Wild scene after game in Vancouver 4/27/03

kind of. Game 2 hits, roughs, and goals. Minnesota Wild vs Vancouver Canucks

[@raygun1966]

Love watching all these old games

[@iwilltrytotry]

true fact: games back then were filmed with a literal potato.

[@ronovandugg1463]

You have to watch a game like this every once in a while to remember a different era and style of hockey. Man I miss it. I know it's not for everyone. Tough can be clean. I played my minor and Junior A in Detroit during what I recall as the good old days. Watching my older brothers play, hanging out with them after games. A rink rat. Went on to a University to play D1, which was so much softer, like the NHL today. Different styles, different game prep. Still love watching the talent of today's kids and men.

[@briangeary7684]

I forgot how nasty the games were back then, and this was a ratchet down from the 80’s. I remember the north stars / Bruins and Stars - Chicago series. Blood baths…wow, great memories.

[@matthewcamera9483]

Agreed. Gillies vs O'Reilly over and over...no stickwork just OTH

[@jamaljennings5734]

The playoffs in 2003 were the best I’ve seen.

[@dannythomas417]

Brunette even sent Roy packing.

[@kevinstull8552]

​@@dannythomas417 Sent him to retirement 😂.

[@mikehanzal9562]

Holy shit. The physicality. These cream puffs today would not survive in that type of series

[@WowOafus]

Because fuck trying to keep players healthy, right? Many more injuries and shortened careers back then.

[@poopmcgee2410]

Most of them probably would do fine. Trevor zegras would not.

[@chrissimmer1273]

God I miss games like this

[@damienchance2622]

Yep I miss the NHL brawls too

[@tikitiki39]

When you were still allowed to play with some emotion in the NHL.

[@Starrynova]

Canucks may have won a cup that year if they just had a competent goalie

[@good2goskee]

100%.... Cloutier was a fricking dud. We should have kept Aucoin and passed on Cloutier

[@Crisperdad]

Funny, I remember that night... the fact that this was 20 years ago doesn't sit well with me lol

[@patrickarchbald8734]

Every one of these hits would have been a penalty today. 😮

[@hoskins666]

Most of them were good hits. They should still be good today but yes the NHL has become a pussywhipped version of itself

[@paulanderson2269]

There was a fight this night and a hockey game broke out

[@th3yeti224]

Now this is how the nhl shld be maybe more people wld watch

[@JesusFriedChrist]

Back before the trapezoid, which was instituted because of Martin Brodeur. So weird seeing a goalie handle the puck in that part of the ice, that rule having been instituted for so long now.

[@hawk12983]

That rule sucks, it just takes another aspect away from evaluating goalies, and it is exciting when a goalie leaves his net.

[@jackbutler1038]

At 5:20 the ESPN ticker has Kevin Millwood’s line on his no-hitter…was at that game!

[@vindiggs]

Very cool.

[@robertlanglois7860]

Goon style hockey was funny in Slapshot but I prefer the speed and skills of the players today. The occasional fight serves a purpose but it’s mostly to protect the skill players on the ice. Give me Kaprizov over Bertuzzi any day

[@LOKISlog7]

Bertuzzis Back, Watch yours... Greatest sign ever

[@paulhuedepohl1661]

Stay classy, Vancouver.

[@ryanc9888]

When ESPN had good hockey coverage

[@thomaspaquette9991]

Right. Watching the game last night the play by play guy twice called the rink a court. Embarrassing

[@aaron-604]

the good old time~

[@ffnam1299]

Oh, how I miss it.

[@damienchance2622]

Better than today NHL

[@mikeappleyard1898]

The title of this video greatly exaggerates what actually happened.

[@damienchance2622]

I like the old ESPN hockey better than the new one

[@bac911rn]

Kevin Collins #50 NHL official was a real pain in the ass. He was a little to aggressive separating players and after would restrain one guy in a fight in an attempt to break it up.

