The Blades Of Summer- Canada Cup 1987

[@HardRockMiner]

I remember it like it wasn't all those years ago. I was 19 and living with my parents. Watched every game in my room on my giant 12' coloured TV. Life was perfect!

[@September2004]

12”… not 12’ 😂

[@HardRockMiner]

@September2004 - Clearly a typo. Nobody but you would think I had a 12 foot television in my bedroom in 1987.

[@September2004]

@@HardRockMiner And nobody but you would react so defensively and stupidly. Most people would just laugh at that mistake. Just to prove how stupid you are, look at your reply. Nobody *but me* would think you had a 12 foot television set??!! I’m the guy who pointed out the typo. I’m the *last* guy who would think that. If I thought that, I wouldn’t think there was anything to correct. What started with me just thinking you made a typo went to me thinking how stupid you are. Congratulations.

[@cdtthomas27]

15 years old and I got to watch the most entertaining era of hockey period!!!

[@StarWindEnergin]

When I was a kid I used to watch this video over and over again. It was my favorite hockey movie.

[@brandonrowsell8943]

+StarWindEnergin its one of the best highlights tapes ever!

[@aircanuck]

+StarWindEnergin Before every game I watched it too! It would get me fired up. Some of the best hockey ever played!

[@Canuck867]

Same here! Used to watch it and then try to re-create the goals in my driveway.

[@badnewsproduction01]

Me too. Pure hockey

[@canuck_gamer3359]

Dan Kelly was such a great play by play man. It's a shame he passed away a young man, he left a legacy of all time great calls.

[@robertsprouse9282]

The best ever.. He died of lung cancer. I've heard he smoked. John keeps his dad's legacy going in St.Louis. I was living in Florida when John was the first Tampa Bay announcer in 1992 before years later he went to Colorado, and then St.Louis. He had a higher pitched voice than his dad on midtone/average impact game plays, but was slightly lower than his dad in the bigger or scoring plays calls. Other than that, they had almost the exact same style, rhythm and pacing and that higher echelon talent level. I have never heard Dan Jr. Jerry Trupiano who Kelly mentored in St.Louis while "Troop" was his producer/board-op/ engineer, was the voice of the Houston Aeros in the WHA, and was pretty darnmned good himself. I listened to him when I was a teen and early 20's kid. Dan Jr. did Columbus for awhile, but is no longer there. Yep, Dan Kelly Sr. never saw the 1990's NHL with all of the best players in the world finally together in the NHL. That era to me is the best NHL HOCKEY ERA EVER. Second was the "original" 6 50's-67..play. Dan Sr. would be dead within two games'-seasons after this CANADA CUP.. This was his coup de grace.. I watched this CAN. CUP on the FINANCIAL NEWS NETWORK..FNN.. It was great hockey..

[@HardRockMiner]

The best hockey ever played. Oh Canada!!

[@user-ux4lw2zf2e]

Финал Кубка Канады 1987 г. Канада-СССР- это классика мирового спорта!

[@user-yf3bc5xu6i]

Great game as well but not the greatest.

[@hockeydude810]

Watch krutov and larionov both tap Fuhr on the pads after an amazing save. Great hockey and sportsmen. Best tournament ever. Swedes-Czechs and Americans had strong tournaments as well and what can you say about Canada/Russia best of three? Wow!!

[@brandonrowsell8943]

yeah man it was an awesome tournament.

[@ms.felonystrutter2472]

Only down side for me was the good guys lost (USSR) and I wish back then there was a NO slash and hooking allowed on the hands of a player who had the puck. Watch Gretz slash and hook away, damn he was a hack at times. If they had NO TOLERANCE on the little slashes and hooks back then, the series would have been even more high octane hockey.

[@Retsler54]

Hockey Dude when?

[@poiu7777uiop]

@@Retsler54 Хоккей, а не мордобой.

