Superseries 1985-86 Edmonton Oilers-Red Army avi

[@loganmarnik3238]

This is better than any game ive seen this year, oh my god.

[@theknowitall4090]

Always loved watching the Soviets play hockey. So smooth, so fluid. Not into the physical play of the nhl but into moving the puck, finding open ice. They were the best, by a long shot. It was literally nothing short of a "miracle" what those kids did in the 80 Olympics.

[@mm-gl7sz]

Funny most of the 1995 red wings were that teM. They were jokingly refered to as Russia west. They had the same smoothness and fluidity and the new Jersey devil's their size and neutral zone trap swept Russia Soviets west in 4 straight. Don't think the Soviet red army team in this video would've done much better especially with the red line and 2 line passes counting as offside

[@canuckereh5646]

@@mm-gl7sz How many of those players won a cup with Detroit?

[@travzimmerman1340]

@@mm-gl7sz The 1995 Wings had like 4 Russians you dumbfuk.

[@shawncordeiro1150]

@@travzimmerman1340 thaught 5 ? russains

[@user-ho2bg3kr5q]

Не дети,а Мужики настоящие пороли ваших аж брызги летели

[@user-gm9oy1oq6b]

ЦСКА на фоне тогдашнего обладателя Кубка Стенли выглядит очень солидно. Супермастерство с обеих сторон. Мотивации с обеих сторон предостаточно (кажется, клубам НХЛ очки от этих матчей шли в зачёт регулярки). Спасибо за ностальгию!!!!!!!!!!!!!!(99раз)!!!!!!!!!!

[@Recceman901]

I put that through the google translator...hope it was accurate, and you are correct. I remember as a young Canadian boy (but a Calgary Flames fan) was always interested in watching these games, we saw it as an Allstar team (russia) against a very good NHL team (at that time). Love the way the Russians moved the puck.

[@jimturner4937]

Я думаю, это был год, когда Эдмонтон проиграл в Кубке Стэнли. Насколько я помню, команда внесла слишком много изменений, чтобы привлечь в команду неопытных игроков. Таким образом, они проиграли в финале дивизии против Калгари. Здесь они плохо играли против Советской Красной Армии.

[@user-ev7fj9ek3r]

@@jimturner4937 Эдмонтон Ойлерс и Нью Йорк Айлендерс, ЦСКА, СПАРТАК и ДИНАМО (Москва) - лучшие команды 80-х годов! Учи историю, дятел англосаксонский, чтобы дураком не выглядеть!

[@blakematthew6880]

i guess Im randomly asking but does any of you know a tool to log back into an instagram account? I somehow forgot the account password. I would appreciate any assistance you can offer me.

[@hezekiahtripp2711]

@Blake Matthew instablaster :)

[@T34isBEST]

Good game. Great Krutov! Red machine:-)))

[@nataliaoleksander6386]

Крутов умер молодым, потому что Тихонов вколол ему стероиды. Ларионов признался в этом в интервью. Это русский путь. Обманывают их ядовитую националистическую гордость, чтобы удовлетворить население.

[@T34isBEST]

@@nataliaoleksander6386 Чушь собачья. Просто собираете всякие слухи и мусор отовсюду про какой-то там "русский путь". Крутов умер уже много-много лет спустя. Многие люди умирают в этом возрасте. У него были проблемы с сердцем. Ларионов же не умер, да и другие хоккеисты живы.

[@imrichdo]

Nice shot on 5:2 Krutov. And 6th. Canada player on ice was referrer.

[@willmo42]

From watching this you can really see the no nonsense Russian style of training come to fruition or life. I didn't matter how hard the Oilers hit them, or what line CSKA went up against, they just don't get tired. Really impressive to watch. Not to mention they are a good hockey club.

[@MultiCappie]

Three months earlier, on October 23, 1985, the Winnipeg Jets defeated the Edmonton Oilers 9:3, thus while obviously CKSA is the superior team to the Oilers, the Winnipeg Jets are actually 100% more superior than CKSA, by outscoring the Oilers by 6 goals instead of CKSA's 3 goals. Therefore, the Winnipeg Jets are the greatest, no nonsense, Winnipeg style, training team of all time. Right?

[@loilt5091]

Sure, ONE game says it all...that's why the Jets have ALL those Stanley Cups, right? Don't get me wrong, if it weren't for Winnipeg's European style influence during their '70's WHA, rogue league era, the NHL may still be in the Dark Stages of development. They influenced the Oilers and Nordiques game, coming to the NHL. Had the NHL not raided that Jets roster while joining league, I believe they'd have been an instant contender, top 4 team.

[@denislaferriere2693]

What about the game..... So the russians werent tired and what elses.... Were u in their dressing room after the game??

