Game 6 1980 Stanley Cup Final Flyers at Islanders - CBS and CBC combined feed

[@liduck52]

I remember rushing home from work at JFK airport to watch this game. The islanders were not having a good season, then they made the trade for Goring and they took off.

[@georgevila1778]

@liduck52 : The JFK airport staff, should have legally given you the day off.

[@georgevila1778]

@liduck52 : In fact, all ISLANDERS FANS, who were busy at their work posts that day, should have been given the weekend off, as well.

[@daboys1215]

Ken Morrow - Wins the gold medal at the Olympics in February then wins the Stanley Cup in May. Then wins 3 more Stanley Cups the following three years. Incredible.

[@georgevila1778]

@daboys1215 : No other Olympic Gold Medalist, would be able to duplicate what KEN MORROW accomplished so beautifully, throughout his remarkable carreer.

[@georgevila1778]

The logo appearing next to the one of the New York Islanders at centre ice, was the official vintage crest of NASSAU COLISEUM.

[@georgevila122]

Clark Gillies. The man they called JETHRO. A fantastic hockey player, and a wonderful human being. All the hockey fans in Long Island, loved him. Myself included. R.I.P. Buddy.

[@Jaybee-nd2mk]

I was born and lived in Nassau County Long Island not far from the Coliseum where the Islanders played until I was 12. We then moved to Philadelphia several years before this matchup so you can imagine how torn I was watching it!

[@georgevila1778]

@Jaybee-nd2mk : If i was your father, i would have told my wife that we are not moving to Philadelphia, and we would spend the rest of our lives in Long Island. This way, you would have been at Nassau Coliseum celebrating the glorious conquest with your adoring Islanders friends, instead of being in front of your living room TV at home in God - forsaken Philly, on May 24, 1980.

[@Jaybee-nd2mk]

@@georgevila1778 LOL but the sports Gods did shine on me a few years later when my childhood hero and Long Island native DR J got traded to philly and kicked the lakers ass in the process!!

[@bardwelldavidjelliff7632]

For all those Long Island Islanders fans. I grew up in North Dakota, Grand Forks to be exact. Don’t ask how or why but I am an Islanders fan and have been since I can remember. I had been to an Islanders game in Winnipeg, the first installment of the Winnipeg Jets and Chicago, where I have lived since 2006. Not until 2014 had I been to a game on Long Island and yes, I was able to see my beloved Islanders at home in the Veterans Memorial Coliseum. Loved every minute of that night. I sat center ice row 5.

[@bardwelldavidjelliff7632]

Why the Islanders probably for the following reasons: (1) 21 Teams in the NHL at the time; (2) The Islanders were good and growing up in Grand Forks, ND we had the CKY (Winnipeg), CBC (Toronto/National Broadcast) and a Minneapolis station, broadcasting all North Stars games; (3) with 21 Teams, I saw the Islanders on tv - a lot; (4) Billy Smith, Bob Nystrom, Butch Goring; (5) Bossy; (6) Islanders were fun to watch.

[@georgevila1778]

7632: My first live Islander game, was at Bell Centre against the hometown Montreal Canadiens on Saturday November 7, 1998. Habs emerged victorious in that memorable encounter, 4 - 2.

[@georgevila1778]

@@bardwelldavidjelliff7632 : That fantastic Islander squad, was totally comprised of highly - experienced veterans who made opponents lives, a living hell from 1980 to 1983.

[@georgevila1778]

@@bardwelldavidjelliff7632 : The North American Sports Media, proudly dessignated the New York Islanders as professional sports, TEAM OF THE YEAR in 1980.

[@bufnyfan1]

RIP Clarke Gilles (3:17:27)

[@georgevila1778]

@bufnyfan1 : For once, you are showing respect to the memory of a departed, and deeply loved human being.

[@georgevila122]

BACK THEN, I LOVED BOTH NEW YORK HOCKEY TEAMS : THE RANGERS AND THE ISLANDERS. TODAY, EXACTLY 42 YEARS LATER, I STILL DO !!

