Classic: Flyers @ Oilers 12/30/1981 (Gretzky scores 50 in 39 Full Game)

Wayne Gretzky puts up a tremendous performance to set the record for quickest to 50 goals in a season.

[@BudSchnelker]

Gretzky had the most ergonomically beautiful slap shot I've ever seen. When he would cut to the middle of the ice, 15-20 feet out, and wind up it was almost a sure thing.

[@DystOpian6996]

No commercial breaks, no adds. Very nice.

[@davidrobins4025]

A genuine delight to watch Gretzky play hockey.

[@ofb-jq5lc]

Wayne Gretzky’s Goals Goal #46 @ 0:12:30 Goal #47 @ 0:16:05 Goal #48 @ 0:39:25 Goal #49 @ 1:16:15 Goal #50 @ 1:48:03

[@jeffreykaufmann2867]

Had 4 goals in his 38th game.

[@DaveWossum]

I love that Coffey had a measly 22 goals in game 39. Just incredible. 22 goals for a defenseman these days is a good season.

[@jeebus5833]

Very good, he was amazing. And when this started the announcer said Fuhr is on a 18 game win streak. This oiler team, aye carumba

[@Tylerboyd2001]

Coffey netting the most by d-man in season with 48 will forever be incredible. I believe he was somewhat upset for not getting to 50. He really set the bar extraordinarily high for himself. What a player. One of the best skaters imo.

[@davidlofdahl2875]

we were all just stunned at what was happening in Edmonton. incredible.

[@trickolas78]

Maybe YOU were. Don’t speak for me

[@eddyf4426]

The record we can safely say will never be broken.

[@Kenpoman999]

Love watching these old games. I remember watching this with my friends. Gretzky is just so amazing to watch and those 80's Oilers teams were unbelievable. How about some old Bruins games??

[@rosannarossi4472]

9 goals in 2 straight games. WOW

[@JacksonAxe]

Having Don commenting is like having the Cherry on the cake.

[@robgrune3284]

An incredible feat: 50 in only 39. In history, only a handful of people have a destiny. Gretsky is one such person.

[@manuelkeats296]

Thank you very much!

[@Coryconqueso59]

Truly a hockey deity

[@Jay9999]

Also amazing that Gretzky had 58 assists for 108 points, during the 39 game streak. He still made sure his teammates got goals too . 50 goals in 39 games is the Greatest record of all time from the great one.

[@michaelgriffiths8068]

As amazing as 50 goals in 39 games is, it still isn’t as amazing as 163 assists in a season: Not even Gretzky got close to 163 assists before or after, but he did score 50 goals in 42 games two years after his 50 in 39.

[@cliphound80]

50 for #99 Gretsky !!! Gretsky must have been magic on ice for the Oilers with those slapshots. Don commenting with the Cherry on top 🍒

[@moody9442]

"50 goals before anyone has 30" says is all. it wasnt the era, it was the player. he gaped everyone.

[@dannycarlow8204]

I'm pretty sure you meant "gapped". At least I hope so or there were things going on in that locker room that I really don't want to know about.

[@judgedredd8657]

I remember watching this game with my dad

[@premier_leaks]

who cares ?

[@LucaBrasi0]

I do.

[@nathanpaul88]

You old

[@TheHilltopPillbox]

I watched with my dad and his brothers...all 7 of them. They went NUTS. Good memories, and made the Christmas break even better!

[@eccles1984]

I remember watching this game with my older brother. I was 5 years old. Good times.

[@Djjoeyd1167]

I wish that I thought the way I do now back then! Oh man I couldn’t stand Gretzky! A Caps fan here..he always destroy the capitals! 😂 But I love what Gretzky did for hockey! Now I appreciate all the great players. I look at players a lot differently, now in my older age! Man he was awesome! That whole team! ❤

[@DavidBentley23]

GP G A PTS plus/Minus Vs.Canucks 117 76 163 239 +61 Vs. Capitals 57 30 75 105 +7 I'm am with you. I hated watching the guy because he just destroyed my Canucks everytime, even when he got older. But now I wish I watched every game he played with the Oilers.