[@user-ho2bg3kr5q]

В том то и дело ,что не бессмысленный,а поставленный на то,чтобы обыграть соперника.Классная школа хоккея,которая перешла в том числе и в америку,а у нас к сожалению утеряна,благодаря америке,да и нам пустившим в 90х ваше дерьмо себе

[@g.scotthughes1303]

Dig those funky 8-Bit telestrator graphics!!

[@vesivialvy]

TX for your kind words :-)

[@hockeyalley1]

To beat one of the greatest teams ever in the NHL is amazing and they are used to playing on Olympic Size rinks.

[@hotdogwater7037]

1:35:36 did anyone else re-watch that goal 5 times?

[@simgames9133]

more important ! it's the half-smile of Tikkhonov behind the bench...lol

[@MrLiberatski1]

Miracle!!!

[@Serenoj69]

Yes and over several years. It were goals liek these that strongly influenced Dynamo Kiev football team and even Dutch football start Ruud Gullit mentioned this in a 1987 interview: "That is how a team in any sport should play!"

[@Andyvas375]

Great and in fact true words of a real specialist

[@whisperingwind3430]

Red mashine - great comand's game

[@user-lg8rp4fq9f]

Золотой век хокэя!

[@ileko92]

I think the Oilers wasn't as motivated as in NHL but after seeing this game you don't need to question that why the CCCP national team was basically the same team as CSKA (Red Army).

[@Ravene2009]

When both countries(Can-Ussr!) had their best players both were hard to beat.

[@lordraven1980]

Gretzky was very dangerous in short handed situations. He led the league in short handed goals several times in the 80s.

[@john9391]

He led the league in goals, period, m/oron, not just shorthanded

[@giuseppemorreli5321]

Посмотрел сборную СССР 80 х и не стал вообще смотреть КХЛ,

[@tonyluchese72]

Thank you. Where do you get these quotes? Is there a good Soviet website (in English) to see?? I agree, Gretzky looked very slow out there. Buffalo always gave them fits. Why? Because of Perrault? Because the Sabres weren't that good really. Decent, but not great.

[@Jacktors]

Howie Meeker knows hockey

[@garnunce786]

good god , moog is 25 years old

[@shovelest6861]

Epic.

[@rashidalekseev2934]

5 - гол - наши разыграли красиво )))

[@bareknuckles2u]

Fun fact: Randy Gregg was accepted into medical school at the age of 16! That is amazing!

[@111highgh]

That is very well known, and not a fun fact, at all.

[@lordraven1980]

Partly true. Wayne was an expert at stealing pucks and intercepting passes so in that way he was very useful when killing penalties. He was never supposed to play defense deep in the defensive zone. But to say that he would just wait and then go on the attack is not the complete picture.

[@daviddrabick9018]

I wonder if Badger Bob studied this game to develop his 7 point plan to dethrone the Oilers...look at how the Soviets clog the blue line, forcheck, and take advantage of often horrible defensive play. That's why Edmonton never won more than two consecutive Cups; offense alone, even the best ever, just isn't enough. By the way, that fifth Soviet goal is a masterpiece! Sto tiesyach spasib for sharing this classic game!

[@davemackay9426]

Bob's plan was hold, crosscheck, interference and elbowing. The Calgary Comrades were bums.

[@daviddrabick9018]

@@davemackay9426 Your subjective judgement does not accurately describe the Flames, the 1985-86 series, this game, or even the NHL in the 1980s. The Oilers, too, had violent guys, like Messier, McClelland, and McSorley; Anderson put his stick into a lot of people too. Gretzky approved of his teammates' antics while he contradictorily condemned fighting. Most teams back then had an abrasive side. Singling the Flames out is unjust. The Islanders dynasty players were talented and tough; they had good fighters. Montreal's 70's dominance was likewise; witness how Larry Robinson's handling of Dave Schultz earned him- and the Habs- respect around the league. The Flames' focus on toughness dates from their time in Atlanta, competing with the Broad Street Bullies; the Flyers decided to emphasize physical intimidation from their early days, when they were beaten up by the Blues. Jean Beliveau's Canadiens were benefitted by John Ferguson's size, toughness and violence; five Cups in seven years (1965, 66, 68, 69, 71). The last Toronto dynasty was a collection of talent and abrasiveness too. And so on. In 1986, the underdog Flames had talent as well as toughness, and this game alone proves it. The mighty Oilers had flaws, and this game proves it. It was an epic series. Dislike the Flames as you please, it's a matter of personal taste, of passion, but not based much on the facts. Few polite teams win Cups; talented and tough teams do. The Oilers were no exception.

[@rudeboybert]

Wow. 8.9% financing on a car (GM ad on the boards at 13:43) was something worth advertising in 1986? Different era indeed.

