This was by far the best United States national team ever. From Finland, with love.

The greatest Hockey game ever played in the history of the world...I totally forgot about it and I loved every player on Canada AND U.S ...The flyers were doing so great that the world cup wasn't on my radar; and as you can see by the cast of hall of famers; this was the golden age of hockey...The Last of the Mohicans...SO MUCH RAW TALENT!

Thanks for the game! From Italy. As a side-note: Richter is my all-time favorite goal-tender.

@veronicabellucci7129

4 жыл бұрын

I LOVE the physical play her vs. the current NHL

1994-1999 was the golden era of everything. sports rap tv. AMAZING.

@veronicabellucci7129

5 жыл бұрын

best series. ever. I love some Stanley cup winning teams, but this is epic

@veronicabellucci7129

4 жыл бұрын

Doc Emerick is SO GOOD!

All those superstars, that huge intensity, physicality. AWESOME

I was at this game...still the most exciting and entertaining hockey game I have ever attended!

The best level of hockey ever played hands down.

Never watched this until now...my father was one of the foreman in the construction of the corestates spectrum, now the Wells Fargo Center. One of the perks from being on that job was he got free tickets for this game and i think it was the first event to be held in this building. He spent most of his 20's going to the old spectrum to watch the Broad St. Bullies so this was right up his alley. He still says it was the greatest game he's ever seen in person. As a side note, him and his partner were wrapping up work a day or two prior to this game and were just walking around the building checking it out. Team Canada was having a practice and my dad unknowingly walked into a hallway where Lindros, Scott Stevens and Shanahan (what a trio) were holding their sticks up to a heater working on curving the blade. He said they seemed to be in bad moods but he asked them for autographs anyway. Shanny and Lindros each signed individual pucks for him, but Stevens walked away without saying anything. Lindros asked him if he was a flyers fan and also got Brindamour and Desjardins to sign pucks as well. I've always heard stories about Lindros big ego, but he won fans outta my family that day. Still have all the pucks. Wish i could have seen this live or even watched it on tv at the time...i was like 7 years old and just getting into hockey. My first live event at this building would be WWF Mind Games like a couple weeks later lol

@godbluffvdgg

2 жыл бұрын

:) Great story and as a SW philly native, it really gave me a big smile...I rode on the tops of cars in 74 and 75 when we won the cups...This was the golden era of hockey I was in my 30's ...The world cup wasn't as important to me, so I don't even remember seeing it...But; I'm blown away by how great it was and the story of your dad getting the signatures is awesome! I hope he's still with us...Good health to you and yours..

This series was the greatest hockey I’ve seen in my life

Open hockey, lots of shots, lots of goaltending saves. One of the best matches in hockey history. Star lineups. USA has no weaker lineup than Canada.

some of the best hockey ive EVER watched! period.

@Gutts31

3 жыл бұрын

Same here - I was fortunate to be at all 3 WC games in Philadelphia.

this is just pure good hokeyy

The 96 tournament was special. United States and Canada were both loaded. Remember each team was missing a key player.. USA didn't have Jermey Roenick and Canada didn't have Mario Lemieux. This year's tournament in Toronto will be special. Can't wait!

@Chrisman77

2 жыл бұрын

Canada didn't have Roy either. I agree Joseph played amazing tho

both of these teams were loaded.

ot goal seemed like an offside.. w/e.. great game with great players!

These three games are some of the greatest hockey that has ever been played in the sport. They're up there with the Canada Cup Final in '87, Devils-Rangers Game 7 in '94 and Bruins-Habs Game 7 in '79.

If the 2016 WCOH is half as entertaining as this one was, I will be pleased.

@memoranda1

7 жыл бұрын

was it entertaining? I haven't watched hockey as much because there seems to be no spirit in the game anymore. These old videos show the passion and heart players had and shared the same animosity against each other. Hitting, clutching, holding, slashing, blasting the puck.....this was hockey. In age both teams were evenly matched but the Americans wanted it more.