[@Jay9999]

I couldn't stand Gretzky back then and what he did to my Flames. But now he seems almost like Jesus.

[@Da-qv7nq]

Great videos, love them! Think you can put up more games of the Oilers from their dynasty years?

[@ralphrancy3354]

@24:23 - Did you see how in advance Gretzky anticipated the play? His IQ was mindblowing!

[@jeffreykaufmann2867]

Gretzky is the smartest Athlete I have ever seen.

[@dvas2686]

The real amazing thing here is that Gretzky had this 92 goal, 212 point season playing alongside Lumley and Semenko.

[@michaelgriffiths8068]

Yes, so much for the fallacious age old argument that Gretzky only scored 200 point seasons because he was on an “all star team” and that Mario played with “bums” (hello Jagr, Stevens, Coffey, Francis, Murphy, Tochet, and the rest).

[@jeffreykaufmann2867]

And Coffey, Messier and Anderson

[@jeffreykaufmann2867]

@@michaelgriffiths8068 And he did it at age 20 when most Athletes are far from their prime.

[@michaelgriffiths8068]

@@jeffreykaufmann2867 - yes, Gretzky entered his prime years much earlier than most players because he started much younger than most players. He was already skating at age 2, and was playing against 10 year olds at age 6. By the time he was 10, he was playing against 14 year olds and scoring 378 goals in one season. By the time he was 14, he was playing with and against 16 and 17 year olds. By the time he was 17, he was already in pro hockey in the WHA with a million dollar contract. This is also why his peak finished earlier than most players. He was already exiting his peak by age 27/28, because he had played so much more hockey than any other player his age. If you include all the tournaments, 5 Canada Cup finals, 6 Stanley Cup finals, by the time he was in his 14th season (his last Cup finals in 1993), he had really played the equivalent of 18 seasons. It’s amazing he still had another scoring title in him in 1994. This is why his goal scoring dried up so quickly after 1994. People say Mario had much better longevity as a goal scorer, but they fail to see that Gretzky had already played 18 seasons worth of games by 1993. Mario was able to rest half of his career and only played in 915 games and far fewer Canada Cup and Stanley Cup games. Basically he sat out half of the number of games Wayne played, and people expected Wayne to keep scoring goals at the same rate. People are silly.

[@jeffreykaufmann2867]

@@michaelgriffiths8068 You made some excellent points. What's remarkable about Gretzky's 212 point season was that he was the only Oiler among the Top 10 in scoring. Anderson was the only Oiler who had a 100+ point season with 104 points. Kurri only had 32 goals so for all those Gretzky Haters who say Gretzky got all those assists because of Kurri don't know what they are talking about. How many Art Ross winners don't have at least one teammate in the top 10? It's extremely rare. When Esposito scored 152 points the top 4 scorers were from the Bruins and 6 in the top 10. Esposito was on a better team( 121 points) than Gretzky in 81-82 (111 points). Gretzky was in on 51% of the 417 goals that Edmonton Scored. Esposito 38%. If you look at the 1985-86 season when Gretzky scored 215 points his four star teammates scored 455 points. In 81-82 only 368 points. While his teammates were improving yearly as players Gretzky's point totals were virtually the same. The 81-82 season is way more impressive cause his teammates were not nearly as good as in 85-86. Kurri scored 68 goals in 85-86 yet Gretzky got only three more points than 81-82.

[@davidmarrazzo774]

Greatest accomplishment in North American team sports history. Records that will never be broken...

[@elmerikangas]

1980 goals were easier to score than they are today🤦🏿‍♂️

[@davidmarrazzo774]

@@elmerikangas then why were they the only team to score 400 in a season? Doing it 5 consecutive seasons. Why did 99 score 50+ points more than anyone else. The art Ross should be renamed the Wayne Gretzky

[@barbaradarnell7376]

Nobody has ever seriously threatened DiMaggio's 56 game hitting streak from 1941, or Chamberlain's 100 point game from 1962.

