This wasn’t just the peak of The Bullies. It was concurrently the peak/ close to it for The Red Army Team; I think a good chunk of their roster from that night night also went to Lake Placid in ‘80. In “Miracle”, Coach Brooks, played by Kurt Russell said that beating the soviets means the players have to stand up to them, not just find a way to take the game the full 60 minutes.

@RaineriHakkarainen

4 күн бұрын

Soviet league goal scoring leaders were in 1980 Shalimov 34 goals Drotzdetzky 31 Varnakov 30 Priodin 27 Lavrentjev 27! Only Makarov 29 and Balderis 26 were in 1980 olympics!

Never knew the Flyers coach was Russian, fascinating! Love the history videos, you have a true knack for story telling my friend.

Thoroughly enjoyed this look back at that series. I remember that was the one and only time I pulled for the Flyers... or Bruins. The 3-3 New Years Eve game against Montreal was probably the best pure skill hockey game I've ever seen. Image if Canada's best players played together their entire career like the Soviets, how unbeatable they would have been. The NHL is definitely playing a more European/Soviet style of hockey these days. It is Don Cherry's worst nightmare!

@russellgrosser-7677

5 ай бұрын

Heh. I remember how much Cherry would harp on the late Borje Salming for allegedly being a "chicken Swede."

@timothyflanigan1777

5 ай бұрын

today’s nhl os being marketed with speed and skill. it does have a lot of young offensive gifted players. it definately is not the nhl i started watching in the very early 80’s.

The CSKA was the most intimidating team in the world until a little visit to Philly

@Vladdy89

3 ай бұрын

This entire series was a disgrace for North American hockey. That match in Philly became the final point of this disgrace. A bunch of dirty cowards knew very well that they could not beat CSKA at a game of hockey. Dirty hits and corrupt referees were the only way to “win.” Total disgrace.

@encycl07pedia-

2 ай бұрын

@@Vladdy89 So the USSR never laid hits on anyone? I find that hard to believe. I don't think 4-1 is purely "dirty" hits and "corrupt" referees. Most of the goals seemed to be devoid of hits.

@mitch3849

Ай бұрын

@@Vladdy89 imagine being this upset at old style hockey lmfao. found the 12 year old! newsflash buddy, they didn't call a lot of stuff. maybe you should cry to your stepdad and see if he cares

@Hoozeytwo

27 күн бұрын

@@Vladdy89 Outshot them 49-13 LOL!!!! Dirty hits and corrupt refs don't make those stats. They were outplayed and outsmarted.

The Soviets were disliked, but respected in nearly all NHL arenas. Not so in Philly. The Flyers HATED the Soviets, and everything they represented. Absolutely despised them and had no respect for them whatsoever. It really boiled down to national pride and chauvinism, and by extension, democracy vs. totalitarianism. Keep in mind, this was a team composed entirely of Canadian players. In fact, the 1975 Flyers team was the last all-Canadian team to win a Stanley Cup. Shero, Snider, Clarke & Co. took these games vs. the Soviets extremely personally, and in hindsight, I doubt anyone blamed them.

@chizorama

5 ай бұрын

This is one of the few times that all of Philly's(team, fans & city) faults became virtues. Calling it a hostile environment is an understatement, embodying the birthplace of the nation vs the commies, a script the best of writers couldn't only aspire to create.

I was 8 years old with my dad at that Flyers/Soviets game in '76. I still have the tickets. I saw the Flyers/Soviets game in '83 as well. Going to Flyers games in the 70's as a kid was beyond exciting!

@alanwylie7207

Ай бұрын

That’s cool you know I saw somebody uploaded a video of the full game on KZread. I think it’s titled super series 1976 Philadelphia Flyers versus Soviet red Army. It’s an hour and 40 minutes long.

@rogerholloway7362

Ай бұрын

I was 11 and was there with my dad. The Flyers played hard, efficient and finished their checks. The most exciting game I've ever been to.

As a semi new hockey fan I love to find videos of the old hockey so I can learn about the game’s history. Thank you go sir.

The Flyers subscribed to the old adage, "If you can't beat them in the alley, you can't beat them on the ice!" a quote from Conn Smythe. After the Soviets returned, they barely touched the puck as they were in fear of being hit again. If the NHL was smart, and they weren't, they would've used this method every time they played them in the future.