[@maccor999]

I was 12 when this tournament was played..., I'll likely remember this the same way the generation previous remembers 72. To me, this the was greatest hockey ever played! The Soviets were still a well oiled machine, Gretzky was in his prime, Mario was starting to enter his. Fantastic puck movement by all the teams.

[@craigtoots3391]

Arguably the most exciting hockey tournament ever played and certainly the best hockey I ever saw. ✌️🏒🥅

[@DocSpratley33]

Holy shit! there's some insane face slashing going on up in this.

[@TheHilltopPillbox]

Thanks for posting this! I wore out my VHS version of it years ago!

[@mreppen1]

Thanks so much. I am a Canadian , I was 27 years old then. Living in California. Never saw this.

[@MDH2181]

I had this VHS tape, great memories!

[@aircanuck]

Some of the greatest hockey ever played, but can we also appreciate this guy? 52:20

[@ElectoneGuy]

Mario was always in the right place at the right time.

[@brandonrowsell8943]

thanks pal. i will try to upload more classic hockey and sports videos in the future.

[@carparthero]

@brandon rowsell thanks for putting this video up. amazing footage. 1987 was the best tournament there ever was and ever will be. i'm still amazed how hard it was to make the canadian team, with all the big names that got cut.

[@RaineriHakkarainen]

In 1980 olympi s Soviet Union had not 7 Best goal scores In Soviet league!

[@jerryrossi6920]

What happened to the behind the scene's series they had of the 87 Canada Cup? I remember watching it and they had scenes of the players coming to Copps Coliseum. They even showed Wayne and Janet with the team at a golf resort. Lemieux joking around on the ice with Michel Goulet etc... What a great series. I think it was like 6 parts to it.

[@juan833blue]

Greatest Canada Cup of all time.

[@brandonrowsell8943]

it doesent get any better!

[@ericday4505]

Juan Melendez I liked the 81 Canada Cuo.

[@MegaSmarterthanyou]

the 76 canada cup was great for canada too

[@Darule514]

Thx man for this video!! :D

[@CanadaBoy1619]

best hockey ever played

[@tims2510]

This and 2002 Olympics

[@ericday4505]

Bobby Francis The intensity was silly, I can remeber reading Jay Greenberg and his description of this and it was INTENSE. , it was sad how the officiating gave the Canadian team an advantage.

[@ms.felonystrutter2472]

Canada and the Refs, always a winning combination.

[@tammywilson893]

Canada’s nemesis most of the time

[@johnnysama]

Awesome vid. I have been looking for what the piece of music that plays in the intro (not the opening logo)..... it was used on many Canadian sports programming during the late 1980s.

[@2KHOCKEY]

great times :)

[@willardjwhite3846]

To me Hawerchuch won that series. Although he should have two penalitys on the last goal,

[@jayedwards5246]

i was only 2 years old and never got to watch it until now but what a force....larry murhey, ray bourque, paul coffey , dale howerchuk, mario, gretzky messier and list goes on ....i gotta give a thumps up to larionov tho 4 russia he was epic.... im prettty sure he ended up on the wings with yzerman and federov if thats the same 1

[@Chrisman77]

54:00 watch the vicious slash to the face by brian propp just after the goal goes in. some of the replays show it better, but suspiciously they are not included in this vid.

[@brandonrowsell8943]

yeah Canada should have got penalized for that. that was vicious.

[@ms.felonystrutter2472]

The KLM line was brilliant but the Laugh line Bykov, Kamansky and Khomutov line were as deadly.

[@Seoulmanaja]

Its kind of cool to see Hasek in this tournament. I wonder how old he was....Even before he became one of the greatest goalies of all time, he almost beat that very good Canadian team all by himself!

[@poiu7777uiop]

Арбитры из Канады как всегда играют за Канаду. Советским ребятам приходится играть весь матч против девяти канадцев. И это на канадском поле при поддержке всего стадиона зрителей. Честно выиграть у сборной СССР практически невозможно, потому что СССР была самая сильная команда в мире.

[@kennethalgona]

May was way 1972?