Such a cool tournament!

Still a bit bitter about Sweden's OT loss to Canada in the semis of this tournament, some unlucky bounces and Curtis Joseph outplaying Tommy Salo made us lose that one. But this series was a great final and very entertaining to watch with neutral eyes.

god damn this is good hockey

Great hockey

Man, I remember watching the World Cup in '96, some of the best hockey I've ever seen. Cujo and Richter stood on their heads, Derian Hatcher scored more goals in that 6 games than he did in some of his NHL seasons. Tough, Physical, skilled hockey...well, except for Tkachuk whacking Foote.

I loved these Canadian jerseys....but whoever thought it was a good idea to wear white helmets with them was off their rocker

Yzerman's OT winning goal was clearly offside by about a foot. Yzerman carries in while the player on the far right (Brind'Amour?) is offside. A quote from the following day's papers: "The goal was not without controversy as replays clearly showed Brind'Amour was well offsides when he got the puck from Fleury. USA coach Ron Wilson declared Brind'Amour was 3 feet offside. "I disagree," retorted Yzerman. "He was only a foot off."

@September2004

8 жыл бұрын

+Alan Hirsch This is why I'm not too upset about Brett Hull's goal in game 3. As much as I wanted Canada to win, the US deserved it. They won *in spite* of this blatant offside at 13:13.

OMG DUDE I LOVE YOU! NEVER EVER EVER TAKE THIS OFF! :)

the best hockey game i have ever seen

@FlyUnicornsFly

4 жыл бұрын

Did you see the 1987 finals?

I remember when I started watcching the NHL, there was only 6 US born players in the league. USA has come a long way in Hockey.

@kevensoucy9354

2 жыл бұрын

1936?

i really miss this era

1996. A great year for Camerican's like Brett Hull and Adam Deadmarsh. Just kidding. Mike Emerick is an honourary Canadian and John Davidson is an honorary American.

This is like an All-Star game, except it has defense :)

Derian Hatcher had 2 goals in this game. Wow.

Super Job! cobweb control What's your opinion about this, guys 11

This so much better then the Olympics

haha "Scott Stevens up to Lindros" 8:55 so many other sick plays as well i love canada vs usa

I wonder what would have happened if Mario was avalable for canada.

@Beginstheman

4 жыл бұрын

Moreover, I wonder what would have happened if Patrick Roy (who was on the back of another Stanley Cup) was in goal instead of Curtis Joseph.

@FlyUnicornsFly

4 жыл бұрын

An AVERAGE performance for Mario would've been about 20 points in 8 games.

This was just as great as Miracle on Ice to me. Underdogs as usual and beat Canada with their best players. USA all the Way. cheers TyT

@FlyUnicornsFly

4 жыл бұрын

No Mario Lemieux (by far the best in the world at that time) and no Ray Bourque. Not Canada's best players.

Was it offsides for the OT winner? 13:10

Canada should consider themselves fortunate hockey is #5 in the US. If hockey was #1 in just New England, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan and New York, the US would be every bit as good as Canada.

@Mark-xl1ze

9 жыл бұрын

KMK7355 #4 in the US.

Remember when hockey players were tough

either team would beat all-star Canada or U.S. team. Wish they called the games as "loosely" as they did back then.

US C Team G - Anderson - Gibson D - Faulk, Dekeyser, Niskanen, Orpik, Bogosian, Krug C - Bonino - Bjugstad - Eichel - Legwand LW - Lee, Zucker, Hayes, JT Miller RW - Gionta, Coyle, Hayes, Stempniak

Has it been 15 years already?

@taiani If you check his bio, you'd see that Lemieux was a part of the 1987 Canada Cup team and that he had 71 points with Colorado the season before.

@FlyUnicornsFly

4 жыл бұрын

That's CLAUDE Lemieux (a good player), but not MARIO (best in the world at that time). Mario didn't play for Team Canada that series & same with Ray Bourque.

