The Actual Reason Old School NHL was JUST BETTER (Mic'd Up Compilation)

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[@mikedrop8865]

“I’ll feed ya so many lefts you’ll be begging for a right” 😅😂😂😂

[@m.r.9.0.7.]

Domi was mostly talk

[@Grim1son]

Basil could hit you 100 times and you would not even notice.

[@llIIIIlllIIIllI]

how cringe are rehearsed "zingers". old guys, i tell ya...

[@vf5536]

@@llIIIIlllIIIllIAs cringe as football players celebrations, and the constant flopping in the NBA now.

[@rawbmar1166]

@@m.r.9.0.7. Mostly talk? lol he had 333 fights in the NHL and doesn't have CTE today. You don't know squat pal.

[@Vili-mf4wx]

"Wanna go as soon as we get out, some razzle dazzle"😅 Domi is a legend. A napoleon complex sure, but a tough customer.

[@chadwellington2524]

napoleon complex is just what tall people say when they are scared of the short guys.. domi wasnt a bully he was a pest, if domi was 6'1 you wouldnt call him napoleon complex you would say he is a badass

[@Vili-mf4wx]

@@chadwellington2524 No bro. I was only provoking an answer from a short guy! Mission accomplished😄

[@BadGoy1488]

@@Vili-mf4wx Freud would be proud

[@chadwellington2524]

@@Vili-mf4wx you ddint provoke i chose to respond

[@BadGoy1488]

@@charlesiantosca806 facts

[@lawrencemcstephens308]

Hearing Wayne Gretzky calling someone a cocksucker is something I didn't realize I needed in my life, haha!

[@pontusbackman1863]

Yup that surprised me a bit 😁

[@Jens95]

I can release the uncensored version of the video on my channel along with a few clips that weren't included if people would like. Just know that some of the clips like Tie Domi's were already censored

[@icebox.hockey]

yeah would be fun! for those wanted to non censored stuff lol!

[@Jens95]

@icebox.hockey It hurt to censor the few clips I did and I couldn't add, "Give your balls a tug" because KZbin is too sensitive these days 😭💔

[@craigborth8047]

Please!

[@samthompson7821]

do it

[@myyritenut]

YES!!!!!

[@samoth8438]

Old school hockey and it is from the 90's. Damn, I really am getting old.

[@BriansFunHouse]

I know..I see old school and I think 70s....time is evil. 😊

[@AD-cr7uh]

Your not the only one 😞

[@TheNYCGoldenGlover]

Right? It seems like just yesterday I was sporting my NY Rangers Starter jacket and alternating between Messier and Kovalev jerseys

[@sdgakatbk]

I was thinking maybe the 60s.

[@robrick9361]

I was born in 90s and I feel the same way when the 20 year olds I work with refer to 2011 as "back in the day."

[@brandonrichardson8566]

9:34 Coach Paul Gardnet, I played for him the the CHL years ago for the Bloomington Blaze. The guy always wore Disney Ties and was one of the nicest guys there is in the game. The team extended his contract, so he went out and bought a house. As soon as he signed on the house the ownership pulled the plug on his contract and told him they changed their minds, screwing him over. Me and another rookie went out and got Jersey made with mustaches on them for every guy on our team. We hid them under our stalls and, at the last second the whole team pulled them out and wore them for warmups. Ownership was absolutely furious, but Paul was so appreciative that he was crying during pre-game speech. I'll never in my life forget his appreciation for what our group did. #thegerneral

[@wildzeromusic]

2:30 "if you're gonna get run into, your first reaction's gonna be to bend over, right?" ref, you're killing me. XD

[@gunman462]

I never heard the potty mouth from Gretz before that was good lol

[@theodorebelmont7922]

Yes Wayne has the nice boy image but he's just like the rest if us....just acts more charming on TV

[@adamruddell7333]

In the past 24 hours I learned that he’s in support of Trump and said cocksucker in the 90’s, didn’t expect either from him but I love it hahaha

[@brucewayne3602]

"potty mouth" most appropriate ... 'YAP YAP YAP " then hide behind Semenko &&& Messier ... Mark could/would do anything to keep "Oiler Order" on ice !!!