[@GunGoBang]

@@barbaradarnell7376 teams were less talent dependant. Specializing is more precise nowadays.

[@trickolas78]

Goaltending was horrific

[@13jeffandtrish]

Crazy Peeters was my all time favorite player

[@slanjbo]

This game to me epitomizes the hand over and development of the NHL from the 70’s into the 80’s. The Flyers are the 70’s gritty style, that in their hey day worked, heck; incredibly well. But they are a step behind, the Oilers cross passing and switching left to right ice domination, especially in the neutral zone is something of beauty. The speed of the international game and the influx of so much Scandinavian talent also helped progress the elements of finesse and creativity that was unheard of or seen in the 70’s. God I love this game!! Edit: And to think that this is 4 years before Tikkanen....

[@RaginRonic]

A] This game happened 3 days after my birth....therefore, it was on on a Wednesday night. XB B] Don Cherry on the headset doing color commentary. Just wanted to point that out for the record. So don't bomb me on that. And I know all about how his time on Hockey Night ended. o.o

[@baloneybrain55]

Loved my Cooperalls.

[@TurboTacofull]

Paul Coffey, Mark Messier, Grant Fuhr, Jarri Kurri, Wayne Gretzky its not surprising these dudes won as many cups as they did jesus murphy

[@jeffreykaufmann2867]

Oilers Would have won 8 Cups had Gretzky not been traded

[@September2004]

You know I’ve never seen anyone so impatient to get to 50 goals before, I have to say.

[@TeddyParker]

So, so, so confused by the Flyers wearing pants... Looks like ref pants or roller hockey pants. Crazy!

[@Djjoeyd1167]

I find it funny that the 2 goalies in this game were ranked 4th & I believe Fifth in goals against..what’s funny about that? Both are above 3.00, Now a days, above three is usually a back up if even that?! Just shows you how different the league was back then..especially with goal scoring..I mean it’s all perspective. I love hockey back during this time! Not uncommon to see lots of 7-6 or 8-5 or even 9- 6 games! with a lot of new younger very skilled players in the league, I feel like scoring is going to keep on going up! Hopefully that leads to Ovie breaking Gretzky record for most goals in a career! I read something a few years ago what Ovi’s totals would look like if he played back then..It’s insane with what the projections said! I think I read something like… I want to say three years ago, & his goal projections were over 900 goals already! Now of course anything could of happened back then,injured more(way more fights & heavy hitting) & or didn’t work with a lot of skilled players, etc. etc. Anyway, I just love hockey from back then!

[@Deputydog-r7d]

So lack of talented scorers now

[@RaineriHakkarainen]

Canada have 650000 hockey players! USA have 500000 hockey players! Ovechkin's Russia under 100000 hockey players! Canada and USA should have 11 players who can score over 800 GOALS! Blame Canada and USA!!

[@Ivansyoykov]

Great oilers and flyers if 80s

[@MAlexanderZagorski]

Gretzky's game resembled that of a chess master on ice hockey skates.🇨🇦🏒

[@jeffreykaufmann2867]

Better then Today's hockey

[@harbinger2838]

Flyers and their zoot suits.

[@euginate1344]

It looks like the flyers are wearing track pants.

[@quincee3376]

Flyers and Whalers wore Cooperalls . Not sure if any other team was stupid enough.

[@ZZ-qk8ji]

I think the Oilers deliberately let the Flyers get to within a goal so they would pull their goalie in the final minute to give Gretzky a chance.

[@v4v819]

Wait, why are the Flyers wearing tracksuit pants?

[@jamesdavis8542]

Are the flyers wearing ski pants

[@michaelgriffiths8068]

As amazing as 50 goals in 39 games is, it still isn’t as amazing as 163 assists in a season: Not even Gretzky got close to 163 assists before or after, but he did score 50 goals in 42 games two years after his 50 in 39.

[@leafyutube]

I read Gretzky wanted to leave the Oilers to play for the Leafs.

