Pavel Bure: His First Game (CanucksTV)

[@harbar3000]

Without question or debate, Pavel Bure is the best player the Vancouver Canucks ever had.

[@felipepineda1585]

I will say mogilny is a close second!

[@JSnipes-nb7uy]

Skill wise yes, overall as a figure of the franchise not even close.

[@burtmann3921]

Agreed

[@Derrick2shot]

@@JSnipes-nb7uy Thats pretty accurate, because overall on the ice, Mogilny was great when he was in the game. But, Bure could just kill it!

[@mmaaphilliates]

When he left Vancouver I was heart broken but still followed him wherever he played...The Best Player I got to See play the game ...EVER!!!!

[@HYP3DSNIP3R]

The most explosive and electrifying player ever.

[@michael.tmclean2095]

Hype3Dsnip3r I saw his. First practice game. A joy to watch

[@Hiltie1]

Genius on ice.

[@michael.tmclean2095]

Better than the wwe the Rock

[@Lynx-lh9it]

Idk about " ever " but hes up there

[@alanzarkovic4957]

I was at the first game. I still get goosebumps thinking about it.

[@ThetaRealms]

pavel is a legend and is a gifted man! brought so much inspiration to so many kids! pavel bure...so many people love you bro!

[@gunman462]

He was kind of my hero growing up in northern BC

[@delpierochch]

Indeed. Very humble and an amazing talent. Thank you for sharing

[@ThetaRealms]

@@delpierochch I didn't have many people to Inspire me as a kid. Pavel was a hero, and I aspired to be a sniper like him. And watched his games. When he retired, NHL was dead to me

[@mraznbeast93]

We are blessed to have him in Vancouver and the City will always love him

[@oldbear9320]

I was at that game. There was a lull after he split the defense, then a huge cheer. There was one Canucks game not mentioned that deserves to be on the list of great Canucks moments; Roger Neilson waving a white towel on a stick, followed by Tiger Williams. I wasn't at that game but I was at the next game and EVERY one of the 16,000+ people there had a white towel to wave.

[@gunman462]

Agreed, thanks for that.

[@donziperk]

My boss gave me tickets to that game. Took my wife, she wasn’t much of a hockey until that night. I thanked him for years. We were about 12 rows up from the Sony sign in the corner. When Bure picked up the puck and wheeled up the ice it was like watching the Roadrunner leave the Coyote behind.

[@Montealto09]

I love our Pavel. He was simply amazing.

[@gunman462]

He arguably kickstarted the amazing hockey mentality of vancouver.

[@inutero10]

He is the reason i am a canucks fan to this day.

[@MrVisde]

Pavel did everything top speed. He was so exciting to watch.

[@Sidis360]

It took a while, but they're finally retiring his number. Congratulations, Pavel!

[@crushingalldeceivers]

Everytime he touched the puck, your butt left your seat. He was amazing and we were lucky to have him.

[@MentalDisturbedLoL]

Pavel is a Legend!

[@ianhamilton8987]

One of my heros as a kid , and still to this day remains in my top 3 of all time favorite players. Watching you and your brother was always the highlight of every game. Thank you Mr Bure...#10

[@Joreus]

This guy should have been treated like a god by the management, and instead was screwed over so many times. It's so effin sad. He always put a smile on my face.

[@michael.tmclean2095]

A real genuine guy

[@gunman462]

He should have played his whole career in Van but management fucked it all up.

[@bxball]

@@gunman462 I'm genuinely curious as to how the team messed things up w him. As a young kid once NHL 94(?) on genesis allowed trades I had a Bure Mogilny Federov 3rd line. Bure is one of my all time favorites from the other conference but I know nothing about this.

[@FuzziesConnected]

@@bxball they didn't the problem was Vancouver fans/media he became a Vancouver Area icon and he couldn't go anywhere without being harassed and he couldn't live a normal life so he requested a trade and ended up being sent to the team with the least interested hockey fan base in the league in the panthers. It had nothing to do with management.

[@HisRoyalSelf]

It was most definitely the management and not the city, media, or the fans. The Canucks organization fucked up and started playing mind games with a stone cold Russian who doesnt play mind games. He gave them everything. A reason to watch Canucks hockey. And a chance to win it all. The fans knew it. The media knew it. His team knew it. The management clearly didnt. They broke the cardinal rule: You dont disrespect your greatest asset.

