Nordiques vs Canadiens Apr 20, 1984 Good Friday Game

[Ardge26]

There's this guy I know named Aaron. I gave him a crack like the one at 3:05. He was running his mouth so I shut it for him.



[floundermsu]

This is a great brawl, one of the best of all time; but I always find it funny how (and still to this day), Montreal will start this crap, and then whine when they get what's coming to them. The Slegher cheap shot is bull, but the Canadiens really should have thought about WHY it happened.

[floundermsu]

@floundermsu The brawl actually starts why? Because a Montreal player decides to muck up the Quebec goalie, and then act all cute about it.

[grahamgill31450]

@floundermsu The brawl starts because a HOF defenseman runs into a goalie who is most famous for having his neck cut open! With all respect to Malarchuk, he was a great goalie

[floundermsu]

During the initial brawl, how many times do you see multiple Canadiens to one Nordique? Quite a few. The most hypocritical franchise in hockey, as it's always been, and always will be.

[grahamgill31450]

@floundermsu How can the greatest franchise in the history of hockey be hypocritical? Who are you, Don Cherry?

[grahamgill31450]

@floundermsu The Chicago Bulls aren't hypocritical, BarcelonaFC aren't hypocritical, the New York Yankees aren't hypocritical and the San Francisco 49ers certainly aren't hypocritical. So why is the most successful team in the history of sport hypocritical. Go back and watch your minor league team Quebec!

[floundermsu]

Yup, low and behold, Montreal starts both ends of this, gets the worst of it, and I'd bet good money that 27 years ago, right after this game, they whined incessantly about it.

[grahamgill31450]

@floundermsu Yeah whatever you say, but which team won 24 Stanley Cups and which team is now in Colorado?

[sk8trdudenoob]

It was a good friday

[sk8trdudenoob]

Read the decription

[NameyMD]

What sparked all this?

[AEMoreira81]

@NameyMD It was a fight between #22 for the Nordiques and a Canadiens player, number unknown. Then of course, Chris Nilan sparks an all-out riot.

[weasel990]

@NameyMD the teams utter hate for one another

[bayridges1991]

best hockey of the 80s... habs vs. quebec..... nhl bring nhl hockey back to quebec city...... as a toronto fan the league needs the nordiques back now!!!!!!

[bayridges1991]

@bayridges1991

[WranglerD92]

that was awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!

that's when hockey was hockey

[WranglerD92]

that was awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!



[ZeppelinFromtheLake]

you know a hockey fight is epic when it has its own wikipedia page :-)

[LDPKristo27]

REF-ça va pas être un cadeau a soir......

[smathboy18]

lol hard game for the announcer too

[excelofadown11]

Is this "Good Friday" Brawl of Nordiques vs. Canadiens shown in "Best Damn Sports Show Period"? If they don't have it on "Best Damn Sports Show Period", howcome they're unsend back then.

[chaoticbiotch]

I would have tom-a-hawked Sleigher.

[msevegny]

Un beau clin d'oeil à Dale Sévégny.....

Dale a souvent visionné cette video..... Au début de la 3e période, vous pouvez voir Dale Hunter & Richard Sévégny en venir aux coups.....

Dale Hunter +Richard Sévégny = Dale Sévégny

Dale, tu étais un vrai..... Tu as réalisé un de tes rêves..... Tu l'as eu ta Coupe Stanley!

Je suis vraiment fier de toi mon Champion.

Ton père Martin

[AEMoreira81]

And the other casualty not called: referee Bruce Hood; he retired after these playoffs.

[brycejames3]

I can't believe that nobody went after Sleigher for that sucker-punch....everybody was scared of him

[Akab6]

wow no advertisements on the boards...too bad it isn't like that anymore

[wayner8088]

I can't remember the outcome of that game...did they finish it?

[T14PAJ1414]

Hockey fights are stupid, and pointless.

Oh, by the way, my girlfriend is really, REALLY cute.

So yeah, now you know.

[Smurtlis]

Crowd got what they paid for :D

[Smurtlis]

This is cute

[marpetpet]

I would NEVER let my kids watch this, what a terrible example for them; there is nothing clever or honourable about these morons, they are just laughable retards. Ban ice hockey! These thugs belong in prison, not on TV for children to watch! They (and you) are no better than dumb brunks brawling outside a bar.

[brancojeff]

Ban ice hockey? your a fucking joke.

