How A Playoff Game Starting a Riot Changed NHL History

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[@RobTalksHockey]

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[@SirMaski]

Can't believe I'm saying this but you may have sold me on these shoes

[@tatereno]

So, how did the riot change history?

[@asci1732]

Rollie is still a legend in Edmonton. The drama that season was almost a dream season. 8th seed...check. Yzerman retirement game check...backup goalie hero...so close. Edmonton is still proud of that team. Great video.

[@danielzychniewicz2633]

lol Ty Conklin was pretty crappy definitely let in some softies and lost us the cup, oh well

[@asci1732]

@@danielzychniewicz2633 Markaanen (sp) almost took us all the way and after what happened to him you can't help but cheer for him

[@robertcop8825]

I was a Wings fan. Watching Edmonton retire Yzerman crushed me as a youngin, so I adopted that Oilers team as mine to go all the way. Been an Oiler fan since.

[@davehoyer]

​@@danielzychniewicz2633 Can't blame Ty. He came in cold and just couldnt get there.

[@dalriada]

Losing Roloson lost us the cup that year. I lived on Whyte Ave that year and still remember all the damage to shopfronts walking to work.

[@jeffreycairns767]

@davewhite1248 Also a Leafs fan myself, I was cheering for Carolina. Had no idea that Bettman wouldn't allow another Canadian team to win in the following, almost, 20 years.

[@Burnzie79]

I think Jussi Markkanen played good enough.

[@SirMaski]

​@@Burnzie79for someone who hadn't played in months and got thrown into the Stanley cup finals, he really did give Edmonton a real chance, Cam Ward was unfortunately just on another level those playoffs. Had Edmonton won though, it would've been one of the best underdog stories in hockey I think

[@formulahank1250]

Markkanen wins them the cup if he goes in instead of Conklin when Rolo got hurt

[@kyledavidson8712]

I still remember rollie the goalie fondly

[@FlavaFabez]

Hearing Bob Cole now hits hard 😢

[@TheScotian82]

The excitement in Edmonton during that run was something special. I remember it fondly.

[@robertcop8825]

I always remember the pregame intros on CBC with Ron and Don and they were constantly drowned out by how loud those crowds were.

[@Mrparkkila]

Man, I remember that 06’ cup run. I was eight years old and it was the year that got me into hockey. I was so sad to see Rolly the Goalie (as we called him in my house) get injured as even at 8 years old I knew that it was pretty much a death sentence for the Oilers cup chances. I remember sitting in front of the TV, eyes glued, during Game 7, only to have my heart broken by Cam Ward. After that it was so many years of watching the Oilers lose, but I have never wavered in my support for the team. Let’s go get that cup that eight year old me wanted Edmonton!

[@kyledavidson8712]

Hell yeah rollie the goalie! Edit: I sure hope the oil beat dallas I'm a life long avs fan since 95

[@nasrallahalfarouq]

me too i was 7 and that was my introduction to hockey, man we came along way from then to now goin to the finals with mcdavid and drai. who woulda thought

[@xldub2011]

ROLLY THE GOALIE!! I was 5 and one of the earliest memories I have is being at the watch party at Rexall place for game 7 in 2006. My family moved to Vancouver the next year and had to cheer for a losing team for a decade as the Canucks had their finals run

[@maguirebentz797]

Sounds a lot like me, I was almost 6 in that cup run. Allowed to stay up late and watch the oilers games. “How often will this happen?” Was my dads thought… turns out it didn’t happen again for 18 years. I also suffered through that dark decade, I went to a playoff game in 2017 (first year back) and it was electric. Most insane game I’ve ever been to was one of the battle of Alberta playoff games in 2022. Hopefully, this is our year

[@MeanStreamFraudCast]

They got this!

[@jonsvehla8085]

NHL RULE: When a penalty shot is awarded because an opposing player closed his hand on the puck in the blue paint:: ONLY players on the ice during the infraction can take the penalty shot. Oilers had 4th line on the ice when that happened. That's why Pronger took the shot. You cant use any player from the bench.

