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Game 1 of the 2006 SCF with Carolina's comeback. That game alone claimed many many new hockey fans 'round these parts.
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Internationally, as a Canadian, I was surprised to be so blown away by a Finland vs. Sweden game a couple of years ago. It was a 3-3 tie in early round competition. Darn can't recall the tourney but was speechless for over an hour after that. Hockey is no better than that was.
I think that's it. An awesome game that I never read any follow up story about. Saw the great game, went about life, and nobody talked about it afterwards that I know of.Hmm, you don't mean the 4-4 game in the 04 WC?
I think that's it. An awesome game that I never read any follow up story about. Saw the great game, went about life, and nobody talked about it afterwards that I know of.
1992 Stanley Cup finals game 1. Pens vs. Hawks. Pens down 4-1 halfway through the game. Then Tocchet scores and Lemieux banks it off Belfour from behind the net to make it 4-3. With less than 5 minutes left Jagr walks out of the corner around 3 hawks and scores. Mario wins the game off a faceoff with 10 seconds left. Great comeback win, being a finals game only makes it better.
Mario played the point off that draw and snuck in expecting the rebound........excellent goal
Glad, I am not the only one who remembers thos great Winnipeg Jets/USSR games. They rarely get mentioned but they are among the greatest games ever.1984 Canada Cup semi-final - Canada beats USSR
That was such a high tempo game from beginning to end. I watched it on tape again during the lockout and still could not believe it.
1976 Winnipeg Jets beat Czechoslovakia 6-5
This was in December after the Czechs lost to Canada in the Canada Cup final in September. I believe the Jets were down 5-2 and came back for the win before a crowd which was standing for much of the 3rd period.
1977 USSR beat the Winnipeg Jets 3-2
Everybody here remembers the 1978 win by the Jets but IMO this was the better game. Tretiak saved it for the Commies. Much better than the over-rated New Year's Eve game when the Habs tied Red Army. (P.S. The Habs never did beat Team CCCP.)
1978 Winnipeg Jets beat the USSR 5-3
This is memorable due to the fact that the Jets beat them and thereafter had a legitimate claim to be amongst, if not the, best club team in the world.
1978 Leafs beat Islanders in Game 7 - Lanny McDonald scores OT winner
Simply an exceptionally dramatic game, after which most pundits claimed the Islanders lacked the fortitude to be a good playoff team. Of course, those pundits became louder when the Islanders lost to the Rangers in 1979.
Islanders beat Rangers in game 5 (of best-of-5) in overtime
I don't know the year, but obviously from the era in which the first round was best-of-5. The Rangers were serious underdogs and had one ring off the post or crossbar behind Billy Smith in OT. That game was pure end-to-end excitement.
April 2005: Charleswood Hawks beat St. Vital Victorias 3-2 in game 7 in OT to win MMJHL final!
1,400 people in a building suited for 800 made for a rocking atmosphere. One side for the Vics, one for the Hawks. Suburb vs suburb.
Perhaps the most memorable game I've seen
was the 2002 Olympics gold medal game -- Canada vs. US
50 years since our last Olympic gold and we did it!!! I have never seen such a celebration in this country. Burnaby Joe and the boys brought us back the hardware... I think it was the most watched hockey game in Canadian history and deserves mention...
... somebody who claims that ( New Year's Eve 3-3 tie ) to be the best game could be a little bit more scrupulous about naming the opponent. In fact, the Red Army is also an (unfortunately accepted) NA distortion, the team is called CSKA, or Central Army Club. Nothing red in the name...
1989 Playoffs... Penguins vs. Flyers 10-7... Lemieux puts up one of the greatest single game performances in history, and Hextall leaves his net to chase Robbie Brown around the ice. Nice.
Canada vs Czech Republic 2002 Olympics
- The best tie game I have ever seen. The hatred in the game was intense
Sweden vs Finland 2003 World Hockey Championship
- I think it was 2003 when the Swedes came back and won the game after being down 5 goals
Colorado vs New Jersey 2001 Game 6
-Patrick Roy shows why he sthe greatest
Edmonton vs Dallas every playoff game they played
Colorado vs Florida 1999
-Florida loses 7-5 after having a 5-1 going intot the third
Isles/Caps, game 7, 4 overtimes.....hands down the most intense game I've seen. Kelly Hrudy stopped 73 out of 75 shots.