Dont like Hockey DONT WATCH!!!

[marpetpet]

@brancojeff - oh yes, not watching is the answer. So cock-fighting is ok if I don't watch it, is it? I DON'T watch it, except out of morbid fascination on youtube, to see if people actually enjoy this mindless violence.. and apparently there are morons who do. .

[laf8675309]

@marpetpet ..........typical.....typical

[4znwarrior10]

@marpetpet Just gtfo you're probably just another Nazi, you killed the jews now you wanna kill hockey to?

[marpetpet]

@4znwarrior10 - Jawohl, du hast es gefunden! Ich bin ein Nazi! My God, you really know how to confirm that hockey fans are morons. Your logic: "he disapproves of a violent sport, therefore he must have killed the Jews" - fantastic, if you had a brain, it would be fascinating to study it! You incredible, earth-shattering, cosmic IDIOT.

[marpetpet]

Hi all you hockey morons... doesn't the game kind of get in the way of a good old brainless fight? why do you even pretend that it's a sport? Reading your comments makes it clear you all get hard-on from these pathetic fighters... I imagine most of you piss in your pants at the sight of a girl, but feel really macho praising this barbaric fighting... it's worse than kindergarten, except that's it bloody dangerous.

[laf8675309]

@marpetpet ur the biggest plug ever....like wow u havent even tried the sprt i bet....the feeling of a 3 man triangle goin down the ice or dangling until u nipe top chedz greatest feeling ever....if we wanted to fight we woulda took up boxing......in hockey emotions sometimes get to you and you will fight

[marpetpet]

@laf8675309 - Every sport involves emotion, dumbo, but you don't see motorcycle riders fighting, nor athletes, nor downhill skiers, nor etc etc etc... only dumb hockey players.

[xXKomaXx1234]

@marpetpet yeah and theres no physical contact on those games..

[NoisyWolfXII]

@marpetpet Oh, I'm sure fights happen, but skiers only go one at a time, and motorcycle riders are on motorcycles, going fast, racing. When do they have the time to fight?

Fights usually happen in team sports, and it's not just hockey. Soccer, basketball, baseball have all had their fair share of brawls, as well as little-league games involving parents, of all things.

[marpetpet]

@NoisyWolfXII - motorcyclists battling at 200mph+ often collide, with accidents as a consequence. How often do they then get up an start punching each other? Never!

[NoisyWolfXII]

@marpetpet Well, yeah, but would a motorcyclist intentionally collide with another to screw him over? I imagine if he did, there might be a fight. But if it's an honest accident, I'm sure the motorcyclist understands that.

[marpetpet]

@NoisyWolfXII Yes, of course there are fights elsewhere, but they are the exception, not the rule. As comments here make clear, hockey fans expect fights as part of what they pay their money for. Fighting is intrinsic to hockey. Please don"t tell me that is true for baseball or basketball...

[NoisyWolfXII]

@marpetpet You have a point, I wouldn't say fighting is exactly intrinsic to hockey, although most fans do love seeing it, and it does serve its purpose(although that purpose is subject to debate), good hockey can exist without fighting(see women's hockey and international hockey since the mid-90s).

Just by the nature of it, I wouldn't judge a sport's entire fan base based on Youtube comments.

[marpetpet]

@NoisyWolfXII - Very fair comment. Amazing how one voice of reason can stop a man in his tracks. You are right of course that I should not base my view of the world on youtube! Hockey - as a sport itself, is indeed fantastic; is there really no way it can better policed to reduce these fights? Thanks for your considered and helpful comments!

[NoisyWolfXII]

@marpetpet Well, for one thing, don't forget that this game happened in 1984 between two bitter rival teams. Fighting was more common in those days, brawls like this rarely ever happen anymore, and even for back then, this was still a remarkably big fight.

I don't really think there is a good way to police a fight like this, since there's only 3(now 4) referees trying to control, in this case 40 players. Unless they call the Mounties, which in my opinion would be a little exaggerated.

[xdtnx]

@marpetpet you only only named NON TEAM sports

[titasgrandes]

i remember this ,what a sight

[krotchy13]

Gotta give the descision to the quebecors

[ahmedi93]

Where are the Nordiques when you need them ?

[scottgt6]

You got knocked the ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff­uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck out!!!!!

[scottgt6]

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[scottgt6]

You got knocked the ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff­uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck out!!!!!

