Messier Top 10

Top 10 moments in the career of Mark Messier.

[@11DNA11]

Hell yes. Here's a 28y old guy, who's been a Messier fan for 21 years. People always tend to forget how dominating Moose was. He didn't need any goons to protect him, he was tough as nails, played power play, short handed.. Anything the team needed to win, Mark did.. And then some :) 1994 forever.

[@piratenmedmask]

mark messier is one of all time greatest

[@ryandonnelly9142]

its 2020 and im still watching this getting emotional because he was and still is my greatest role model even after 31 years.

[@ianpinto6290]

lmao

[@mickbell6552]

Mark Messier , the best captain ever. I started watching hockey in 1962 (age 8), skating & playing hockey in '64 and went to my first game at the old MSG in 1965, Rangers vs Detroit Red Wings. Guess who scored the game winning goal? Gordie Howe, a 35 foot wrister that went whipping past the NYR goalie. Rod Gilbert, (my favorite Ranger in those days) scored two in a 3-2 loss. Point is, I can make a great all-star team of players I have seen play from 1967 or so to 1995 and Mess is on that team every time.

[@jannmiltz7714]

John Smith The Canucks sucked and had a horrible coach and awful management....it was not Messier's fault the team was shit....

[@666XLordRavielX999]

His leadership is ridiculously blown out of proportion

[@Obiwannabe]

Classic my opinion holds more weight due to my age so I need to make that known so if anyone disagrées with me, the credentials that exist in my head trump anything you have to say based solely on age. I bet your the type of person to ask younger people how they know some music from the 60's or 70's because they are "too young".

[@11DNA11]

Totally loved the "if i wanna win the cup, i'd pick Mark" part :) Agree on that dude, he knew what it took to win the cup.

[@SuperPrince1007]

The one goal I remember Mark Messier the most was the goal he scored in Game 3 in the 1984 Stanley Cup Finals against The New York Islanders to tie that game 2-2 because that goal changed the entire momentum of the series. Mark Messier put this move on the Islander defense that was unbelievable. Up to that point The New York Islanders were dominating that game then right after that goal The New York Islanders couldn't stop them for the rest of the series.

[@11DNA11]

Greatest hockey player in all history! The Captain!

[@muhammadawwad7045]

Best captain ever

[@11DNA11]

Need i say more :) Loved to watch Moose play and still need to come see videos of one of the greatest players ever..

[@MIXEDUPTHROWNTOGETHR]

He said we will game 6 he has just picked up the hat trick! Thank you for bringing the cup to NYC!

[@northpoint43m]

Hi guys,..blackhawks fan 40 yrs here,..wardnikoff, good opinion on those guys,.not quite agree but respect em. What i always dug about messier was his toughness, endurance, leadership, and the ability to 'take over'. They can talk gretsky all they want, but i got 'sold' on messier back in 84, when he finally beat another fav team,..the Isles, and again when he took over against my blackhawks and lead Oilers to cup without gretsky. Truly underrated until then,.i'll take a line of messiers anyday.

[@Reinpret]

I like Messier and respect his hall of fame career. he was a virus in the vancouver dressing room sadly as it is common knowledge now, taking Linden's number and also Linden taking it with pure class as is the way he played and lives. Having said all that, the "we'll win tonight" and then getting a 3rd period hat trick is just epic.

[@dzanier]

I love this guy cause he was a great player, & he helped deliver a Cup to my hometown of New York. It's one of the happiest moments of my life. But, and I don't mean this in a totally complimentary way; he was a dirty player at times. If you look at Bryan Trottier of the Islanders, he dished out hits that were bruising and punishing, and he scored 100 points a year, player the PP, killed penalties, and won a Conn Smythe. Trots instilled the same fear without being nearly as dirty.

[@wardnikoff]

He should be considered one of the greatest for so many reasons... Gordie was the toughest, Orr the most dominant, Gretz the greatest scorer and Lemieux the greatest ability and Mess the greatest leader...