[@adk46er5203]

Islander fan in Connecticut. Thanks Pride! I never saw all the post game interviews because it was on Hockey Night in Canada. Thanks to Canada also!

[@georgevila1778]

@adk46er5203 : This is your chance to see it now here, on the KZbin Network.

[@georgevila122]

Suny D : You were probably born, somewhere around 1984. I was a young 19 year old teenager back then. And even though i live in the Montreal Area, my love and affection for the Islanders, is deeper and more stronger than ever before.

[@georgevila1778]

Suny D: Your birth took place at the time, in which the fantastic 4 - year reign of the totally - indestructible New York Islanders, was sadly coming to an end. The OILER ERA, was officially born at Edmonton's Northlands Coliseum on Saturday May 19, 1984.

[@flyingbeaver900]

Wow. I am incredibly grateful for you posting these videos. I just stumbled upon this tonight. I was 11 when this game was played. I believe this was around the year my hockey interests was in its peaking phase.. I lived for HNIC and hockey generally, during the playoffs I would never miss a game, any game. Come to think of it, I don’t know if I missed a game period. CBC HNIC would broadcast regular season hockey on Saturday only. I don’t recall if there was another network broadcasting at the time locally in my area of Quebec? Seeing this footage, the whole game almost brings a tear to my eye. It’s nostalgia like I’ve never felt before. Damn! I was cheering for the Flyers, they were my favourite team back then. My brother’s was the islanders ;). I so miss that time.. my childhood.. and the players; Clarke, barber, leach- trottier, bossy, Gillis. Wow! Paul holmgren, nystrom, billy smith.. I knew every player on each team and really studied the game, the players. Just a wonderful memory., I just started the game.. the crowd noise is incredible. The announcing, the players, the energy, the intensity, the fire.. truly incredible time in the NHL.. probably the high of the high in terms of the NHL. I can’t wait to watch the rest and then the cbs broadcast (which I never got to see in Canada - my area). After. This feels like home or maybe heaven. Thank you.

[@bufnyfan1]

I remember this too--hockey was by far better then--you could follow a team and develop an interest in them--now there are 30 different teams--players moving from one team to another-I don't even bother watching anymore

[@georgevila1778]

@@bufnyfan1 : Quite obviously, you know absolutely NOTHING about hockey.

[@georgevila122]

THE GREATEST FINAL GAME IN STANLEY CUP PLAYOFF HISTORY !! 1980 WAS A PROUD AND GLORIOUS TIME, TO BE AN ISLANDER FAN.

[@michaelleroy9281]

I would also say 1981 1982 and 1983

[@georgevila1778]

@@michaelleroy9281 : I totally accepted it, also.

[@georgevila1778]

'' OUTCOME NEVER IN DOUBT !! '' THE SCOREBOARD HIGH ABOVE CENTER ICE AT NASSAU COLISEUM, TOLD THE WORLD THAT WE HAVE JUST WITTNESSED SOMETHING SO BEAUTIFUL, THAT WILL NEVER BE REPEATED AGAIN IN OUR LIFETIME !! YES, BABY ! IT'S OURS !! ETERNALLY FOR EVER !!!!

[@cynthiastines8918]

Out of all 4 Stanley Cup wins, this was my favorite. What a great ⏳️. A lot was going on. The fans were going crazy before the opening face-off. Clark Gillies, 1954-2022, and Mike Bossy 1957-2022 were fantastic. It's hard to believe its been 2 years since they've both passed on. May they both RIP. While that was going on, Another Brick In The Wall was #1 on the charts, and Ride Like The Wind was right behind it at #2 for a month. Also, SNL showed them some ❤ on the Weekend Update edition, even it was only for nearly 20 seconds, and last but not least, everyone was taking guesses as to WHO SHOT JR. Also, let's not forget, Dan Kelly, 1935-1989, called Bob Nystrom's Stanley Cup GW goal. May he, too, RIP. I almost forgot, Ken Morrow got some silver to go with the gold 🏅. I forgot one more thing, TROTS WON THE CONN SMYTHE 🏆.