[@theodorebelmont7922]

@@brucewayne3602 explains why we never won a Cup after Edmonton

[@MeSkeefer]

​@brucewayne3602 Spoken like a true we todd. He is the greatest one.

[@mramisuzuki6962]

It’s crazy to see these guys as they looked so old when I was young, now they look young now in these old videos.

[@dennisschultz9180]

One BIG reason for me was the sticks, there were only a few with booming shots. Now they have 500-dollar flex lazar crossbows. Every player in today's NHL can drift the puck.

[@smokesletsgo2374]

I haven't played in a number of years and my mind is blown at how light sticks are now. I played when 2 piece sticks with the aluminum shaft and the wood blade were still a thing and these new sticks feel like they weigh 2 grams. I wouldn't even feel comfortable using them

[@calvinbaII]

I miss wood/fiberglass sticks. Even the 2-piece sticks (wood Christian blade) were the best of both. I guess I'm just old fashioned.

[@nathand6467]

@@smokesletsgo2374 Its fuckin wild how even in beer league how much harder a grown man can shoot with the new sticks.

[@rockerseven]

Imagine someone like Chris Pronger playing with today's sticks!

[@wolfeusmc2011]

I gotta be honest it would be nice if they had a rule where a player has to have a minimum flex on a stick so that it actually encourages players to have better form and strength but I guess in the end technology wins

[@cliffordgill9052]

Domi “you’ll be begging for a right”!😂

[@Bdubsky]

I feel like the chirps are just as good nowadays but the nhl just won't show it

[@Chakdefatte194]

No, much more vulgar back than. Imho

[@stephenjoseph1254]

The difference is that back then they backed up their talk.

[@CyberKaz]

dream on

[@redfordreddington8834]

​@@Chakdefatte194based on what

[@Rockyinlp]

There's a channel called like Sports Violence Media or something, some of the stuff in their vids from the NHL and Euro leagues is crazy

[@suburbanindie]

Very interesting to hear Gretzky chirping people lol

[@gooddognigel9992]

Without question, the skill level today is off the charts but there is no passion. I’ll take the intensity of the past over the 82 all-star games nowadays.

[@tricky92x]

This. All day long.

[@erichaynes5826]

Bullshit, all this stuff still happens, you just don’t hear it.

[@mdipltd7404]

Nope, different skill set, I’d like to see the players of today getting away from clutches, grasping, picks, sticks betweeen the legs. I’m sure that if the players back then only had to work on dipsy-doodle and looking good, they’d have got fucking nailed in the corners.

[@smellslikeproductions]

We’re not in the locker rooms bro

[@michaelswinburne4350]

i loved every minute of this. Thank you for making it

[@gunder01]

Brett Hull literally saying the quiet part loud @ 15:48. "We're mic'd eh, don't be swearin' ". Lol.

[@DM0407]

5:07 too with the ref. "Get outta here I'm not talkin to you" lol

[@sigep145]

One of the highlights of the Blues winning the Stanley Cup in 2019 was the bender Hull went on. He got "streaking in the quad" level drunk for a few days. It brought us the phrase, "Drunk as Hull."

[@jamesd1505]

An era of heart, pride and real rivalries. TODAYS NHL IS JUST A CORPORATE GAME. BORING

[@brucewayne3602]

nailed it !!!

[@doubledip3181]

💯

[@Shmerpy]

You don't think there's heart and pride in today's game? All pro sports is and always has been a 'corporate game'.

[@geoff3103]

as all the players are boring. Which is one factor why its so irrelevant nowadays.

[@doubledip3181]

@@Shmerpy the players today are passionless figure skaters. Between the union, free agency and all of the really high contracts made everybody play nice with each other. They took the hatred out of all of these players and when one does come along with the goods they neuter him.

