The memory of THG is truely impressive the fact he can recall particular games from over 40 years ago is insane.

@TheHockeyGuy

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It's big moments that stand out for me, especially when they are a total surprise.

@jigzjood

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He looked it up lol 😂 but whatever I like this video .... brings back memories wished he went further back ... but im older then Shanon ... 😮😂

@JeffKing310

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@@jigzjoodI don’t think he looked it up - I remember distinct games from that era and THG has shown impressive recall over the years

1997 Oilers vs Stars was incredible. Kind of overshadowed by the bad blood between the wings and Avs

@TayR0C

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That's what I thought of for 1997.

@michaelkeller5927

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That Marchant goal is my favorite hockey memory

@TayR0C

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@@michaelkeller5927 me too.

as far as playoff GAMES go… 2008 Bruins-Canadiens Game 6… best sports game I’ve ever been to

That‘s just another example of innovative, entertaining content on an almost ridiculous daily basis. Can’t emphasize enough how thankful I am to have stumbled upon your channel one lucky day way back in the past!

As a Habs fan I like this guy's dad

2009 Second Round Red Wings vs. Ducks was an epic rematch from the 2007 Conference Finals and came down to a series winner by Dan Cleary with 3 minutes left in Game 7.

Good call on the audible. You had to pick the VAN vs CGY in 1994. HAD TO. It was an amazing series as a Canucks fan. I will never forget McLean's save in Game 7.

Detroit Maple Leafs 😂 Man I love this Channel

@McSomething15

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Twice he said Detroit (other team's mascot) in this video. Funny both times.

@dawnsempire8510

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i was hoping he would complete it by saying the Toronto Red Wings and the Colorado Red Wings 😂

@chrisman867

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@@dawnsempire8510 what about the Winnipeg Red Wings? 😂😂

The 1994 Eastern Conference Finals between the Rangers and Devils was the best playoff series I've ever watched, in any sport.

@michaelleroy9281

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Mark Messier guaranteed the Rangers would win

@roopan1968

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@@michaelleroy9281 He certainly delivered...DO YOU BELIEVE IT?....DO YOU BELIEVE IT?

@jeffreylewis8019

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Correct answer.

Plz do 2001-2023

@bbadlar3

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😄

@mahockey3

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I would assume that's next on the list

@Anthony-945

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He said he was going to do that. He said it less than a minute into this video.

@maverik094

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@@Anthony-945 no he said "2001-2020" not "2001-2023" you need to watch videos more carefully

Great video as always! Looking forward to the 2001-2020'sh video you're going to do. I'm not THG by any means to speak for the 2022 playoffs, but I gotta say watching the Game 2 between the Avs and Lightning was just magical: it felt like Colorado was doing everything perfectly with that 7-0 shutout (I think that's the game Rantanen did a penguin dive which I loved doing when I learned how to play hockey in 5th grade)

Love the historic videos. Keep 'em coming!

Great video shannon. Unique

Awesome vid, would love to see more like this

Another great video, Shannon. 👍

Cool video hockey dude 😎

Roy did say in an interview with osgood that he felt the aves had lost their focus and the rivalry went overboard, at least from his perspective, when him and ozzy had their fight in 1998. After that, they focused more on winning games. It also shows that eventually, those two teams would play the first game in a long time that had no penalty minutes. Imo, their rivalry has not been the same since the big lockout in 04-05. Makes some sense though as thats around the time many of the players are beginning to retire from playing.

Great stuff!

My favorites: 1994 ECF Rangers v. Devils...the Messier guarantee! 1982 Islanders v. Penguins- Pens were a severe underdog. Isles blew out the Pens the first two games (8-1, 7-2). Pens won the next two and the Isles won game 5 in OT.

if hockey were an addictive drug you would be the face of people who needed help. Love your content keep it up bud!

You should add onto your classic series playlist, I love the nhl history videos .

The most memorable and fun series for me were the 2022 first round between the Flames and the Stars. The 2014 Stanley Cup Final between LA and New York Rangers (Mainly for the Alex Martinez Goal) and the 2012 Western Conference Final between LA and the Coyotes (11 year old me wanted the yotes to win so badly and that series started my fandom for the Yotes RIP Arizona)

Interesting that in the 80s, the memorable game was won by the series winner in every matchup except for Detroit vs. Toronto in 1987. The Leafs went up 3-1 with that game 4 win, then blew it as the Wings won 3 in a row to advance to the conference final.

