Detroit Red Wings: Best of the 1997 Playoffs

[@TWTexasA1]

MVP could have went to many different players but they got it right, Mike Vernon just played lights out in those games. He deserved it 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@dougedef]

Greatest roster the Red Wings ever had. 4 lines that were absolute nightmares for whoever faced them. And Vernon got hot right at the right time. Man what a fun playoff season 97 was.

[@tomace194]

2002 was their best team. Hands down. I think like 11 hof players and coaches on that team.

[@jharmon8729]

I watch this video every few months when Im feeling shitty, always cheers me up lol. Red Wings for life

[@Spiele_Intensiv]

D'accord!

[@ScottAMelton]

Omg I was gonna comment the same thing Haha I just watched the March 26th brawl game and then I had to watch this right after. Always cheers me up

[@ScottAMelton]

@Jay Agreed! Stupid ass Gnida fucked up Vladdy's life. He was such a beast. Me and my friends used to say he was a robot because of the way he played and acted. Real stiff and machine-like. When we heard it was him in the accident we were like "Not possible. He CAN'T be hurt. He is a robot that never gets hurt". 😫😫

[@ScottAMelton]

@Jay Yep. I've said that all along. We were a great team but Shanahan gave us that toughness. It always seemed like we were afraid of Colorado and a few other top teams but Shanny had that attitude like "I don't care who you are. We are the Red Wings and WE are badass!!!" And Maltby was one of my favorite players. I still have his jersey. He had the ability to throw the top players off their game, especially in playoffs!!

[@roundheelsbiden191]

That McCarty goal always does it for me..

[@scottlucidi6476]

crazy how much talent the NHL had in the 90s

[@Monotremata]

It was good to watch this vid. I'm an Islanders fan first, but the Wings became my #2 team in '93. Seeing Yzerman finally hoist the Cup in '97 was one of the best hockey moments I can remember. But seeing Konstantinov at the end of this took me down a few notches. Will never see a D-man like that again.....

[@tomace194]

I still have my vlad jersey from 1996

[@AndrewNNovak]

The Red Wings made the Playoffs for 25 Years in a Row. It was a Great will it lasted. Wish the Red Wings of today could play like that. Red Wings Fan Forever!

[@cmushocker]

So many Hall of Fame players on this team, it was privilege to watch them play live at the Joe.

[@apointtomake1517]

Not only did they sweep the Flyers, they humiliated them. Combination of Hextall playing goalie like a matador and Lindros' disappearing act. This team really does not get mentioned enough when people talk all time great teams.

[@gavinknight8754]

Mike Vernon MVP and Hall of Fame.What a team they had.

[@lallenjacobs14]

If I could travel back in time I would want to go to this night and be at the Joe to watch the game in person. I mean watching it on TV was great but it would have been so much better to actually be there.

[@katkenobi6765]

I miss this kind of hard, grinding, fighting for every inch kind of hockey. I remember the first time I got my mum to watch hockey was during this season. This was also the first time I ever heard my mum curse like a sailor!!!! Hearing my sweet, quiet mum screaming at roy “take that you llama-faced BIIIIIIIIITCH” was worth it in itself! 🤣🤣🤣🤣 We still tease mum about that to this day. The Wings were just incredible and the talent on that team was mind boggling.

[@frequentsee3815]

lmfao

[@MrShadowhell62]

😂😭😍😂😍😂😭😍😍😍😂😂😂😂

[@user-ig3iv8xf8o]

Что творится! Просто битва, какое зрелище! Детройт!!!! Просто Вау!!!

[@katkenobi6765]

I forgot about that massive hit Vlady made on deadmarsh. AWESOME.

[@ryanpendleton7410]

Nostalgia at its finest. It's always the warm spring transitioning into summer days in Detroit that remind me of that feeling we all had when the Wings hoisted their first cup in 97. Everything went right literally. Miracles happened that year. We got contribution from guys who weren't suppose to there. Lapointe, Maltby, Kocur, and McCarty changed our dynamic. What a team probably will never see such a thing in the D ever again

[@frequentsee3815]

I kissed Jessica Kubes that year in my pool before the 4th of July Fireworks. Great year.

[@ryanpendleton7410]

Out of all the chips from our teams. This one definitely hits different. Closet thing I would say is 04 Pistons.

[@cb10m]

only true red wing fans get the importance of the very last clip in the video

[@adamk5305]

No doubt

[@sparrow-we7ip]

lol

[@dancolonna6590]

Only a real red wings fan follows adwood40

[@tksambrano]

Awesome video! Gave me goosebumps again seeing The Captain raise the Cup for the 1st time. A very special moment ....

[@macmac3374]

Anyone else miss Gary Thorn commentating the playoff games? Something tells me he liked the wings more then NBC and doc do

[@Musique61414]

No kidding, I miss Gary, and I often mute the games now.

[@user-fe9gt7jv7h]

Скоти Боуман создал великую команду. Майк Вернон просто красавчик!!!

