Philadelphia Flyers 1987 Tribute

[jamiemcv]

Incredible. My (ex-) wife, Andi, made this video, She spent hours and hours on it, and when they lost, she assumed everyone had turned the game off. Thanks for posting it.

[Jiltedin2007]

Flyers showed a lot of Heart in 1987 going all the way to Stanley Cup Finals before losing to Wayne Gretzky and Edmonton. 

[exposingscams]

Young Hextall and young Tocchet, great team, nothing going to stop us now except an amazing young Oiler team. See Hextall and Nilsson shake hands was this before or after Hextall chopped him down with his stick?

[iLoveMEsomeME81]

RON HEXTALL!!! Young Ron Hextall...pre groin injury Ron Hextall...was the greatest goaltender that I have ever seen.

[tmack85ive]

The music selection for this montage should be used as an example of why the 80s sucked AND were awesome at the same time. A mind-blowing concept, I know. 

[Nezhy]

Awful song. nice video

[flyers3333]

I love the Flyers they just made history last night by beating the shitty bruins but couldnt they find a cooler song to go with this video??

[sirmelancholia]

I used to watch this everyday after the Flyers lost the Cup to the Oilers. I was 11 and haven't seen it since then. Great upload!

[gumbylips05]

Don't be so friggin dramatic.

[SweetTooth44]

1:17. dave brown was the man. My dad grew up with this guy since childhood. One of the toughest and also my favorite hockey player.

[Bunnsofsteel]

My god, look how young Coatsie is there?

[TheHolloway1983]

Just like Coatsie, very gay.

[TheHolloway1983]

Take this awful video down... it's pur crap.

[Heffernan21]

Newsflash: This team may not of been the best but they were the MOST hardworking team you would of ever seen, and they brought The Great One and the Oilers to 7 games.

[TheHolloway1983]

No, the 88 Bruins were the hardest workers. The 87 Flyers just rode Hexy's coat tails. Flyer fans are always so dillusional and oh so corny. Jefferson Starship... why?

[Heffernan21]

It's the 80's, Why not?

[crystalbreezefan]

duh.. the bruins were swept.....

[TheHolloway1983]

FACT: The Oilers were even better in 88 than they were in 87.

QUESTION: What type of bear is best?

FACT: A black bear (no, Jim, its not even debatable).

FACT: Bears beat Battlestar Galactica

[crystalbreezefan]

better?? coffey was gone  then... they were not better... plus boston was healthy...

[TheHolloway1983]

The Oiler greats that were there had fully grown into their primes. As much fun as Coffey was to watch the pick up of Courtnall and the final evolutions of Messier and Tik made that Oiler group a much tougher match up that what Keenan's guys faced. The 88 B's were all heart and soul. They had Bourque, Neely, Reggie and a bunch of guys that played far beyond their natural levels. The Flyers were 'stacked' in comparison.

[PegLegFisherman]

@TheHolloway1983 Except the Bruins had future HOFers (unlike the '87 Flyers), and Tim Kerr didn't play in the Stanley Cup Finals because of an injury. So no, they were not stacked. If you were looking at a roster from that season, it would appear so. They played an Oilers team that blew by their competition in the playoffs and were healthy. Meanwhile, the Flyers played 3 long series before facing the Oilers and were missing their leading scorer (Kerr). Oh, and they had a rookie in net. Booyah.

[TheHolloway1983]

However, with that said, no team plays up the 'cheese' better than the Flyers. They make Pizza Hut jealous.

[psufan001]

more of wedding song now that i think about it.

[psufan001]

this sounds like a high school graduation song.

[coach3571]

gannable...I too was in 8th grade and I was heartbroken when they lost game 7 almost to tears. This team had more heart and soul than I've ever seen especially against an Oiler team that had several future hall of famers on it. I can say this about the flyers....at least we get there we've come up short in the finals many times sooner or later it will be our turn.