Great idea! Some that stand out to me is the 93 Nyi over Pit 4-3, 86 Mtl over Har 4-3, and 87 Edm over Phi 4-3.

94 the Rangers/Devils or the Rangers/Canucks series, both were great. And as a Wings fan 96 vs the Blues Yzerman with the double overtime Slapper from just over the blue line. Wings/Blues in the 90s was almost as good as Wings/Avs

Here is all the Teams in order and how many times they were put on the board: Calgary Flames: 5 Philadelphia Flyers: 2 Vancouver Canucks: 2 Chicago Blackhawks: 4 Edmonton Oilers: 4 New York Islanders: 1 Winnipeg Jets/Arizona: 1 Detroit Red Wings: 2 Toronto Maple Leafs: 2 Boston Bruins: 2 Montreal Canadiens: 3 MIN North Stars/ Dallas Stars: 3 Los Angeles Kings: 1 New Jersey Devils: 2 Florida Panthers: 1 Pittsburgh Penguins: 1 Colorado Avalanche: 2 Ottawa Senators: 1 That’s all of them.

Props cause I can’t remember that far back. 94 has to be NJ vs NY

Pavel Bure avenging Joel Otto's illegal goal is a great memory. It's a shame the Canucks didn't beat the hated Rangers

Dino Ciccarrelli and Minnesota were so exciting in 1981. They came from nowhere. My least favourite series from that year had the Oilers sweeping the Habs in the first round 3-0. Still remember Larry Robinson with his gloves off ready fight and that coward Messier Standing back wielding his stick and threatening to axe chop Robinson with it in the head. I think in 1982 it was the 4-3 Quebec series win over Boston. Huge swings in that series. I think the Bruins won a game 8-4. And quebec won one 7-2. That was like Goulet and the Stasny''s versus Rick Middleton and Barry Pederson and Terry O'reilly. 1986 Yeah Battle of Alberta. I went to one of the St Louis games. They almost lost to Federko and gilmour in St Lous 1989 it was that first 7 game Vancouver vs Calgary series. Back and forth in that series and the toughest series they had, Amazing series montreal had never lost a stanley cup final in Montreal before 91 Pittsburgh dominating Minnesota Men vs Boys. 92 Ditto Pittsburgh vs Chicago 93 Toronto losing to LA 94 Rangers Canucks final 95 playoffs were pretty bad 96 Colorado beating Detroit in 6 97 Detroit over Colorado in 6 99 Colorado beat Detroit Dallas Beat Colorado 00 sorry Boring 2001 Colorado took out New Jersey and the trap. 2002 Carolina was so exciting. beating Toronto in 6 2003 Ottawa finally advanced in the playoffs and lost to New Jersey in 7 2004 Calgary beating Vancouver in 7 in the first round again.

What a fun idea for a video!!

Not Detroit vs St. Louis fornthe 1996 option? Steve Yzerman's iconic double OT winner?

1997 still breaks my heart. The Flyers had steamrolled their way through the playoffs including beating both Mario Lemieux and Wayne Gretzky only to fold in the finals. I mean they never showed up. It was so bad that Terry Murray got fired. And how do you not pick the Flyers/Penguins series in 2000? I mean they had a game that went 5 overtimes.

For me in 1985, and yes I'm biased, was the Flyers/Nordiques conference finals. Flyers won 4-2 and the game in that one was game 6 with the Flyers winning but the backbreaker was Dave Poulin scoring a shorthanded goal in a 5 on 3 which killed the Nordiques spirits. 1987, game 6 of the finals was the greatest hockey game I've ever seen. The Flyers down 2-1, Brian Propp scored a power play goal to tie it then a minute and a half later JJ Daigneault scored from the point to give the Flyers the lead. I swear I heard the crowd pop from my house in South Jersey. Of course game 6 of the Wales Conference finals should be a favorite in anyone's book with the Flyers and Canadiens having a Slap Shot type pre-game brawl with guys fighting with no shirts on or in flip flops. 1989 Flyers/Canadiens was the official death of the Broad Street Bullies.