[@percyjackson3416]

Omg the Russians had an elite team!! And they nearly took the Canada cup home.. but Canada had to of the best players in the world!! The great Gretzky and Super Mario.. 👍👏👏👏

[@poiu7777uiop]

Percy Jackson Вашим "великим игрокам" помогали ваши же "великие арбитры", агрессивная публика и вся ваша страна. И это всё при том, что канадцы играли как гангстеры на льду. Публике очень нравилось, когда канадцы били клюшкой советских ребят по лицу. Это такое агрессивное и аморальное общество Северной Америки. Вы превратили спорт в шоу по зарабатыванию денег, а где деньги, там умирает спорт. Вы все ведёте себя как мировые бандиты.

[@markchapman7326]

@@poiu7777uiop Once again Butt Hurt ego lady here !

[@brandonmorris92]

​​@@poiu7777uiopSour grapes. Typical blaming of the referees.... Just get over the fact that Canada deserved to win this tournament. And you're bitching about the refs... The Soviets were just as good as the Canadians to win the Canada Cup 87, but it wasn't enough.

[@alexandradlov2286]

Mike Keenan is so young here. Fast forward to 2017 - he is in charge of a Chinese club playing in the Russian league. Who could have thought.

[@reesepacker7983]

imo this was Mario's BEST hockey of his career period ...(even better then his play in the back to back Cup wins) ...Gretzky was great in this series..but Canada does not beat the Russians in this series without Mario period..he was the one player they (Russia )had no answer for ...he was like Esposito was for Canada in 72

[@spcoll7587]

This wasn't Mario's best, some of his early playoff work against NJ, PHI, and yes MIN and CHI. But this is where he ascended to Gretzky's level, to forever remain.

[@brandonrowsell8943]

ur welcome pal.

[@Hoovie9596]

Yes this was a legendary team Canada but also the last great Soviet red army team. That shouldn’t go unremarked too.

[@fredriklindhagen1482]

CCCP was clearly the best team in 87! Can't belive how lucky Can where with everthing in this tourney (especially with the refs.)

[@chesss1985]

+Fredrik Lindhagen Totally agree, fucking referees arranged this series in favour of canada

[@MultiRivet]

Fredrik Lindhagen clearly you didn't watch the whole series no one could figure out mario and the great one end of story go take your meds buddy.

[@ericday4505]

Fredrik Lindhagen The officiating was atrocious, pro Canada. And I wanted to route for Canada.

[@canuck_gamer3359]

With respects, I really don't see how you could reach that conclusion looking up and down both rosters. Canada had an amazing team with depth up and down the line up. And it's top players are easily listed among the best 5 or 6 hockey players of all time!

[@pyatig]

@@canuck_gamer3359 you’re talking about individual players which is very different from being a cohesive team that’s played together for years

[@poiu7777uiop]

Вот почему выиграла Канада кубок Кохарски: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iHTLZYOqqcp_q7s&feature=emb_logo This game is considered as one of the best in hockey history, but it should be noted that the officiating of Koharski helped Canada win. The Canadian referee called weak penalties (two of which resulted in Canadian goals) on the Soviets while allowing the Canadians to do what ever they wanted at times. Canadian plays that deserved penalties were let go and, on several occasions, resulted in goals for Canada, including the winning goal.

[@quentinraffensperger1699]

Awesome Swedish uniforms, I like that they have some white in the sweaters.

[@brandonrowsell8943]

yeah man they were nice sweaters. thanks for watching!

[@quentinraffensperger1699]

ya no prob, are u looking forward to the new World Cup set up?

[@brandonrowsell8943]

Quentin Raffensperger yeah man big time. I live near Toronto so im hoping to go down their and see a game when the tourney starts next year.

[@quentinraffensperger1699]

cool, I live in Aurora, whee u at? did u see the 30 for 30 Of Miracles and Men?

[@brandonrowsell8943]

I live in Brampton, Ontario. yeah I saw some of it today on abc I hope to dl it soon.