[@robyschwendi2856]

2:51:55 Don Cherry 🍒 called it! Nystrom game winner 🏆!

[@georgevila1778]

2856 : Prior to that, JACQUES LEMAIRE of the Montreal Canadiens, won the Cup with an overtime goal in Game- 4 of the 1977 Final, at dreaded Boston Garden.

[@georgevila1778]

2856 : Last Stanley Cup won by a home team in overtime : BOSTON BRUINS. Bobby Orr scoring the clincher, 40 seconds into period 1 of overtime against the ST. LOUIS BLUES in Game - 4 of the Stanley Cup Final, also at Boston Garden. MAY 10, 1970.

[@bardwelldavidjelliff7632]

Bill Torrey should have co-written a book on leading and building teams, with Al Arbour. Could you imagine what we could still learn today?

[@georgevila1778]

7632 : The coffee - table album and the mini - book, commemorating the Islanders 50th anniversary, is the ideal souvenir that adoring fanatics of this successful franchise, should proudly own. Including YOU. I should be getting my copies, a week from this Monday.

[@georgevila1778]

7632 : A lot has changed since that beautiful, and glorious spring Saturday afternoon at Nassau Coliseum on May 24, 1980.

[@NMeyer0]

Most underrated team of all time. What that team accomplished in the early 80s is still one of the greatest examples of team play in NHL history IMO.

[@georgevila1778]

@NMeyer0 : Do me a favour. Check and see if you are really the one, who is 100 % underrated ?

[@NMeyer0]

@@georgevila1778 just checked. Nope, not even close. Are you?

[@georgevila1778]

@@NMeyer0 : Sorry to dissapoint you. But according to my sources, i'm afraid you are.

[@NMeyer0]

@@georgevila1778 get a life sport.

[@georgevila1778]

@@NMeyer0 : You're the one who needs it very desperately, dummy.

[@BBQFanNo1]

Don Cherry picked Nystrom to score the OT goal winner in intermission between 3rd period and OT

[@georgevila1778]

@BBQFanNo1 : Cherry was not only a great coach, he was a brilliant GENIUS !!

[@georgevila1778]

@BBQFanNo1 : Many Islanders fans, myself included, sensed that our boys were going to deliver the sacred treasure in Overtime. The task, was brilliantly accomplished.

[@humanbeing2420]

What a remarkable achievement to build a Cup winner within the first decade of a franchise's existence. Today that's more easily achievable. And in the early 80's with free agency nonexistent, a team would ice nearly the exact same roster the next year, so barring season-ending injury to a major player, a Cup winner was expected to repeat the next year.

[@georgevila1778]

@humanbeing2420 : Not one single professional sports team existing today, would be able to duplicate what Al Arbour's explosive squad, delivered so beautifully at the start of the 1980's.

[@humanbeing2420]

@@georgevila1778 I agree - the changes that have taken place across all professional sports make it impossible.

[@georgevila122]

SATURDAY MAY 24, 1980. BIRTH OF THE GREATEST DYNASTY, EVER CREATED IN PROFESSIONAL HOCKEY HISTORY !!

[@michaelleroy9281]

Nope Montreal Canadiens from 1956-60 and 1976-79

[@danielhuntington2116]

Well you can't argue against the 5 in a row the Canadiens won. I think the Islanders were on par with the 2nd Canadiens dynasty...19 straight playoff series won is unmatched. All great dynasties!

[@georgevila1778]

@@michaelleroy9281 : Stop living in the past. I am talking here about a NEW MODERN ERA in hockey history, referring of course to the 1980's.