I was hoping you’d have canadiens/whalers 85/86. Great series and the best for the Whalers. If the Whale wins that series they win the cup.

In '95 I'd have to go with the Devils sweeping the Red Wings. Detroit was heavily favored, for good reason, but that NJ team just wasn't going to be stopped. And as far as the NJ/Dallas series goes I remember two things vividly from game 6: that incredible pass by Elias to Arnott to clinch it, and Elias/Larry Robinson wearing Sykora's jersey during the celebration after Sykora got laid out by Hatcher earlier in the game. Though my personal favorite series was the Devils against Flyers. An incredible comeback by NJ and Elias has one of, if not my favorite, goal in Devils history when he scored the GWG late.

Was surprised to not see a rangers devils icon in 94! haha

1994. Perfect answer! I’ll admit Demko’s save last night was really close to Kirk’s “The Save” in how awesome it was.

14:09 *laughs in Ulf Samuelsson*

Great video I made a Facebook post for mine from 2016 to present a while ago

I’m just glad Shane didn’t go with the Easter Epic for 87. Still feel scars every now and again even with 2018.

Just started this and im hoping Avs Devils 2001 made this list. One of the best ive ever seen!

As a Devils fan I came in here thinking the Devils would not appear at all, I'm definitely happy with these results though. That Devils vs Star series was a good one. For Devils fan it was starting to feel like a Hollywood movie where the Hero keeps on getting beat down by the superior opponent but kept on managing to stand up and with a lot of guts manages to beat his opponent.

@poejavelski148

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That description doesn’t really fit what actually happened. The Devils were the better team in the standings and were up 3-1 in the series.

@Xirik-Alansei

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@@poejavelski148 The hero is Dallas in my description.

@Xirik-Alansei

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@@matthewdaley746 A clean hit from Stevens gets you angry but you gloss over Tie Domi's blatant headshot.👍

@poejavelski148

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@@Xirik-Alansei Oh, but Dallas didn’t win in the end… I think the best hero story for that description is when the 2018 Caps finally beat the Penguins (the villain that kept beating them before) and then went onto the cup.

Guess who's going to be the new coach of the Buffalo Sabers? Yep you called it. Lindy Rupp

Moog took the net off its moorings in 1991 in game 7 against the habs-my best memory from that series is Cam Neely from just behind the blue line launching a slap shot that beat Roy to his glove side in game 7-it ended up being the game winner 2-1

Wow, I don't remember the Florida rats all the way back then. I didn't think that happened until later. In '96 I was in college, trying to focus on shoolwork & working a lot in my free time. Didn't get to see much hockey that year unfortunately.

What era is that North Stars jersey? The green is darker than the green I remember, but I think of the Modano Stars, which had basically the exact same colour scheme as he did for the PA Raiders…

@michaelleroy9281

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The North Stars Green jersey he's wearing was worn from 1978 -1988 for the 88-89 season black was added

My dad would have disowned me if I told him I'm a Bruins fan 😂 93 was a bonkers cup final, especially the McSorley illegal curve since the Habs were probably going to loose until the Kings took that bonehead penalty.

For the nostalgia as one of my first memorable memories, the 2003 Stanley Cup Final is still my favorite

2017- Ducks Oilers game five. Easily one of my favorite games ever watched growing up in the next video

Bruh how do you remember all this

1983 Patrick Division Semi-Finals (3 of 5) Game 3. Flyers finished 20 some points ahead of Rangers, laughed at them as "Smurfs." Rangers won first two in Philly, came home to raucus Garden (I was there with my two young sons), half crowd carrying Smurf dolls. Smurf Line alone, Anders Hedberg (2 goals 1 assist) Rob McClanahan (2 goals 3 assists) and Mark Pavelich (3 assists) outscored Broad Street Bullies, 4-3, on route to 9-3 rout for the sweet sweep. Thirty penalties in the game.

1994 would have to be Rangers-Canucks in the finals for a non-Vancouver fan or the epic ECF between the Rangers and Devils

1997: The coaches may not have fought on the ice but that was the game where Marc Crawford climbed up at the end of the bench to scream at Scotty Bowman!