[@toptenguy1]

9:00 : I'm sorry, but after that clothesline from Barrasso, and Suter trying to decapitate that guy's head, I started cheering for the Russians in this game, lol Edit: Yes, Suter got hit by a high stick first, but WTF kind of retaliation is that? lol

[@TIIKERITIIKERI-vy2vf]

WAS SALMING IN 1987 CANADA CUP. NO HE WAS IN 1976.1981.1984 CANADA CUPS

[@travelingcam8239]

soviets vs team Oilers,Oilers win naturally.

[@pyatig]

I was a 12 year old Soviet kid at the time and obviously I wanted my team to win but when I was playing table hockey my players were Lemieux and Coffey lol. Btw Soviet team was at its peak at that time and if it wasn’t for blatant whistle swallowing they would have won

[@markchapman7326]

Had bad calls each side don't be jerQ

[@ms.felonystrutter2472]

Round robin Russia Canada game, Narrator "As overtime looms." 30 second later, "There is no OT in round robin." OMG who ever wrote and produced this should be ashamed. Also I think it is illegal for them to show anyone but Fuhr making a save. LOL

[@oleksizhuk107]

Eh I'm Canadian @!!)))

[@ms.felonystrutter2472]

This was a GREAT series, from a Soviet fan perspective I really wish we would have won. I just wonder how even better this series would have been without all of the garbage fucking hooking. OMG Gretz was a fucking hack, love him but damn there was so much hooking on hands it really took away even more skill that was on the ice.

[@cdtthomas27]

I agree..Hreyzky is way over rated. Great yes bit half of his Oiler team is on Canada team. They won a cup without him when he was traded and a 21 yr old Mario was way better than him in this series

[@ms.felonystrutter2472]

Nilan's goal on Hasek had to be the worst goal he ever gave up...

[@Serenoj69]

Best icehockey ever. Some canadians on fora are just chauvinistic idiots, the audience however shows how most of them are: generous when they lose and clapping for the Soviets! Keep doing that Canadians, be true sportsmen. I have to say the referees sometimes seemed to look to the other side especially when it was against the soviets but all in all great tournament.

[@brandonrowsell8943]

+Serenoj69 id like to think most Canadians are gracious losers. we definitely win our fair share of tournaments that we don't have to be sore losers.

[@ebbets1965]

+Serenoj69 I cannot imagine a better tournament. Canada and the USSR especially were stacked. Gretzky and Lemieux versus the KLM line. Fetisov, Coffey, BourqueI did notice, though, that as Dempa Lundquist noted, some of the big Swedish names weren't there. The only blight was Gary Suter of the US. Dirty, gutless hockey player as Gretzky and Kariya can attest.

[@brandonrowsell8943]

steven cooke thanks for the comments man. if ur interested I have some games from the 84 tournaments on here aswell. also I take requests.

[@ebbets1965]

+brandon rowsell I will going back to 1984 for sure. I'm old enough that I was watching that semi-final in residence at Western. Outside of being live, not much better than being around rabid hockey fans. I remember the incredible play by Coffey at one end to break up a two-on-one and then firing the slap shot that Mike Bossy tipped past the Soviet goalie.

[@garrettsmusichockeywrestli4978]

1984 tournament was great, love those team Canada games

[@ollewestman5272]

CCCP Rules! Canada, as always, own the referee and the entire hockey world! If this was decided on a neutral rink the soviets would have won! KLM-line! And this is coming from a swede!

[@poiu7777uiop]

57:15 Почему упал советский спортсмен? Почему арбитрами не была остановлена игра при явном нарушении правил канадцами? Потому что если бы арбитр остановил игру, он уже никогда не смог бы работать в НХЛ, а это большие деньги. Вот так действовали все канадские арбитры, судившие все матчи сборных СССР и Канады. Разве это честно и правильно? Это мошенничество и подлость для всего мира, а для Северной Америки это деньги, и только деньги. Ни один канадец не сказал, что это победа не честная. Это просто удивительно...