[@14daze]

-snip- "...The cannon shot that truly heralded the advent of neoliberalism in Canada was the interest rate shock that occurred here in the early 1980s, overseen by the Bank of Canada's then-governor Gerald Bouey. This was an echo of the similar shift in monetary policy that had occurred south of the border a couple of years earlier: the famous "Volcker shock," engineered by U.S. Fed chairman Paul Volcker beginning in 1978. This action, by an unelected economic authority, laid the foundation for the advent of neoliberal macroeconomic priority (abandoning full employment, prioritizing the interests of financial wealth, and ushering in a new ideology of tough love capitalism). The interest rate shocks were cemented politically in short order with the election victories of Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan (and, shortly after, Brian Mulroney in Canada -- although it wasn't until Stephen Harper's election in 2006 that Canada experienced unforgiving, no-holds-barred neoliberal government of the sort pioneered by Thatcher and Reagan)." - rabble.ca/columnists/2014/04/three-key-moments-canadas-neoliberal-transformation

[@lindas1st]

Gretzky killed penalties for the first 15 seasons of his career. In fact -like lordraven1980 said -he led the league in short-handed goals 5 times ('82-'85, '87) with a since eclipsed single season record of 12 shorties in '84. He also retired with the all-time career record for short-handed goals-73.

[@jkappianaq]

He is not much of a penalty killer LOL half the time he'll be in center line wait for a break away, 2 defensemen and other forward work their ass off while he waiting for a pass.

[@vesivialvy]

Viktor Tikkhonov (april 1990) after W.C "...Edmonton Oilers and the Islanders were NEVER a problem for Red Army , even in their prime , we knew that both team ,stanley cup champs ,had no chances against us if we play decent game , Gretzky , as good as he was in the NHL , was so much slower than our 3rd attaking line...Flyers won with violence nothing more ...BUT Montreal and Buffalo were a huge challenge for us in the 70's Lafleur and Perreault in the 1980 tour where almost impossible to stop"

[@mm-gl7sz]

Yeah but how would they have done in 2019 against the best 2019 teams with Russians playing for their respective NHL teams with all the speed they have today? And the goaltending. Simone hasek changed that game. Soviet red army from 86 would have had a hard time beating the 1999 sabres because of haseks and would not have beaten the 2002 red wings with hasek. Hasek would have made Terri's look like the amateur he was

[@mm-gl7sz]

Like I said ask Tretiak since he coached hasek in 2001 2002 season

[@mm-gl7sz]

Not that hasek needed his coaching he was already the best ever

[@gLaDik]

6:3 for Red Army :)))

[@joedimaggio6261]

I would like to have seen this central red army team play the 1977 montreal canadiens team in a best of 7 game series.

[@nataliaoleksander6386]

Would have been no contest. Montreal would have won 4 straight.

[@joedimaggio3687]

@@nataliaoleksander6386 what makes you say that?

[@nataliaoleksander6386]

@@joedimaggio3687 They were severely outplayed by the 1975/76 Canadians on new Year's eve. If Ken Dryden hadn't played like a plug it would have ended 3-0. Did you see the goals he let in? The 76/77 team was that much better than the 75/76 team. I'd have advised them to leave Dryden on the bench and put Laroque in.

[@joedimaggio3687]

@@nataliaoleksander6386 but this red army team is much better than the one from 1975.

[@nataliaoleksander6386]

@@joedimaggio3687 and you think the Montreal Team that soundly outplayed them in that New Year's game wasn't that much better? The hilarious part of it all is that any team in the NHL isn't even the best of best in the NHL while the USSR teams were selected from the very best of a larger population and played together for 11 of 12 months of the year. Time for you to pick up a book written by some of the honest Russian players (there aren't many of them) Just like that sick, disgusting inhuman pigs that have invaded and slaughtered their Ukrainian brothers for no reason but their own ill-gotten fears endowed to them by a USSR monster named Putin.

[@sashacougar]

Then there was that '87 Canada Cup thing. "Gretzky... to Lemieux...he scores! Mario Lemieux!" Were they fast enough on that play?

[@clubhouseme]

don't forget 1972, and the 1976, 1984 and 1991 canada cups, they were fast enough.

[@pedroamado7279]

Well , look at that play again and spot the interference no call , the ref was canadian and was 70/30 for the Canadians , its called Canada Cup for a reason

[@bareknuckles2u]

Howie Meeker says "the Red Army are doing something different than National Hockey League teams: they are not letting Gretzky roam free, they are putting a man on him." Years later the Oilers figured that out in the playoffs against the Kings." I like listening to him. He made so any interesting observations.

[@111highgh]

He passed on November 8th, 2020.

[@111highgh]

Howie Meeker that is.

[@111highgh]

And no one ever let Gretzky "roam free", you fool. Stop watching hockey!

[@cwgumby]

The only nationality in hockey is who has love for the game

[@anatoliyzhalnin8393]

which one? Russians, maybe........ you've heard about bandy...how come your not that bombastic about our stepson? National Team, located in the Peg is on the brink of dissolution and coming to oblivion....What a disgrace!

[@RickL_was_here]

Geezuz I forgot how horrible a ref Fraser was. Great watching these old games.

[@user-hx5je7pf8m]

Красавцы! Горжусь!