I didn't know the stats on the '91 N Stars. I didn't start watching hockey until the next season. I looked it up recently and they were ridiculously bad stats wise. Also looked up some of the game highlights from the teams they beat. Crazy run as they had no business beating one great team after another on the way to the finals.

I barely remember the Oilers first cup in 1984, but after that my favourite series was: 1985: QUE vs MTL 1986: CGY vs MTL 1987: QUE vs MTL 1988: BOS vs NJ 1989: PHI vs MTL 1990: EDM vs BOS 1991: BOS vs MTL 1992: PIT vs WAS 1993: MTL vs QUE 1994: NYR vs NJ 1995: NJ vs PHI 1996: COL vs DET 1997: DET vs COL 1998: EDM vs COL 1999: BUF vs TOR

in the good old days when you team got eliminated, you stopped watching hockey and switch to baseball. expos are gone but memories last a lifetime

Not choosing Rangers-Devils in '94 is criminal

@TheHockeyGuy

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Because the Canucks rallied from 3-1 down with three straight OT wins.

@rangers11ization

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Agreed

@RIPJimmyA7X

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Someone telling someone else that their personal favorite is wrong is the funniest thing

Or the NYR. They won in the Forum in Montreal over the Montreal Maroons in 1928.

First rounds should be best of five now.

Appreciate🤫🤔🙈Nostalgia, memories video: ▪︎81 Going by, my nhl sticker book, patty riggin & willie plett were, beast, lol. And, going by your love for your throwback jersey. Some, guys named beaupre, cicarelli & payner. ▪︎82 Brodeur, gradin & smyl. ▪︎83 Bannerman, lit up like🎄. ▪︎84 Turning point, mid 2nd period, the moose took charge. ▪︎85 Throw, pelle lindberg memory in there. ▪︎86 Steve smith. Otherwise, oilers dynasty at five cups !? ▪︎87 Throw, ronnie hextall memory in there. Or, LaFontaine easter OT special. ▪︎88 Boston blackout. ▪︎89 Lanny. Or, gretzky beats his old team. ▪︎90 Throw, Billy randford memory in there. ▪︎91 OH, baby ! ▪︎93 Gretzky poking gilmour. .....Ooo, I'm spent.

Before 1988 Boston hadn’t beat Montreal in a playoff series since 1943 which was an 18 series win run for the Canadiens. My all-time favorite playoff series was the Habs 1971 quarterfinal win over the Bruins with game 2 being the most memorable. After Boston won game 1 and leading 5-1 in game 2 the Canadiens stormed back to win the game 7-5 before putting the series away in game 7 in Boston by a 4-2 score. It was as big of an upset as the US Olympic hockey team beating the Russians in 1980.

Disagree with almost your entire 90s list. However, that's the great thing about these is they're entirely subjective and force me to recall other games I barely remember.

Chicago and Habs fans punching the air right now (It's me. My favorite and second favorite team)

Unlike many Canadians, THG must not smoke weed, hence the good recall.

Just out of curiousity HOW THE HELLO DO U REMEMBER THIS?

How can you not like the 99 NO GOAL series with the sabres/ stars. Should have went to 7. Sabres got screwed. But Lindy is back in buffalo! Get ready!

you should do a part 2 up to 2023

@justinz5617

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nvm just got to that part in the video

94 Sharks, beating the top seeded Red Wings. Irbe-Irbe-Irbe….😮

2001-2023 plz!

I don't know about "favorite", but the series which to me was the most memorable beyond it's practical significance was the 1997 second-round series between the Red Wings and the LA Ducks (then known as the Anaheim Mighty Ducks). Detroit won that series in a four-game sweep, but it was not a typical sweep, as three of the four games went to overtime. The Ducks did very well for what then was a one-line team with a hot goaltender (who was injured in game 2 and missed the rest of the series), which was playing in their playoff debut against the eventual Stanley Cup champion. The most disturbing part of the series for me was game 3 in Anaheim, when the fans started chanting "USA!" whenever Detroit's "Russian Five" unit was on the ice. This was eight years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, and prior to Russian aggression in Chechnya, Georgia, or Ukraine, so there was no reason for anti-Russian bigotry at that time, but old habits from the cold war apparently died hard. I remember wishing that I could ask the crowd what really bothered them, the fact that Detroit used a unit of five Russian players, or the fact that these players kept shooting the puck past their Russian goalie (who had started the series as Guy Hebert's backup). But overall, the series worked out well for the Red Wings. Completing it in four games gave the team a full week to get ready for the Avalanche. When asked if that might be too long of a break, then-Red Wings coach Scotty Bowman said that he wasn't worried, thanks to the overtimes. They had just played the playing-time equivalent of nearly six regulation games over the course of just one week, so their conditioning level was through the roof, even beyond what is typical for pro athletes. He predicted that he would have the team ready to charge out of the gate for the next series, and he certainly made good on that promise.