[@GARRETT-79]

Hits n Fights are down at an all time high. 21st Century Hockey is basically a Skating game so players will be able to score more n last longer today

[@MPLifts1111]

Darren Pang: “Not enough saves tonight” 😂😂

[@CalgarySugarDaddy-z2z]

3:30 Gretzky was hilarious 😂

[@AvatarOfGames]

I'm like, "Did the Great One just call somebody a cocksucker?" That's fuckin awesome 🤣🤣🤣

[@Bdubsky]

these are legendary lol

[@icebox.hockey]

glad you liked them!!

[@Category5]

Brilliant vid! This brought back so many memories.

[@icebox.hockey]

Many thanks!

[@legendaryleukemia]

Wish I had a nickel for every time I heard someone yell “let’s take a seat here boys” just to have nobody sit down on the bench hahaha good stuff right here!!!

[@sblack48]

you know you're old when everything old was just better

[@CheeseyPotatoe87]

Dude in the first clip with the biggest nose in human history giving the other guy crap about his nose was the best part of this video 🤣

[@Patrick-cs6qi]

That is Tim Hunter. He claims that he has never broken his nose, although it looks like it has been broke multiple times.

[@GoatsatanRex]

@@Patrick-cs6qihis nose was never broken it was pulverized He should be the prime minister of Israel with that aircraft carrier of a schnozz

[@DJLo77]

Gary Thorne was an amazing announcer.

[@stumptown]

For sure! Miss him and Clement together.

[@JamesHadfield-v3t]

Was just gonna say BILL CLEMENT was GOLD! MISSED. Now panga? C'MON!

[@chocolatetownforever7537]

Both were incredible, and when you heard their voices, you KNEW it was a bigtime hockey game.

[@gooddognigel9992]

Danny Gallivan is the finest hockey broadcaster ever

[@rasalghul1263]

Back when the boards were bare and not a huge fkin advertisement billboard

[@northerngm6431]

It almost makes the game unwatchable, I friggin hate it!

[@boone315]

They weren't bare. The old barns usually had signs of local businesses and breweries but it's a far cry from that digital crap now.

[@boone315]

SLU Saints still has the old style barn. Got a large t.v. screen at one end and a electronic scoreboard at the other but the ads on the boards are like Whites lumber and supply, frais funeral home, stuff like that. The split log seating can go though. Nothing causes cramps in the backside quicker then split log benches

[@nileswillis7992]

​@boone315 this.

[@guyincogneto8979]

Why I will not watch the game anymore. Treating us like absolute marks. That's the respect we get when the rest of the world is shitting on hockey and we defended it. "Here, watch this 3 hour ad, sucker. 'Thank you' for your support, dummy". Fuck that.

[@anthonypeak2125]

The weird Captain Kirk. Legend! Love it.

[@charlesbabcock1530]

Brown and Hunter, a true classic.

[@jackrobinson8945]

Real tough guys, not like the 250 lb creampuffs playing today.

[@dennisschultz9180]

I remember the Hawks having Secord, Ben Wilson, and Curt Frazer as the enforcer core.

[@bray2424]

seeing gretz chirp is hilarious

[@JohnnyD603]

It wasnt overpaid premidonnas back then. They were tough, skillef and exciting to watch

[@geoff3103]

To sum up, today's players have zero personality and they are all BORING. Which is a big reason why the NHL doesn't have one star player who's known to casual sports fans, forget non-sports fans. Gretzky was the last NHL superstar. They are about as exciting as a doorknob.

[@Abrotherhood-rt7hj]

the only thing gretzky did was flop like he got hit with drive by every time someone brushed him. play four years college he’ll play one game and you’d understand he couldn’t get to a healthy lemons without forty guys slashing him to the point he had special gloves made and played through disease after disease. gretzky played through being a puss and ended as one

[@brianclark4713]

A lot of my heroes growing up are in this video, Federov especially.

