Tony Gallagher on Edmonton vs. Vancouver media battle, Mark Spector invoking him, Oilers vs. Canucks

The guys welcome in Hall of Fame reporter Tony Gallagher, who responds to his name being invoked in an Edmonton column critical of the Canucks media and fanbase. Tony goes over the NHL’s historic negligence and incompetence when governing this organization, and talks about the calls in this year’s edition of the Canucks playoffs.
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[@queretaromexico]

what a pleasure to hear from Tony again, please bring him on more often, especially during this playoff season.

[@willb6913]

The Undertaker returns. I don't always agree with Tony but he makes strong arguments and doesn't backpedal. I hate to admit that even now 13 years later I'm still pissed about that Aaron Rome suspension so it's nice to hear Tony put it into words. Gotta give the guy credit too, I'm assuming this was recorded a few hours ago but TG nailed the Soucy suspension length at 1 game.

[@jacksonjacob7791]

It all seemed fishy back then. When he explains it we now realize it's even worse than we thought. The Canucks should have won that series. Who knows what shenanigans went on behind closed doors. This leagues gone downhill since crooked Bettman took over.

[@8bit_paul]

I didn't realize how much a part of my childhood Mr Gallagher was. 54-year old born and bred, arrived here the same year as the Canucks.

[@davefox2262]

Love me some Tony Gallagher! Miss hearing his analysis and use of vocabulary. Please bring him on more!

[@blaise552]

I miss sitting at the gas station on oak and 25th (was mohawk) long ago. Waiting for the newspapers to show up (at 4 or 4:30am) so I can read the sports section, Tony Gallagher was one of the best sportswriters, possibly the best for the province newspaper. Miss your articles Mr. Gallagher.

[@skiph3570]

Holy crap, I used to play video games at that Mohawk and would hit Safeway (still there!) across the street afterwards for the 5 cent candy samples.....good times.

[@bucketmcpretty9786]

That Rome suspension still makes me mad.

[@christhornycroft3686]

I remember 1994. THAT makes me mad. I remember Game 7. I remember Tom Larscheid having to apologize live on air for calling out the officiating for being BS.

[@unit03]

wow this was a great interview

[@jameshennessy1507]

Great to hear what Tony is thinking! One counter point to the statement that round 1 was well officiated. Nashville got almost double the number of powerplays and did a lot of embellishing worked the refs for those calls. It was the good PK from the Canucks that made the reffing not feel like it was a factor.

[@reedrothchild7966]

Loved hearing Tony's thoughts.

[@IanJudeBurca]

Tony Gallagher is the OG. I harken back (cue harp music) to the days of Pratt and Taylor with Tony.

[@darrylmooney7885]

ok let's break it down....Reason for Riot number 1: In game 3 Mark Messier crosschecks Momesso from behind into the boards, the textbook description of the checking from behind rule they recently setup that year, supposed to be automatic 5 minute major and a match penalty consisting of 3 game suspension. Call was 2 minutes for crosschecking. If the rule had been properly called Messier would have been out for the series and Canucks win the cup...probably. Reason for Riot number 2: Claude Julien begins to whine and cry saying Canucks are diving all the while the Bruins were punching our guys in the head in the massive amount of scrums in every game, not to mention the Aaron Rome farce of a call. If the bruins get called on penalties for delay of game more often or the other dozens of offenses not called then the Canucks probaly win the cup again. And all this happens because in 1972 the Vancouver fans rightfully booed off the ice team Canada as they completely got hammered by the Soviets thus drawing the ire of Phil Espisito's tender feelings and the league decided that Vancouver was persona non grata for the stanley cup...just my thoughts

[@randypattie9524]

You may be right about that Darryl, maybe Vancouver shamed the NHL, with that reaction. But tell you the truth it may have been the turning point in them ultimately winning the series.

[@KBosch-xp2ut]

Stop trying to justify rioting. Most of those meatheads didn’t even watch the hockey game.

[@frankpanico7613]

Thanks for interview with Tony Awesome

[@detrif8701]

Missed this guy. I used to hate his opinions. Disagreed with him a lot. But honestly, what a joy to see him now.