@Rockhound6165

4 ай бұрын

My favorite Fred Shero quote: "Take the shortest route to the puck and arrive in ill humor".

@user-it2nk5gf4c

3 ай бұрын

Not every team could play that game then. The Flyers had the toughness, skill, talent, defense and goaltending to do it. I was at that game, and it was AMAZING!

4 years later and the miracle on ice. ❤

Excellent job Nick. All of these series in the 70s,(and there were a few of them), were riveting for me as a kid. It was like aliens had landed. Always had a soft spot for the Czechs during these series. This one was pretty fun but, the game at the forum boy...you knew you were watching hockey history as it was happening

Absolutely great hockey blast from the past! Hockey is my obsession and i freeking love these kind of videos!

Do not underestimate Fred Shero's role in that victory. He studied the soviet hockey to a great detail and even went to moscow to talk to Tarasov (coach of the red army club and soviet national team) about various aspects of the game. I do not know if he feel a connection to that country (his parents came from there) or did not like it but he did an excellent job

Philly vs Red Army was a classic contest but nothing beats the 72 8 game series. That series had everything and in the end Canada rose up against unbelievable odds and just refused to be beaten. I still get chills when I review what those guys did.

Bruins fan. LOVED THE FLYERS THIS DAY...And Summit Series in 72 when Bobby Clsrk broke Kharlamovs ankle.

I wish the NHL was still this crazy and physical. won't ever see this much violence ever again in a hockey game.

I was way too young for this game, but my favorite game was, & still is, The Miracle on Ice, the first game that I actually remember watching. Eurizione's goal still gives me chills, I was bouncing off my couch & all over my living room screaming at the top of my lungs, & all Michael's "Do you believe in miracles? YES!!" is still the best sports comment imo. All things considered going into the matchup, to me it's the greatest moment in US sports history.

My favorite non NHL game of all time is the finals of the 1996 world cup of hockey. The series shouldve been easily won by canada, but the USA put up an incredible fight and ended up taking the championship.

@TwistedWristerHockey

5 ай бұрын

I honestly haven't heard any chatter about that game until now, so I gotta at least watch some highlights! Great suggestion.

@charlesmurphy1840

5 ай бұрын

Yeah that usa team was so underrated and at least 5 players on that us team should be in the hall of fame .I believe they aren’t because they are American .Canada doesn’t want to remember that game at all

@chizorama

5 ай бұрын

I still have game 3 on video tape, an incredible amount of talent on both sides & Richter's amazing performance make it 2nd only to the Miracle on Ice for me. I was very young for this Flyers vs commies game, but probably watched it with my Nana, as she was a huge Philly fan(of all sports).

@alangris365

Ай бұрын

Yes Canada without Lemieux Roy, Bourque ,Neely, and on and on . lol you sure showed Canada .

Nicely done nick

Man... Love your channel!!!

@TwistedWristerHockey

4 ай бұрын

Thank you, even when the channel's growing the way it has, comments like this can really keep me going. Have an awesome weekend!

For me, it's the Miracle on Ice. The highlight of US hockey history.

Thank you for doing this video on my Flyers 😅

Great video. Earned a sub here. Merry Christmas

@TwistedWristerHockey

5 ай бұрын

Thanks Ryan, Merry Twistmas!

My favorite non NHL game moment came in the 1987 Canada Cup final Game #3 Canada vs. Russia. Incredible hockey with two powerhouse teams going at it

Fun video Thanks !

Thank you for this!

My favourite hockey game was on February 7/1976 when Darryl Sittler of The Toronto Maple Leafs scored 6 goals and added another 4 assists to lead The Leafs to an 11 - 4 victory over The Boston Bruins.

Either the 2010 Olympics Gold Medal game, or Game 8 of the '72 Summit Series.

The golden goal. Enough said

One time I was a Flyers fan from Boston. Flyers were awesome that game.

7:10 Oh, I'd say he did more than "sneak it". Freaking blistering shot.