[@ACParker13]

ya i was at the leafs game and the legends game the weekend he got inducted into the hall, it was awesome man, hes a legend among legends, it was great seeing him on the bench next to coffey, anderson and muni (who all played as well), billy ranford also played... greatest captain in nhl history MOOOOOSE

[@dzanier]

Well, Brian Leetch won the Calder Trophy as Rookie of the year in 88-89, & the Norris Trophy in in 91-92 and 96-97. Leetch also scored more than 100 points in 91-92. Sergei Zubov has been a solid defenseman for years. Richter was a great goalie before and after 93-94. Nemchinov scored 30 goals twice with the Rangers, & was solid till the late 90's. Your point about the Rangers benefitting greatly from Edmonton & Chicago is valid, but in my eyes it does nothing to diminish the accomplishment.

[@JCMoney]

@xmike2007x Mark Messier is a hero for denying the Canucks a stanley cup. The world needs more Mark Messiers.

[@ghytgb]

Messier = Great player while playing on a great Oilers team. Messier = Great Golfer after playing with that great Oilers team! -- Great teams make great players - Great players don't make great teams!

[@segaszivos]

Legend.

[@Sobe58]

Thanks for th upload

[@KareemPilot]

I gotta say, I love shit like this. It's what is funniest about great rivalries. It's such a silly and stupid comment, but it's wicked funny at the same time. Good job

[@leafyutube]

The goal in game 3 against the Islanders in '84 was probably the most important of his career.

[@sglassman]

Best leader ever!

[@TheKaoTicMaN]

So happy to be related to him! :D

[@Camsk897]

what a don!

[@allisgreatownz]

he is amazing.

[@TheKisj]

truly a legend!

[@primordials0und]

does any1 have a vid of the #2 moment against the stars? I cant find it Messier was my favorite. I met him once(along with richter leetch and some other guys) it was great!

[@nyrz]

Messier ! Messier ! MESSIAH !!!

[@skankenweenie]

I really admire his captaincy achievements with the Canucks, you know, no playoff appearances and disrespecting the unofficial retirement of a deceased player's number.

[@Sketchbag44]

Mark Messier's career highlights: -Prevented the Canucks from winning the Stanley Cup in 1994. -Prevented the Canucks from winning the Stanley Cup from 1997-2000.

[@carlinrulez]

Definitely.

[@boskey10]

How could some poeple say hes the greatest captain ever when from 1997-2004 he captained those Rangers and Canucks team to zero playoff apperances.As for the that Ranger win in 94 1/3 of the team used to play for the Oilers.Anderson,Lowe,Messier,Mc tavish,Graves,Buekeboom and Tikkanen.Also Richter played a hell of a playoffs and leetch won the Con Smythe.He always was the back bone for the Rangers, the last defenceman to record or 100 points in a season.

[@RedPhroggz]

The NHL really bungled up with the 1991-92 Hart Trophy. Ridiculous to give it to Messier.

[@boskey10]

@Gphazor The thing is sure Messier won the MVP of the playoffs in 84. But in those years im telling you It was all about Gretz he had 4 200 point seasons 48 points in a playoffs and 43 respectively, both wins. Also won 3 canada cup golds.As for Messier captianing 2 teams yes he did that, the only player to do so but the year before 94. Gretz carried L.A to the finals with 40 points (MVP). Had they of not met a hot team like the Habs and Roy in net he would be the greatest player/leader.

[@erickouniakis5722]

Gretzky was phenomenal back then. Messier is a great player no doubt. I've known Mark since we were 14 from our home town St Albert Alberta. Many people don't remember that Mark was on the second line with Anderson. It was Gretzky and Kurri that made the difference. Kurri never got the recognition he deserved. Power plays with Gretz- Kurri - Mess- Coff-Low were unbeatable back then. Loved watching them play. You don't often see 8 Hall of Fame players on one team. As the Islanders before them and Habs before them.