[@chrisn2125]

That 2011 series came down to two things reffing and Tim Thomas. Marchand punching the Sedins in the face with no calls, breaking Mason Raymond’s back and the Aaron Rome suspension. All tilted in Boston’s favour.

[@davidmiles6845]

Plus the Canucks didn't even show up for the games in Boston. It seems to me they didn't just lose all 3 games, they got slaughtered. Why?

[@Clone42]

That's five things.

[@Matt-mh5us]

We lost the cup when Manny lost his eye. That was the catalyst for the eventual failure of that season.

[@cliffordwebb137]

NHL Player Safety should give themselves a fine for being stupid.

[@andybuick-tf9vz]

The truth is wonderful, so good to see the hockey reporting icon Tony G.....we need more of the same ....the truth ...

[@LePrimo420]

Love listening to Tony

[@wellyforpm]

notice that Florida's agm is Gregory campbell, and Sam Bennett managed to avoid suspension for a sucker punch?

[@ShaneDavid-is7te]

Where was the call when mcbaby cut Hughes, there’s 2 lineman and 2 referees on the ice, and your telling me not one of them seen what happened? This series should be 3-0 for Canucks right now. Deadmonton is lucky to be in it at this stage of the series

[@mikeruxpin2829]

We need more Tony G! The G man.

[@wl9399]

Great interview! I wish you can also get Tom Larscheid back as well.

[@Brucezelter]

Tony's grasp of the English language reminds me of the late Rex Murphy, solid guys some with us and others not, both legends

[@markdotinc8371]

I didn't know how much I missed Tony's voice

[@curt225]

As a 12 year old, I started every morning with a bowl of cereal and the province newspaper, flipped to the back page, and I'm quite sure 9 times out of 10 the first article I would've read would've been Tony's. That was 96-97 which everyone will remember was the start of a very dark era for Canucks fans. Thank god I hit puberty just in time to cope.

[@NateEdwardsGolf]

I thought Tony passed during Covid great to hear is soft and high pitched voice again. With this being filmed it was great also to see his liver spotted hands

[@BDawgStudio]

He and Dan Russel were both awesome on Kamloops radio NL

[@LisaMorrison-cn4pt]

Thank you for validating all of my "conspiracies" 😉😉

[@coolhandmooses]

Damn… I missed Tony. He’s still razor sharp!

[@brucemcintyre6088]

Spector needs some education on the 1982 White Towel Incident, which I watched early on in the pandemic as Sportsnet aired old games. Chicago had lost game 1 in double OT and was facing 0-2 going to Vancouver if they lost again, and they came out with major pressure on Vancouver, but were only able to open up a 3-1 lead with 12 minutes left. A mini brawl had filled both boxes and play opened up. A pass to Curt Fraser in front of the net led to a disallowed goal which today would have been allowed with video review; instead, referee Bob Myers removed a Canuck player to the box on a misconduct before the ensuing scrum had ended, leaving an imbalance and more rough stuff. A Vancouver goal turned into a 3 on 3 greatly favouring Chicago based on who was left, and Savard scored, while yet another penalty was being called against Vancouver. That was when the white flags went up. Vancouver won in five, Myers got the rest of the playoffs off. The White Towel thing is not whining. It simply commemorates a team that ignored a referee either having a horrible night or actively trying to prevent the series from being a possible sweep. For the most part, the 2024 team is concentrating on playing and winning rather than the media circus and the message board craziness. Not every team in the league gets to write a superstar player into their lineup every night, some have to win by building a complete team and finding a way to stop the superstar opponents. All Canuck fans want is for the hypocrisy and bias to end and to be given a fair shake even though we have six or seven really good players instead of two superstars. The missed too many men is not equivalent to the missed high stick on Hughes. The suspension to Soucy is fair, but completely ignoring the reaction crosscheck by Hyman seconds later - carefully excised from many highlight packages so TV talent could foam at the mouth and demand Soucy be vilified by player safety - ignoring the action that actually caused an injury, is ridiculous. But Spector’s column is another level of inanity. Maybe he was pressed for time and didn’t actually write it. Maybe it was AI - Artificial Ignorance.