[gannable]

i was in 8th grade then. i loved this team more than any other sports team. i was so upset when they lost game 7. i want to see the Flyers win the cup so bad every year and i think part of it is the disappointment of falling just short this season. unfortunately, it looks like it will be a quick exit this year. if only this flyer team had the guys of the 87 team

[KultureJamCollective]

Wow, I watched this when it happened as a kid. Don't think I've seen it since. Brings back a lot of memories. Thanks for posting it.

[scaffmasterus]

It's the Flyers, whoever posted this gay song is flying on something

[futurellama]

corny song indeed. however, this is the original edit from the original broadcast. so don't blame me for the "gay" song champ.

[funghool]

i love em, but this is the gayest thing i ever saw. who put this together , coatsey?

[scaffmasterus]

I remember Ron "haxall" Hextall

[20052009]

How did they do after this great season in 1988?

[Italian097]

They lost in 7 games in 1st playoff round to Wash. after leading 3-1. Then Keenan left. It was sad.

[nickferrandino]

no matter what happind in 88 or 98 or 2008 or 09 the philadelphia flyers are #1 in my heart

[nasenspray16759]

FLYERS FOR EVER !!!!!!!!

[Eaglesbabysuperbowl1]

v is that guy serious hextall sucks flyers suck WHAT ok lets see u put the pads on i be u puss out hextall fought to hes a great goalie we owould have won if pelle was there

[hockeycamp]

The darkest period of hockey. Ron Hextall sucks. Fliers suck.

[ginohams]

You must swallow then you moron. Learn how to spell and check out a WNBA game if you can't appreciate ice hockey.

[cnova000]

oh man does this take me back. This team, this series, is my earliest memory in hockey. I still remember Anderson scoring that goal and Gene Hart's great commentary to close out the series. I miss the Spectrum. It may not have the glitz of the Wachovia Center, but it was a much better hockey atmosphere. GO FLYERS!!!

[PaulCoffey7]

The 1987 Flyers were much better than their 46-26-8 record. They had enormous amount of injuries (Mark Howe and Brian Propp) plus Ron Hextall was only a rookie then. If he had some experience, I must admit the Flyers would have won 55+ games that year, finishing ahead of the Oilers. This Flyers team had all the ingredients to win it, but they just didn't. They had better size and heart than the Oilers, but couldn't match them in terms of speed and finesse. Thats where they lost the series.

[Crawford1987]

It didn't help that Tim Kerr was out as well...since he was their leading scorer..

[ozzy81234]

haha yeah

[paul7707]

i know alot of fellow canadians are ragging on the flyers fans here as they flyers did lose to the oil, but have to admit this flyers group had tons of heart. they gave the oil a big scare in a series that should not have gone as long as it did.

[Byks82]

Nothin's gonna stop us now...EXCEPT the Oilers. WOOOOOOOOOOOO!

[deliciousmorton]

the hair is awful.

[KNS1996DFS]

Yeah, poor choice of song. Hard to believe that this was once Jefferson Airplane.

[jeffc1320]

Great team. Horrible song.

"Awkward."

[cowboyzsuk81]

this was one of the best flyers teams ever. i wish they still played in the spectrum!! that place was the best. i cant believe they are gonna shut that place down....i dont care how bad they are now...a flyers fan is a flyers fan to the end

[grace4rich]

I've been looking for this video for years!!! I had this on tape for years and then it got erased by accident so thanks for posting it. I'd love to get a copy if its possible

[gannable]

besides Kerr people forget Dave Poulin was playing with broken ribs.

[gannable]

I'll never forget the 87 Flyers. I was in 8th grade, everyone at school was so into the Flyers. This season made the Flyers my #1 team in any sport. I was in tears when Glen Anderson made it 3-1 in game 7

[dome1972]

I can still see Anderson picking up the puck, wheeling over the blue line, winding, shooting, SCORING. Bye bye Philly, you never really mattered anyways...just a side note in Oilers history. Hahahahahahahahahahaha.

[gannable]

classless, typical canadian hockey fan

[dome1972]

Yup, that's me.

