1994 Stanley Cup Finals Canucks&Rangers Game7 Lafayette Post

[santahchrist]

Lafayette will forever be on my shitlist because of this

[landrykkb]

@santahchrist But all will be forgiven & forgotten if the Canucks win the Cup this year.At least Nathan Lafayette made the effort to at least try to send the game into overtime,and everybody would have definitely criticized him for not even doing that.

[23snacKs]

beautiful moment in hockey history.

[MrWestcoast45]

Canucks shouldve ran Richter as much as the Rangers did to Mclean.....why Lafayette didnt steamroll Richter after he hit the post will always be a mystery.....oh well....

[Tbagurdrumset94]

this makes me sick and tearful

[slapshot68]

the ghost of eddie g, made that save!

[Rethidus]

I'm not a Canucks fan (I'm a Habs fan) but I can see why people hate this moment so much. If this happened to my team I'd probably not even get out of bed the next day. You guys have a good chance of winning the Cup in the next decade or so, hopefully that will heal the wounds.

[mtoor102]

we were this close!

[landrykkb]

I was glad to see the Rangers win just because it was the end of their 54 year drought,but a part of me was also torn that the Canucks fell short because they were the underdogs in that series and they are Canadian.They also didn't buy their team,unlike the Rangers(with the exceptions of Brian Leetch & Mike Richter)!

[TheTzdope]

@landrykkb the last time I checked, free agency didn't kick in until about 1995!

[StFidjnr]

the canucks are THAT CLOSE to sending it into OT

[TheTzdope]

@StFidjnr lowe hit the post prior, so this is a wash!

[MrWestcoast45]

@TheTzdope Gelinas hit the post before Lowe...so that was a wash

[TheTzdope]

@MrWestcoast45 to be techinical, gelinas hit the side of the net!!

[MrWestcoast45]

@TheTzdope POH-tatoe..PA-tatoe

[MrWestcoast45]

@TheTzdope thanks for not using some grade 1 level insults on me when you wrote that...thanks..i appreiateb that...im not gonna be a troll on here..glad to see your not too goes to show not everyone is a moron....cheers

[TheTzdope]

@MrWestcoast45 i'll tell you what?

i may even root for the canucks to get through the western conference this season!

[cheBURATtinO]

Майк остаётся лучшим в истории Рейнджерс вратарём, его сечас с этого звания может сместить только Лундквист!!!

[parhar77]

heartbreaking to see if your a canucks fan

[RypientheBeast37]

@parhar77 ya

[flippinwassap123]

this broke my heart

[slickshapiro]

im a canucks fan but this 'the canucks would win now' bullshit has got to stop!!! this video is about the rangers winning the cup in 1994 so fellow canuck fans stfu and let byegones be byegones and lets look forward instead of crying about 15 years ago for god's sake.

[coolhwhip49]

wow. now you there slickshapiro are one of very few people who actually know what it means to let go and move on. I congratulate you on that. too bad Patriot fans can't do this over the 2008 super bowl.

[backlip19]

never!

[haggggs]

I don't know about you, but I'm looking forward, looking forward to the 20th anniversary riot! :-)

[GOODPLAYA20]

Yeah!!! And while their at it, us Ranger fans should continue to constantly talk about this year until the Rangers win the Stanley Cup again! Which probably won't be for a while. We have some good players right now like Gaborik, Callahan and Lundqvist, but we need some way better players if we're competing with the Devils, Penguins, Capitals and Blackhawks.

[FAITHandLOGIC]

Agreed.  Neither team has been back since.

[SArmagh681]

I am a rangers fan but I have always liked the canucks so I hate to see both fanbases at each others throats

[autopilotoff3323]

"Cortnall centers SAVE BY RICHTER!"

[FuturePBABowler]

In actuality, Richter never touched it. It hit the post.

[landrykkb]

It's always easy to say "could've,would've,should've",­people!Lafayette was obviously trying to tie it but luck was not on his side or the Canucks' that night.

[ommdog]

poor lafayette and the canucks it only took the rangers 54 years to win so the nucks still got a way to go to hit that drought

[StFidjnr]

the 'nucks are so close to sending it to overtime.

[FuturePBABowler]

Quit being the typical Rangers fan.

[FuturePBABowler]

I'm a Rangers fan. I don't like the Canucks any more than I like the Flyers, Islanders, or Devils.

[HuskerFanatic]

now THIS is why hockey is so great. Two goalposts, and the Ranger curse might still be going on. THAT close. Pretty powerful stuff, ain't it?

One of the greatest Finals ever.

[azbaldy5]

if the canucks had gotten that game into OT the canucks win the cup.

[slasherfreak94]

um...no

[StacktActor]

umm...who the fuck knows....can't say yes or no

[slasherfreak94]

nucks suck

[StacktActor]

Better than the Rangers today...You guys took our has been Naslund for God's sake. Canucks own the Rangers in a game matchup as of today.