[@ghytgb]

@6tbonemmvn77 -- and all of this was accomplished with 8 oilers and 6 hawks on the 1994 reunited oilers team. Question: what did any ranger do before or after 1994? And now let's play the theme song from Jepordy!

[@Din0might7]

@ghytgb Thanks for all the grammar corrections. This was the highlight of my day, you must be a rockstar at parties? You said "trash talking is part of hockey!" but were...we're not playing hockey, so WTF are you smoking? Got some kind of hard-on for that King Clancy Award Hey? All hockey players only dream they could win one of them. I dare you to reply with mentioning the King Clancy or the golf course.

[@SuperThunderlips]

@boskey10 It's all good....Am I biased? Yes. If you are not a Ranger fan...then you can't appreciate what he did for the Rangers. The amount of pressure that the Rangers were under was "unbelievable", the thought at that time was if they can't do it now, it will never happen. To lose again with a superior team, and against the Devils!!! When he said "we will win" and then put up a hat trick...that cemented him as a hockey legend. And then to bring the cup. Only captain 2 different SC's.

[@pauleeboi]

couldnt agree with your more.

[@drayiii980]

There's a serious lack of footage of his blindside elbows in this....

[@ghytgb]

@Blackacheese - messier was a great player with the oilers / great golfer without the oilers!

[@StFidjnr]

@ 2:41 the headline before "the guarantee".

[@chefrah54]

and when u did beat us in 06 u lost to carolina anyway, & we beat u in the greatest playoff series ever, but all in all I give the devs much respect, great GM , Great Goalie & all in all a blueprint on how to build from within which the rags r clueless about

[@ghytgb]

at 1:47 - look at all of those 1994 N.Y. OILERS surrounding Messier.

[@imcowboykyle]

Has anyone else noticed that all the great hockey players start out with the oilers or the penguins

[@Reinpret]

@Reinpret - sorry i didn't mean linden's number i mean't his captancy, and then taking number 11 from a former player who had died and no one wore it because of that, Messier just didnt care and wore it anyway.

[@Gphazor]

I'm guessing Messier did a lot more than be a key scorer in the '84 playoffs, because i don't see how he won the conn smythe trophy over Gretzky. Messier had 26 points while gretzky had 35. I know points isn't everything in a playoff season, but thats why I'm asking. He must have stepped up in something other than the scoring department to win praise over gretzky's performance. Any 80's Oilers fans or hockey historians out there that can help me out?

[@erickouniakis5722]

It was the importance of the goals messier scored besides playing like his life depended on it.

[@Din0might7]

@ghytgb What fun is a question if you're going to answer it for me?

[@barjinder8]

I love how you type his name to reply instead of hitting the actual reply button to the right. Scared much?

[@ghytgb]

Question: How many 1990s Dynasty Oiler members and 1992 Cup Final Blackhawk members did it take to win the Cup for N.Y. in 1994? Answer: 14! - that is the equivalant of 2 coaches -2 forward lines and 3 defensive pairings. Now add Richter - Leetch - Kovelev - Zubov - Nemchinov - Kyprios and Karpotsov and you have your 1994 N.Y. OILERS / HAWKS TEAM!

[@carbonfiberfan]

are you Canadien? A bunch of people here would say, " I would live in Canada if I had the money."

[@danynumero6]

How can u say that? Mark Messier is one of the greatest ever and is a good guy too. What did he ever do to u?