[@mc1013]

Speed, deke, skate, end to end, skills like a BOSS

[@everythingallthetime8644]

As a life long BC resident, I must admit I've never liked the Canucks but I've always loved Pavel Bure. Even though i was only 1 when he got his NHL debut, he is by far one of my all time favorite hockey players. Sakic, Forsberg, Bure and Mogilny. I sure miss the 90s hockey. Maybe it's cause I was a kid, I don't know but there's something about it that brings back such a nostalgic feeling.

[@stryker1707]

Man we’re never gonna see another like him

[@seansaville5664]

Favorite player since i first saw him.

[@rygy20]

Just an awesome player whom we had the privilege to watch in the lower mainland. Thanks for the memories Pavel!

[@sergeisemenov4804]

My favourite hockey player for all times! Смотря на его игру я влюбился в хоккей! Паша ты лучший!

[@muvs32pap]

"I wish he had wanted to stay longer" I believe Canucks ownership had a lot to do with Bure's departure from Vancouver. I am a DC area Caps fan and we knew what was going on , it was no great secret.

[@barrybaker429]

The fastest skater Ive ever seen that wore the Canuck sweater.Exciting to watch!

[@fastfootedone]

actually, just the fastest....or at least in the discussion.....certainly the most exciting

[@tyhara9215]

Michael Jordan wanted his autograph when he was playing with the Bulls in town. True Story

[@RampageRiseden91]

The most talented player had it not been for so many injuries he would be more widely recognized as the greatest ever top 5 for sure. He would have scored so many Damn goals b4 the injuries came and they would of kept coming

[@CanuckTony]

His work with the kids puts him over the top. Great man and great player.

[@Andrewf5251]

the best player vancouver ever had ... by far .

[@user-cf1se1kk5x]

My all time favourite Canuck.

[@nuckynuciano1574]

Hes so beloved in canada. Def a top 10 goal scorer.

[@ruggie.74]

This is a very historically important piece of video.

[@PurpleElephant808]

and that's why it's in the KZbin archives.

[@skinflaver]

I still cry seeing him. Just like I did seeing Pattersson score his first goal.

[@GaleGummola]

He spoke quite good English already before first match in NHL.

[@mikeage1024]

Still favorite player for 25 years. Bummed when he went to Florida

[@TravMan94]

Pavel Bure! Beast!

[@victorsforza5578]

He was such a dynamo. ❤️🖤💛

[@kors1978]

лучший за все времена!

[@billkeon880]

nicely put together. Good job Canucks TV

[@videoschistosos7077]

My favorite hockey player when I was a kid

[@danielupsdell2697]

No other Canuck player has come close to bure talent and speed I have been watching them since 1972

[@johnzielke7766]

That's awesome!. "Debating, what's there to debate... I mean who's second ??" Lol so true.

[@hockeyqueen]

Brings back great memories from when I was about 5 years old and just getting in to hockey!

[@broadcasterpro]

Pavel Bure was the best Soviet/Russian player ever! He was a super genius forward!

[@carlosanaya4149]

broadcasterpro debatable between him and Fedorov.

[@thawk1435]

Yeah, Fedorov learned that the rink has two ends.

[@user-gq9hb5on2n]

What about Ovechkin?

[@patton303]

The story about how Burkie got Bure into the Canucks is legend too.

[@Tubewings]

I, personally, didn't like it when Bure wore #96. #10 suits him better, and I'm glad that he's finally getting his number raised to the rafters of the Rogers Arena (now, if only the damned lockout could end so we can see #10 raised to the rafters).

[@TOMAATTISOSE-bi6vg]

ONE OF MY IDOLS AND HEROES

[@carlosanaya4149]

My favorite player and I’m a Kings fan since 1995. Electrifying. Two hundred thousand? Absolutely nothing for how talented he was.

[@ZadreGradeNajlipsiSi]

Pavel Bure for life!

[@bdog4280]

Pavel’s dad was one of the greatest trainers of all time .

[@LoveSportsLoveLife]

Anyone else see Pavel Bure use "The Datsyuk Move" before Datsyuk did!?!?

[@paveldatsyuk7175]

Pavel Barber2 fetisov was doing it a lot against Nhl teams in the 80s but Iam nit sure who first did it but the Euros are good at it haha

[@ivanko1258]

@@paveldatsyuk7175 Fetisov.

