What is the equivalent to "The Drive" or "The Catch" in the NHL?

[The Macho King]

Well, it's known as The Helmet Catch.

It was an honest question - I don't follow football so I didn't know how it was referred to in popular consciousness.

 

[TheBeard]

I would think that "the Goal" for Canadians would be Mr. Paul Henderson's tally, no?

That’s my thinking, but it probably only applies to Canadians and if we’re just talking NHL it doesn’t count.

 

[MXD]

It was an honest question - I don't follow football so I didn't know how it was referred to in popular consciousness.

As far as I'm concerned, Tyree's catch is definitely "bigger", but it may be because I saw it live and really wanted the Pats to lose, while I was only a few months old for Dwight Clark's catch.

 

[tarheelhockey]

It's funny how many times someone has tried to make "The Goal" or "The Save" stick, to absolutely no avail.

It's the "Stop trying to make fetch happen" of hockey. In reality, no there is not a single goal or save that overshadows everything else in hockey history. It's kind of silly to think there ever would be anything like that.

 

[MXD]

It's funny how many times someone has tried to make "The Goal" or "The Save" stick, to absolutely no avail.

It's the "Stop trying to make fetch happen" of hockey. In reality, no there is not a single goal or save that overshadows everything else in hockey history. It's kind of silly to think there ever would be anything like that.

...Though I'll argue that you cannot think of many "Illegal stick" calls.
On the flipside, there's about 60 saves* in a game. Always has been. Meanwhile, "Illegal Stick" calls basically don't exist anymore and were definitely fewer and far between than Saves or even Goals.

 

[tarheelhockey]

...Though I'll argue that you cannot think of many "Illegal stick" calls.
On the flipside, there's about 60 games in a game. Always has been. Meanwhile, "Illegal Stick" calls basically don't exist anymore and were definitely fewer and far between than Saves or even Goals.

Exactly. This is why it's easier for people to know what you mean when you say "No Goal" or "Too Many Men" or "The Guarantee" or "The Slash". Just about every single fan would instantly know which play you're talking about.

Trying to make something "The Goal" is futile. There would be dozens of candidates.

 

[The Macho King]

Exactly. This is why it's easier for people to know what you mean when you say "No Goal" or "Too Many Men" or "The Guarantee" or "The Slash". Just about every single fan would instantly know which play you're talking about.

Trying to make something "The Goal" is futile. There would be dozens of candidates.

What's the Slash? Hextall on Chelios?

 

[Sadekuuro]

Not here. Alain Coté's called-off goal is litterally folk-lore.

For sure, but it's the opposite situation-- so I guess it depends how you interpret "No Goal" to begin with.

 

[tarheelhockey]

What's the Slash? Hextall on Chelios?

The one that comes to mind for me is Clarke on Kharlamov. That one probably altered the course of hockey history on a high level.

 

[The Panther]

What's the Slash? Hextall on Chelios?

You're probably thinking of Hextall on Nilsson.

Hextall on Chelios was more like "the lunge".

 

[VanIslander]

The deke.

We named a form of it after him.

 

[MadLuke]

The deke.

We named a form of it after him.

I thought about that one, but I wondered how to call it, that it The Deke.

 

[David Bruce Banner]

The Hit has to be Stevens on Lindros. There might be a couple of harder ones, or even more spectacular ones, but that one was a statement. New Jersey won the series and the Cup... and Lindros was never quite the same bull in a china shop again.

As for the others... I have my preferences, but I think they are all much more subjective. But that hit man, woo-eeee.

 

[snuffelapagus]

For me, this will always be "The Save"...

 

[Big Phil]

Okay, so far I am seeing that the Stevens on Lindros play is "The Hit". I tend to agree. All due respect to Robinson on Doernhoefer. I think the Stevens one is more famous.

Agree on some of the other already labelled tag lines. "No Goal", "Too Many Men", "The Guarantee", "The Illegal stick", "The Slash".

Nothing jumps out as "The Save" or "The Goal". A lot to choose from. I agree that Crosby's goal is already coined "The Golden Goal" and we leave it at that. No need to explanation on that one. Overtime vs. your rivals, on home ice, with a pass from the beloved Iginla and arguably scored by a guy who was the best player in the NHL at the time. It has its well deserved tag line.

Henderson's goal or Orr's goal would be probably the two most famous. None of them really got that consensus of being "the" goal.

There have been some Cup droughts, but not nicknames for them either. "Curse of the Bambino" and "Billy Goat curse" come to mind for baseball.

 

[frisco]

Yeah, NO GOAL is probably more famous than any goal, I'd say.

My Best-Carey

 

[Hanji]

Okay, so far I am seeing that the Stevens on Lindros play is "The Hit". I tend to agree. All due respect to Robinson on Doernhoefer. I think the Stevens one is more famous.

Agree on some of the other already labelled tag lines. "No Goal", "Too Many Men", "The Guarantee", "The Illegal stick", "The Slash".

Nothing jumps out as "The Save" or "The Goal". A lot to choose from. I agree that Crosby's goal is already coined "The Golden Goal" and we leave it at that. No need to explanation on that one. Overtime vs. your rivals, on home ice, with a pass from the beloved Iginla and arguably scored by a guy who was the best player in the NHL at the time. It has its well deserved tag line.

Henderson's goal or Orr's goal would be probably the two most famous. None of them really got that consensus of being "the" goal.

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Eruzione's goal is likely the most famous of all time.

 

[Big Phil]

Eruzione's goal is likely the most famous of all time.

It would probably be part of that trifecta.

 

[KillerMillerTime]

Eruzione's goal is likely the most famous of all time.

One of the top 3 with Orr's and Henderson.

 

[Hockeyholic]

The Drive. The Catch. The Helmet Catch. 28-3. Tuck rule game. The Interception. Every football fan can tell you the meaning behind each.

Eh....no goal is the only one for Hockey. Golden goal maybe?

Baseball...Mr. November. Um...Buckner. Shot heard around the world. Four nights in October?

 

[Big Phil]

The Drive. The Catch. The Helmet Catch. 28-3. Tuck rule game. The Interception. Every football fan can tell you the meaning behind each.

Eh....no goal is the only one for Hockey. Golden goal maybe?

Baseball...Mr. November. Um...Buckner. Shot heard around the world. Four nights in October?

Yeah, it goes on in baseball. Bloody sock game, Steve Bartman, or even saying the name Carlton Fisk and we all know what that is about.

 

[Hockeyholic]

Yeah, it goes on in baseball. Bloody sock game, Steve Bartman, or even saying the name Carlton Fisk and we all know what that is about.

Or even Bucky Dent

 

[Big Phil]

Or even Bucky Dent

Yes, and I think it goes beyond even a Red Sox fan.

Maybe David Volek is the "Bucky Dent" of the NHL? Because if you say his name we all think the same thing.

 

[The Macho King]

The Drive. The Catch. The Helmet Catch. 28-3. Tuck rule game. The Interception. Every football fan can tell you the meaning behind each.

Eh....no goal is the only one for Hockey. Golden goal maybe?

Baseball...Mr. November. Um...Buckner. Shot heard around the world. Four nights in October?

"It was 3-1"

"It was 4-1"

"It was in" re: Khabibulin's save on Gelinas.