Houle hit on Kharlamov 1974

[MrVasilenkoK]

Yes,you're partly right.Our hockey built around 2-3 teams.Other like SKA,Sokol,Torpedo were lower level,but I suppose,that their's level were close to "2 NHL division" like Rangers, Penguins, Blackhawks,not much worse,may be similar

[okpapereat]

like really which commentators are like "whoohooo flies through the air" il bet if he had to pistle he would probably shoot twice before saying whoohoo,

[okpapereat]

like really which commentators are like "whoohooo flies through the air" il bet if he had to pistle he would probably shoot twice before saying whoohoo,

[okpapereat]

American hillbillies high of marijuana

[okpapereat]

i like how russian players are so skilled dangling and good at puck possesion hockey. If you watch the russian 5 of detroit red wings they where one of the best lines i have seen in hockey and right now they still influence the red wings, Such a skilled team where they puck possesion hockey. The only reason Kharlamov was hit on the play here and the van impe incident was because soviet are not used to play aggressive hockey like we north americans. By the way the commentators sound like

[BBQFanNo1]

The Philadelphia Flyers and Buffalo Sabres knew how to beat the pants off of the Central Red Army team in 1976 and 1979.

But all hatred aside, Vladislav Tretiak and Valeri Kharlamov were the only two Russians players I liked and respected.

[MrVasilenkoK]

@BBQFanNo1 CSKA and Soviets knew how to"beat the pants off"of the Canadians and N/A every year they played with them.1974,76,79(6-0 against nhl,Clarke was a captain),81(8-1 against Canada),82-83(5-1 against Flyers with Mr Clarke as a captain too)etc... Wake up,look statistics.NHL won 2 game from 8,in 1976,but crying here like big hockey monsters,in fact they are LOOSERS(why nobody don't mentioned what happened with NY Rangers,Boston Bruins,Pittsburg Penguins,Chicago BH,NY Islanders)

[djob2676]

@MrVasilenkoK In 1976 they won 2/8 games against the top 2 Soviet clubs; they didn't beat the best 3 teams in the NHL. Yeah, CSKA and KS won against those lesser teams, but do you think Dynamo or Spartak would have beaten them?

[MrVasilenkoK]

@djob2676 The only 1 REAL NHL victory in 1976 was in Buffalo(12-6).I can't imagine what happened with our team(Lyapkin and Yakushev saw Sabres before the game and said that it'll be a cake walk for Soviets,BUT HAPPENED WHAT HAPPENED and we lost),game in Philadelphia,I suppose,every normal man can not count like a NHL victory,3-rd game with Montreal(one of the best in hockey ever)was tie.Dynamo and Spartak was approx.one level with KS,that's why,who knows.Your Czech team was more serious for us

[djob2676]

@MrVasilenkoK Well it wasn't an NHL victory of course, it was a Philadelphia victory; these were clubs, not league all-star teams. And it was really an exhibition game anyway, so if you don't want to count it, you don't have to. Other NHL teams didn't have that luxury, though, when they played regular season games against Philly. Sometimes you have to play a style you don't like, but the best teams can play any style.

[MrVasilenkoK]

@djob2676 Flyers,Nhl,for me no difference.I mean that before last 8 game in this series Soviets lost only 1 time in 7 games(funny Canadian excuses:it wasn't best against best,we didn't have Hull,Orr,Rambo,Rocky,Bond...Go­d in our team)and that's why Philly took carte blanche to play without any rules(ref was brilliant example)to save some prestige in disappointing 2-5-1 tournament.In fact whole world saw that all this so-called profs were mediocre against Soviet amateurs(Gretzky in 80s exception)

[djob2676]

@MrVasilenkoK But like I said, you're talking about games of the top Soviet teams against mediocre NHL teams of the time like the Rangers, Penguins, Blackhawks, etc. It was always the best 2 or 3 Soviet clubs (who had all the national team players) against the NHL, where talent is spread more evenly. How do you think Sokol Kiev or Torpedo Yaroslavl or lower teams. And that was pretty much typical Philadelphia hockey of the time. Like I said, the best teams can win playing any style.

[wilmanric1]

Poor Kharlamov... Always a victim. Awww. I'm shedding tears here.

[hebber1961]

this was the WHA best against the russians i believe.

[okpapereat]

Is this guy on krak coke kane? yahoo flies through the air? wtf how about having volchenkov crush houle till he looks like pankcake

[OLEGfmRUS]

Dear Canadians reconsider a superseries 1972. WHERE the hockey native land? Who learnt to play you in hockey? Kharlamov learnt you. 40 years have passed, and till now we learn you (Fetisov, Burre, Larionov, Konstantins, Mogilni, Yashin, Feodors, Ovechkin, Malkin, Datsuk, Kovalchuk)

[reitgart]

@OLEGfmRUS Oh yeah right. Would you mind reminding me who won the 2010 olympics?

