1992 Mario Scored Game Winning Goal Against Capitals

[Misanthropic9]

Mario was screening the goalie with his nose.

[FRSFreeState]

"Super Mario" was a Capital Punisher

[FrsBigeasy]

1992 was one of the Capitals best all around teams, Offense, Defense and Goaltending and they should've made a long run at the Stanley Cup. If they didn't play the Penguins in the 1st Round again they probably would of.

[nattyboh84]

@FrsBigeasy What about the 2008 Caps team? They were the best down the stretch to win the division and also should've made a long run to the Stanley Cup if it they didn't play the Flyers in the 1st round.

[industrialsun]

@FrsBigeasy You really think so? Caps had home ice advantage in 1992 series, Mario did not play in Game 1 which Pens lost, Caps dominated Games 2 and 4 to go up 3 games to 1, and Pitt goalie Barrasso did not play worth a crap in Games 3 and 6 yet Pens won both by scoring 6 goals in each game. So, it looks more like Caps had a chance to break through and just crumbled like they always do when they have a lead in a playoff series (except 1998 when they did not have to face any old nemesis teams).

[cmupensfan]

Because yeah when I hit in the midsection with a hockey stick.. i consider it a dive

[nsakic]

Dive by Lemieux??? there is no dive .. what a retarded play-by-play commentator.

[plaidchuck]

greatest hands ever.

[colintheonlyman]

0:41 FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT!

[peterbilka]

0:05 no helm ? =D

[bobkatfan]

back then a few players still played with out helmets.

[Mattenlamb]

ya man back in the days hockey was dangerous as hell lol

[thenachofan]

Rod Langway was a big American defenseman born in Taiwan. He won the Norris twice, but he would be at the other end of the spectrum compared to actual Capitals defenseman star Mike Green. To give you an idea, Green set a record for d-men, going 8 straight games with at least a goal, while Langway's best season was 11 goals. The aging Secretary of Defense couldn't do much against Super Mario in this clip... Fun fact: my father was outraged when Montreal dealt him, then he became a Nordiques fan.

[ballplayer1799]

A dive? What an idiot announcer... don't care who it is... Even if Mike Lange said such a thing against a rival I would be calling it an idiotic statement.

[Inlander3]

It's Jeff Rimer, who currently does Blue Jackets play-by-play and is generally considered a homer and a mediocre announcer.

[jckoby]

Don Beaupre was a very good goalie for the Capitals but the Penguins made him look average. Average like Blaine Lacher, Jim Carrey, Mike Richter, Chris Terreri and Dan Cloutier.

[jimmo8]

Mike richter was amazing, terreri was decent

[danglesaucemusta]

You got this from Classic Series on the NHL Network didnt you?

[jimpietz]

Fuck you haters. Jealousy must make people retarded, though it's almost hard to fault Craps fans, seeing as Mario owned them on his way to 6 scoring titles, 2 Stanley Cups, etc. etc.

The only thing the Craps ever won was the 04 draft lottery.

[Demandred02]

@jimpietz Aren't you a hater? Caps are a good team these days, yeah they won that lottery but on the other hand anyone who says mario sucks or hates him is an idiot. Lemieux is the single most talented player ever and not Crosby or Ovechkin are even close to him as good as they are. Lemieux is the number one.

[jlawrence13]

The goalie shouldnt have hit him in the stomach with his stick. I am pretty sure that hit hurt and it is only natural to flinch when hit.

[insaneiaq]

I don't know what kind of chest protector he had on, but a lot of them don't have any coverage right there. Chances are then only thing between the stick and Mario's ribs was his sweater. I'm sure that hurt like hell.

[DoctorP1]

No wait it was actually more than a couple games, he was actually out for like 10 games! How in the world could he be taking a dive? I suppose Pierre Turgeon was taking a dive after Dale Hunter smashed him in 1993.

[DoctorP1]

Uh I dont think Mario is a pussy-o or whatever. Pussy-o dont win the scoring title after missing 22 games due to radiation treatments for Hodgkin's disease. And by the way that slash by Adam Graves put Mario out for a couple games in that series. Dont think he took a dive then pal.

[CCampLI]

If that isn't a dive, I don't know what is.

He pulled the same shit when Adam Graves slashed him. Although Graves is a peice of shit Ranger and deserves a dogs death, still, Mary-o is a pussy-o.

[mkailov13]

o ya that slash on him didnt hurt at all he was just out 10 games with a fractured wrist u faggot! get your facts straight before u talk

[grimetime55]

clearly a flyers fan. "if we cant have him, we hate him!" you're a loser raised by losers. if mario is so bad, why did flyers gm bobby clarke offer him a one-year $15 million contract? interesting

[cbone72]

@grimetime55 when did he do that?

[cbone72]

@grimetime55 I don't think thats true

[bern1417]

@cbone72 after the 91 season

[CCampLI]

Mary-o

[pleats]

I would hardly call that a dive. He hit him pretty hard right in the gut, and those goalie sticks are like fucking tree trunks

[apxeli]

Beaupre was always agressive. Perhaps because he was so suck up goalie. Capitals were lucky to have goalies like Jim Carey, Bill Ranford and Olaf Kolzig afterwards.

[danimal799]

Always was a diver. Mario Lepunk

[dome1972]

I always though he was more of a drama queen than a punk. Very Celine Dionish.

[thetaxidermist]

Haha, as if you wouldn't have taken Lemieux on your team. If you can't have him, insult him. It's called drawing a penalty, all the best players do it. If that means he has to dive to do it, so be it.  It's called common sense.

[mkailov13]

fuck u

[catalinadee]

i love when the goalie hits him he acts like it hurt. then he scores on the guy. mario made everyone but his teammates look like clowns!

[nattyboh84]

is this Jeff Rimer from HTS?

[TheoBrixtonTheKid]

I still don't think Beaupre knows where the fuck he is.

[lemieux6687]

he would have said and lemieux beats him like a rented mule or slap me silly mario

[bozz723]

give me mike fucking lange please!

[bats87129]

agreed