[@lordrayden3045]

Don’t bring up the rules …. He has no idea

[@Skull_Collector]

Unless a line change was called before the infraction had occurred then your aloud to use anyone of the players off both lines...................... See I can talk bullshit and make it sound real to lol 😂

[@michaelhiltz7846]

The Edmonton Oilers not only missed the playoffs for the next 10 years. They were the first team in league history to make the finals and miss the playoffs the next year... Carolina was also the first team to win the cup then miss the playoffs the next year, so at least the oilers don't hold that record.

[@adinsplug8954]

I mean I would say I wish we held that record cause that means another cup?

[@stormcloudfilms]

The canes were the first to miss the playoffs, win the cup, and miss the playoffs I believe. Really wish we didn’t have that record

[@deansmith6593]

Wish that were true but the Devils missed the playoffs in 1996 after winning the cup in 1995.

[@TheRealKingKevin]

Not true tons of teams have made the finals then missed the playoffs the next year. Anaheim in 2003 is just 1 example

[@STARPHASE]

Lol I didn't know about this. Makes it painfully ironic that Oilers fans were mocking Cancuks fans over their riot when they played each other this playoffs.

[@CastleBrookKrew]

Our riot was peanuts compared to that. Both are disgraceful.

[@TheFuelInjected]

Vancouver rioted because they lost. Edmonton celebrated a little too hard because they won. These are not the same.

[@Lazorvictory]

I think comparing a riot over a victory is totally different then rioting over a lose.

[@fbsiubvsitdhdhjuk]

​@@TheFuelInjectedHoly cope, Batman

[@STARPHASE]

@@Lazorvictory A riot over a sports game is a riot. Doesn't matter WHY it happened. It's a ridiculous thing that shouldn't happen, period.

[@awwgordy]

I was 7 years old in 2006 and Rollie the goalie was my hero, I still love him, seeing the play that put him out actually mad me tear up a bit

[@nbarealtalker]

I still rock my Roli jersey every Oilers game I attend. I despise “what ifs” and excuses. Not to mention Jussi Markanen filled in and carried us to a game 7. But Roloson was so white hot that postseason, it’s literally impossible to imagine us losing with him in net. You truly felt the team was unbeatable with him. He almost got Tampa to the finals in 2011 at 40-41 years old. He was just such a workhorse and he could get so clutch.

[@SirMaski]

I remember rooting for Tampa that year just because Roloson was playing. He had a .924 save percentage those playoffs (2006 playoffs he was .927 with one more game played) and it's a shame he never got a cup, he really did deserve one.

[@CastleBrookKrew]

Remember how ty conklin lost us a game before we went with markanen

[@nbarealtalker]

@@CastleBrookKrew Ty had a rough year that year but if you look at the play, that was more Jason Smith’s botch. I think at worst you can split it 50/50 but it mainly looked so bad because Ty had a horrible season and that was just a cherry on top for his subpar play. Plus it was game 1 and Jussi played the next 6 and did an excellent job keeping us in it. But without Roli and his epic backstopping, our momentum was utterly lost.

[@SirMaski]

We could also argue it's Bergeron's botch

[@mikelow4374]

@@SirMaski exactly.. Cant blame Ladd, he did nothing wrong / dirty.. As a goalie myself I've never been able to understand why a defenseman would hit a guy into his own goalie.. Bergeron cost them everything

[@flyingmanwhich8951]

Youre making me re live that run. I forgot how much it hurt at the end.

[@highrollaz1000]

I was there on Whyte Ave every night of the finals. I've never high-fived so many people. The final night after game 7 was fine until people started throwing random beer bottles into the shoulder -to-shoulder crowd.

[@paspep]

When campbell suspended the rocket in 1955, Maurice Richard himself took the microphone, and asked people to calm down. This riot changed the face of a whole nation, it was the beggining of a revolution in quebec.

[@TrebleChild]

Watching those clutch roli saves gave me goosebumps

[@wickedcool1337]

This was the year I started really following hockey. The decade of darkness that followed made it tough to be an Oilers fan, but boy was it worth it!