[@Blueshirts07]

well they made it further, if only for one round, they gave buffalo a much better series, & Lindy Ruff told Tom Renney after the series "You guys scared the hell out of us." I doubt he said that after finishing the islanders. But I have respect 4 the way the isles fought back into a playoff spot they gave buffalo the best fight they could, I only really hate isles fans like CCampLI who would rather make fun of the rangers than talk about his own team

[@irulethe]

what about mario lemiux? i kno i spelled his last name rong >>

[@boskey10]

@SuperThunderlips What are you talking about those players i named had huge roles to play in the Ranger win not to mention a few more it wasnt just Messier at those moments.Another knock on him was that he didnt know when to hang them up he stayed around to long and for what? all for the money of course he was washed up by 1998!!. This guy never won a art ross trophy and scored 50 goals once in 25 season's.Sure he played hard the best captian ever not in my eyes how about Yzerman or Beliveau.

[@GOODPLAYA20]

Shoulda been top 11 moments. Cuz he's #11.

[@LDeezy223]

to a stanley WHAT!? AAAAAAAAH

[@boskey10]

@SuperThunderlips Well the thing is I do appreciate what he did but to tell you the truth Im from edmonton and those glory years in the 80's was unmatched by any team.Well the islanders where pretty elite to at that time but i cant say your wrong with your points but there is always to sides of a story.

[@ghytgb]

@seanaverypwns - as if messier alone could change the Canucks or the Rangers! Question: How many OILERS and HAWKS players did it take to win the cup for N.Y. in 1994? Answer:14 --- Messier surrounded by OILER and HAWK players = great player! - Messier surrounded by N.Y. Ranger players = great golfer! ---- 1994 LETS GO OILERS!

[@ghytgb]

@RedPhroggz mess was flying high on his oiler teammates coat tails. Messier = great player while surrounded by OILER teammates - Messier = great golfer when not surrounded by OILER teammates. 1994 LETS GO OILERS!

[@kingdomofweird]

moose moose moose the captain

[@SuperThunderlips]

@boskey10 LOL...should have known I was dealing with an "Arrogant", "Don't worry I know hockey because I am a Montreal Canadien fan"..... Tsk Tsk Tsk.....

[@SuperPekka]

@ghytgb Must be one hell of a golfer to have reached the #2 in all time scoring list and to have made the hockey hall of fame. Gretzky in a great team like edmonton = great player / Gretzky not on that great oiler team = great golfer! Right?

[@SuperThunderlips]

@boskey10 For an example look at the San Jose Sharks.........there are teams that are loaded every year that don't win anything. Most of the time its because they don't have a leader. If you want to deny or minimize Mess's leadership, then I don't think you ever had the priviledge of watchig him play. Your probably an Islander fan.

[@JustinTyme]

And how are the Rangers that much different now?

[@ghytgb]

@ilmtf i don't see where anyone said richter was a hawk and where you got canucks from is beyond me! richter was a goalie on the N.Y. OILERS 1994 team that needed to be bailed out all season long by Glenn Healy. ---- 8 OILERS - 6 HAWKS - 4 RUSSIANS - LEETCH - KYPRIOUS and RICHTER and there you have your 1994 N.Y. OILERS / HAWKS TEAM! -- 1994 LETS GO OILERS - 1994 LETS GO OILERS - 1994 LETS GO OILERS!

[@chefrah54]

@ghytgb we own you when it comes to the playoffs, tell marty wrap around right, twice

[@SuperThunderlips]

@boskey10 You can have all the talent in the world and not win shit..........You need a leader. And you only need it for one moment. One season. One game. The pressure of not winning a cup in 54 years for the Rangers was un-real. It took a proven championship leader like Mess to win it. After that Im sure for him his fire was put out. Can't blame him for 97-04.

[@dddang]

and anderson and coffey and semenko (tough bitch in the 80's)

[@ghytgb]

imagine being messier. no team in the league wanted him after he led the canucks out of the p-offs 3 straight yrs. N.Y. brings him back after they felt he was washed up and he proved he was washed up by leading the rangers out of the p-offs in his last 3 yrs in N.Y. - instead of bowing out gracfully he hung around 7 yrs to long to set personal records. if that's not selfish i don't know what is. he was a great player when playing on a great oiler team and a great golfer when playing in N.Y.