[@goodsoup1564]

“better vision without it” imagine saying that now. nevermind these helmets don’t even come infront of your eyes 👀

[@pilbomags488]

Hey Flyers, Nice slacks...you going to a wedding after the game?

[@Deputydog-r7d]

Great game flyers looked good in early 8os. Mid 80s no

[@CanadianBongRipper]

Flyers looking like refs with those pants

[@GUTTERWITCH444]

Why are they wearing sweat pants?

[@travismalarkey3668]

Woah. Wayne Forsey looks like Mark Zuckerberg.

[@jeebus5833]

Would not have wanted to play for the flyers, those pants.... 🙄

[@mrbob424]

Ovi sucks. It's comical that anyone cam compare the 2. Lol 😅😅😅

[@евгенийиванов-т9г7в]

Bastards from NHL began to block matches, nothing not have time nor watch, nor download :(

[@ИльмариоВ]

Надо называть матчи сокращенно, чтобы Нхл их не нашла

[@евгенийиванов-т9г7в]

@@ИльмариоВ А смысл тогда? Вот именно, что интересны именно целые матчи!

[@ИльмариоВ]

@@евгенийиванов-т9г7в я имею ввиду заголовок матча как то сокращать) чтоб нхл не нашла его)

[@евгенийиванов-т9г7в]

@@ИльмариоВ Ну или тогда по русски писать :))) Да они сейчас будут следить уже за этим каналом... козлы :(

[@ronmailloux8655]

what do you mean you can watch them over there?

[@Bellicose27]

In 10 years nobody will know the name Gretzky. Fastest growing sport is Cricket in Canada

[@rickhammond2473]

Ovechkin the best goal scorer of all time WHAT A JOKE.

[@jeffreykaufmann2867]

Only on the Powerplay

[@beastmode00714]

Compared to modern players, they played like peewees. No wonder he scored at will.

[@puknut]

sick!

[@leafyutube]

Even more incredible is how the Flyers brain trust approved that season's hockey pants.

[@derekknight9789]

They were banned because they are too dangerous when you fall and slide on the cooperalls. The hockey socks on the ice sliding causes friction to slow the person sliding on the ice down, cooperalls were banned cause of this reason.

[@Bruhaha9]

I think they were going in the right direction. The pants and socks look is a bit silly although traditional.

[@408Magenta]

zoot suits.

[@trickolas78]

@@derekknight9789utter nonsense. Fake news 👎

[@holaatyaboy6765]

Don Cherry?

[@donaldcampbell2022]

This was an amazing game. Wayne was only 20. Wow.

[@jeffreykaufmann2867]

Coffey made two great passes using the boards in Goal #1 & 4.

[@eccles1984]

Wayne Gretzky is the greatest sport player of all sports in the history of sports.

[@parkerbohnn]

Babe Ruth, Muhammed Ali, Phil "The Power" Taylor and John Brzenk junior who went undefeated for 25 years straight in arm wrestling.

[@moody9442]

​@@parkerbohnn while babe ruth hold many records he doesnt hold the gap that gretzky holds. its not just the amount of records(61) its the gap.. gretzkys points for exp. the gap between jagr#2 and #8 lemieux is ~100 points. the gap between gretzky and jagr is ~1000. ~1000 points back of jagr#2 is #103 dave keon. this gap is insain and usualy how gretzkys records go. other examples being gretzky had 4 goals in the game before this making 9 goals in the last 2 games making this record untouchable or lemieux is 3rd fastest to 1000 points cuz gretzky and gretzky did it faster or he didnt need a goal to have the points record and still leads in goals and with how ovis playing its gona stay that way. its crazy that ruth has records 100 years later but their numbers that are within reach. gretzkys arnt. with ali i point to rocky marciano (49-0), Julio César Chávez (89-0-1 before first loss finnished 107-6) boxing goes way deeper then ali. darts and arm wrestling go in the same catgory as chess and horse shoes. gretzkys top spot.

