75 new year's eve red army at habs - postgame

[vanhalen515084]

gotta love the old games, habs are my fave, ken drydens mask is the best of all time,

[goesdownsinging]

Ken Dryden was such a load. 3 goals on 13 shots, lol. Fun to see the ovation Tretiak got at the end, Montreal absolutely loved that guy and he desperately wanted to play for the Habs. Soviets wouldn't let anyone go in those days.

[berezin99]

Dick Irvin sounds like he's crying.

This guy was the biggest homer on Canadian TV.

[hebber1961]

Canadiens at that time were the best team to ever play. they could play you any way you wanted. tough, skilled, check you to death. strong mobile defense.

[Dannymusic1999]

These were the days when hockey was hockey and money was left out of picture.

[Lennon4life1968]

Nice hearing some old names here. Tretiak ,Kharlamov,Mihailov, Danny Gallivan and Howie Meeker.

[flyerspa67]

This has to be one of the greatest games ever played...

I rememeber watching it on tv and living in Renfrew,Ontario,Canada at the time..

Super Series 76 was great....

I truly mis Hockey Night In Canada.....

[ottvalley]

The Habs outplayed the Russians in this game,they should have won

[landrykkb]

The Russians just happened to make the most of the few shots they did get!

[chapaev36]

Overrated game. I think by necessity. Montreal was the best team in the NHL. Red Army the best in the Soviet Union. Tretiak proved to be exciting and marketable. The quality of hockey itself not nearly as great as advertised. The Soviets got a lot better two in the coming years - in 1979 they learned from their mistakes against teams like the Flyers and were remarkably good in the Challenge Cup series. A lot more physical and aggressive in general.

[Habsfan0206]

chapaev, overrated game? How's that? It was an amazing game. Some hockey experts have mentioned that it was perhaps the best game every played!

[chapaev36]

Not experts. The media. The Soviets played a poor game by their standards. Tretiak kept them in it.

[HawkFest]

@chapaev36, blablabla playing with circumstantial evidences.. Did you see the game? I was at the forum to see that game with my godfather's bro as a holiday's gift, and I witnessed the best hockey ever played. And I've seen many great games, as I was a lucky young hockey fan living in Montreal during the 70's. The whole game was like a continuous cliffhanger, held up by the world's most talented hockey players in both teams.

[HawkFest]

Fast movements and furious stick handling seting up for spectacular plays... From the begenning it was set as a hockey event, not some war to win whatever the means (leaving aside all the fuss around the Cold War). That's why it ended up as ONE of the VERY FIEW best hockey games ever played.

[HawkFest]

..Actually nay... THE best hockey ever played, period ;P..Heck how can it be otherwise considering that you had the greatest soviet team ever assembled against the world's greatest hockey team ever assembled in NHL's history (after that game, the Canadiens won 4 Stanley Cups in a row and set a record of loosing only 8 games during an 80 games season),

[chapaev36]

I just don't think the Soviets played all that well, nor do I think this was the best Soviet team ever assembled. However even if these were the two best teams ever, this fact would not mean that the game would by default be the best. It was still a fine match though.

[HAFFNELSON]

I think you got it exactly right on all points, which is not easy for myself to admit being a Boston fan.

[jackson32]

One of the most famous games in hockey history. Great action, and a career game for Tretiak.

[bjdon99]

The Central Red Army team had an even bigger advantage than the Habs used to have when they could get first dibs on any Quebec born player. They had first choice on all the best players in the Soviet Union. I think CKCA won the Soviet league championships 13 times in a row at one point.

[biko0909]

The best game ever. Free wheeling, no calls. That was what Hockey is all about!!

[jetshull]

I'll never forget this game me and my dad were never fans of montreal until this night, we cheered hard for les canadiens, i wish we could rewind time.

[RKIRCHDO]

One of the greatest hockey games ever played! The Soviet goalie saved the day but it took a dirty American based team to beat their ass! The Flyers took no prisoners and crushed the Ruskies physically and on the board. Nothing against my favorite team but the Canadiens just didn't get physical enough against the speedy Reds.

[HawkFest]

You are so wrong: the habs outpayed the soviets. 30-something against 14 shots, tells you much about the soviets that night that can be summarized into one name: Tretiak. Philadelphia did NOT beat the soviets hockey wise, they "beat" them, literally. The soviets LEFT the game to the Flyers, they were so pissed-off of their savagery that they didn't even want to play after 2 periods! It was NOT a hockey game that the Flyers won, it was a shameful display of savagery from no-class bums.

[polkovnik987]

you can't really tell how two teams really matched up by shot count. soviets, and pretty much all european teams, played a more technical style of hockey. with that said, fewer unnecessary shots. it's not just dump and chase for the soviets. i am not saying canadian hockey is worse. its just different. as for the flyers, a disgraceful team and the cska team was right to walk out. hockey is not to be played like a pub brawl. completely agree with you there.

[tacular3]

It was quite 1 sided... wouldn't call it that great