If this game was played today, the little girls that watch and write about hockey today would have called 28 power plays and three players would have been up for suspension review the day after.

@jasonren666

6 жыл бұрын

for sure this is how it should be played .........wide fuckin open

@steveflemmingppl8know998

Жыл бұрын

Ironically womens hockey is more intense and entertaing now than most Leaf games. I wont comment on rest of league but i lost interest in nhl about 5-6 years ago. Those two 96 teams had so many of my all time favorite players. Im canadian but got to love Lafontaine, Leetch, Modano etc too Brett Hull raised in USA actuall born in Canada.

@flagtheoffense

Жыл бұрын

@@steveflemmingppl8know998 you think your Leafs are bad? Watch my Devils. This comments section has more aggression in them than the Devils roster. It's so sad.

derian hatcher had some game.

You win only in NA. Salt Lake and Vancouver. In Nagano and Torino both NA teams didn't win any medals at all.

@4lifeReagan You listed a bunch of good players to be sure. Look, we heard 'first American this, first American that' about Joe Mullen; but were any of the players you mentioned (including him) the top player in the game at any time? Do honestly believe America has been Canada's equal in hockey for the past 40 or more years? Check the rosters of both Teams Canada and USA from the 1976 Canada Cup. Virtually every member of the Canadian team is in the Hockey Hall of Fame!

@FlyUnicornsFly

4 жыл бұрын

You're right, Fischer, but Joe Mullen was a very good player.

Listen people, I am a native Bostonian and some great players have came from here. Same with minn,Wisconsin, Michigan. But hockey is obviosly Canada's sport, just not in the summer of 96. I think Canada's players were starting to get a little past their prime while us a,s

Why wasn't it the Canada Cup?

@amina-pr8xt

3 жыл бұрын

What was the Canada Cup, is now called World Cup

@FischerFan I think this..canada had and still has great players going and the U.S. had great players and is finally beginning to push forth new talent finally. You saw the Vancouver games the USA is crushed everyone they face and beat Canada 1 out of 2 games played. Thats not a fluke the USA has great talent.

10:26 fkin genius

I didn't no usa won the world cup this year because canada was stacked that year i thought for sure they won

@armatageshanks06 Your denial of the facts is very entertaining...please keep it up!!!

I never and still do not understand why Curtis Joseph was the starting goalie for Team Canada in this tournament. You just had Patrick Roy win his 2nd Stanley Cup 4 months prior and Martin Brodeur (Stanley Cup winner from the prior season) on the bench. Joseph had never been past the 2nd round of the playoffs at that point in his career. Did Roy decline to play?

@Chrisman77

5 жыл бұрын

probably. he only played for canada once in 98 and said after he did not enjoy the experience. gotta also remember brodeurs 96 season was crap one year after the cup they didnt make the playoffs. we didnt know in 96 how great he was yet, and joseph was more established. cujo played pretty well until the closing stages of game 3 and that all we remember him for lol.

@steveflemmingppl8know998

Жыл бұрын

Roy declined to play. Wanted to focus on houseleague hockey. Nhl Messier would never do such a thing. 17 years into his career and still on ice during key faceoffs. We missed big Mario in 96 and 98. Different outcome had he played in those tournaments. My opinion.

Haha the commentators were on crack calling this game so many highlights

13:13 offside team Canada

@timburr4453

3 жыл бұрын

Yes. And not just slightly offsides. Very clear

Bobby Orr is canadian.

Well, that's more like it. Ryan Miller was likely the best hockey player at the Olympics and the right teams faced each other for the gold medal. The stats showed very little difference between the two teams until Sydney Crosby found the five-hole from a sharp angle. The U.S. probably did surpass Russia as Canada's hockey arch-rival a number of years ago. North American hockey has been pulling away from Europe ....and it's not even funny on the women's side!