[@yuris.7835]

чем гордишься?какое ты к этому отношение имеешь?

[@ethel1690cardew]

Our best vs Their best we've seen how it usually ends. 'nuff said and the Red Army was their best, make no mistake

[@Grendel979]

They were a fabulous team no doubt...but not always the best ...many deserved victories for Canada...also ..an even playing field would have existed if all the finest Canadian players had been assembled on ONE team ... and not spread out among many

[@johnkritikos3247]

True but there is one NHL team who the red army could never beat and that was the canadiens from 1975 to 1980. Not a Canadiens fan but they outclassed the red army both times they played them. And the russians wanted to do well in those games as they considered Montreal to be their ultimate test.. You have to say that those damned canadiens had a world class team during those years. My Bruins could tell you that.

[@rockmyballsplease]

This team did not even with the Cup that year. Lol

[@Excalibur2112]

@@rockmyballsplease Because Steve Smith scored on his own net in game 7 of the semi-finals against Calgary, lol.

[@rockmyballsplease]

@@Excalibur2112 the flames won the three other games. we can't discount that.

[@quentin3330]

Andy Moog was in net?

[@sp12adam83]

I was a young kid when I saw this My uncle tried to educate me on the Red Army team he said imagine a team full of players like Gretzky I didn’t believe him. But it didn’t take long to see passing , puck handling and speed. It was painful to watch These guys were like robots

[@bach5861]

it was overstatement, but Red Army club had some outstanding players, mostly in offensive line: Loktev-Al'metov-Alehandrov; Firsov-Polupanov-Vikulov; Mikhailov-Petrov-Kharlamov; Makarov-Krutov-Larionov.

[@sp12adam83]

Your right none of them had the skill of the Great one

[@sp12adam83]

Or like

[@mp40submachinegun81]

Nordiques beat them 5-1 a couple days after this...

[@Steven-dj9ii]

@@sp12adam83 Makarov was better than gretzky

[@ianbartos7693]

It looks like every single member of the Red Army is a left handed shot? I wonder if that was done on purpose?

[@bareknuckles2u]

What an amazing team the Red Army were. Beautiful to watch. They could have won this by a wider margin.

[@searchforthestrangler5034]

Superior to even what the best of the NHL offered to beat the mighty Soviet hockey machine.

[@111highgh]

The NHL teams never tried.

[@mp40submachinegun81]

@@searchforthestrangler5034 nordiques beat them 5-1 a couple days after this... if the oilers were trying they would have beat them.

[@searchforthestrangler5034]

@@mp40submachinegun81 I don't believe the Oilers didn't attempt to try and win this game. The Bruins could never beat any Soviet team and it didn't appear to be from any lack of effort at Boston Garden. There were nights like this one when the Soviets were just better even against the best teams of the NHL.

[@mickeyjohn2442]

​​@@searchforthestrangler5034This wasn't the best the NHL had to offer...This was a club team (The Oilers) not an All-Star team...The Soviets were an All-Star team...The Soviets were NHL level players hand picked across 15 countries in the USSR which had a population of around 290 million people...No offense but the USSR won all those gold medals playing against amateur farm kids...not professional NHL'ers...It wasn't until the Canada Cup where it was best on best...They held Canada Cup 5 times and Canada won it 4 out of the 5 times.

[@greglauren8876]

incredible the stuff you could get away with back then. every other play is a blatant slash lol

[@clubhouseme]

hockey used to be great

[@vesivialvy]

Buffalo !!?? ...don't know really why , small ice maybe ! ...the interview was on youtube "Konor..?" video from 1990 , can't find it anymore...never forget that Buffalo sabres were very hard to beat some nights againts strong teams back then !!! , do you know that Sabres have a winning ratio vs Montreal between 1975-1982 (best NHL hockey club statistical era of all-time !!!)

[@landrykkb]

Back when there were no Russians playing in the NHL and these exhibition tilts actually meant something.

[@111highgh]

The NHL teams never tried.

[@user-ho2bg3kr5q]

Величайшая команда , которая почти всегда обыгрывала команды НХЛ. Если бы в то время ЦСКА играли в НХЛ-были бы чемпионами! В то время чемпионат СССР и НХЛ были примерно равны,взять Крылья Советов,Динамо Москва и Рига,Химик,Сокол киевский и т.д..Взять все стыковые матчи команд СССР и НХЛ тех времен-преимущество СССР неоспоримо...Слава Советской школе хоккея,равной которой в те времена не было...и которую благополучно просрали демократы нынешние

[@user-jg7ni3lx8b]

Бред, чемпионат СССР был равным НХЛ!Наши клубы просто бы"сдохли" играя в НХЛ-80 матчей ,у нас было 40.Кубковых матчей вообще не было.Представляю "Трактор"Челябинский или Саратовский Кристалл в НХЛ играющие 77ой матч, смешно!Наши клубы для турне в НХЛ ради нескольких матчей усиливались игроками из других клубов .Клубы НХЛ играли против сборной СССР и даже выигрывали,посмотрел бы я на наши клубы против сборной Канады.

