Rockies & Canadiens at the Montreal Forum (1978-79)

[@mrktyb]

What a shot from Lafleur at the end. So calm, looks so easy and simple for him.

[@tommygun19788]

Beauty game to watch at this pace

[@BudSchnelker]

I'd love to see today's goalies play with same padding as they do in this video. They can keep their masks, but everything else gets pared down to 1978 size. Yeah, you can say the techniques have improved, but you'd still see GAA go up markedly.

[@harvey20c]

then they'd have to go back to wooden sticks too though

[@samuelluria4744]

@@harvey20c - I could only DREAM!!!🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@samuelluria4744]

@@harvey20c - Have you SEEN the price of sticks these days??? It's absolutely shameful.

[@johnbarroll1120]

beautiful picture of game played decades ago

[@DoubleP29]

So glad you found this one as I am sure it was my very first game watching the Canadiens with my stepdad at The Forum... love it :)

[@brettfavreify]

Did you notice the spectators sitting at 3:30 at ice level with no plexigas, hands and elbows resting on the top of the dasher board? I forget that back in the day there was always an element that you could get nailed by an errant puck or a stick.

[@Guy6994]

good observation

[@JD-yn8sm]

That wouldn't"t happen today. People today would be looking at their phones more than the game.

[@douglaslowe5]

When I was a kid my dad had season Tix at LA Forum behind net 3 rows off ice. We were constantly dodging pucks, glass so low then.

[@daveyboy_]

During pre warm up u could get autographs. Just by leaning over the boards .

[@JohnMartin-yj3gv]

One of the few games my father could get tickets to back at the old forum, attended a year and a half before this game. March 10, 1977 Colorado 1 Canadiens 7, sat in the whites.

[@nohabs]

A different era. No plexiglass behind Montreal's bench, no room behind the nets, helmets were showing up bit by bit. The game was not as concise as it is now.... I could ramble on. Also this was about the time I took a bus from Rochester, NY to see a game. Good times.

[@diamonddog13]

Bunny Larocque!

[@AndrewSmith-vr8kd]

Love how Guy Lapointe has no tape on his stick.

[@Unclemoparman]

My favourite player

[@daveyboy_]

Awesome Jerseys , NJ or Colorado should use this as their throwback jersey

[@douglaslowe5]

Avs should occasionally wear Rockies and Nordiques jerseys.

[@samuelluria4744]

@@douglaslowe5 - The Avalanche have no connection to the Rockies.

[@michaelroccia2108]

Colorado Rockies best uniforms in history, especially the home whites

[@cusebruce8179]

I have to agree as I was lucky enough to see them at the end of 80-81 and all of 81-82 in Denver. The White home were the best...

[@Unclemoparman]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@anthonyriche552]

@@cusebruce8179 I always loved the Rockies unis the best. I especially enjoyed watching them play at McNichols Sports Arena in their white unis. It always had a different feel when I'd watch my Islanders play over there.

[@cusebruce8179]

Interesting hearing Larry's name as he would coached the Devils in 2000 to a Stanley Cup Championship.

[@LDehaut]

Check out his Plus/Minus Career stats. This will never be beaten.

[@samuelluria4744]

Glad to have been lucky enough to have witnessed so many of these legends.

[@elshadjafar2437]

LIKE FROM AZERBAIJAN. THANKS

[@sudburyboy5547]

Did anyone happen to notice they announced Napier's goal wrong at the beginning? They gave it to Hughes but am guessing they corrected it later. Ok just kept watching and saw the correction later on..lol.

[@andrebeck1444]

The only thing the Rockies and Canadiens had in common were great uniforms.

[@Xsplot]

4:29 two players covering Lafleur when the Habs goal is scored. There are no stats for that other than plus minus which doesn't tell the full story.

[@samuelluria4744]

Yeah, but...honestly, the +/- actually _does_ tell a big part of that story.....

[@Xsplot]

@@samuelluria4744 Its definitely a big part. The other thing Lafleur didn't always get recognition for is his back checking. He was fast and unrelenting in back checking. A work horse, always gave 100% on offense and as well as on defense. That also shows up in plus minus stats. I met him once in a bar after he played in a golf tournament in a resort north of Montreal. It was shortly after he left the Habs, before the Rangers. Bought him a beer as my company group had an open bar and he was past last call. He was friendly, stood up from his chair, shook my hand, we exchanged a few words and I was happy to have met one of my childhood idols. I saw him again a few months later in Trois Rivieres where he was in a crowd signing autographs. I stood by to watch for a bit. He saw me and smiled. I think he remembered the free beer, heh heh.