[@georgevila1778]

@@michaelleroy9281 : The days of the ORIGINAL SIX, are long gone. YES. MONTREAL truly was the MOST DOMINANT NHL team of the 1970's winning an unprecedented 6 STANLEY CUPS in 1971 - 1973 - 1976 - 1977 - 1978 and 1979.

[@georgevila1778]

YABBA DABBA DOO ! YABBA DABBA DOO ! The sign, held by the Islander fan wearing a PIG's mask at NASSAU COLISEUM that Saturday afternoon, in 1980.

[@leafyutube]

@59:50 This is one of the first Coach's Corner segments.

[@georgevila1778]

@leafytube : Right before the addition of RON MACLEAN as a permanent member of the HNIC announcing crew on CBC.

[@leafyutube]

@@georgevila1778 Actually Ron MacLean came much later in 1986 after Dave Hodge was fired for mocking CBC.

[@georgebrennan2576]

Incredible...love it

[@silverdialga0358]

I’m only 17, so I wasn’t even a thought in imagination at this point. As an Islanders fan from Uniondale, I feel as if watching this is a rite of passage for me lol. So, in short, thanks a bunch for posting this! Nice to see the barn was rocking like this from the beginning! (Yes I know they were founded in 1972 but this is close enough lol)

[@silverdialga0358]

Also, does anyone know why we’re wearing away jerseys? Or did they not have the blue home jerseys?

[@RealIslandersPride]

NHL teams wore white at home until 2003-04 when the policy was reversed. The Islanders wore white for the first 32 years of their existence.

[@silverdialga0358]

@@RealIslandersPride Ah, that makes sense now. Thanks a bunch!

[@liduck52]

@@silverdialga0358 Teams wore white at home starting in 70-71 season.

[@georgevila1778]

@@RealIslandersPride : MIKE BOSSY was my street neighbour here in Laval, Quebec from February ' 1974 to August ' 1978.

[@locutus1126]

I still remember this, I was 8 at the time. My dad was so happy as he hated the Flyers. To this day he still goes on about Clarke slashing Kharlamov's ankle. Dan Kelly was such a great announcer.

[@bufnyfan1]

this was an era of some great announcers--Dan Kelly (St. Louis and CBS), Bill Hewitt (Toronto), and Danny Gallivan (Montreal)--unfortunately after them came that dinosaur/overrated Bob Cole. Cole was terrible and wouldn't retire at 83 until CBC and Rogers forced him to. I heard he was bitter about being forced out

[@johnthomas2557]

The “Freaking” Flyers were terrible for the NHL. I will ALWAYS DESPISE THAT PILE OF 💩that “Boxes” 🥊in Philadelphia. They couldn’t play Hockey with the Russians back on January 11, 1976. What a disgrace the Flyers were then and were from 1967- forever. The Canadian’s, The Islanders and The Oilers all put that rotten organization in there place. 🗑

[@ronmailloux8655]

@@bufnyfan1 Cole was very good for a long time but may have stayed on too long.

[@bufnyfan1]

@@ronmailloux8655 He was NOT very good. The reason this generation thinks he was is because he was essentially the only play-by-play announcer they have heard so became used to him. Prior to Cole came three of the best announcers of all time: Danny Gallivan (Montreal), Bill Hewitt (Toronto), and the great Dan Kelly (who announced for St. Louis and for CBS). Cole couldn't "hold a microphone" to any of them. And Cole was so biased towards Toronto that they took him off covering them all together (he and Harry Neale actually had to be split apart). Cole had an enormous ego and wouldn't retire and I read an interview last year where he said he was bitter with Rogers/CBC for forcing him to retire at 83 no less. Figures--typical Cole.

[@ronmailloux8655]

@@bufnyfan1 I get the idea you dont like Bob Cole hehe.anyhoo opinions are like noses every body has one.

[@georgevila1778]

IslandersPride : I will be adding both the MINI BOOK, and the OUTSTANDING coffee - table commemorative album of the ISLANDERS 50TH ANNIVERSARY, to my personal library book collection, sometime in July of this current year.