[@nataliaoleksander6386]

Если бы ЦСКА играл в НХЛ, они бы финишировали в середине. Изнурительный график и тяжелая физическая игра легко утомили команду CKSA, русские всегда переоценивают свою команду, играя против команд, которые были собраны за несколько дней или недель. Россия просто жалкие неудачники, которых нужно допинговать, покупать судей, обманывать и мы видим результат, когда у них в НХЛ есть отличные игроки, но не играющие дружно под рабством СССР.

[@bestcellphonedeal]

When the announcer compared coffee to Bob Orr. and then foolishly said he may even be better I ended up on the floor laughing…

[@jamesterakazis6624]

"The Great One" couldn't tie Bobby Orr's skates !!!

[@nataliaoleksander6386]

@@jamesterakazis6624 How little you truly understand the game with such childish comments

[@jamesterakazis6624]

@@nataliaoleksander6386 ....You want childish ? I'll give you childish.... "THE GREAT ONE".....HAHAHAHAHAHAHA ! OVI will pass him soon....

[@joedimaggio3687]

@@jamesterakazis6624 not in total points he won't. Not even close.

[@jamesterakazis6624]

@@joedimaggio3687 "The Great One" scored on BEER LEAGUE GOALIES! He would NEVER put up the filthy numbers he did in today's game. That's not to disparage his "greatness" but let's be real....Today's game is faster, goalies are bigger and WAAAAYYY more athletic. He would still be great, but Ovi's accomplishments are way more impressive when it comes to GOAL scoring DAWG !!!

[@quentinraffensperger1699]

Kris Ross, Fetisov was 39, and Larionov was 37, yes those 2 out of 5 were old.....btw so what? Jagr, Iginla and Selanne played well until very late...same with Gary Roberts.....some guys eat properly and train like animals to keep going ( plus skill obviously) are you forgetting Steve Yzerman, Brandon Shanahan and Mike Vernon? I'm pretty sure they helped the Wings too.

[@tasankoporkkana]

Paul Coffey was excellent defenceman in His time. But Orr is Orr,the only one FOREVER!

[@user-rl8kb1fh9v]

За что оба раза удалили Дроздецкого? Гусарова? Смотрел увеличенно в замедленном и понял, что просто на равных не тянут. Так им и в меньшенстве забили.. И ворота! Почему они сдвигаются именно у канадцев? Сука, загадка!

[@nataliaoleksander6386]

Shut up cowardly Russia fool.

[@maxpayne8382]

CSKA - Central Sports Klub Army (Army Central Sports Club)

[@UOttawaScotty]

This is incredible. I had no idea the Soviets were so good at this time of that this game even took place, amazing stuff. The Soviets are just so fast and nimble on their skates, Oiler just can't keep up with them, Gretzky looks like he is standing still for most of this game

[@111highgh]

Plot twist: The NHL teams never tried.

[@smi8181]

Can’t we just agreed that both Canada and USSR back then knew more about hockey than any other nation? Can’t we all admit that both nation were the best ?

[@jpullin]

No.

[@1000yeareich]

I'll always want Russians to win(I'm from Russia), but looking at the game made me think of how polished Canadian hockey is. Guys played so relaxed and fluid, while Russians seem so tense. I was watching hockey since 1988, Canada was always a threat, amazing players

[@bluestarfractal5434]

Pain,home ice advantage is real!

[@johnrobbins917]

interesting observation. esposito was relaxed...

[@messinas21]

i mean when you have an all star team that always plays together like the soviets then your gonna beat the nhl team who even as good as the oilers were still has chumps on the team

[@bach5861]

kakoye 's obeih storon?' v odhi vorota udelali.

[@loilt5091]

Never underestimate the power of a permanent posting at the Siberian Salt Mines. If the Oilers trained 12 months together with their superior lineup of Grant Fuhr in goal, Nilsson and Rent-a-Rexi in their lineup, it would be a whole other deal!

[@peterpalfi4744]

Love the excuses lmfao. Hope you do relalize CSKA didn't even have their best roster in this game either. Must be a tough pill to swallow knowing the Soviet League was superior to the NHL.

[@loilt5091]

@ P P Let the permafrost melt your groggy bias and let my posting sink into that think tundra of yours...

[@loilt5091]

@ PP Let that permafrost melt between your groggy ears and perhaps my initial statement might sink in...of not.

[@mp40submachinegun81]

@@peterpalfi4744 hope you realize Quebec nordiques beat the Soviets 5-1 a couple days after this

[@peterpalfi4744]

@@loilt5091 this is exactly what happens when you have no arguments. You resort to childish insults. Thanks for proving my point though.