[@parkerbohnn]

@@moody9442 I could have included me the 6 time world pinball champion but its an unknown sport. I'd list Phil "The Power" Taylor as the greatest sports figure of all time. Gretzky plays a team sport which is completely different.

[@RaineriHakkarainen]

Come on Josh!! Not True! Lemieux and Orr better than Gretzky! In 1980s Gretzky's time NHL 8 goals per game! Ovechkin ERA only 5,3-6 goals per game! If Ovechkin had played high scoring 1980s he would had scored over 1000 goals! Auston Matthews have scored this season 54 goals in 61 games! If Matthews had played In 1982 he would had scored over 100 goals easily beating Gretzky's 92 goal record! In 1980s 90% of the NHL players were 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 4 billion fans around the world! Cricket 2 billion fans! Gretzky played only against players from Canada! Gretzky can not be the greatest! Gretzky is Best in Canada only not the whole World!!

[@dannycarlow8204]

​@@RaineriHakkarainenYou should learn something about hockey at some point in your life instead of writing stories that make no sense about hockey.

[@quincee3376]

Thanks ! Man i hated those Cooperalls. Flyers and Whalers wore them .

[@leafyutube]

Everybody hated them.

[@ronmailloux8655]

yes when you slid on the ice you just kept going. I think they were only used in the nhl for maybe two seasons?

[@quincee3376]

@@ronmailloux8655 yup.

[@billdang3953]

Imagine a Cooperall version of the Montreal Canadiens uniform. I heard that they actually had a prototype Cooperall Canadiens uniform made but it was never publicly shown.

[@spirg]

If Gretzky ever skated in to his own zone he would need Google maps to get out 😂 He was great , never played an ounce of defense.Orr still the greatest all around player ever , end to end

[@dannycarlow8204]

He's the all time leader in shorthanded goals and points. If you were a coach, would you continuously put someone on to kill penalties that can't play defense in their own zone? In the year Orr had 139 points, the top four Bruins had 152, 139, 116 and 105 points. They were the top four scorers in the league. In Wayne's second season he had 164 points (new record) and 109 assists (new record) and the next four highest scoring Oilers had 75, 63, 60 and 53 points. Kurri's 75 points were good for 35th in league scoring.

[@michaelbrin6469]

I remember watching this game in Edmonton on CITV Television. The Host, Tim Spelecy suggested at the beginning of the game that Gretzky might score 5 goals to make it to 50. I thought that he was crazy.....

[@markdemell3717]

Cooperall ,ugh.

[@majordavis4688.]

wayne gretzky is the man.

[@Nancy-w1x]

Nothings free bb

[@TheRobertForsythe]

A lot of WG goal are not slap shot they call it snap shot a slap shot the stick goes all the way up and the snap shot go half way. WG snap shot the most powerful in the league. The hardest shot for WG is the break away

[@Damphouse]

The Flyers deserved every single goal because of those ugly ass slacks. Gretzky was doing God's work

[@RafeeSyed94]

Dude… Watching Gretzky is like watching a modern player with modern edge work, puck handling, and hockey sense coaches crave from their players and with a composite stick going back in time and playing against old school players with wooden sticks with none of the aforementioned abilities. Damn

[@theurbanemporium204]

He modelled his game after the soviets, lots of passing, anticipation and cycling.

[@jeffreykaufmann2867]

@@theurbanemporium204 Gretzky has Russian Ancestry on his dad's side

[@robnjake]

I was surprised Philly left the net empty for a neutral ice faceoff. I watched this game with my dad and my uncle, on the 12" black and white aerial we had in the kitchen (channel 13).

[@AdrianWalsh-qz9fr]

I never seen this game when he broke a hockey record I bet u it's a classic film forever 😂

[@StonedSpagooter]

Wtf Clarke was the captain and an assistant.... really needed to save them bucks 😂

[@premier_leaks]

lol they play in sweatpants :D

[@pzmqd]

34:10 (9879)

[@marcbrisebois4301]

every year he kept beating his old records then Mario took over and somehow came up a dime short 199 points 85 goals 46 game scoring streak he got him shorthanded though and better all star game avg