[@georgevila1778]

Both Potvin brothers, Jean and Denis, played together on the Islanders Stanley Cup championship team, that season.

[@georgevila1778]

Nassau Coliseum, sounded more like a funeral mortuary than a hockey arena, when that dirty rat, REGGIE LEACH, gave the pathetic Flyers a 1 - 0 lead on a PP goal, early in the 1st Period.

[@georgevila1778]

IslandersPride : I am very happy to inform you, that BOTH commemorative books of the ISLANDERS 50th ANNIVERSARY were successfully ordered yesterday, and should be safely in my hands no later than Tuesday May 21st.

[@georgevila122]

The man interviewed by Hockey Night In Canada host Dave Hodge, was none other than JACQUES PLANTE. The late legendary star of the Montreal Canadiens, who became the first goalkeeper in NHL history, to wear A MASK during a hockey game.

[@danielhuntington2116]

Plante also won 2 cups with the Flyers as well💪💪👍👍

[@georgevila1778]

@@danielhuntington2116 : Plante NEVER won a Stanley Cup with the Flyers. BERNIE PARENT, DID.

[@danielhuntington2116]

@@georgevila1778 you got me on that one.👍👍I always got the two mixed up. Both outstanding goalies!💪💪

[@georgevila1778]

@@danielhuntington2116 : 1974 and 1975.

[@georgevila122]

SINCE THEN, NOT ONE NHL FRANCHISE WAS ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE EXTRAORDINARY FEAT, WHICH OUR BELOVED ISLANDERS, ACCOMPLISHED SO BRILLIANTLY : WINNING 4 STRAIGHT STANLEY CUPS IN THE FIRST 4 YEARS OF A NEW DECADE !!

[@michaelleroy9281]

Then the Edmonton Oilers took over the rest of the decade and dominated it 5 Cups in 7 not even Montreal Canadiens have done that

[@georgevila1778]

@@michaelleroy9281 : Quite evidently, GRETZKY and his bunch simply out - dominated the Islanders in Stanley Cup victories gained, during the 1980's. Also remember, that 2 other fantastic Canadian franchises have each won ONE CUP during this exciting decade : THE CANADIENS IN 1986 AND THE FLAMES IN 1989.

[@JacksonAxe]

That Hockey Night In Canada theme brought more smiles than Santa.

[@georgevila1778]

@JacksonAxe : Brings plenty of glorious memories. I heard it for the very first time, upon my arrival in Canada from Argentina, back in February of 1969.

[@georgevila1778]

@JacksonAxe : DANNY GALLIVAN worked alongside DICK IRVIN JR, for 32 remarkable years behind the mike, calling both Canadiens and NHL games on CBC ' s HOCKEY NIGHT IN CANADA from 1952 to 1984. He was briefly seen in the 1975 Canadian classic hockey film, The Mystery Of The Million Dollar Hockey puck, in which members of the 1974 - 75 MONTREAL CANADIENS TEAM, were also featured. Released on Christmas Day December 25, 1975, the game seen in the film has the Detroit Red Wings taking on the Montreal Canadiens at the old FORUM. The game ends in a 4 - 3 HABS victory, but the date of the game remains unknown.

[@leafyutube]

Check out the first intermission of this game. So much happening. Maybe the best first intermission ever?

[@georgevila1778]

@leafyutube : It marked the debut of Don Cherry's, COACHE'S CORNER on HOCKEY NIGHT IN CANADA.

[@johnippolito2363]

Mike Bossy the Greatest Hockey Player to ever Play, and, the Greatest Goal scorer Ever.

[@georgevila122]

I think that the NHL went too far, into having the home team wear coloured jerseys and the visitors white. Gary Bettman has to realize, that the era of the ORIGINAL SIX is long gone. As far as i am concerned, visitors should wear coloured jerseys and the home team white. That is the way it supposed to be, always.