[@darrenjansz1140]

8:03 😂 “yeah but we gotta cover the point”

[@smitty3bud236]

5:18 'Get outta here I'm not talking to you'

[@cryptohalloffame]

was lucky enough to watch the great oiler teams, and see one of their games live in vancouver

[@jasonkh4]

Dang, Gretz had a mouth like a sailor lol 💪🏼😂

[@graveborne8724]

Kevin Stevens and Trottier ripping Bellows is gold.. should be on here.

[@frankscardsandcollectibles]

OMG I love this stuff and anytime I get to hear Gretzky chirp is friggin awesome lol

[@NhlHeroOfficial]

one BIG reason for me was the sticks fr, back then only few dudes had them crazy booming shots bc of them wooden sticks they was using. nowadays they got these $500 flex lazar crossbows n every mf in the NHL can just drift the puck like its nothin. technology rly changed the game crazy fr fr

[@chadwellington2524]

ya, now people shooting so fast you cant even see the puck and where it went in the net

[@easportssucks4347]

They also wear this gigantic body armor and just ragdoll guys at 35mph. But God forbid you stick up for a teammate and fight someone; that’s 5 plus a misconduct. NHL today is objectively a worse game.

[@tannermcgee3959]

90’s reigns supreme in overall talent, strength, weight and toughness. Will never be equalled

[@doubledip3181]

Todays N H.L. is like watching Disney on ice.

[@pyllywaltteri]

So don't watch it

[@mystreteacher]

@@doubledip3181 Like 2024 NFL kickoffs.

[@majorleagueblackjack27]

@@pyllywaltteri but what if I WANT to watch Disney on ice?

[@captainsouth4460]

And commenters whine about old school hits now too.

[@doubledip3181]

@captainsouth4460 yes they do.

[@StraitanNarrow]

90'S Early 2000 hockey was peak..

[@mystreteacher]

Now they flop around like soccer players, and fights are worse than basketball fights.

[@tricky92x]

I would actually say late 80s and early 90s. I felt like the best season ever was 1993-94. And, it's been all downhill ever since.

[@mystreteacher]

@@tricky92x The brawling in 70s and early 80s had gotten out of hand.

[@boundarysentinel4181]

I met Domi at a “Northside” club one in Edmonton after an Oilers game. Shook his hand (tiny for a fighter) and told him I appreciated him and his role in hockey.

[@geoff3103]

whats the significance of an Edmonton Northside club?

[@Newworld12660]

Brett Hull asking for his legal stick is so funny.

[@chocolatetownforever7537]

What an awesome video. Thanks for the upload. One thought that stood out for me after watching this. Im a Philadelphia Flyers fan, and have been since the early 1980s. Our main rival for a lot of those great Flyers teams was the New Jersey Devils. I HATED them, for so many reasons, but mostly because of how good they were, and how many times they ended our seasons. That being said, as the years have rolled by, if I had to take one goalie for my team, its Martin Brodeur, all day and twice on Sundays. The great play, the consistency year in and year out, to me, hes the best of all time. Guys like Martin, Roy, Hasek, they really took the position of goalie and brought it to a new level.

[@christopherbrzys8176]

Old school hockey was the best by far. Players were tougher and better overall

[@myyritenut]

Hearing Gretzky chirp someone def threw me off but it was great😂

[@adamsturges7067]

It’s a little weird to hear Gretzky swear, but also funny as fuck 😂

[@brucewayne3602]

he would yap yap yap then hide behind Dave and Mark !!!!!

[@BadGoy1488]

@@adamsturges7067 these guys know when they are mic’d up and “ play a role “ accordingly . Aka putting on a performance which they usually did not do as regularly . To get that type of clarity of voice we hear here , in an arena with an average attendance of 15k let’s say , it can only be done with a mic on them . OR with a separate mic VERY close by which of course wouldn’t happen on the ice . Near the bench ? Sure . But not on the ice . Should you hear the same clarity while they are on the ice and then skating to then sitting on the bench - they have a mic placed on them. One of refs here even clearly says something along the lines of let’s keep the language down shall we , we are mic’d up ?

[@guyincogneto8979]

Watch Gretzky after the whole Nicholls cold cocking Vernon thing. He just sits there yelling, "Fuck you", over and over. Kinda funny, actually.