[@calypsocalypso3766]

Это точно

[@stephenmartinek8315]

This team was all time greatest combination of high end skilled talent and grinding grit hockey and I loved watching them play.

[@MrShadowhell62]

23 years later...not a teenager anymore.....fucking goosebumbs......verny.....not sure ya can light that up in the joe.......ray lane.....his eyes blinded with booze....😂😂😂😍😍😍

[@Saberwing721]

With what Detroit went through to get past Colorado and the way they were playing, Philly had no chance.

[@richardkammerer2814]

16-6.

[@strumptavianroboclick5596]

Everytime im sick i put this on and it helps to make me feel better

[@1965Siberian]

Russian Five - Thanks for Soviet Hockey!

[@user-kw9oj7th7v]

The Best!

[@ljrayburn322]

The greatest of all time!!

[@nikolaidelchinski4412]

You are welcome Tovarich

[@alexanderdanielyan483]

The best team EVER

[@landonramos]

I miss Stevie Y sooooo damn much.

[@petrakulhankova917]

DOMINIK HAŠEK .. byli jsme na něj doma hrdí!

[@teresamoreno3526]

Saw this unfold!!!! Greatest team ever!!!!

[@serevgenii724]

Классная команда была!!!

[@beefcurtainz69]

Thank you for all this! I have all these still on VHS in the basement somewhere that I need to watch one day! Loved this wings team!!!

[@cmushocker]

In reality, the Red wings should have swept the Avs in 4 games. In game 1, Detroit out-shot Colorardo 35 to 19 and out-played them in every aspect (similar to all the other Detroit wins in the series) only to have Patrick Roy steal the show as he would normally do and give his team a win with a .971 save percentage. Joe Sakic even stated in a press conference that they got lucky in game 1. It very likely could have been 12 wins in a row with Detroit sweeping the Ducks & Flyers. Detroit had high level talent ( as did the Avs and Flyers) but they won with a smothering system, the "left wing lock," which they played to perfection.

[@RackEmRack]

It’s so crazy to watch hockey back then and how light on the whistle the refs were. Good ole hockey

[@jaydee2137]

Damn. Konstinov was Russian piston to Motowns deadly engine.

[@izzyshniperson1469]

is he a tough guy?

[@DrDm-kz9qh]

He was called Vladiator . Scotty Bowman considered him one of the best defenders of the NHL. Боумэн считает его одним из лучших защитников НХЛ всех времён.

[@Stretchg33k]

That was an awesome thing to watch, brought back a lot of memories! Thanks!

[@tannersharp643]

Best hockey team ever assembled....

[@mulletpower2009]

PERFECT compilation! Thank you SO much!!!

[@ScottAMelton]

Watching this video makes me bawl like a baby (happy tears) every time I watch it

[@IFearDuck]

Awesome, thank you for the upload. I've probably added all of your videos to my favorite list lol Go Wings!

[@vincentblood7510]

hey hey hockeytown!! go get em wings

[@sthannah78ify]

I agree with the one comment. It made me feel better watching good hockey played by a red wings team right now lol

[@russellthornton9283]

This was the Best Red Wings Team ever. After the March 26th Brawl against the Avs and also Game 5 of the 1st Round against the Blues they pulled together and got red hot and went all the way for the Cup.

[@TWTexasA1]

I mean come on even the Wings 3rd line were awesome in these playoff games, One of the best teams in the history of the NHL 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@dimon5891]

Great team, and great coach!!!

[@Datsyuk132011]

Yzerman was jacked up in game 3 of the finals.

[@irishock]

You are THE man.

[@jordanhunt5367]

I loved Lapointe, but no, he wasn't going to be the captain. He was getting old by the time Yzerman retired and retired himself 2 years later. The Wings made the right choice either way naming the best defenseman in league history the captain.

[@wildfan18568]

That was a great year for me my two favorite teams in the cup =D

[@Hanson586]

Martin Lapointe was going to be our next captain but when Boston threw all that money @ him even Yzerman said GO. DAMN I miss hockey.

[@redwing1214]

Yup he was being groomed for Captain. Man I wish he would’ve played his whole career in Detroit. He had such a nice and important role on our team. He was so clutch in the playoffs. I would’ve liked to see Fedorov play his entire career in Detroit too. Hopefully we retire #91 this season. He deserves it. Edit: LaPoint signed his rookie card, jersey and stick for me in 1998. He was a really good guy.

[@sherwinrazmy8688]

Privet kak dila- ahh the Russian 5- 1- 97 Red Wing Reds- my bias The Russian 5 Sergei Fedarow, Vladimir Konstantinov, Slava Kozlov, Slava Festov(brothers) and Igor Larinov-The entire Russian national hockety team. Sergei Fedrov, Vladimir Konstantinov, Slava Koslov, Slava Felistov and Iror Larinow Thee players got drafted back in Three of the players were drafted by the Red Wings in 1989 and 1990, and their defections from the Soviet Union were aided by the Wings . The last two were acquired via trades from the New Jersey Devils, San Jose Sharks. RW coach Scotty Browman played the five together as a unit from October 1995 to June 1997. Just some facts that some may not know.