[@ldhorricks]

Always liked Kacatohob for some reason...he didn't do quite as well in the NHL as Fedorov or Fetisov...I think he was a bit older perhaps. Krutov got fat and slow and was bust...Makarov had some good years but not dominant and Larionov was also not particularly great in his NHL days. Would have love to seen the likes of Yakushev, Kharlamov,Mikhailov,Maltsev,Tsygenkov,Lutchenko play in the NHL would have been interesting. Shadrin Kharlamov and Lalfeur on one line. Perrault,Yakushev and Martin

[@mm-gl7sz]

Federov was also on that red ring team that lost to new Jersey in 95 but he became the first Russian "rock star" player in the NHL then ceded that title to ovechkin once he went into decline

[@pnkflyd66]

Hey 1980's NHL... This is how you play defense

[@mm-gl7sz]

Uh the NHL more than learned how to play defense in the 90s. Soviets Weston mean Detroit red wings finally caught on on 1997 1998 and won 2 Stanley cups. NHL teams in the 90d set the standard for playing defense will today's teams and that red army team can't surpass especially the devil's with their size and the trap

[@dawudcharlton]

Refs didn't call shit on Edmonton

[@T34isBEST]

А почему не было Ларионова? Впрочем наши и так хороши их раскатали.

[@stevieg314]

I had no idea Howie Meeker was the number 1 expert on Hockey in the history of the sport. Just sat up there and ripped all the Oilers up and down... Please...

[@user-dn3qn4ni2m]

Неужели больше никогда такого не будет?

[@user-sq4zr2zc7r]

Нет

[@user-jg7ni3lx8b]

Теперь будет только Ванкувер и Сочи!

[@datsie14]

can somone post the times of all the goals?

[@hotdogwater7037]

1:35:36 thats all you need

[@quentinraffensperger1699]

Apparently the Canada Cup doesn't count because it has Canada in the name, I guess the World Cup counts.

[@jimwade7680]

Wheres bobby orr wen you need him..

[@raj2007ca]

Why didnt fuhr start? Yeah and goalies can make a difference between winning and losing they can stand on their head and win u games

[@paulhuedepohl1661]

Fuhr was coming off an injury.

[@mp40submachinegun81]

Because nobody was trying in this game

[@andreyru9221]

Thats not just about “soviets playing long time together and poor NHLers not”. Its about Soviet hockey system, school and idea about playing hockey which’ve set the benchmark for the entire world of hockey for many many years ahead and have been followed snd copied even by NHL.

[@jimmypye4460]

Utter nonsense.

[@mp40submachinegun81]

Uh no. You're thinking of Canada. Quebec nordiques beat this soviet team 5-1 a few days later. In this game the oilers didn't have 4 of their players, their starting goalie was injured and it was revealed later that half the team had food poisoning.

[@veritasinvicta8128]

Would have loved to see the Soviets play the Islandefs of the early 80's.

[@scottnordlund8881]

They beat the islanders in '79

[@111highgh]

Islandefs?

[@veritasinvicta8128]

@@111highgh Yes,the greatest team and dynasty in NHL history.

[@veritasinvicta8128]

@@111highghYeah that pesky "f" typo that has rendered you clueless as to the team I'm referring .. It's ok little fella, happens to the best of us. Well, not really but I know you're trying.

[@aleksandrpondios]

Makarov did well,won a Kolder trophy,led a mediocre San-Jose to the 2 consecutive quarter,despite passing his peak,was nearly 35.

[@ericday4505]

Makarov was the best in the world at one time.

[@adamsteele6148]

@@ericday4505 he never played the best in his prime so he was never proven. Sad really.

[@ericday4505]

@@adamsteele6148 Uh he played the best in the Canada Cups and did quite well , I dont know what you are talking about. And yes he was in his prime then.

[@adamsteele6148]

@@ericday4505 Stanley cup finals is the best hockey which he never played in during his prime

[@ericday4505]

@@adamsteele6148 That is subjective, your opinion. I personally thought Canada Cup play was the highest level of play I have ever seen.

[@user-le5kt4gs3d]

RED ARMY THE BEST 100%

[@mm-gl7sz]

Just no. The Russians in the NHL today are better you didn't have ovie back then or malkin or federov (well you might have had him and maybe molgilny and bure too. And as good as tretiak was he was no Dominik hasek. Ask him. He coached hasek in Detroit when hasek won the cup in 2002

[@MultiCappie]

Three months earlier, on October 23, 1985, the Winnipeg Jets defeated the Edmonton Oilers 9:3, thus while obviously CKSA is the superior team to the Oilers, the Winnipeg Jets are actually 100% more superior than CKSA, by outscoring the Oilers by 6 goals instead of CKSA's 3 goals. Therefore, the Winnipeg Jets are the greatest team of all time. 100%

[@jeffreykaufmann2867]

@@mm-gl7sz Sergei Makarov > Ovechkin

[@chicken_953]

Check out the young Fraser?!?!? Lol

[@White-Man]

Великий Гретцки!