[@paveldatsyuk7175]

Иван Морозов thanks : )

[@TheRealRoyalBacon]

Bure will never be forgetten

[@brabsy91]

Wow! Just saw that vid you posted...can't believe it - I wonder if this is where Datsyuk got the idea! GREAT FIND!

[@TrevorPhilips]

"The Mother of Elbows" No one took cheap shots on Pavel Bure the same again after that -- no one wanted to get Churla-ed.

[@paveldatsyuk7175]

Trevor Philips maybe my favorite part of all the tapes

[@mandez19]

I don't think you can call it scouting when you pick the fastest skater on the Fedorov, Mogilny, Bure line.

[@alexkerr2343]

+mandez19 Fedorov was faster top end speed than bure, a better pure skater though bure was more explosive and faster to get up to speed.

[@PavelGaborik]

Disagree. Bure had a better top speed as well. Feds was very fast as well though, but 1994 Bure was the fastest player I've ever seen. McDavid, Gartner, prime Marian Gaborik I would also rank ahead of Fedorov.

[@gunman462]

@@PavelGaborik Bure is known as extremely explosive to accelerate which is gold compared to top end speed which is whatever. There are a lot of fast top end guys.

[@PavelGaborik]

@@gunman462 Which is essentially why comparing top speed is useless on such a small ice surface. We typically only see small bursts. FWIW though judging from those bursts - Bure was both more explosive and had the superior top speed AND agility to boot. As elite as Feds was, Bure was just that much better (skating wise)

[@travzimmerman1340]

@@PavelGaborik Fedorov was the most complete of the 3 (Mogilny, Bure, Fedorov). Hell, Fedorov might be the most complete hockey player the game has ever seen.

[@BretHart049]

20:57 He did that move so fast I barely could tell he was onside. It's not my favourite play of Bure's but it was my favourite goal.

[@quivalla]

Anyone remember seeing him on the ice during practice with a parachute attached ?

[@TOMAATTISOSE-wi1wf]

MY IDOL WITH GREZKY

[@InTheNow2020]

Pavel Bure was the only player other than Gretzky, who got me to get out of my seat, when they were on the puck. In a word......electric. PS- I think Pavel needed a longer rink to play.

[@TheVampireKit]

🖤

[@sachachase8368]

I think my grandpa cried when he left Vancouver

[@TrevorPhilips]

10, 9, ignition sequence start, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, zero. All engines running. Liftoff! We have a liftoff! Thirty-two minutes past the hour. Liftoff on Russian Rocket 10!

[@donvalentino4837]

Russian Rocket :D one of my all time favorit Players

[@ajpdeschenes]

My favorite player with Paul Kariya. Those two deserved Stanley Cups and both had carreers shortcut because of injuries.

[@tukhobob3894]

I hope elias pettersson would become a star like that, the difference with him is he makes players around him that good, I can see brock scoring 50 + goals playing on his line

[@tpp27]

not taking anything away from guys like pettersson or brock but there was only ONE BURE, nothing will come close.

[@westcoastsmoke]

@@tpp27 I'd say it's arguable Elias Pettersson comes very close if not the same level as Bure, after watching him through his first half season. It's hard to compare because the Bure nostalgia is strong, but I think we'll be looking back at Petterssons early career the same way in years to come. Bure was different than any other player at the time which also adds to the excitement. For someone who grew up through the early 90's Canucks, Pettersson gets me just as pumped as I remember being with Bure.

[@tommagliocco7201]

His first game was televised on BCTV I think, I remember watching it - you didn't need to be in the stadium to feel the impact - it was that palpable. Never seen anything before or since...

[@_peace_toyour_house8304]

Буре лучший

[@QueceArt]

anyone link to this game?(full or part)

[@insgreatintheshwr]

faaaak he was fast!

[@FattieAcidProduction]

The Greatest NHL Player EVER!

[@LordStanley94]

Pound for Pound, probably.

[@gzbhow]

Nice step in the healing process for the Canuck organization. Most talented player to ever pull on the skate or whale sweater. Get over the contract hassles...retire his number already.

[@gummozebra]

10:20 I've met Pat Quinn, he is a good guy

[@davebasch5995]

I liked him in the Home Alone movies

[@Hexinvir]

You are totally wrong. Pavel went on record saying that he had issues with the management, not with the fans. Get your facts straight before you just assume stuff like that.