[@Colton0rR]

Wow this is an amazing video!! Fuck I miss these days.

[@Jens95]

@@Colton0rR I did some serious digging for a few of these gems. Hope to find more for a part 2

[@charlesiantosca806]

Basic McRae. Tony Twist. Stu 'The Grim Reaper' Grimson. Deve Semenko. Tiger Williams. Chris Nilan. Marty McSorley. Joey Kocur...... ahhh. The good ole' pre Bettman days of the NHL....

[@BadGoy1488]

I love how your typo spells “ Basic “ McRae as that would be a fitting way to describe him as a fighter. Unless you meant it intentionally . Either way - it works!

[@Nsdus5676]

This is great thanks for posting

[@thomasfarrell269]

less teams. more top six forwards per team.

[@lunalouhoo]

What I do miss about old time hockey is the rivalries were more volatile.

[@dennissmith9259]

The time before the goalies looked like the Michelin Man.

[@johntaylor-lo8qx]

Tie Domi is the nicest most decent man you will ever meet. He's one of the hero's you wanna meet. Love you Tie ✌️❤️

[@EarlSkakel]

Was on the Roast Of Ric Flair with Tie Domi and he was awesome.

[@christlopherbrandimarte4520]

❤❤❤❤Love it...this is The NATIONAL !!!!❤❤❤❤

[@MichaelCherau-kt8gy]

Hockey attracts gritty characters where anger and assault is rewarded. Love it baby!!!

[@chrisbealey6478]

Ahhh the good old days

[@BWalker9313]

I love seeing Wayne chirping 😂😂😂

[@southpaw788]

2:28 Gretzky sounding like Mickey Mouse

[@ryananderson2207]

This is when hockey was good. I actually watched back then.

[@smokeysally]

Thoz wer da days !!!!! I remember watching Doug Wilson on da Blackhawks in the mid dickety '80's. Hockey players didn't even wear helmets, if they didn't want to ! 😂

[@Gregory-sm9pf]

Best hockey was the 70's, 80's, bench clearing brawl's, broad st bullies, Big bad Bruin's, Stan Jonathan knocing Pierre Bouchard into another dimension,,, classic!

[@louiehunter6490]

The toughness was there and it was certainly entertaining but the skill levels starting in the 90's and leading up to now are just so much better. You can't tell me you want to go back to watching slower skaters shooting every shot along the ice with a wooden stick on a goaltender who exclusively makes saves standing up. The skill gap between an nhl player from 1970 and a player from 2024 is so massive it's unmeasurable. I think you want the toughness of the 70s and 80s to be paired with the skill of today

[@brucewayne3602]

ABSOLUTLY BEYOND DISPUTE ... I tend to dwell on Fred Shero's Boys vs Red Army, Summit Series, Bobby Orr, Ken Dryden, Don Cherry, etc. ... truly incredible !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Gregory-sm9pf]

@brucewayne3602 YES!!!

[@Gregory-sm9pf]

@@louiehunter6490 It's different, has been for years, the game opened up more as far as not taking the body as much, you had plenty of skilled players back in the 80's , they played a more of the physical game as far as like I said taking the body, I think hockey, football and basketball from the 2000's to now pro athletes are more skilled due to players having better diets, better trainers, better facilities as far as workout areas and physical therapy helping in being stronger athletes, recover faster from wear and tear, injuries and overall just the evolution of pro athletes has changed, they're bigger height wise and weight wise which all adds up to better athletes

[@gman9035]

Chuck Norris division

[@ScottSanderz19]

Great stuff!

[@icebox.hockey]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@codygottaglo]

Those aluminum 2 piece sticks haha just chop away like a lumberjack

[@dereksendrak]

I never heard Gretzky talk like that!!😂😂😂😂

[@brucewayne3602]

yap yap yap ....................

[@guyincogneto8979]

You never saw HIM back up his talk either. Ain't that something?

[@AproposOfWetSnow]

1:02 Is that the nugget Owen Hart?