[@jeffreycairns767]

Why? They still don't have a cup and won't anytime soon

[@politicalbandwagon4989]

@@jeffreycairns767Two conference finals in 3 years. Could definitely win this year as well

[@jeffreycairns767]

@@politicalbandwagon4989 Won't happen. The league loses too much by allowing it to happen

[@wickedcool1337]

​@@jeffreycairns767 Can't a guy hope?! And even if they don't win the cup, watching them play is a heck of a lot more entertaining these past few years :)

[@justice9196]

@@jeffreycairns767I get what you mean but if McDavid turns up at 3-4pts per game there’s not much the "league or bettman" can do

[@LazerDude]

I will always remember the comic that was posted in the Edmonton newspaper after it was confirmed that Roloson was out for good, it was a man flying one of his oiler flags on his car at half mast

[@stevenmiller3992]

congrats on 100k subs Rob, huge accomplishment! Been since the early days!

[@allspeed1234]

I remember the pain like it was yesterday

[@north3606]

I hear ya man

[@ryans413]

After the 2017 showing the Oilers have made the playoffs every year since 2020. This team is on the ups they are currently 2 wins away to getting back to the finals. We are in way better times right now when people complain about a 2nd or 3rd round exit just remember where this team use to be.

[@JadenTapscott]

1 win away from the Finals as of June 1, 2024...

[@donsmeltzer4083]

@@JadenTapscott in the finals now.

[@kevinstull8552]

And now they're one game away from being swept in the Finals 😂.

[@granpuscanucks]

I don't know. I'm a Vancouver fan but I affectionately remember watching Edmonton in the playoffs when Van wasn't in it. That was the Doug Weight, Bill Guerin, Curtis Joseph, young Ryan Smyth era. Between Gretzky and the era you're talking about. They always seemed to be the underdogs in the first round but somehow found a way to win. Of course they never won a cup but they were fun to watch. So it seems insulting to say there was nothing between those 80s cup winners and the 2006 team.

[@kylemurray3526]

I loved that Canes team. You could never count them out. I was at Game 1 and 7 for the Cup finals. Amazing experience.

[@kennymik1509]

As a Buffalo Sabres dude, imagine how hard it is to recall former Sabres naking good elsewhere. Good for them but we haven't made the playoffs in 13 years! Great video. Thanks for sharing.

[@JoyKAnthony]

Holy smokes that’s crazy stuff. As a Habs fan I feel that loosing the star goalie vibe but can’t imagine loosing like that and the implosion-10-straight-until mcdavid era. Really badly want the come back this year for the oilers fans and Canada. Even more now. Thanks rob.

[@JunkratJoules]

@0:44 For Montreal, it was on St.Paddys day 1955, the Richard Riot. The Roy incident made Tremblay enemy #1, but there wasn't any riot, we learned to look past that sad event, José Théodore & Carey Price made us forget about Roy.

[@ThnkQ]

1993, win OR loss

[@brendonwatson8770]

This video brought back so much memories

[@lmAIone]

Great video buddy 🤙🏼

[@dogtoots8923]

During the Oilers 2006 run we’d put our 3 grandkids in the van and parade/drive up and down jasper ave(Main Street downtown Edmonton )with the other thousands of vehicles. Grandkids were hanging out the windows high-fiving ppl in the other vehicles. It was 100% fun and safe. The problems were on the other side of the river

[@businessclank1564]

I remember seeing Oilers fans making jokes about riots in Vancouver. Yet the Oilers fans did it too. 💀

[@bobmcbob9603]

I was attending RDC that spring working on my welding apprenticeship, staying on campus we would have 100+ people in our 3bdr town house man it was awesome! I made lifelong friends, got arrested( in Edmonton🤦🏻‍♂️) nearly got kicked out of school… some great memories… let’s go oilers!!!

[@fornhunkle]

I still remember the radio "i am ro-lo-son... Samurai warrior" ads from the radio back then and nobody knows what im talking about lol

[@juanito1975]

I remember that run. It was awesome. When Rollie the Goalie got hurt I was like dead silent.