[@michaelleroy9281]

They got it right when they went from white jerseys at home to the team's color in 2003-04 in 1970-71 when they went to white jerseys at home ( or gold for the Kings and Seals) it didn't seem right for the Blackhawks my team Canadiens Red Wings not in their reds Bruins in the blacks or Rangers and Maple Leafs in the blues

[@michaelleroy9281]

Before 1970-71 the home teams wore the colored jerseys no that is not the way it is supposed to be it has no effect the way the team plays on the ice

[@georgevila1778]

@@michaelleroy9281 : The home team should always wear the coloured jerseys in the NFL. Not the NHL. Besides, the days of the ORIGINAL SIX, have been long gone. We are in the 21st Century, not the 20th. So in reality, NHL home teams should be wearing the WHITE uniforms, and visiting teams the COLOURED jerseys. That is the way it should always be since 1970 - 71.

[@georgevila1778]

Correction : That is the way it IS supposed to be, always.

[@humanbeing2420]

I prefer the current format.

[@ziggymorris8760]

R.I.P. Jethro and Boss 😞

[@georgevila1778]

@ziggymorris8760 : 2 immortal legends, who left an indelible mark on the glorious and historic legacy of the NEW YORK ISLANDERS.

[@georgevila1778]

@ziggymorris8760: AL ARBOUR. Legendary architect of the glorious ISLANDERS DYNASTY, and the most successful head coach ever to work in the NHL on a full - time basis, sadly left us from this world on Friday August 28, 2015 at his home in Sarasota, Florida. He was 82. God bless you, AL. WE WILL LOVE YOU, FOREVER.

[@godbeIess]

Nystrom and Gillies allowed the snipers to operate. Mind you Nystrom and Gillies were great scorers as well. Those were my heros. No I am 66 and wonder if there are heroes for kids growing up.

[@georgevila122]

IslanderPride : Thanks for clearing that out, Buddy ! Lou Nanne as a player, was pure CRAP. I never respected him, or his pathetic friends of the MINNESOTA MORONS ( NORTH STARS, ) which i despised even more. My love for the Islanders, came as a result of the fact that my hometown buddy from LAVAL, QUEBEC, CANADA, the late MIKE BOSSY was the main contributor to the ISLES glorious conquest of 4 straight Stanley Cups, from 1980 to 1983. God rest his soul. I miss him very deeply with all my heart.

[@georgevila1778]

IslanderPride : Mike Bossy, lived only a few blocks from my house, at the time he evaluated with the LAVAL NATIONALS of the QMJHL, prior to begin his remarkable professional career with the Islanders in 1978. Everytime i passed by his house, he would smile and wave at me. It was because of my memorable relationship with Mike Bossy, that i became a proudly - devoted ISLANDER FANATIC, eternally for ever !

[@georgevila122]

I really would like for someone to explain to me, the reason as to why Game 6 of the 1980 Stanley Cup Final, was broadcasted in the afternoon instead of in the evening as originally scheduled ?

[@michaelleroy9281]

After 43 years I doubt anyone from CBS or the NHL is around who made that call

[@michaelleroy9281]

Not a bad thing, gives you something to watch on a spring Saturday afternoon to watch other than baseball

[@georgevila1778]

@@michaelleroy9281 : Maybe because of CBS commitment to that boring MEMORIAL OPEN trash, which was scheduled to air immediately after the game in Long Island.

[@georgevila1778]

@@michaelleroy9281 : For CBS, covering a totally boring GOLF TOURNAMENT is far more important than an exciting, highly - dramatic hockey game in which the most sacred, cherished treasure ever produced in professional hockey history, was actually on the line.

[@danielhuntington2116]

Don Cherry knew his hockey...just another example...Dave Hodge asks okay Don...who you like for the Islanders to score in OT..."I like Nystrom"...bingo and there we have it!!👀👀

[@georgevila1778]

2116 : If people could actually win the 6 / 49 in this manner, it would have been a real blessing in disguise.