[@Andyvas375]

Да,не за чтО

[@billjones3497]

I read sometime in 1986 that the Oilers didn’t get paid for this game, so they tanked it.

[@jimturner4937]

Nonsense.

[@111highgh]

The NHL teams never tried.

[@September2004]

Is that Scotty Bowman as the color commentator?

[@408Magenta]

+jessc1979 No, it's Howie Meeker. He was not very well liked. A know it all.

[@September2004]

+408Magenta Oh right... Bowman was still with the Sabres. And then Howie Meeker's name was mentioned at 1:14:44. I never knew Meeker wasn't well liked.

[@111highgh]

Howie Meeker was the Pierre McGuire of his day.

[@user-gx3ce7cm5b]

Gretzky on a penalty kill? Wow, he was more dynamic than I remember.

[@Jim-pq9pm]

Ya he did that his whole career, and got quite a few shorties

[@tomaspavlik3318]

At least smth was more interesting in that times. More competitive leagues, all players played home. Probably last time when team from Europe/Russia dominated over stanley cup champion on their homesoil-----

[@mp40submachinegun81]

Would've helped if oilers were trying, nordiques beat the Soviets 5-1 just a few days later.

[@juxtapositionpotion1006]

This is like seeing an alternate universe where the 80s Oilers look like crap.

[@joedimaggio6261]

1980s Soviet hockey was the best

[@juxtapositionpotion1006]

The game in general seemed more interesting to watch back then. Today's game is so predictable with constant safe play chip ins off the boards, these guys were weaving all over the ice.

[@user-dn3qn4ni2m]

Мыльников хорош

[@darylnesbitt]

Then when North American players started to work out and get in shape , this happened " It's Gretzky to Lemieux ... He SCORES!!!" 1987 Canada Cup Baby!

[@Mineav]

Он прав

[@408Magenta]

The Red Army team makes the Oilers look like a Jr. B team. Goodness.

[@MultiCappie]

Three months earlier, on October 23, 1985, the Winnipeg Jets defeated the Edmonton Oilers 9:3, thus while obviously CKSA is the superior team to the Oilers, the Winnipeg Jets are actually 100% more superior than CKSA, by outscoring the Oilers by 6 goals instead of CKSA's 3 goals. Therefore, the Winnipeg Jets are the greatest team of all time, and it's no wonder CKSA chickened-out of facing mighty Winnipeg.

[@111highgh]

@@MultiCappie I love the sarcasm, but you are absolutely right. These people are dumb.

[@ZZ-qk8ji]

At 1:50 I thought for a moment that Semenko was "puttin' on the foil"

[@hotdogwater7037]

this comment deserves more likes

[@user-le5kt4gs3d]

I wonder where Larionov ?

[@mm-gl7sz]

Isn't he the one buffalo traced the best goalie ever Dominic hasek for in 2001? Man buffalo got robbed on that trade

[@jimturner4937]

Tikhonov took his passport away because he was criticizing Tikhonov. Tikhonov was a slave driver.

[@reggrez8256]

Spotted pair of Microns

[@vesivialvy]

...i still think that the 1987 oilers with Nilsson and Reijo Rutsalainen would have done better vs this team

[@loilt5091]

Contrary to what the league says, voting the '84-5 Oilers team the greatest in NHL history, it was that Nilsson/RR/3rd Cup winner that was their best...I concour. Many former Oiler greats, also agree with that assessment.

[@Thynqikan]

I think the '88 team was the best. The 16-2 playoff record certainly supports that.

[@vesivialvy]

@@Thynqikan yes , this is the best argument to support the 1988 Oilers but on paper the 87 team had more talent , i have to agree with W Gretzky about this !

[@chetosco]

Funny game. Actually, Makarov and Krutov were not even close to their prime form without Larionov by their side. Khomutov and Bykov were just fine, not great. The key player to have controlled the ice was the modest Gerasimov who even didn't make it to the NHL. Zybin and Veselov... Who's Veselov? Don't even remember him.

[@vesivialvy]

Not fast enough !!! ...looks carefully the play , and let me know if the Hawerchuck non-called penality was for nothing on this play , thx ! this is the best play argument to prove my point :)

[@trevorwilson5496]

Wrong hockey game

[@levlesokhin8258]

If the NHL would stop all this trading nonsense and enable a system where teams play together for a longer period of time we would actually have good hockey to watch. Unfortunately, the NHL promotes the individualistic game that's physical and slow and disrupts the team game that can be fast and beautiful to watch.

[@dangerousDBA]

Lev Lesokhin my dad has been saying those words 4 decades

[@saunders317]

When's the last time you actually watched the NHL? 2006?

[@levlesokhin8258]

I go to games once in a while, but I really stopped following it in the mid-90's. I just couldn't keep track of who is on what team with all that movement... and it's hard to root for just a uniform.