[@D-Fens_1632]

As a Blues fan, thanks for Woywitka, he was a real difference maker. In the minors.

[@SaveznaRepublikaJugoslavija]

Remember, if Roloson was not injured we would have won

[@TheRealKingKevin]

Not true at all. Ward was clearly better than him and Carolina was clearly the better team

[@MikePurdue-ky9pm]

@@TheRealKingKevin Your star player was Gary Bettman

[@TheRealKingKevin]

@@MikePurdue-ky9pm you Americans brought him into the league when the league was doing better without him

[@north3606]

100% agree

[@MikePurdue-ky9pm]

@@TheRealKingKevin Uhm. I'm a New Brunswicker.

[@JH22533]

06 Canes truly was the greatest and underrated team.

[@gfys707]

That series between the canes for the cup was done in 7, winner take all. We had a near perfect run with ups and downs. No matter what anyone says Craig Mactavish took us there, Rolo was definitely a huge help though.

[@jtjr26]

One thing I take away from this is since Gary Betman became Commissioner no Canadian team has won the cup. I refuse to believe it’s just bad luck or a coincidence. Now I can take of my tinfoil hat.

[@andrewwhitefield6943]

Maybe this year you can break the betman curse?

[@metallife365]

I see a lot of people saying that if Roloson doesn't get hurt they woukd win the cup and no indo t think that the case the canes were a team that were not gonna denied the only game that the oilers out played the canes that series from start to finish was game 6 all the other ones tbe canes either dominated or just slightly out played them

[@davidwaxter66]

funny how raffi torres was mentioned a few times for scoring key goals but all i remember him for is his multiple suspensions for injuring hossa and silfverberg

[@Kyle_Buxton]

i was 13 during that playoff run and i still remember it

[@ryans413]

I was 15

[@virnan]

Pronger was such a force that he made the '06 team into a contender.

[@happycanayjian1582]

It was less the Canes player running Rolly than it was Bergeron shoving that player into Rolly that injured him. Had Rolly not gotten hurt, Oilers take the cup. That said, Markkanen played very well in his backup role.

[@ChanceMahony]

It's easy to say that but who knows the canes beat ruan Miller and Martin broduer to get there

[@adamrichmond6348]

Pronger rolling up, dragging thebteam to the cuo finals and then leaving a wake of a decade of destruction all in one year while then goingnto Anh to win and then to Philly to drag them to the finals is just nuts. Dude was a beast.

[@grifftown]

Every Canadian Hockey fan? Not down here in Calgary lmao

[@CGMedia2023]

The Oilers' run is one of the most successful examples of the "dramatic mid series goaltending change". This is when a team calls a presser to "move on" from the reigning starting goaltender and go with a backup who is almost always completely unheralded and they carry said team all the way to the cup final on their back. This has happened a good half dozen times since the practice began in 2002 most recently Vegas last year.

[@michaelfortunato3117]

when I was a little boy I watched the Oilers win two cups against my Bruins. hurt a lot. but I have to say now that the B's are eliminated, rooting for McDavid & Co. to win the cup.

[@jeffreycairns767]

Won't happen

[@DoubleG7793]

So much fun to be in Edmonton and on Whyte ave that year lol

[@AF-bk2bw]

Sharks series brings me pain 😢

[@luciferthedoberman8991]

I went to all but one of those playoff games in Edmonton. Amazing time.

[@WarioSaysSo]

Well, the positive part was at least that the Edmonton Oilers wore there best-ever looking jersey's and colors between 1997-2007, with the Oil worker shoulder pathes. This was the best and will always be there best era of jerseys and colors. Peace.

[@DarkenSeyreth]

I was on the road for work for Game 7, and in a hotel room with a shitty 15" barely colour TV in Grande Prairie. It was about an hour to game time before I went "Fuck it, I'm gonna watch this in a bar." I found a nice enough sports bar where it was standing room only at the bar itself. I stood there for the full 3 hours, feeling the crushing disappointment with a bunch of others. Still a great memory, despite the loss, would have been amazing if they won.