[Byks82]

A Flyer fan is calling a Canadian 'classless'? Wow, isnt that the munchkin calling the midget short.

[CCampLI]

This is so 80's.

Hate that song.

Lets go Isles!

[tyler0896]

I love the flyers and have for 20 years, but three separate times during this video I went off and did some cleaning or some other boring thing I would do when a commercial comes on, because the music told my brain that nothing important or even interesting was happening.

LOL sorry I'm sure you meant well, but this mannequin song is a fat smelly pile of stupid dog shit haha

[daledude11]

i love the flyers.

[jastrcf]

Best team besides the Stanley Cup Winning teams!!! Nothing Gonna Stop us Now is the song malledoll!

[assynipplechops]

The 86-87 Flyers were probably the only team I ever rooted for with as much passion as my Islanders. Of course I wanted the Isles to win in that classic Patrick Division Final but man alive the Flyers were so tough, they took the hardest road to the Cup Finals against the primadonna's of Edmonton and man games 5 and 6 were amazing. One of if not the greatest Finals of all time. If only.

[NJLouis66]

Wow! Where did you dig this up... I remember this! I LOVED this team. Game 7 they actually scored first on a 5-on-3. Tied after 1... So close... Grant Fuhr was so tough.

The Flyers will be back. Great fans, great franchise. They won't stay down long.

[phillies26116]

great team who put up a great fight that year

[MarioLaker]

The Flyers probably should have been the NHL champions that year...this song goin on in the background makes me wish they'd have won it..lol.

[ckendall67]

Not a Flyers fan( Go Leafs;-) )but this is a neat video & a good song. That Oilers-Flyers Cup Final was a great series for hockey.........

[jimmymac16]

this is such a great video and an awesome song too

[jeppan93]

Just incredibile! Turn back the time, I mean Brad M and Dave S without helmets. For me the 1886-1987 season was also the first season I realy went in to love. So I will never forget about it.

Don Cherry of Sweden

[makkedoli]

Good video, but what´s the name of the song?

[talamore4life]

nothing gonna stop us now

[makkedoli]

thx!

[Lavenderfae9]

Thank you for posting this. I didn't think I'd ever see it again.

[ginohams]

Ilkka Sinisalo rules!

[Flyersfan85]

Only if Timmy Kerr was healthy the 1986-1987 Philadelphia Flyers could be engraved on the Stanley cup.

[CCampLI]

LOL the Rangers got eliminated in their own building to the sounds of.......1940!!! 1940!!!!! The good ole' day HAAHHAH!

[themats89]

love these idiots saying "they never had a chance".. umm, you take ANY team to a game seven, you have a huge chance--and losing by a goal! yes, man for man, as good as the oilers--no. but as a whole they were a bounce or two away from the cup. i love gretzky and messier, but c'mon. i'm sure the oilers went into that series thinking "they don't have a chance", after game six i'm sure they weren't thinking the same thing.

[TwelthChild]

I was 6 years old and this flyers team got me into hockey..i get chills watchin this video cause i can remember this run so vividly...that goal brad marsh scores against hrudey in game 7 of the islander series was something i will never forget....also J.J. Daigneault Blasting that shot past Fuhr in game 6 of the finals..I still to this day have not heard an arean that loud in my lifetime...great great stuff!!!

[vanparty]

TwelthChild: I was 26 at the time. I was at game 6 against Edmnton, and my ears are still ringin'. Probably the most exciting game I've ever seen live, and I was at the Vet '80 for Phils WS win. Was also at '77 "Black Friday" loss to Dodgers which was the loudest day in the Vets history. We (the fans) actually got to Burt Hooten, as he walked batter after batter, dropping the "F" bomb on the mound. It was awesome. Cut out of high school for that game. Philly's the best!