[@samuelluria4744]

@@Xsplot - Cool story!

[@ericolson2286]

Was cool seeing the coaches for the Devils’ first two Cups playing together as teammates. The Rockies ownerships were so cheap that up until their final season in Colorado, the crest, shoulder logos, numbers and names were all screened onto the jerseys - nothing was sewn. And good lord was goaltending really bad back in the day. That position has VASTLY improved, especially once the 1990s rolled around.

[@themanfromphoto]

October 14, 1978. Habs 5 Rockies 2

[@leafyutube]

As Don Cherry said, Colorado's goalie couldn't stop a taxi.

[@canuck_gamer3359]

He used to talk about Hardy Astrom a lot but that wasn't who was in goal here, I think it was #30 Oleschuk.

[@jiop538]

Actually my fav goalie Doug Favell wasn't too shabby with the Rockies He gave them a chance to reach the playoffs when he played for them.

[@daveyboy_]

wasnt Chico Resch their goalie for a while ?

[@senorsoupe]

The Rockies may have stunk on the ice, but their uniforms were nice

[@stiveseguin8116]

Guy Guy Guy

[@canuck_gamer3359]

I learned how to play goal in the 70's and one of the biggest things they told you then was to "stay down", meaning to stay in your crouch. The thought was that if you stood up as the shot was taken, it meant you were afraid of the puck. And at 0:40 you can see the goalie flinch upward as the slap shot is taken. It's deflected in, so it wouldn't have mattered, I'm just pointing it out.

[@richardjeanneau1248]

that shot would have been a routine save today with the style goalies play

[@gregorygarinther4198]

This can't be 78/79 season because Y.Cournoyer that we see playing had retired the year before.

[@mjmorriplymouth]

He played 15 games that season scoring 2 goals before his back gave out.

[@gregorygarinther4198]

@@mjmorriplymouth yes you are right ... always thought he had retired at the end of 77-78 season.

[@codekhalil6437]

How was @1:35 not a penalty? The game sure has changed

[@Unclemoparman]

Not in the playoffs it's Rollerball. NHL officiating goes away.

[@fightguy42]

do you have this full game?

[@lonkylaine]

I just can't explain the move of the goalie when Lupien scored...

[@brianahern2727]

Oleschulk has to go to the butterfly to stop 3 of these goals. But heck I never came close to the NHL so I should shut up.

[@LoN3wOlF5tudi0s]

What's the name of the tune played on the organ when the Habs score?

[@ZiggyMcZag]

Kansas City Scouts had some good defencemen (Beck, Van Boxmeer, Kitchen) but no scoring up front other than Wilf Paiement.

[@WiseGuy_2]

Paul Messier of the Rockies, cousin of Mark. Brief cup of coffee for Colorado that season.

[@Unclemoparman]

Paiement would rather spear somebody in the face than score.

[@anthonyriche552]

I don't think Beck ever played for the Scouts. He entered the league after the move.

[@mxpwr4003]

Goalie physical size to net VS actual .. man

[@TheAugust41]

2 commentaires, les buts n'auraient pas eu lieu aujourd'hui si les gardiens de but jouaient le style papillion Les bandes blanches sans publicités, c'est super

[@jeffcopoloff8716]

Look at 11:50 … the goaltending was absolutely terrible , for the most part , in that ‘70’s era ( with exception of the greats ) … we ( yes , me too ) evolved to the point where we couldn’t keep up with the shooters anymore . We were “ lost “ on the ice . Unbalanced . …. Hence , the inception of the Quebec Style , which , in effect. Saved Goaltending !!! The position caught up to the shooters .

[@JJGovernorCarrier]

One of the few times in history a team with great NHL uniforms sucked most days they took the ice...If they would have dressed the Bruins in these CR togs for Game 7 the universe might have turned out different...

[@samuelluria4744]

One of the greatest things in sports history happened this past season....the Cubbies had the best regular season in NHL history, but got bounced in the first round of the playoffs!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😜😜😜😜

[@gibby100]

Hughes and Napier, skaters wearing 30 and 31. Very odd

[@hymansahak181]

The game was not explosive at all back then.

[@vlqlvlql7278]

Lupien avec son bâton canadiens

[@stinkfinger630]

My god, the goaltending! Drop and spread! Stand up garbage.

[@joshuamervis]

The goaltending in this era was awful. Profoundly terrible.