[@rickmortt8546]

because Messier was r*ping him and Doug Messier told him to keep his mouth shut and the management apparently knew

[@Ock50]

As it turns out yes

[@tadbushboybleeker8100]

I was there that night

[@CalgarySugarDaddy-z2z]

McDavid who? Bure could skate circled around McDavid

[@joe579003]

That dog should have a statue!

[@trevfot5508]

pavel bure!! the man can shoot the puck!!

[@ChrisMolyneaux93]

The question though: 10 or 96?

[@tpp27]

if you knew bure's history then this wouldn't even be a question.

[@martinorav4267]

10

[@TheNeoned]

How did we screw up so bad with this guy. Oh yeah, our media and our gullible fans.

[@dnbrk]

Pretty sure that's a young Jay Janower at 17:20-17:21 at the middle, left-hand side of the shot. Hi Jay!

[@RandomGuyCDN]

Hearing all the stuff they're saying about Bure is the same thing that's said about McDavid. Except Bure was that good with the piss poor hockey training that was available at the time and in the clutch and grab era vs McDavid who was set up for success who cries when he gets hooked. Wish Bure could still be playing today if his knees didnt ruin him.

[@MRAIClassroom]

Building a team in any 90s hockey game I had label on the team lol

[@MRAIClassroom]

Pavel

[@Hexinvir]

I'm not debating that the media here isn't overwhelming, but they do usually have accurate information.

[@rickmortt8546]

So what happened between him and messier?

[@dimdimone]

Best Russian in NHL !!!

[@MrFylf]

Russian rocket are legendary since Laika launch :)

[@stoney43]

the show I thought was a big dissapointment showed to much media guys not enough Bure. could have been showing bure with the media overdub

[@andrej458]

brittania ice rink is were i practice!!

[@ps-tube]

yeah..........bure.......

[@justawinddown]

How the hell Vancouver traded this guy is unbelievable. Thats a once in a lifetime screwup. No wonder that franchise is stuck in 2nd gear.

[@roscoemichel2103]

Canucks came close to the cup then hired Keenan who ripped the team apart

[@mayaspeaks1613]

I took my daughter to the 1st game and yes he was an electrifying explosion of hockey talent, very much an experience to watch. Later that year I also met and talked to his original trainer / manager who explained Pavel had an ego that matched his hockey talent. I had been taking my daughter, who was a huge PB fan, and her friend to PB fan club meetings. It wasn't promised, but very much implied PB would come to one of the last meetings in appreciation of these younq fans. Unfortunately, PB could have easily come to the last meeting but chose not to as he was leaving the next day to fly to LA and party. His problems with management were caused by him and his out of control ego, he was not a humble player.

[@mmaaphilliates]

Why should he be humble? he was freaking amazing !!!!

[@rickmortt8546]

Did he say anything about Messier r8ping him in one of these parties? Because one of their equipment staff told me so and I was shocked no one talked about it publicly while apparently everyone knew

[@philbrovold]

@@rickmortt8546 your nuts

[@rickmortt8546]

@@philbrovold everyone kind of knows it apparently

[@alsrdn]

After the strict regime of Soviet hockey, these young guys literally ended up in hockey Hollywood. Therefore, it is not surprising to read

[@guny12wunyy]

What was he saying about the contract offer?

[@ps-tube]

yeah,,,,,we are russian

[@mkfk1]

Despite what happen in 98, can we retired his number already.

[@Евгений7чфчХворостов]

Харламов, Александров, Дацук, Буре и тд. Лучшие!!!!

[@rdeh1678]

Can you imagine how great he would be if he played today , with less grabbing , picks and ,any other dirty plays that are no longer allowed now

[@burtmann3921]

Russian Rocket !! 94' was an incredible team and run. Too bad Bettmans league wouldn't play by the rules during that Playoffs and basically paved the road for NY to win the cup.

[@MapleSyrupPoet]

I crossed paths with Macdonald ...a Macdonald - not John A Macdonald - and a Costello met - briefly - at a video store in Coquitlam B.C. ...don't remember the videos Macdonald checked out ...was he friendly? Nah ...he just wanted to get outta there 😅

[@TheNeoned]

Strange he was so good of friends still Pat was the one to track him down for is HOF selection. You just keep believing what the media kept telling you.

[@ВосславьСолнце-е5х]

Soviet school.

[@iamhamzaamin]

well speculated :P