[@brettschermeister9389]

2 time slammy award winner, Owen Hart? Could be. Whoooo!

[@Bricksallday113]

What a different vibe to today.

[@AD-cr7uh]

I love the sounds of Hockey. Been a New York Rangers fan since 93 so yea I missed old hockey.

[@MsLeafsman]

Gotta love Burns commentating on his own teams laziness as the play is developing with a follow up "look at that" when it goes in the net lol

[@TheNYCGoldenGlover]

3:29 i dont think i ever heard Gretz curse before. Hes a Lady Bing winner, it feels so strange

[@bigdrew565]

I'm gonna be a nerd and throw a D&D quote at ya: Lawful Good doesn't have to mean Lawful Nice

[@gregpellegrin8713]

Still a hockey player…..

[@gregpellegrin8713]

@@bigdrew565what…..?

[@JCsunfire]

He was a whiner in the beginning

[@JeffWillieyvr]

@@JCsunfireAnd we thought Crosby was bad when he got into the league…

[@josephmacdonald7747]

Tim Hunters shnoz is huge

[@genripper-b8q]

keeper pads size difference is mindblowing

[@joshdoldersum9132]

5:57 This is how I will always remember him from my childhood. Goddamn he looked good in that uniform.

[@MickeyWicked-dj8zh]

Listen to Gretzky chirp feels naughty..

[@Kayo_ea110]

Great video!

[@icebox.hockey]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@ChrisWilliams-ko1um]

Hockey is simply a shadow of its former self

[@Yokes27]

Dave Brown was a pretty bad dude back when with the Flyers. I remember him Probert had at least 1 but i think 2 real good fights. Miss these days

[@253jacksonrhoads1]

Tie Fighter Domi was so damn entertaining. 🙂

[@fakeplastic1826]

0:32 They show the score board with the Flames having scored 6 goals. The most important part here is that #30 has a 5 minute penalty. #30 is Mike Vernon, I looked it up and he got a 5 minute high sticking major and a game misconduct at this point in the 3rd period. The game was March 30th, 1990 Flames beat the Oilers 6-2.

[@punasher]

Ah, the old cheerful days. Smiles all around.😆

[@richardzink6026]

The nhl needs a mic ed up channel

[@rossmontreal4570]

Those were the best days of hockey. When the scraped on the fly and mouth off all game to each other. Even refs were able to take it and dish it!! 💚💚💚🇨🇦

[@michaelmaira1515]

john Wensink as he challenges the entire north star bench. Classic

[@Gigalisk]

YOOOO LANNY MCD CHIRPINK DARREN PANG. I never got to see him play growing up, I just hear him getting chirped on ESPN a lot. But also, seeing Lanny play. WOW.

[@benkempf]

Sad part is that they killed the spirit of the game to make it faster and high scoring, which it didn't. They don't even play in the corner anymore.

[@rona6063]

Dave Brown is one scary dude.

[@BrandonKingsbury]

I miss hockey in the 90s and early 2000s

[@vdob6640]

Real men = Real words = REAL SPORTS

[@arush2746]

It sucks that nowadays goalies are more equipment than man. I love watching these guys in smaller pads who barely look like they have shoulder pads, still making saves. The league and the game have changed so much, damn. The 90s ruled. My fave hockey decade!

[@AndreLePuck]

awesome buddy thanks

[@icebox.hockey]

No problem 👍

[@justindennis9678]

Not Wayne Gretzky chirping😂😂😂

[@KneeJerkReactions13]

The speed of the game is more similar than most people expect. Pro athletes are incredible no matter the era imo.

[@audiofaktory]

Gretz calling dude a 🐔 sucker is hilarious

[@trevorgordier3938]

Gretzky saying C …Sucker ?!?!? …. 😂😂😂

[@ChipMonkSamurai]

This was when Canadians were the majority of the players.... Hence the language. When Canada was something

[@ikeremo]

Now we have entitled babies from Arizona playing in our league.

[@JayMil365]

Messier is frightening!