[@bufnyfan1]

Al Arbor decided in the 1979-80 season to have the Islanders make the playoffs and then rest many of his veterans to get ready for the playoff run--they finished in fact 25 pts behind the Flyers in the regular season--his strategy paid off as the Islanders got all the way to the finals and beat the Flyers. I still believe the Islanders would have won 5 straight Stanley Cups if the NHL hadn't changed the playoff format in 1983-84 giving the Oilers 3 straight home games in the finals-interestingly 2 years after this the format was changed back to the traditional 2-2--1-1-1 format

[@georgevila1778]

@bufnyfan1 : Islanders were totally worned out, by the time they faced the youthful, energetic Oilers in the 1984 Stanley Cup Final.

[@georgevila1778]

@bufnyfan1 : Like Bob Cole, coach ARBOUR sadly passed away on August 28, 2015 at age 82.

[@georgevila122]

Roby Schwendy : Don Cherry is not only a genius, he's a real MAGICIAN !!

[@georgevila1778]

Roby Schwendy : Cherry was not the only one, who knew that the ISLANDERS would nail the Cup - Clinshing goal in overtime. My gut feeling, instantly informed me at the end of regulation, that the sacred treasure would be won by the home town New Yorkers. Lo and behold, my natural instincts delivered the happy berdict, and the rest as they allways say it, is history.

[@o.d.flores1219]

HAHAHAHA!!!! hilarious to see Kelly hang on for dear life against Nystrom

[@georgevila1778]

1219 : That dummy, got exactly what he desserved. Kelly was nothing more than an obnocious, pathetic, bully.

[@georgevila1778]

@o.d.flores1219 : Kelly had it coming. He was looking for trouble, and in the end paid dearly for it, in spades.

[@frankpalancio8471]

Flyer fans swear Nystrom was off side, but looking at the replay, he clearly wasn't.(can't say the same about NY second goal, so flyers did get screwed in this game) It may have seemed that way because he got free unnoticed and was wide open when he got the pass from Tonelli on the door step.

[@frankpalancio8471]

@@Mrbone009 I did. If you freeze the video the exact moment Tonelli takes the puck across the blue line, nystrom has still not quite reached the blue line yet. It's indisputable. There was no offside. Nystrom snuck in behind the play undefended. It was a quick change of possession odd man rush.

[@Mrbone009]

@@frankpalancio8471 your right it's not offsides but the high stick goal should have never counted.

[@frankpalancio8471]

@@Mrbone009 actually you were correct all along. I didn't realize that the islanders second goal was the one the flyer fans were pissed about. Some would grumble about the OT goal, but it was the 2nd goal 36:10 that was clearly offside and so flyer fans had a legit beef about this game.

[@Mrbone009]

@@frankpalancio8471 you could say linesman Leon Stickle cursed Philly. Regardless the Islanders were a Dynasty in the 1980s and their success grew hockey in the long island area.

[@Mrbone009]

Flyers fans just say that the OT goal would have never happened if Stickle called the offsides in the second

[@007---abc-p8b]

No wonder they called The DYNASTY they beat up da Broad Street Bullies n da Big Bad Bruins !!!

[@redscorpion-se4hr]

Goal scorers back then not like nhl of today

[@RaineriHakkarainen]