Man look at the hooking back then, if Gretzgy were playing now he'd score 5 pts per game lols

This is one of the last great tournaments. Hockey is crap today. This looks so muche better than todays crisp clean TV screens and audiences being more quieter than you find people to be in the church. In addition, player uniforms look shitty (for instance, the Canadians seem to play in black boring helmets).

@4lifeReagan So what your point? USA can put a couple of good lines on the ice and Canada can put 2 Full teams on the ice and U think the Americans compare? IF you didnt have Ryan miller in net the score would have been 8-2 nevermind 3-2. The USA is a relatively strong hockey nation but their depth is a joke compared to Canada. In a seven game series scenario The USA would NEVER win any series......Just not good enough, sorry.........No one is

:D go canada

Jesus hookings galore who stole the refs whistle

@FischerFan How bout I throw out a few names for you...Modano, Hull, Broten, Roenick, Lafontaine, Tkachuk, Housley, Leetch, Rolston, Kevin Stevens, Doug Weight, Bill Guerin, should I go on? Ok here's a couple more Joe Mullen, Chris Chelios, John Leclair, Kevin and Darian Hatcher and I could go on and on. For every great canadian their was a great American. Tell me who's being egotistical again? Oh yeah that's you!!!

@FlyUnicornsFly

4 жыл бұрын

You left out Langway and Kevin Stevens.

@armatageshanks06 Which team just won the Stanley cup? Would that be the Boston Bruins? Their Goalie Tim THomas AN AMERICAN owned the Vancouver Canucks and either Thomas or Miller would own Canada ANY DAY. The USA has some very good talent that is home grown and my point can't be disputed you had a team OF ALL 100% ALL STARS the USA did not. The USA beat you early in the tourny and you barely beat us in the finals. It took your " great " canadians OVERTIME!!! EXplain that?

@FlyUnicornsFly

4 жыл бұрын

No Mario Lemieux (best player in the world at that time) and no Ray Bourque.

OT winner was an offside play. whatever. USA still won the series.

Also I keep hearing the talk about hiw great Canada is, that their B team would win. Sorry people but a US B team could beat Canada B in an Olympic one off. US B Team G - Bishop, Schneider D - Trouba, Myers, Shattenkirk, Fowler, Jack Johnson, Martin C - Stepan, Dubinsky, Okposo, Stastny LW - Kreider - Foligno - Nelson - Abdelkader RW - Callahan-Brown -Stafford- Oshie -

@Annexation_

8 жыл бұрын

Come back when that B Team outscores the opposition 66-15 and wins a gold medal.

@KMK7355

8 жыл бұрын

Stupid ass response.

@Annexation_

8 жыл бұрын

KMK7355 Oh good one. Got anything else better than a generic insult?

@jackdriscoll4930

8 жыл бұрын

+XMZKiller lol another stupid response good job bud

@Annexation_

8 жыл бұрын

+Jack Driscoll You copied the other guy too?! No points awarded for you kid.

back before cookie cutter goalies when you needed special talent to play goal and didnt have pads that covered the entire low part of the net

Didn't remember Emrich calling the games, but then it was long time ago. Thought it was Gary Thorne for some reason or maybe that was just wishful memory. I absolutely can't stand Emrich's voice... like nails on a chalkboard.

@armatageshanks06 The facts are the facts my friend you had an ALL STAR TEAM TOP TO BOTTOM and you barely won the game. The U.S. sent one star line and the rest checking forward and solid d line guys and thats it. YOU BARELY WON!!!!

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Way off sides for winning goal.

@4lifeReagan Promises, promisses from a bitter, egotistical American who cannot accept the fact that his beloved U.S. of A. is not the greatest in every sport on the planet. The names of Orr, Gretzky, Howe, Lemieux, Maurice Richard, Crosby (your worst nightmare) represented the premiere players of their respective eras. None were American. For good measure, neither were/are any of Kharlamov, Jagr, Forsberg, or Ovechkin.

You canadians lucked out this past year in Vancouver the USA played harder and many believe was the better team. No matter though the USA continues to grow American home grown talent and next time the USA will crush Canada.