[StacktActor]

Canucks take Rangers in 7 as of today...can't even deny that

[mikechaff5]

obviously not

[StacktActor]

Can you not see the difference in why the Canucks are WAY better than the Rangers right now?? Are you that blind?

[mikechaff5]

well then plz explain to me how

[sexycooljulesverne]

but remember, before that NYR hit the post also...

[Moonshine418]

ahh the post - a goalies best friend

[metalguitarist11]

:( dammmn

[bostorian]

1 of the best stanley cup finals

[VOLKSN8R]

Those 2 goal posts would have won the Canucks the Cup... NO OT!

[FuturePBABowler]

The Canucks had 2 post shots just in the final 10 minutes of the 3rd period.

If anyone should have scored, it should have been Gelinas. He had Richter down and beat. All he had to do was slide it into the net. Not only did Richter luck out there, but Kevin Lowe was also there to clear the puck. This could have easily been a 4-3 Vancouver win.

[mikemikemike9191]

nice play by Courtnall - he takes a huge hit by the D to make that pass. unfortunate on the finish, might have been game 7 OT.

[haggggs]

The worst moment in Canucks' history!

[landrykkb]

It was disappointing but far from their worst moment!

[haggggs]

The almost greatest moment in Canucks' history!

[chipmunkz29]

omg just 1 more inch and we would have won

[oehieze]

Nathan got closer to a stanley cup than any of you losers ever could in your sad "working at seven eleven" lives

[VOLKSN8R]

1 inch and the Canucks would have won the Stanley Cup.

JUST 1 INCH!

[FuturePBABowler]

The Canucks were down 3-2. It would have more than likely sent the game into overtime.

[fleetwhat]

one can dream

[FuturePBABowler]

Most would, but not Ranger fans. The Rangers were 2-2 in OT during the playoffs, 1-2 at home. Not to mention 1 of those losses came against those very Canucks. I think Vancouver could have won it had it gone to OT.

[jagged22]

Only canuck fans would put this on youtube

[pshycu]

I witnessed Lafayette's career since his junior days with the Cornwall/Newmarket Royals and there was a lot of potential for him to make good in the NHL. Unfortunately, he career peaked in those series, and it's sad that it ended with a shot on the goal-post in game 7.

[whcanuck]

sports are a game of inches. if it had gone an extra inch inside the post richter would have gotten his glove on it. the canucks just didn't get the bounce. they had a chance earlier to tie it and didn't do it when gelinas had an open side. but that is just the way it goes sometimes.

[codaquinn12]

I just cried all over again :'(

[joesakic91]

Nathan Lafayette was wide open. All he had to do was to poke it in the back of the net. Maybe he was feeling the pressure from behind by Glenn Anderson.

[zx7gp]

It played in my head for 2 months everytime i closed my eyes.I was crushed

[landrykkb]

@zx7gp Even if Nathan Lafayette tied it up,what guarantee would that have been of a Canucks' Stanley Cup win that year?Nobody was blaming him when the Canucks fell behind 3-1 in that series,that's for sure!

[haggggs]

Has Lafayette committed suicide yet? If not, he should!

[flavourdan]

That's what you get for having a name like Nathan Lafayette. A big hard post.

[joesakic91]

The goalposts: a goalie's best friend, a shooter's worst nightmare.

The puck did beat Richter, but the goalpost denies Lafayette the goal.

[FuturePBABowler]

Richter was beaten twice in the final 10 minutes of the 3rd period. He lucked out both times.

[CtrlRm]

No, the Canucks players just took bad shots. He wasnt lucky, the Rangers outplayed the Canucks and Kirk McLean gave up several weak goals.

[FuturePBABowler]

On those two shots, he did luck out. Gelinas clearly had him beat. No reason not to score. Lafayette's shot was a bit different because if it didn't hit the post, Richter might have gloved it.

[StacktActor]

You'll never know but it looked like there was a lot of net to hit.

[jmans]

it's good that teams can't buy the cup anymore. I don't like the Canucks at all, but they epitimozed what the NHL should have been and now is. A team built on talent and development rather than some tycoon buying talent.

[Rockey427]

After beating the Devils to get there and taking the Nuks to seven, were the Rangers going to be denied by Nathan Lafayette in MSG? No. Sorry Vancouver.

[ScootGod]

God dammit. :(

[joesakic91]

Unlucky, not once, but twice.

[tuneRaj]

its not Lafayette's fault. anyone could've missed that. if Linden had missed it, would u still talk shit?

[BarrieNucksfan]

Linden wouldn't have missed it. GINO wouldn't have missed it. Only Lafayette could have. Vancouver's Bill Buckner! :p

[pauldc10]

thats gay, we should have one if that fucking went in!!!

[joesakic91]

The goalposts. A Goalie's best friend, a shooter's worst enemy.

[TTOMO]

Lafayette, you fuck-bag! Fucking piece of shit!

[landrykkb]

I don't know why everybody in Vancouver gives Lafayette such a hard time and considers him the goat in this series!Anybody can hit the post at the most inopportuned time;that could have just as easily happened to Trevor Linden or Pavel Bure.