[@Mike7911779]

Watching Berube split his mug was fantastic

[@canucklehead70]

Previous game Matt Cooke tied it with 1.2 seconds left in the 3rd and Canucks won in OT. One of my favourite Canucks memories. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bqrLgIqseZqHa9E

[@pet7829]

This was the NHL ! It's dead now ...

[@caspa4204]

RIGHT!!! NO calls!! let the god damn boys play. If you're not going to ref a game properly, don't ref at all.

[@andreas_XX]

The good old days

[@billpeterson178]

Was TV really that crappy just 20 years ago?

[@timetowakeup6302]

The refs are a Disgrace

[@sandpint]

Wudo

[@ffnam1299]

4-decades Bruins fan. I've watched the good old days become what they are now. Not that I still don't love the Bs and hockey, I found it hard some years to stomach the soft creep in that beset them and the whole league. I'd take a tenth of this physicality, bottle it and have the league drink it. So, so many curl-aways from hits, defensemen glide along with a forward like a figure skating pair and pokey poke stick check rather than take the body, a mild shove after the whistle, stern looks and turn the other cheek. Gone are the days when Scott Steven's paroled the open ice and finish your check was doctrine, not something that seems avoided most nights. At the end of the day, its a game to entertain and this brand of old school hockey was highly entertaining.

[@ronaldmead7643]

to bad the umps dont try and stop the fights during the game like they did after the game

[@SB-xe3pj]

Cloutier was trash

[@kerrywhittle6991]

It's amazing how the American teams never do anything wrong just ask the refs

[@Bswaggy]

Bertuzzi was always all talk very little action

[@harmagician1]

And that, boys and girls, is why refs now wear helmets.

[@etahhcumosevahi]

This is real hockey. The “hockey” we watch nowadays is actually called the WNBA. And love Jovocop. He’s a beast.

[@civilbrawl2591]

Glad Canucks got their revenge on them in 2020

[@Internut1985]

Lol play in series 😂

[@PollyTheWog]

Remember when hitting was allowed by refs and players…?🤷🏻‍♂️

[@moonobservergilles5730]

referies are culpable for not penalizing the players. we all see the hits to the heads what is NHL waiting for? a very serious injury to a player?

[@dtran1414]

That was the last of a dominant Todd Bertuzzi. 11 months later he almost decapitated Moore. But after watching every one of those boarder line charging and elbows to the heads of the Nucks players and Wild . no wonder Bert took the law in his own hands and took care of Steve when he saw his friend and captain motionless on the ice after a viscous headshot.

[@badmotorfinger9195]

Refs should have let Brownie give Bertuzzi a well-deserved beating

[@zac5777]

Never lol. You’re down syndrome is strong

[@jacoblamb3535]

Uncle Bert would’ve thrashed him tho

[@alpearson9158]

wouldn't have happened

[@djrondo1224]

@@jacoblamb3535 Brown would have thrashed him…easily

[@djrondo1224]

Man I miss those days

[@ferriswheeler08]

Ol' Blind Man Magoo was the worst ref.. just like the cartoon character.. horrible and blind

[@pifficus1]

too bad bertuzzi didn’t go to prison

[@alpearson9158]

for Moore well after an examination in consort with some surgeons Moore's injury occurs when his team mates jump on their backs. Yes the culpability was Bertuzzi's but the end point stupidity is from those jumping on them.

[@good2goskee]

Moore was a punk-ass If he was a man and met Bertuzzi to account for his dirty attack on Naslund, there would have been no issue and no serious injury. Regardless, the injury Moore suffered was likely from getting dog-piled by multiple people including his own team

[@fadedP]

possibly the worst refereeing ever?

[@rickhatesmisleadia7101]

game full of uncalled penalty's is NOT entertaining or old school hockey! Just dirty as fck! Lucky players werent taken out permanently! The referee should have been fired as soon as he left the ice.