in the process for that matter if so either.

[@sjdrifter72]

@@freakyfornash How's it feel like to be living in another Rangers Curse, bud? Savor that '94 win, because you may never see them win again in your lifetime.

[@freakyfornash]

@@sjdrifter72 Well they just might get it this season at the rate things are going, and you never know though! We'll find out! 😉

[@elGeant24]

The bad call against Joe Sakic at MSG vs Kovalev was a turning point in that series and Nordiques history. No way NYR gonna swap that.

[@0512tommy]

The refs missed sooooooo many many many calls in that game.

[@kialljacobs8331]

So they miss alot in every game that's playoff hockey for you back then they still don't call everything in today's playoff hockey either. U could get away with alot back in the day

[@jjgillmen]

Shoot, why not bring the NHL back to Quebec City?! Ya got the fanbase, ya got the new Videotron Centre. What more can you ask for?!

[@elGeant24]

Geoff Molson is blocking the project for years now, as he's influencial at the owners board. Would be great though, but the league played too much and people's mind and the thrill isn't there as it was 5-10 years before Bettman admit he never planned an expension or a move there with the Seattle, KC and Houston way in front of Québec.