[@OCD450]

I think this was the very early beginning of Detroit's turn around

[@ryanpendleton7410]

This was the we better prove it year. 3 seasons prior with great records. Bounced out in first round in 94. Swept in finals in 95. Lost in WCF in 96.

[@MotiveGR]

Anyone else still have the vhs Hockeytown tapes from their cup runs?

[@lancewihzzer3654]

Why you make so much awesome videos?

[@Packguitar182]

never knew stevie Y had a 2nd >= blue line goal against st louis. Plus the one against philly

[@ryanlesperance777]

Pride comes before the fall

[@nickbeaudoin1989]

9:28 knock on wood lol

[@Knards]

Constantinov looks down and says, "You just been Kronwalled"

[@BigSpencer77]

Why you gotta end on the Vladimir Konstantinov image? Making me sad.

[@adamk5305]

My thoughts exactly. I thought it was a nice touch to end on.

[@TommyCage0736]

Anyone see the cross check by Shanny in double OT in front of the net. I respect the Red Wings for being the best team in that generation, but 2 guys on those teams that I could not stand were Shannahan and Maltby.

[@vernonschaal340]

@ 6:45 The days of the blue comet puck, they should bring it back.

[@makemeeasy]

Oh, these circle beards

[@sofaking27]

vernon was the x factor, plus why isn't shanahan in the hof

[@redwing1214]

It was a odd year. Ozzy was our starting goalie in the regular season and Bowman(smartly) started Vernon in the playoffs.

[@twatttheworldaccordingtoto4339]

Hey, I saw Gary Batman in this video! LGRW!

[@dabbadoo2226]

Damn I miss this kinda hockey

[@leonidas7281]

GOLD

[@gamezilluh]

It was do hard to find quality goaltenders back then. Belfour, Brodeur, Roy, Richter, Vernon, Osgood, and Hasek were the only damn decent ones. I'm sure I left someone out but if you had one of the goalies listed above your team was at an extreme advantage. They were years ahead of goalies just in technique and skating ability.

[@adrianciobanu5856]

😂😂😂than 7 + Brodeur so 8 hall of fames present nobady so is a faking 8 -0 ,like Khabib go to slip

[@Jupex]

these long shot goals haha

[@wallacepeeace6492]

So many players that could have been captains on a different team...

[@lynchpintm8928]

Back when the wings were great.

[@alexanderdanielyan483]

DarrenMc kick LemASS,,,best kick ass EVER

[@ernestoadvinculavalerajuni5921]

God Bless The Detroit Red Wings In The National Hockey League In🇺🇸The🇺🇸United🇺🇸States🇺🇸Of🇺🇸America🇺🇸.

[@animoetprudentia2865]

The hype on the flyers in 97' was ridiculous. Sports pundits thought Detroit would get crushed by Lindros and the big, slow goons from Philly. They couldn't have been more wrong. 23 yrs later: "what's a Lindros?"

[@sthannah78ify]

Why does the goalies look smaller or the pads to me??

[@baliktad8]

They not only look smaller, but they are smaller than the modern goalie.

[@nickbeaudoin1989]

that pass sports network puck shadow was the WORST

[@zshar10]

Goalies were so small back then.

[@baliktad8]

Funk Enstein no he means physically smaller. Vernon and Fuhr are both about 5’8”. Yes, the leg pads are longer, but not necessarily wider. Goalies nowadays are huge. Ben Bishop is 6’7”.

[@Yaposhkin]

russian line+hasek gg

[@calmdon]

no Hasek in this video. don't smoke crack

[@Arytonblue95]

Man, Hextall was rubbish in that Finals series, Wings were unstoppable at times but jesus, Flyers may as well have had 6 skaters on instead.

[@izzyshniperson1469]

russian five is the best!

[@rolandkennedy80]

Battle of Alberta with vernon vs fuhr is a little different when Fuhr isnt getting 6 goals a game to work with. Jesus he was awful in that series

[@simonmarshall19]

Philly almost got Geoff Courtnall in 96. They should've

[@TheYzeman]

Wouldn't have changed a thing. Nice try though.

[@alexanderdanielyan483]

WIth fucken Colorado the best rivalry EVER

[@snakespiritdude8230]

Before they started to suck in 2013

[@JackRule16]

It's literally one of the best teams in NHL history but my god, all of the goalies in this era look terrible. Like even the big names these guys face are getting roasted

[@ernestoadvinculavalerajuni5921]

God Bless The🇺🇸United🇺🇸States🇺🇸Of🇺🇸America🇺🇸All The Democratic Parties In🇺🇸The🇺🇸Whole🇺🇸50th🇺🇸States🇺🇸Of🇺🇸America🇺🇸.