Gold medal game. Sweden vs. Finland. 2006 Torino. 200'× 100' Olympic sized sheet of ice. Smokin' & drinking Jim Beam sours for breakfast watching at a picturesque lake house in Bigfork, MN (Iron Range) No congestion, lots of gorgeous passing, a real feast for the eyes. 2003 MN High school Hockey Tournament. Public school / blue collar town (Anoka) with a handful of rink rats from my neighborhood won the whole thing . Lots of quick release, flexed shaft, wristers, (influenced by Gaborik) playing pickup boot hockey games sith them, all night after their hours long, outdoor practices. (I was the warming house attendant with keys to the lights) Seeing them upset all the open enrollment, all-star, heavily scouted, snooty rich kid schools and skate the trophy around was the most fun I've ever had watching sports.

Amazing thing about the Flyers is that David Schultz had never had a fight before he played with the Flyers

Quebec Nordiques WHA beat the USSR National team and Tretriak 6-1 on January 8,1977 in the afternoon. Nords had played and won in New England the night before. They were using Ed Humphries a back up goalie. They then played and won the next night against San Diego.

this might sound strange or weird to many people. my favorite game was in 1980, when the US pounded Czechoslovakia in the second game of the Olympics. that was a very talented Czech team. that had the Stastny's, and other very good players that defected. they were supposed to be the second best team after the Soviets. this game laid the foundation of winning the Gold.

Thank you for properly explaining what happened in Full!

awesome job nick keep up the great work

I have watched that game Flyers- Soviets and the series with the soviets in 1976 against the NHL teams and the Red Army was not better than the Montreal Canadians at that time but Tretiak made a huge difference to tied the game! The Flyers were also very talented but also Fred Shero knew how to beat them! They just played their style of hockey against the Red Army but the Red Army was not able to change their way of playing and adapt to it! The Flyers played what we called today the Trap that game, blocking the center! Fred Shero was a genius! Remember in 1976 Flyers against Montreal, Flyers missed Bernie Parent in the goal and also Rick McLeish a brilliant player! Montreal won the series in 4 games, but only one goal difference in every one of the four games! The Flyers were very talented, like the Montreal Canadians! I was delighted to see the Flyers playing against the Red Army and giving them a lesson! Bobby Clarke despise the Russians from the 1972 series and for very good reasons! The Russians were delioyals, using all kind of tactics against the Canadian team, especially during the four games in Moscow! But, as the series was coming to a close, the superiority of the Canadian players was more and more obvious, despite Tretiak performance who was the reason why the Russians were able to compete!

@tpatrick6902

4 ай бұрын

Agree! the games were all 1 goal affairs, Philly without Vezina winner Parent and perennial 35-50 goal scorer Macleish ( also their best skater) would have changed that outcome undoubtedly. Imagine if Montreal entered that series without Dryden and say Steve Shutt, and Philly had Parent and Macleish? I've Maintained for years, the Flyers, had they been healthy, win in 1976. Those 1 goal losses turned around. Revisionist history sees it differently, but youve pointed out the deciding factor. Thanks for the great comment.

@Rockhound6165

4 ай бұрын

@@tpatrick6902 Parent wasn't 100% either having missed most of the season with a neck injury. Had he been healthy and continued his ridiculous goaltending from the previous 2 seasons who knows what the series would have been. And you're right, not having MacLeish didn't help but Reggie Leach was down right filthy that season scoring 80 combined goals between the regular season and the playoffs.

one moment in Canadian men hockey history the 2010 Vancouver team winning gold

Any of us at a certain age there's no doubt it was Henderson's goal,in game 8, in Moscow.Others will say Mario or Sid's goal.Americans would say the "miracle on ice".I was a huge Flyer fan when this game was played and remember it like yesterday..:)

One of my fave games winter Olympics in Vancouver gold metal game

interesting story my favorite game of all time is the 2022 world juniors gold game, most intense overtime of all time

Boris was a winger. The center was Petrov

Hmm, I want to say… Game 2 of the ‘79 Challenge Cup. Watching this because I’m very interested in the Soviet hockey system - and props to you for pronouncing the Russians’ names correctly! ❤

@TwistedWristerHockey

5 ай бұрын

Thanks, I love linguistics 😁

I was born in 73 15 minutes from center city Philly in the suburbs.I’ve been a flyers fan my entire life .sad I was to young too remember any of there teams until 1980..my mother took me to both parades and a week after they won there second cup my parents took me too see the Ringling brothers circus and sat next to Bernie Parent ..they have pictures of me as a baby with Bernie holding me like the Stanley cup..lol I guarantee my dad and him had a couple drinks that night

@TwistedWristerHockey

5 ай бұрын

LOL that's amazing!! I hear he was a character, to say the least.

