A look back at Game 6 vs. Edmonton in the 1987 Stanley Cup

[throbbin87]

I have never heard a building that loud again...I was 17 years old....Im now 41 and in that 24 years I never heard another building (and I have seen many sports in many places) NEVER heard a building that loud....it was as if we ALL yelled at once and for a SPLIT second ALL the oxygen went out....it was UNREAL!!

[dorianlondon]

Great memories of this team, wonderfully talented and such balls! It took an Edmonton team that ranks as one of the best ever to finally take them down. Hoping they can pull it off this year!

[prontoshadylane]

hextall was an over dramatic bitch sometimes

[wxcbs]

I was there!!! In the runway outside the lockerroom getting ready for postgame or OT. I thought the building was gonna cave in. Brings a tear to my eye!!!!

[themantis8]

My dad brought me to this game, I was only 8 years old. When Propp scored to tie, it was easily the loudest I've ever heard anything in my life... only thing louder was when JJ scored to take the lead. Everything was shaking, the floor the walls, it was completely insane. I've been to a lot of other games since, but nothing has ever matched that. Gonna miss the old building.

[charlesalber]

After Game 4 when the Flyers were down 3-1, The mayor of Edmonton made the mistake of announcing plans for the Oilers parade when they win Game 5! That pissed everybody off in Philly and gave the Flyers the motivation to keep fighting!

[JAYFUNK47]

My grandpa was at this game and he said that you could still feel the floor trembling after the crowd had settled.He said what the announcer said about the walls shaking wasnt over exaggerated and it couldnt get any louder than that.

[Borgata44]

That was the grittiest Flyers team ever. That oilers team was perhaps the most prolific team in NHL history, and the injury riddled Flyers gave them hell. I'll never forget that goal.

[stevielang31]

If our top scorer Tim Kerr played the Flyers win the series. You have to figure Kerr would of scored a few goals and all the games were pretty close. The two cup finals series Kerr only played one game and the Flyers won that game which was game 1 in the 85 finals. To bad he had so many injuries.

[dome1972]

They still wouldn't have won.

[Crawford1987]

I don't know man...Tim Kerr scored 58 goals for the Flyers that year. He would literately just stand in front of the net and deflect pucks into the net all the time...that's how he scored so much. He was IMPOSSIBLE to move when in front of the goalie. Brian Propp said "the only way to contain Tim Kerr is to tie him up in chains...but even then you probably couldn't stop him." It wasn't just Kerr though, the Flyers were decimated with injuries to key players.

[EHLShakes]

We would have if Game 7 was in Philly

[Crawford1987]

Who knows what might have happened, had the flyers been fully healthy during that series....but you gotta give the flyers credit for being able to take the oilers dynasty to 7 games. That oilers team is probably the best cup-winning team ever.

[bowlliam]

Man i just got goosebumps. I was 9 years old and actually recall watching this game at home with my dad on prism..one of my fondest childhood memories. When JJ scored the whole city went ballistic. The 87 flyers team was like the NHL's version of ROCKY. They will always be my favorite, especially hexy. Thanx for posting this man.

[FlyersVideo]

No problem thatnks for watching.

[flyersfan2588]

Hey PaulCoffey the Oilers are doing really good this year, right?

[PaulCoffey7]

XxFLYERFANXx: the Flyers should have won in 7 games? No you idiot, the Oilers should have won in 4 if it weren't for Ron Hextall. After he slashed Nilsson he should have been suspended for the rest of the finals. Fuck you Philadelphia, we kicked your ass not once, but twice! (1985+1987)

[sportyfrunk]

PaulCoffey7 are you the real Paul Coffey or did the OILERS beat the Flyers.Whats this WE stuff?Hexy is and will always be a hero to many here in Philly.

[fahq02x]

ya but you didnt

[XxFLYERFANXx]

we should have won game 7

[nova1mike]

very classy of you to say that.

[markussaid]

i'm a lifelong oilers fan, but this series is possibly my all time favourite... game 7 anyway,:) 'gretzky's oilers team' had demons of its own, owing to the previous year's loss to the dreaded flames... we had a lot to prove in 87, and nobody was going to stop us. but the flyers made it interesting. props to hextall and propp and the whole crew there. that was one hell of a series, the only serious competition the oil got in any of their cup wins.

[vanparty]

markussaid: I'm a lifelong Flyers fan. I bleed orange & black. I was at this game. I was all of 26 years old. Had seats 13 rows from the ice at the blue line. As Jim Jackson (Flyers announcer) says "the walls shook", that is not an exaggeration. When JJ Daignault scored, the Spectrum went completely "nuts". I was at the VET in '80 when the Phils won the World Series, but game 6 against Edmonton was louder. One of my best memories EVER!