Mentions that Game 7 Calgary Edmonton in 1986 is your favourite game and you DIDN'T bring up the Steve Smith incident...🤔

15:36 Maple Leafs fans steaming about Kerry Fraser in Game 6

@blackenedmagic888

Ай бұрын

Rumour has it that it's illegal to utter his name in Toronto - not unlike Norm Green's name in Minnesota.

Wait a second, devils rangers 94?! Hello?!?

No nordic- habs. Well there are alot to chose from

I’d you don’t do any of the Sabres series from the 05/06 run in the next video, I’ll be really disappointed.

If only Hartford had upset Boston in round 1 then Washington could've made the Cup Finals in 1990

OMthg no Nordiques-Habs or Nordiques-Bruins ? 🤔

Detroit Maple Leafs? 🤣🤣

This is favorites and I respect that, but if this was talking about the BEST playoff series of each year, it should’ve been ECF Rangers vs Devils

@HankingMySchrader

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@@matthewdaley746 messier even admitted in game 6 they were planning the parade more than they were focusing on the game and that’s why it went to 7

Save these videos for the off season brother

@TheHockeyGuy

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For what reason?

Can someone explain how Calgary played Philly in not that finals ? They couldn’t have been in the same conference?

@mattanderson6336

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That was back in the era when the NHL lumped the whole league together by points and not by division. The Minneapolis paper wouldn’t even show the division standings. It was just by points top to bottom.

@chadrichards6607

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@@mattanderson6336 thanks for this! I had some being born to do in 1981 lol

@LARGO125

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Early 80's playoff brackets were wierd. I believe Edmonton played Montreal in the 1st or 2nd round that year as well.

@johnburns9634

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@@LARGO125 Swept Montreal round one.

21st century soon?

1991 Stanley Cup Final Penguins vs North Stars Mario Lemieux wins first Stanley Cup

the Detroit Maple Leafs are the best team the league has ever seen.

Dallas cheated to win in 1999 I’d hardly say the Sabres had no chance out of the east

No audio for anyone else?

@BiggsDarklighter_

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Happens when the video is fresh. Give er a minute and it should play

@edtierney6076

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There it is, ty!!

Wasn't 1999 the year of the 'controversial' winning goal with Hull's skate in the crease? The way they called it all season you couldn't have a toe in the crease. I remember a lot of pissed off sabres fans.

@Summjt

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It was NO GOAL and everyone knows it... disgruntled buffalo fan here 😂

@michaelleroy9281

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I've heard this story about that game after all the overtime periods the referees were tired they wanted to go back to their hotel and go to bed so they allowed the goal

@csolivais1979

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You could be in the crease if a) you had possession of the puck or b) the puck entered the crease before you. On video review, they ruled that Hull had possession of the puck before he entered the crease. While I was happy Dallas won, I always found that ruling dubious.

No you can thank steelers fans for towels 😂😂 tf…

we still hate the avalanches

@mattanderson6336

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It was the same when they were in Quebec!

I see you like to see the habs lose

@tendresseak27

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@@matthewdaley746 unfortunately I know you're mostly right. Like the leafs, you either love them or you don't. Surprisingly, as a habs fan, one of my favourite series ever is when they lost to the bruins in 7 in 2011 with the final game ending in overtime.

@tendresseak27

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@@matthewdaley746 if I remember right, every game besides the first 1 was a one goal game. One of the best series I ever witnessed. So heartbreaking however to lose a game 7 in ot.

habs hater! ;)

Boo Hoo the Habs got enough championships they shouldn’t be crying

@mattanderson6336

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Just like John D. Rockefeller was about money. ‘Just a little bit more.’ Go Habs Go!