[scottgt6]

You got knocked the ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff­uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck out!!!!!

[scottgt6]

You got knocked the ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff­uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck out!!!!!

[Habsfan0206]

I'm disappointed the Big Bird didn't get into a fight and clock someone back to the Middle Ages.

[3girlrhumba]

haha chelios

[fritomnky]

which punch? i saw like 15 sucker punches!

[MrHahaJay1]

So for at least the first 5 or so minutes of the 3rd period everyone is just going to chill and watch the puck sit at centre ice 0 vs 0. And the penalty box is going to look like a clown car. LOL hahahahahah

[sergeamamio]

go habs go!!!!

[fanmanabc]

we dont hav efights like this now a days =T

[beautypersoni]

*sniff* I miss my Nordiques sooo much. :*-(

[Dropthemittens]

This....is.........bad. ahhahaha

[Knicks11Fan]

nothings better than a good hockey fight

[kklil7ward]

fun

[yourtearsmakemelaugh]

atta buy Louis...Montreal faggots...

[dietergoodbyesvector]

Almost as good as every game the Flames vs. the Oilers in 86. A close 3rd was the games of the Flames vs. Oil in 89 as well. Ed Whalen pulled out all of his classic Stampede Wrestling comments: "Everybody is after Everybody", "Look Out Nellie", "There was a Malfunction at the Junction", "Hunter hit Semenko from Pillar to Post", "It was a Ring a Ding Dong Dandy", and at the end of many games: "That's it, another edition of the Flames vs. The Oilers - Good night." ha ha ha. Classic NHL.

[gjpavlov]

COOL!!!

[CityFolk120]

7:27 they should change the name of the show to Hockey Fight in Canada

[oleHABSole]

Who won the game?

[damnote]

Insane!!!

[alldayjay502]

I miss old time hockey.

[AEMoreira81]

What a donnybrook this one was! A donnybrook to end all donnybrooks.

[brandensimmons1987]

Quebec needs to come back to the NHL those games against Montreal were bloodbaths just pure hate.

[pringals]

I know it's no longer accepted and heavy rules now prevent more then one altercations to happen.... but I really miss the old brawls and rivalries like these. The "gladiator" sport of modern ages that made me fall in love with the sport back in the 70's and 80's. I'm sure it was a bitch to officiate, but stuff like this brought teams together and gave a team chemistry that modern hockey seems to have lost.

[silverandblack68]

Those 2 creeps Bettman ans Campbell would brown themselves trying to figure out what to do if this happened today. Bettman has ruined the NHL.

This is an alltime classic!

[freeskier706]

noticed a couple things.

1. No one has visors and think of how many would today.

2. At 6:46 check out who is playing.... Mr Chris Chelios, who is probably the only one still playing today.

[trezouz]

Go canadien xD

[Kicker20007]

If someone threw a sucker punch like that in today's hockey, they'd probly get a lengthy suspension and a passionate ass-whoopin

[hmsrenown]

@Kicker20007 Well yeah, and it's not without consequences in the old days either, most likely some guy like McSorley would be chasing after you non-stop until the gloves are dropped.

[thinkingjack]

i wish there was a way i could get this video so i can have it on my computer

[Kicker20007]

@thinkingjack

google keepvid (dot) com

[thinkingjack]

@Kicker20007 i always forget about that, but last i tried it, it wouldnt work with itunes for ipods so idk, i'll try it again, thanks man

[seehound619]

@thinkingjack its called youtube downloader... use it.

[RempartsQc]

9:30 every one want a piece of Hunter

[hmsrenown]

Chris Nilan piled up some PIMs out of all this! God I wish I can pile up those PIMs like Nilan

[maggotforlifecrisse]

Good old hockey...

[amritsidhu6]

all i can say is .... AWESOME!!!!!!!

[illicitstill]

This rivalry so needs to come back to the NHL, Quebec needs their team back.

[BlueBombers4Life]

@illicitstill winnipeg first

[llSgtScopell]

Is that Mickey Redmond talking? I swear it is

[AEMoreira81]

@llSgtScopell, it is Mickey Redmond, who worked for CBC at the time.

[taypax]

Nilan fucking suckx

[toml08]

what a sucker punch

[Boog609]

Tips to enjoy any hockey line brawl ever:

-Play Whiplash by Metallica in the background for the entire duration of the fight.

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