[@potsmashgaming3196]

Vessi shoes: look like you’re waterproof

[@s4nchez298]

Seeing Legace literally deflate after that game-winning goal is so sad but so funny

[@Astro-eg7pu]

As someone who has torn/sprain their mcl more times then I can count I felt that

[@jonbonda1917]

If there was video playback challenge rule a couple of decades ago, the Oilers should had won a couple of games early in the 2006 Stanley Cup Finals.

[@Klanchey]

As an Alaskan, I have always felt bad for Ty Conklin in Game 6

[@tylerfortin3239]

I'm not an Oilers fan, but I remember this game vividly from watching when I was a kid. That brainless hit into his own goalie cost the Oilers the cup, and ruined things for Roly the Goalie going forward.

[@RobTalksHockey]

What is the craziest event that has happened to your NHL team?

[@bnb6868]

In light of this video I'd have to say the Richard Riot

[@Briangoinpostal]

We hired Ron hextall as a gm in pittsburgh. I think we shoulda rioted too lol

[@churchy1313]

sexual assault coverup

[@Leo-ck5xq]

Do the 04 flames cup run, another cup that should've come home

[@gkarenko9593]

Being up 5-0 in a playoff game in the third period and still losing... Now, I have a hard time believing in any lead, and the Oilers have blown a few this year.

[@TheAoalec14]

What’s also forgotten is how lucky Carolina got in the ECF the series before vs Buffalo. By game 7 of that series buffalo was down to using multiple AHL call ups they were so injury depleted.

[@lordrayden3045]

That’s called playoffs That’s why the Stanley cup is so hard to win

[@dabz6433]

I was in the middle of nowhere Yukon in 2011. I burned my luongo jersey. As it was melting, my buddy came out and said they were rioting. I said, "Good."

[@alexrompen805]

As a Leafs fan, I feel attacked by this intro.... ;)

[@ericstout4122]

If it makes anyone feel any better, Dwayne Roloson and his wife were at the oilers game 6 WCF !!

[@leightongair9]

Love how Oilers fans would constantly bring up the Vancouver riots in 2011 but did the same thing

[@willyupshaw]

It wasn't Oilers' fans you douche. It was immigrants. Vancouver has more of them, hence the bigger riot.

[@keenanrayne9170]

I was like 12 when we saw the riot in edm. My family and I are die hard edmonton fans, my dad was more pissed about the riot than the loss. He said the hockey world might think all oiler fans are like that lol

[@fqrez239]

Brings back sad memories of roli getting injured they were so close to winning the cup

[@Moonwalker6969]

Even tho the 06 loss pissed me off, everything happens for a reason.

[@ralphh4131]

Pronger is an absolute unit

[@mangachen]

The downturn following the Gretzky era was not only due to poor drafting and development. The bigger factor was the imbalance between the US and Canadian markets. Any players that did develop well would eventually get traded or would sign elsewhere (bigger markets) because the Oilers could not afford them. This overall situation in smaller Canadian markets is what would lead to the salary cap which allowed for the acquisition of Pronger which would not have been possible in the pre-cap era.

[@frog_haus]

Christie Chorley traded Pronger out of Edmonton

[@jonmendelson1104]

10:45 I think you made a mistake here when you said Cam Ward was 21. He'd only had five birthdays so he must've been five years old.

[@Griffinc_16]

Now we’re reaching the 06 cup run now

[@Oilerfan5]

Hard to even call 06 a riot, a couple bonfires and a few broken windows with 30k drunk people after a win. Not that I condone it but to put it on equal footing with real riots is a bit much. Says more that nothing even close has happened since despite massive win vs Calgary/loss to Avs etc. And yeah Pronger had an affair, and 1 more Whyte Ave isn’t downtown. #facttedium

[@RobTalksHockey]

I mean, 30,000 people lighting bon fires, trash cans on fire. Broken store fronts, street fights, the swat gear being brought up leading to 100+ arrests. If that isn't a riot, what is? lol

[@ChristineCAlb1]

Oh Canada! Riot when you win, riot when you lose…. *shakes head*

[@lmtada]

Pisani was on fire. Peaking in his career at the right time.