[@KBosch-xp2ut]

The rioters were not the fans…. a lot of people came in from surrounding areas looking for trouble.

[@wellyforpm]

Those people were there to destroy things, win or lose.

[@KBosch-xp2ut]

@@wellyforpm Exactly!

[@TheCityLifeProject-]

The MAN THE MYTH THE LEGEND!

[@AxionXIII]

Horton shouldn’t even have been there. He sprayed water at a fan on game 6 against Tampa Bay that year. Scored either winning goal to get them to the finals in game 7. Except Campbell had made the rule that it’s an automatic suspension if you interact with a fan negatively after the Rick Rypian incident in Minnesota previously.

[@7wolfman78]

He always dod a great job 💖🏒💖

[@mikepette4422]

It's not just that we don't have Faith in the NHL head offices, we in Vancouver have zero Respect for those offices and the sad little trolls that hold those offices ! Tony G ? Never heard of him why dont you guys get a famous veteran journalist ! Ahhh ok in truth I miss him and his wit and professionalism. -agree with tony that gambling has been way way too much promoted, on all media. The Prop bets need to be reigned in.

[@breakawaybooks4752]

Refreshing.

[@wayne3340]

Spector is a huge homer and a head case.

[@manav40181]

Tony is the GOAT

[@wayne3340]

Hey Tony that's my line. "Corruption in business, there's corruption in the RCMP......but the NHL is the last bastion of righteousness on the planet." Yeah right. I love Tony. BTW, where's that goof Shawn Thornton to ambush him mid interview?

[@register1430]

double minor for that haircut - whoa ! . Always a chuckle out of the catfights with he and Russell

[@jonerzinger9873]

Aah you had me at Tony Gallagher.

[@rfruss]

Lloyd Gilmore did games here and was fine.

[@C.Hurst86]

Forget Jake Paul v Tyson, I wanna see TG box the fuck outta Spec! 😂

[@sonnyleprette7040]

Oilers are going down like the titanic 😂😂😂😂

[@adrianpoesiat]

I wonder why Bettman gets lustily booed whenever he shows up publicly in Vancouver…not.

[@JasonR007]

*Knuckle Sandwich*

[@keithporteous9281]

Is this a City with Fans, or is this a “market” with “customers.” ?

[@mvd4436]

This is the Aaron Rome momement of these playoffs ugggh

[@chrisn2125]

Stop being so dramatic…

[@mvd4436]

@@chrisn2125 ok.. Be arrogant and count the Oilers out

[@FloydRunner2049]

Mgmt planned for any scenario

[@LarryNg-mx8qz]

mr negative

[@mikepette4422]

Time for my monthly rant: ( speaking of tinfoil hats 😁😁) So I'm a bit puzzled by the city and its reluctance to hold watch parties. We forget the circumstances of the riots. While the 1994 riot was grass roots in nature, the 2011 riots were largely instigated by outside forces from the suburbs and the people milling in the street after the game 7 loss, were prodded into violence by professionals, Antifa ! They were seen black masks, hoodies and all just riding the Buses and Skytrain into Vancouver AFTER the game was over. These were NOT irate Hockey fans these were paid political actors. ( oddly enough paid by the same globalist terrorist group The Tides Foundation who would fund Vancouver's next Mayor and City Council. What did they call him Mayor Moonbeam ? ) And also the Battle of Seattle which occurred not much later in the fall if my dimming memory recalls. More paid bums rioting for anarchy. So unless Van City council knows that there's more of these guys lurking out there waiting for a chance to riot again they should lighten up on the watch parties. Hope this allows some folks to recall what happened that year...now my fingers are broken

[@matth3903]

Losers whine about officiating, leave that to the Oilers.

[@gordonmacdowell8117]

I remember they assembled a special prosecution unit to go after 2011 rioters and promised they would be held accountable. The first case was against the guy who lit a police car on fire, but he turned out to be a rich kid with a connected daddy, so that was swept under the rug as fast as possible. People also forget the the Oilers fans have rioted in Edmonton too, as recently as 2006, but there was just less social media in. If the Maple Leafs could get out of the first round they might have riots in Toronto too.