[@i.p.knightly149]

Where the hell is Yzerman?

[@kevinlizotte1825]

I know right i think keenan and yzerman had something going on there kept asking myself too

[@ms.felonystrutter2472]

BTW I wish there was a 1981 Canada Cup Highlights film, oh yeah...my beloved Soviets TRASHED them so Canada likes to act like the tournament never happened, so bush league.

[@gregpek6191]

Come on mate. What a disgusting comment. I take it you are not Canadian. Or not even a decent human. I saw lots of really rough stuff, especially by team USA that didn't get called. Get your mommy to change your diaper.

[@SimonTheGamer96]

46:05 The play that cost the Soviets the cup.

[@ms.felonystrutter2472]

Note to everyone out thee who say's, "hockey is not as good as the 80's, why are goals down? (not so much anymore). I kindly direct you to the goaltending from Peter Lindmark of Sweden, THAT is the putrid goaltending that was normal around the world of hockey. Some of the worst goaltending of all times was accepted as good back in the 80's and 70's. Tretiak was soo far ahead of his time. Some of the worst feeble attempts at goaltending ever here.

[@poiu7777uiop]

42:00 Что это за танец жестов канадского арбитра? Что это может значить? Шайба влетела в ворота канадцев, а арбитр танцует ритуальный танец жестов. И почему у канадских арбитров нет клюшек, чтобы и они тоже могли забивать шайбы в ворота сборной СССР???

[@markchapman7326]

OH! Butt Hurt lady here ?

[@ms.felonystrutter2472]

Instead of USSR goals against USA to beat them they show the Soviet pre-period huddle. BULLSHIT.

[@Sir.Ralf.in.K1]

Wach such scaters than svetlov....

[@rogerwaters9766]

I m quite surprised that the Russians didn t return those interventions Canada played like pigs terribly insidious what wrong with the intervevention

[@gsmantb]

why are the canadian players skating around alone after a goal when they get an assist?

[@wilbsmacdonald9240]

sometimes the joy is to much

[@troybender1936]

@@wilbsmacdonald9240 don't you find it weird tho? Usually teams go straight together to celebrate, on some goals they all went on their own, almost looking for their own glory

[@wilbsmacdonald9240]

@@troybender1936 you are right...but this aint a true team...ive seen this behavior only from allstars in tounament play.. probably ego gets the best of them...it does look ridiculous lol...

[@user-lh6gg9ig5i]

Судья выиграл этот кубок канады. При всем уважении к канаде, сборная советов была лучше, чище, красивее, мощнее.

[@dempalundquist703]

What a shitty swedish team! No Håkan Loob, Tomas Sandström, Thomas Steen, Börje Salming, Per-Erik Eklund, Patrik Sundström, Jan Erixon, Kent Nilsson or Ulf Samuelsson. How the hell did they manage to get to the semifinal?

[@TIIKERITIIKERI-vy2vf]

+Dempa Lundquist did salming was in 1981.1984 and 1976 canada cups

[@ms.felonystrutter2472]

Claude should have had a 5 minute major for hat he did to Hasek in the Semi-Final. Typical Canada hockey....If they got the 5 minute major it would have been USSR vs CSSR for the Cup, typical garbage but you won't hear Gretz say shit about that.

[@ollewestman5272]

Oh yes, fuckin hate Canada, in hockey that is!

[@amandarussell2563]

Worst performance ever by a Canadian goaltender. 16 goals allowed in 3 games by fuhr. Disgrace.

[@travelingcam8239]

referees for canada BLAH BLAH BLAH!How often do u hear that lame excuse!jealousy

[@ericday4505]

Traveling Cam Mayybe because it was true?

[@ollewestman5272]

@@ericday4505 Totally agree

[@brandonmorris92]

I know right? Just get over it and face facts that Canada deserved to win this game. The USSR was just as strong as always to win the Canada Cup 87, but unfortunately, someone had to lose.