[ksermas]

I remember having to go to a sports bar to watch the series against Montreal when I was in Austin, TX. I was in tears when Glen Anderson scored that last goal in game 7 that iced it for the Oilers. A few years ago I went to see the Flyers play in Edmonton and I just started at that goal where Ron Hextall was and just thought about that. It was true that the Flyers were out-gunned by the Oilers and it really was something that they took the Finals to 7 games.

[Flyersfan85]

In 1997 the Flyer's went 12-3 in the first three rounds but they only scored 6 goals in 4 games in the finals against the Red Wings. Hextall played like crap and so did the rest of the team.

[ksermas]

I thought they played as well as they could. It's just the Red Wings were too overpowering.

[Crawford1987]

yea, but the Flyers were also just a one-line show (the Legion of Doom). Many Flyers fans believed that Lindros, Leclair and Renberg could not be stopped by ANY team, given the amount of success they had. Leclair was impossible to get off the puck, until he met McCarty...Lindros was impossible to contain, until he met Niklas Lidstrom. The Red Wings also had a great offense led by Yzerman, Shannahan, Slava Kozlov, Sergei Federov, and Igor Larionov.

[BIGRED224FOREVER]

Need a ride to jou louis arena............i know a comfy limo ya might enjoy! you can fit the whole team in it.

[crystalbreezefan]

flyers have had misfortune of losing cups to greatest dynasties in history, canadiens,islanders,oilers,and red wings. couls have won 2 more with breaks..

[rjmcleod24]

"flyers have had misfortune of losing cups to greatest dynasties in history, canadiens,islanders,oilers,and­ red wings. couls have won 2 more with breaks.."

Kind of like the Eagles losing to the Patriots? 76ers to the Lakers? Its not a Flyer thing, its a Philly thing and this city has one finger on the trigger already...

[Flyersfan85]

On May 28,2007 It will be 20 years since the Flyers last victory in a Stanley cup final game.

[rjmcleod24]

"If Tim Kerr was healthy I think the flyers would have won the cup in 87."

Never truer words spoken!!!

[dome1972]

Get real, even if Kerr wasn't broken down the Flyers' had no chance. The fact that they pushed it to seven games is a tribute to their effort and the Oilers' complacency. That Oiler team was the greatest collection of offensive talent the world has ever seen. They were weak in defensive zone coverage and that played to the Flyers' strength. That is why it went seven thrilling games. Match-ups, boys...it's all about match-ups

[rjmcleod24]

"That Oiler team was the greatest collection of offensive talent the world has ever seen."

And we still took them to seven games... Thanks for solidifying my point -- again, if 58-goal-scorer (only 4 less than Gretzky) Kerr had been healthy, Flyers would have won that cup.

"They were weak in defensive zone coverage and that played to the Flyers' strength."

Which is why if we had our TOP SCORER, Oilers lose. Man you're making this easy for me!

[dome1972]

At that point in Kerr's career he was finished. I think you should re-adjust your rose coloured glasses a little. The "Great Kerr" was part-time player by 87. He had fallen out of Keenen's graces by then because he wasn't a fore-checker and didn't have the speed to do so. The "Slot Machine" had stopped paying out. Those hard workin'...never stop believin'...were gonna make it...(insert your own "we can do it" phrase here), Flyers' never had a chance. Still it was a great series.

[jimmymac16]

Philadelphia Flyers NHL 75 58 37 95 tim kerr stats from that year i dont think 58 goals is part time player those 58 goals were the most he had in his carrear

[mushmouth4life]

yeah but he was absent for more than a few games in the finals vs. edmonton

[jimmymac16]

yeah i guess finals all the way this year though baby lol

[Flyersfan85]

If Tim Kerr was healthy I think the flyers would have won the cup in 87.

[christof2020]

I was 8 at the time. I taped Game 7 and this video tribute. I have, however, not seen it in about 10 years. It still is painful to watch. The 86-87 Flyers had heart, which is not often seen these days, in any sports.

[outtaherephils]

I remember watching this. I was 6 at the time. Game 7 vs. the Oilers was the first Flyers game I remember watching. Philly57, those were the days!