[@hibby21]

i was there... got a scar as a keepsake lol good times

[@tylerlarsen1842]

I don't usually root for E-Town (Canucks fan), but all of Canada has waited 31 painful years. Go Oilers!

[@bludika]

Bergeoron pushing the canes player into his own goalie cost oilers the cup

[@DrunkenGrognard]

Rollie the Goalie was insanely good... but so was Cam Ward. The Oil _might_ have been able to make some magic happen if Rollie hadn't gotten hurt but it might not have been enough. And honestly, Conklin didn't do badly, he was just outclassed.

[@ryley7787]

Still feels surreal

[@brandensimmons653]

I can not imagine if the oilers going to the Stanley cup Finals this year because the fanbase is insane

[@jeffreycairns767]

Odds are that it won't happen

[@saulteanuts-vg8iu]

Gary Bettman is a scourge on Canadian hockey! Tax equality in the NHL, NOW! 🇨🇦

[@Gopherzooka]

I almost went down there that night, was always glad i didnt.

[@GalenGTV]

For Montreal it was the Richard Riots, then Patty but even that wasn't as bad

[@tysonleblanc8862]

Im glad you threw in the patrick roy comment of taking over the league cuz he did. Went to colorado, 6 conference finals in 7 years. 2 cups and another conn smythe most playoff mvps of all time. Roy and the avs ran the league then. You had to create super teams to beat them.

[@TonyMichaels166]

Can’t believe you didn’t have “Angry Islanders Guy” looking like he’s going to cry after shouting at Tavares.

[@v4v819]

But remember what they gave up to get Pronger for one reason and one run that didn't get them a cup... So i'd say they lost out in the trade based on what they wanted to acheive as a team... Pronger did win with a great team before them for the Ducks in '07 but one person won't change around a franchise fate it's a collective effort from the top down and championships are won in the war room before the players hit the ice...

[@virnan]

Cam Ward became a nobody after this. I mean he never won anything again, while Rolly is a legend.

[@TheKisj]

After Pronger left, the decade of darkness began for the oilers, and boy it was painful to watch

[@DB-ek5kd]

The correct term is champing at the bit, not chomping. As a verb, to champ means to bite or grind your teeth impatiently. To chomp means to chew food noisily.

[@tmoneyyy1]

I see Vancouver isn't alone

[@BRHarvie]

The Oilers didn't win four of their next five games after beating Detroit. They went down 2-0 to San Jose after two 2-1 losses; then won seven straight against the Sharks and Ducks.

[@duaneday5474]

Edmonton won a Staley cup and followed that up with back to back conference finals after the Gretzky era. Hardly a dumpster

[@ForeheadPushUps]

Let's hope this June Edmonton won't dry out of🍺

[@Valarmorgolis]

Titties for Smitty!! I remember yelling that out on Whyte when everyone was yell shirts off for Horcoff or Samsanov. Boy did that catch like wildfire, yup that was me.

[@kyledavidson8712]

Rob I bet you are/were a big Dean Brown fan. I can hear it. 👍

[@beerleaguebum]

7:20 that’s my cousin and assistant cap Steve staios

[@patbibo6139]

Habs were doing riot in the 50's, pesants

[@jeffreycairns767]

Do better research on that one

[@frankishe7317]

He's not wrong

[@jeffreycairns767]

@@frankishe7317 Not exactly the same thing

[@patbibo6139]

@@jeffreycairns767 the maurice richard saga tells otherwise

[@TheRealKingKevin]

Exactly the riots back then were way worse then riots in the last couple decades

[@connorwhytock8406]

I was there for that shit. It was a blast! I was 15 lol

[@BrentKulak]

Garru Bettman js really good at giving Canadians so mucn hope and then crushing our dreams. i dont lniw what that idiot wont let a Canadian team win.

[@gkarenko9593]

They built the team around Pronger, signed him for a fair amount of time, and then he left. OUCH!

[@willyupshaw]

His wife decided.