[@blackwingedangel722]

Messier had hair?

[@ghytgb]

@Din0might7 you never asked a question and i was just giving my opinion. try again!

[@11DNA11]

Overrated?? nr. 2 in all time scoring ain't overrated.. Thats skill.. Messier played with good and bad players.. and was over 40 years of age and still did 40+ points a season.. You should study about hockey.. Messier is the BEST player to have in pressure situations.. He always found a way to win..

[@ghytgb]

@duolcoiram - he missed the playoff 5 out of 10 years as a ranger and 3 out of 3 years as a canuck! messier with a great team like edmonton = great player / messier not on that great oiler team = great golfer!

[@mapleleafsrock13]

or the leafs!!!!!!

[@Din0might7]

@ghytgb As an Oiler fan I would bring him in for one year. Anything to help us get another # 1 pick. By the way if there are any taker out there we really need to get rid of Horcoff, so a trade would be nice. Of course these guys suck, thier past there prime, your telling us nothing new, but as long as they find work it is thier choice. By the way Chelios and Messier are both Hall of famers, One present one future so why bust on them?

[@ItzMAagic]

Mark Messier is the "MOOSE VALUABLE PLAYER" ? :D @1:13

[@boskey10]

@SuperThunderlips What about the San Jose sharks just because the so called experts on t.v and the newspaper project them to do well before the season starts doesnt mean there going to do well.They dont even consider injuires that could happen through out the year.Besides San Jose hasnt even been to a cup final, ever.Also im not Islander fan Im a Habs fan and dont worry we know hockey.He wasnt as great as people think thats all, he was at the right place at the right time for most of his career.

[@zitomusic1]

No Art Ross Trophy. Longitivity is not enough to be one of the greatest. Best Forwards of all time IMO 1. Gretzky --- 10 Art Ross 2. Lemieux -- 6 Art Ross 3. Jagr --- 5 Art Ross 4. Howe --- 6 Art Ross

[@icefreek77]

This guy may be related to me,

[@ghytgb]

@Din0might7 but if Messier was the great Messiah than why did he lead the Rangers to the golf course 5 times? Why did he miss the p-offs 3 times as a Canuck? Why did Messier never miss the playoffs as an Oiler? Why did he never win the King Clancy award for leadership? Why did the Rangers make the p-offs right after "the Messiah" left? Messier when surrounded by Oiler players = great player - Messier not surrounded by Oilers players = great golfer! -- 1994 LETS GO OILERS!

[@Din0might7]

@ghytgb Rangers went to the golf course early this year too(with or without Messier those teams sucked). Looking back it people that are not bitter will only remember Messier as the guy that brought the cup back to New York. Get over yourself, Gordie Howe played 5 seconds because an intire organization allowed it to happen. They decided to honor him, I could care less.

[@slapshot68]

He never should of ben a Canuck

[@antisoul82]

@yungdrug1996 ehhh don't be salty cause he didn't do much for ya...but ur a vancouver fan...u handle losses with typical class

[@Din0might7]

@ghytgb There is absolutely no shame in playing the game you love for as long as you can. No one should be talking about bowing out gracefully or padding stats. This is a mans life were talking about here. He's only going to get one chance to play, because once it's over, it's over. Is Chelios up to your high standards of BS? NO, he likes to play, so he sould play.

[@ghytgb]

@Din0might7 ohhhh nooooo i can't talk to you anymore! nooooooooo! nooooooooo! 1994 LETS GO OILERS! Question: How many 1990s Dynasty Oiler members and 1992 Cup Final Blackhawk members did it take to win the Cup for N.Y. in 1994? Answer: 14! - that is the equivalant of 2 coaches -2 forward lines and 3 defensive pairings. Now add Richter - Leetch - Kovelev - Zubov - Nemchinov - Kyprios and Karpotsov and you have your 1994 N.Y. OILERS / HAWKS TEAM!