Canada 650000 hockey players! USA 500000 hockey players! Ovechkin's Russia under 100000! Canada and USA should have 11 players who have scored over 800 goals like Ovechkin! In 1:24:15 1980s NHL 8 goals per game! Today NHL only 6 goals per game! Ovechkin would had scored over 1000 goals high scoring 1980s! Auston Matthews have scored 54 goals in 61 games! If Matthews had played In 1982 he would had scored over 100 goals season beating Gretzky's 92 goal record! In 1980s 95% of the NHL players were from Canada only! Today under 60% of the NHL players from Canada! Much better and tougher league today than goon fighting no talent no skating skills ERA like this poor game Flyers vs Islanders! Don Cherry brainwashed 30 years the people of Canada to hate other countries! This was most brainless boring time In Human kind history! You do not see other hockey countries broadcasters so awful bad boring hate talk like Lunatic Cherry! Brainless Cherry do not draft USA born Matthews! Cherry claiming that the MVP is Goon Ryan Reaves who can fight! The crazy people claiming that Gretzky was the Goat of All sport! Gretzky played only against no talent players from Canada! The Soccer game have 250 milloin players! Gretzky's Canada only 650000 hockey players! That means The Soccer All Stars would beat Gretzky easily 100 game Series 93-7!! Soccer have 4 billion fans around the world! Cricket 2 billion fans! Gretzky was best only In Canada not the whole World! We finnish love hockey More than Canada because In 2016 Junior under 20 years old World championships final game Finland vs Russia drew 2,4 million tv watchers In Finland! Finland only 5,5 million people so half of the population watched that game because we have bigger hockey culture and passion for hockey than Canada! And broadcasters are much better than Hate talker Cherry!! Canada Lost olympics In 2006 and 1998! Sweden won In 2006! Little Sweden have only 65000 hockey players! Canada have Ten times More players than Little Sweden and Canada losing badly!

[@georgevila1778]

@redscorpion-se4hr : That my friend, was REAL HOCKEY.

[@Syd-q4h]

Eggs ova Easy, HUH

[@johnippolito2363]

The flyers are the dumbest team in Hockey, they think they can bully their way to another Cup, not against the Islander's

[@brucearron8798]

Growing up in detroit area and if u had anything related to the islanders bk in this era hat shirt etc etc u where considered one bad mannn on the block in a good way

[@georgevila1778]

As head coach, Pat Quinn was totally unlucky when it came to the Stanley Cup Final. Not only did he lose the 1980 series with the Flyers, but failed again 14 years later with the Vancouver Canucks in a classic 7 - game thriller, against the eventual champions, NEW YORK RANGERS in 1994.

[@georgevila1778]

CBC cared far more about hockey, than any of the rival U.S. TV Networks at the time. HNIC, covered the ENTIRE BROADCAST from start to finish. However for CBS, the sickening MEMORIAL OPEN golf tournament was 100 times more important, than a historic championship celebration beautifully achieved by an NHL expansion team, that has just won the sacred Stanley Cup. How pathetic.

[@georgevila1778]

TROTTIER - BOSSY - NYSTROM - GILLIES - SMITH - MORROW - POTVIN - TONELLI - GORING - SUTTER !! NAMES THAT WILL BE ENGRAVED INTO THE ANNALS OF HOCKEY IMMORTALITY, ETERNALLY AND PERMANENTLY FOR EVER !! ISLANDERS, WE STILL LOVE YOU EXACTLY 44 YEARS LATER !

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TONELLI - TROTTIER - NYSTROM - BOSSY - SMITH - SUTTER - GILLIES - POTVIN - GORING - MORROW ! NAMES THAT WILL BE ETERNALLY ENSHRINED INTO THE PROUD AND GLORIOUS HISTORY OF PROFESSIONAL HOCKEY, PERMANENTLY FOR EVER ! ISLANDERS, WE STILL LOVE YOU EXACTLY 44 YEARS LATER !!

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The following NHL playoff teams were eliminated in 1980 : EDMONTON OILERS. / VANCOUVER CANUCKS. / HARTFORD WHALERS. / PITTSBURGH PENGUINS. / LOS ANGELES KINGS. / TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS. / ST. LOUIS BLUES. / ATLANTA FLAMES. / NEW YORK RANGERS. / CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS. / MONTREAL CANADIENS. / BOSTON BARBARIANS. ( BRUINS. ) / MINNESOTA NORTH STARS. / BUFFALO SABRES. AND PHILADELPHIA FLYERS.