I remember seeing a documentary of this game years back. Ed van Impe said something to the effect of "He ran into my elbow with his chin". I don't think that russian player was faking lol. But hey, I wasn't alive to see that game.

@ColonizerChan

5 ай бұрын

he prolly wasn't faking, least i'd hope for the sanctity of the game. however they were really pushing the limits. they def made some risks and paid the price for it by playing the flyers like that

When the Soviets brought club teams over to play NHL teams they always added all star players from other Soviet teams, yes even the Red Army team that was loaded with National team players was bolstered.If they sent over 2 teams you can be asured they sent the best 44 players.

@TwistedWristerHockey

5 ай бұрын

Thanks for pointing that out; I had read that somewhere as well.

One of the greatest moments in my teams history

@user-it2nk5gf4c

3 ай бұрын

No question. Prior to this, the NHL thought the Flyers were nothing but Bullies, and bullied their way to 2 Stanley Cups. We in Philly knew better. We had HAll-of-Fame talent in Parent, Clarke, and Barber. Not to mention talented players like Macleish, Dornhoefer, Lonsberry, Bladon, and the Watsons.

I never dug the way those Flyer cats played....Peace !

How about a 72 summit series video?

@russellgrosser-7677

5 ай бұрын

That would be SWEET!

I loved the bulls they played all three periods. It's nice to get your moneyes worth.

Go Flyers!!!!

Great time to be a kid flyers beat the Russians and my Habs went on to win the Cup 4x ❤ Summit series was great but that USA 1980 team was one of my favorites watched live waving my American flag while ( being ) 🇨🇦 back in the burbs of MTL

First I want to say thank you for making this video and telling this story. Just giving feedback, starting at 1:31 the Russian names are pretty wrong. Respectfully, you should have just copy pasted from wikipedia or just spelled them in our alphabet. You're using the Cyrillic letters that look similar to our letters but are just wrong like using "D" sound д in place of "A"s and "Я" is "ya" nothing like "R" so I'm just like wtf am I reading.

The series was won. The last match didn't mean anything. Loktev left Petrov, Zhluktov, and Tsygankov in reserve for him. When he was persuaded to return the team, he gave the installation: "Just finish the match without injury, I don't care about the score." The NHL descended to open banditry and was punished. In the following seasons, the best players visited only with the WHA clubs. With great difficulty, Ziegler managed to invite Soviets Wings twice in 1977/78 and 1978/79. Both series were also won by the Soviets, and the Flyers barely equalized in the 1979 match.

It's Gary Dornhofer, not Larry.

@TwistedWristerHockey

4 ай бұрын

Right you are, I must've been thinking Larry since I had just mentioned Goodenough's goal 🤦‍♂️

Back when the ice was filled with real men.

I love the flyers,lot of cheap shots not good

3 game series 1987 canada cup final

Despicable by the Flyers. Soviets just trying to play hockey out there.

@user-it2nk5gf4c

3 ай бұрын

Too bad the Soviets were only skill players at that time and afraid of getting hit. Hockey is meant to be a physical game, not just a bunch of figure skaters out there.

None NHL favorite game of all time is probably Sweden vs Finland from 2003 when Finland had a 5-1 lead after half the game, Sweden makes a goalie change and comes back to win 6-5.

In today's world, they would be ostracized for bullying and the media would turn against them

What a bunch of divers! The Van Impe check was nothing

They lost the ‘72 summit series.

You're not going to call a penalty so we'll leave . What pansies

@supersasukemaniac

5 ай бұрын

Then came back when threatened with not being paid. I fmguess the Communists love Capitalism afterall.

The game against Montreal was the greatest game ever played. Although the game against the flyers wasn't a great game, it certainty sent a message.

Never use that font again. Cyrillic isn't just weird or mirrored Latin characters. Я is "ya," not "R."

I have no love for the commies, but don’t glorify the Flyers from the 70’s. they were a bunch of goons and played incredibly dirty hockey. At the time, the sentiment was different, but looking back, it’s frankly embarrassing. Look at the 72 series. Who took the most egregious penalty? Clarke with his 2 handed chop. How does any fan actually cheer for that?