[jeroliver]

@OLEGfmRUS Hockey was invented in Canada, not Russia. We teach the world how to play hockey, not you. Look how many Canadians are coaches foreign teams compared to Russians. No one wants a damn commie coaching their team.

[Kharlamov16]

@jeroliver This is why you rob all countries off their best players? You destroyed our greatest hockey when you started buying our players. Sorry, but even the Czech Republic played better than you. I don't give a fuck about your coaches. The best coach was Anatoly Tarasov that you probably don't know. We defeated all your teams. 1981 - 8:1, 1979, 6:0. We would have continued beating you if you hadn't found the way to stop us. Shame upon you.

[jeroliver]

@Kharlamov16 Shame on me? The only olympics you won was when Canada wasn't allowed to play their best players. THAT is a disgrace to international hockey. You voted to ban our best while allowing yours to play and think those were fair wins? You Russians were a bunch of evil crooks back then. Now your entire country's sports program is a disgrace. We won more golds than the Russians and the Americans COMBINED this past olympics.

72'. you losers lost 3 straight. At home. Shame on you. lol

[Kharlamov16]

@jeroliver I expected something like that. If you suck at history, that's your problem. Why the hell do you buy our players? The Red Army Team used to defeat all the best Canadian NHL teams. Look at the statistics. That's a fact. Period. Your best players were defeated in 1981 and 1979. In 1972 you were losing the series when your coach told one of your players to injure Kharlamov. That's so disgusting.

[Kharlamov16]

@jeroliver You won more golds? Are you sane? Look at the statistics. It seems to me you know fuck all about international hockey. I'm not going to argue with you any more. The USSR team was the best in history. The only thing you colud do is to rob us off the best players. We don't buy yours. You do. You think money can buy everything. I don't like watching your hockey. We don't need your players. And you rob us.

[jeroliver]

@Kharlamov16 Maybe if your country wasn't broke you could afford to keep your players. No one cares about your pitiful Russian league. It's going to be nice to see Canada win gold in Russia!

[Kharlamov16]

@jeroliver What are you going to do now? 5:3??? Are you going to buy our young players now? Your hockey sucks. If you didn't buy our players , we would restore our great hockey. As soon as a young talented player starts to play well, we can't teach him because he's immediately invited to the NHL. We can't stop it. You steal the best players. So, shut your mouth and don't say anything about Canada being the best. What you do best is rob countries off their talents in order to spoil them.

[jeroliver]

@Kharlamov16 First of all, I congratulate your junior team. They played with real heart.

What's with you and the "buying players" thing? America buys your players, not Canada. We don't need your pussy players. The NHL is still more than 50% Canadian. Maybe if those Russians had some national pride they would stay in Russia. But they don't. They leave for money. Is that our fault? or the American's fault? No. It's Russia's fault for being a broke, isolationist country. No one wants to live there

[Kharlamov16]

@jeroliver Give me a break! The USA is not interested in hockey as Canada. You were interested in our players when you first saw our team in 1972. Nobody wants to live in Russia? None of my friends who are real patriots want to live anywhere else. Our pussy players??? Do you know Fedor Emelianenko? The Russians are not pussies. If we don't fight on ice doesn't mean we can't fight. We have won more wars than any other nations. Goodbye!

[jeroliver]

@Kharlamov16 Big Junior game today against you evil commies lol. May the best team win...

[Kharlamov16]

@jeroliver Most of the the players you defeated at the Olympics speak Russian with a strong accent. We don't even consider them to be ours. If you're clever enough, you will understand what I'm talking about.

[hanksnow2]

@OLEGfmRUS Right on!!!!!!!!!...But most N/A's couldn't learn it in 80 years!! What we do best, is to annihilate those can beat us playing by rules,...So we play by our rules, with the blessings of the officials.

There were many, more, hits, much worse than this one, & most against the rules, Or Can. wouldn't win a single game....The name of the game was..."Kill yourself a Commie".

Who could ever get away with vilifying the word "Community"?...&.. How dumb would one be, to fall for it??

[2209Vadim]

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[dog311]

That announcer was a panzy

[leafyutube]

Hoowie Meeker is a legend.

[goranthefarmer]

Don't cut down Howie!

[somewhere6]

Meeker knew his stuff. Call him whatever you like but he helped a lot of good talent become great players by passing on his knowledge.

[dog311]

That was a good clean hit. I will amend my statement and say that he is not a panzy. He got a bit excited on that hit and his "homerism" bursted out. However if you're not somewhat embarassed by an announcer especially a legend celebrating a hit like that with a "woo hoo" and a somewhat evil laugh there in the end... well then we're on two different levels

[Lennon4life1968]

That was Howie all the time...nothing to do with homerism. He loved hockey and would be that excited even if it was the California Golden Seals vs the Cleveland Barons. We miss you Howie

[polkac0]

You've got to look at the time to. This was a french Canadian team against the Russian Red Army in the 70's. The tension between the teams would be cause for the announcer to be a little bit of a homer. But you're right, its not like its foster hewitt