[@saunders317]

Lev Lesokhin you might want tune in sometime. The league is younger and the skating and skills are better today than ever before. The canadian brutal style is no longer king

[@mm-gl7sz]

It's called players union owners and salary cap. Players want to get paid megamillions owners don't want to pay out too much and also have tried to put the emphasis on speed and skill by eliminating the red line as a factor and with the trapezoid behind the net. Teams have found ways around it

[@cortlandmathers4970]

At 27:35 the announcer implies that Coffey might be better than Orr...WTF?!?!

[@ms.felonystrutter2472]

SADLY, this is NOT the full Army team. They are missing Igor Larionov as they were punishing him. Without Igor the is very much a different team. Missing Larionov is like the Oilers missing Gretzky

[@Andyvas375]

It didn't affect the result

[@ms.felonystrutter2472]

Oh yes it did. That is so fucking stupid to say....whatever Gretzky could do Igor could do...fucking the BEST line in the decade, maybe of all time was the KLM line, the GREEN UNIT. Whether one of them plays or not it matter.If Igor played you could have put two more goals on the board. In fact the ONLY reason Canada won the Canada Cup in 1984 was because of four key Soviet players missing from the roster.(Fetisov, Bykov, Drozetdsky and Tretiak retired. Actually, if Fetisov,Bykov and Drozedtsky played it would not matter if Tretiak retired since Myshkin and Tyznik played so well in the Canada Cup 1984.. If you are going to write me and say who was Bykov then you do not know hockey.

[@TommyCage0736]

Yeah the Red Army was good. They were also all-stars that had played together for 20 something years straight. Put together the NHL's best and play them for 20 years straight they would be dominant too.

[@mechkota]

+TommyCage0736 CSKA and the national team were not the same thing. Only about 40-45% of the national team were CSKA players.

[@scotty6glove]

+Revit UpNow I see you watched the game closely - Messier was indeed invisible.

[@mp40submachinegun81]

The soviets werent even dominant, oilers just played like shit. Nordiques beat this team 5-1 a couple days after this.

[@tonybenn1000]

At 1:39:30 For some strange reason, they seem to be able to make us look like bums.

[@user-tj7sk1hf3g]

Куда ушёл этот скоростной комбинационный хоккей?

[@RealIslandersPride]

It's an unfair assumption to say that the Russian teams were better than NYI and EDM based on the Superseries games because most of the NHL teams were never going to put their best lineups out for an exhibition game against an amateur team (albeit the best amateur team in the world). When you're trying to make the playoffs and win a Stanley Cup, the Supereseries, although a great idea, was never taken as seriously by the NHL teams. Would have loved to see a full EDM lineup against Red Army tho.

[@bluestarfractal5434]

Islander..., the NHL had the clear home ice advantage in most ,if not all of these games!

[@mm-gl7sz]

Would love to see ovie and the caps go up against the red army. Ovie not only exemplifies the way the Russians play the game he also hits as does his whole team. I think the red army would be in trouble and would be calling ovie a traitor. I don't think ovie would play for them because it is not the Olympics

[@MultiCappie]

@@bluestarfractal5434 Three months earlier, on October 23, 1985, the Winnipeg Jets defeated the Edmonton Oilers 9:3, thus while obviously CKSA is the superior team to the Oilers, the Winnipeg Jets are actually 100% more superior than CKSA, by outscoring the Oilers by 6 goals instead of CKSA's 3 goals. Therefore, the Winnipeg Jets are the greatest team of all time. Because the only thing that needs to be proven is who won one single game well before the all-star break in 1985. Right?

[@chetosco]

CSKA played without Larionov and Kamensky. The only key player Oilers lacked was Messier.

[@chais1111]

i loved the Russian's playing no doubt about it. All the respect to the Russians but if you watch the game played in 1976 between the Habs and the Red Army you get a different game to say the least! 1975 to 1979 Montreal Canadians the best NHL team ever. The opinion of a 52 year old man, for what it's worth.

[@slavicsupremacy1021]

Sorry, but it's not worth much! That distinction goes to the 96 Red Wings and their Russian 5, who would have butt plugged and fucked any NHL team in history. My website proves this statistically and beyond a shadow of a doubt. Those same Canadiens nor the Oilers were as powerful as the NY Islander dynasty. Statistically speaking, the Islander dynasty team was the best team the NHL ever assembled and the only one that could compete with the Red Army team.

[@theshawnmurphyjournal2946]

islanders were the 19 straight playoff series won

[@mikebyrd4901]

cha

[@bach5861]

good point, but Messier was a great player.

[@mm-gl7sz]

Yeah he proved that in 1994 didn't he? Zubov and kovalev know this they played on the same Team

[@adamsteele6148]

For the oilers this was an exhibition game and meant nothing. EXHIBITION!!

[@joedimaggio3687]

Well the Russians didn't see it like that.

[@user-ho2bg3kr5q]

И Гретски смотрелся совсем не так,как в чемпионате НХЛ