[@ghytgb]

@chefrah54 - the 1992 - 1994 and 1997 OILERS got us in the playoffs. the same way the OILERS dominated in the 80s. if the fans have anything to do with a teams success than the N.J. Devils have the best East Coast fans over the past 25 yrs. check the stats! no East Coast team has accomplished more! 1994 LETS GO OILERS!

[@beatleboy9020001]

the only thing i like about the rangers is messier

[@giotrapani7852]

I don't get why messier won the smythe in 84 it should've went to either Gretzky, or kurri.

[@Din0might7]

@ghytgb Right? You do realize that without all the great player on the Oilers have sucked since? Gretzky is why the team got great, The LA Kings made the finals one time, guess who was captian, the Great One. If the Oilers ever get great again it will be because of great players.

[@mickbell6552]

Some idiot (ghytgb) a while back made the comment that the NYR were a team comprised of 14 former Oilers & Black Hawks. Well I ask just this, since when is it ill-legal to make trades and sign free agents? The Adam Graves signing was the most masterful move Neil Smith ever made. The Rangers looked at the stats and Troy Mallette and Gravey were very very similar but Sather wanted much more than Troy (in truth I forget who he was asking for, and I don't feel like looking it up) so it went to arbitration. The arbitrator looks at the numbers only, not potential so the Rangers got their man. Almost every GM in the league knew it was just a matter of time before Graves turned into the stud forward he became as a Ranger, ;ie, the best power forward in hockey for the next 6 years and btw, it would have been longer if not for a very serious back injury which kept Graves from becoming an all-time power forward in the Brandon Shanahan, Kevin Stevens. Keith Tkazcuk mold. Actually in my opinion, GRAVEY WAS BETTER THAN ALL OF THEM at his peak. The Messier trade included Louie Debrusk and Bernie Nicholls and who remembers. Don't forget the Rangers won the cup mainly because of their home grown stars, Richter and Leetch who were the best goalie and defenseman in the world at the time so get over it Devil fan. You can have your 3 cups but you never had a team that would have ever beaten the '94 Rangers. Including the regular season that year, the record was 10-3 NYR and you were lucky to win 2 of them pal.

[@cmonalready66]

what are u talking about? the canucks were loaded with amazing players at the time.. messier ruined there chemistry tho cuz no one on vancouver liked him

[@irulethe]

really ? how so?

[@zonkedforlife2]

I agree totally that he was overrated, I can't believe Bure wasn't inducted into the hall of fame?

[@mapleleafsrock13]

not bad and you, im doing a shitload of fucking hw

[@Blueshirts07]

hwy CCampLI should you even be talking right now? shouldnt you be playing golf or something with the rest of the Islanders?

[@imcowboykyle]

So how is it going jelly belly

[@boskey10]

@SuperThunderlips Well you assumed i was a islander fan what gives? lol.Anyways my point's that i've have made you cant deny that im wrong.So i gave my opinion and some fast facts about him thats all, facts that people dont consider when claiming him to be "The greatest captian ever".

[@ghytgb]

Saying Howe stepped onto the ice for 5 seconds isn't bitching. The King Clancy award is given out to the player that shows leadership on and off the ice. So why would my helmet be strapped on to tight? You threw that in there with nothing to back it up. I can say you could have used a helmet when you rode the bus to school and back it up. You used the word were when you should have used we're. You used the word maybe when you should have used may be and you put a comma after the word helmet.

[@Din0might7]

@ghytgb Once again you bring nothing new to the table. So I will close with what we already know. Messier=6 time Stanley Cup winner, 2x Hart winner, The only player two Captian 2 teams to the cup. 2nd alltime points, 7th in goals, 2nd games played, 3rd points. Messier is a legend. If the Rangers never traded Gartner for Anderson, Weight for Tikkanen & Amonte for Matteau & Noonan they would have won more cups dummy. Old Oilers & Hawks = early rebuild.