@user-it2nk5gf4c

3 ай бұрын

The Flyers simply built a team to be able to compete with the Big Bad Bruins, the Black Hawks and the Rangers. I won't condone Clarke's slash of Karlamov, but for the most part the Russian's were skill players, used to playing a skill game, of which they were better than almost everyone. But they couldn't adjust to the Flyers type of game which cost them. They were severely intimidated on the ice. The truth of the matter was, their bus was kept running because they couldn't wait to get out of Philly!! And we were more than happy to see them skulk out of the City with an embarassing loss! Viv la democracy!!

This entire series was a disgrace for North American hockey. That match in Philly became the final point of this disgrace. A bunch of dirty cowards knew very well that they could not beat CSKA at a game of hockey. Dirty hits and corrupt referees were the only way to “win.” Total disgrace.

@alanwylie7207

Ай бұрын

That could not be further from the truth the flyers dominated that game. There’s a reason why the Soviets only had 13 shots on goal. They stood up to the red army met them at the blue line and didn’t let them get any further. Those dirty hits so-called were normal for hockey at that time. The flyers were the better team The Flyers coach knew that team and study the Soviets. That’s the reason why the Flyers won. it had nothing to do with corrupt referees or any other BS.

Canadian wolves in sheep's clothing. The Russian's got pummeled by not so polite Canadian hockey players wearing the hockey jersey of an American team. There's good reason why Canada and the US are good friends and share the longest undefended border in the world. We are very much like minded nations.

@AlexAnder-ky2ce

3 ай бұрын

By like minded you of course mean that when USA tells you to jump you ask "how high, sir??"

Clark, and the Flyers of that era, were, and always will be a complete disgrace to the game of hockey. While Clarke was a skilled player, there is no excuse for his disgusting slash to the ankle of Kharlamov's ankle. He should have been suspended for at least one season, if not more. Goons.

@lancecampbell4323

5 ай бұрын

The 72 series will never be repeated for emotion and intensity. You have no idea what it did to the entire country. I was a Canadiens fan who hated the goon Flyers. BUT. When Clarke broke Kharlamov’s ankle, he became a hero for the ages. Fun fact: Clarke was a late addition to Team Canada when Walter Tkachuk turned down the invitation.

@stephenallsman8913

5 ай бұрын

You sound like a Russian

@tpatrick6902

4 ай бұрын

The league doubled in size on the back of those "goons" as they were by far the biggest draw in the States. Love em or hate em... The Bullies built the modern NHL.

Great video, but Flyers were goons using refs swallowing their whistles to their full advantage. They knew they couldn't beat the Soviets in skill and they knew Soviets couldn't retaliate with the same goonery so they just went to town with dirty plays. If the Soviets did the same thing to us we'd still be crying about it, "rules for thee but not for me".

@user-it2nk5gf4c

3 ай бұрын

They wouldn't have beaten us then either. The Soviets were finesse and skill players only. The NHL game in those days was a more physical game in the smaller NHL rinks. Less room for those skilled skaters to skate, so the Flyers basically played a trap game 15 years ahead of its time. Daring the Soviets, who only wanted to pass to get into the zone and tried to skate around you. 4 guys at the blue line daring them to come into the zone. The Flyers didn't bite on their strategy because Fred Shero knew their tactics and developed his own strategy to combat it. Flyers had the players to play that system and win.

@AlexAnder-ky2ce

3 ай бұрын

@@user-it2nk5gf4c It certainly doesn't take much strategy or tactics to skate from behind somebody and crosscheck them into the head or slash them fullforce into an ankle. That's not "physical style of play" that's knowing you're going to be beat and using every dirty trick in the book to try and get an advantage. The soviets already beat NHL team in every previous matchup of that series, so there's no question that they could handle the "more physical style of play" that was common in the NHL. The difference is that the Broad Street Bullies got away with doing dirty and dangerous moves that in any other context would have gotten each of the players that tried that crap a match penalty.

This was a disgrace seeing Flyers bullied the Russian, knowing that nobody will retaliate. Montreal kicked their ass later in stanley cup séries.

@user-it2nk5gf4c

3 ай бұрын

We were down 2 Hall-of-Fame players and they still didn't kick our ass. The won each game by 1 goal. Thats it. But those Canadien teams were great, no doubt about it.