Tretiak Shuts out the Montreal Canadiens

[pavlenkovoleg]

Вы прекрасно понимаете, что шайба любит победителей, а победителем всегда будет Союз!

[semiautoriflelover1]

The Oilers of the mid 80s would have smoked them, they were the only team faster. Gretzky, Kurri, Coffey, Messier etc.

[semiautoriflelover1]

They should still use the same size goalie pads, the goalies today are huge with giant pads and gloves, it's a joke.

[TheDarkhorse686]

@chapaev36 do u have other games from this super series?

[chapaev36]

@TheDarkhorse686 I have some games in the hard drive somewhere. Perhaps this winter I'll have some time and be in the mood to post more clips.

[Canadian925]

This Red Army Club had the best international team of players put together ever.

[Canadian925]

This was the first time a Soviet Team had beaten the Montreal Canadiens.

[wg390]

Team of the century according to IIHF: * Goaltender: Vladislav Tretiak (Russia) - 30 Votes. * First Defenceman: Vyacheslav Fetisov (Russia) - 54 votes. * Second Defenceman: Börje Salming (Sweden) - 17 Votes. * First Winger: Valeri Kharlamov (Russia) - 21 Votes. * Second Winger: Sergei Makarov (Russia) - 18 Votes. * Centre: Wayne Gretzky (Canada) - 38 Votes.

Hope you all got a point

This team has 4 Russians and only one Canadian Gretzy 

[BiffScooter1]

This is from the 1983 Super Series. The Habs back then were not the '70s dynasty but still a good team. Tretiak shut out the Nords 3-0 in the previous game, too.

[wg390]

When you watch how russians moves and passed a puck

You perfectly understand that a puck loves RUSSIANS

[AHRZAMANBALASY]

Montreal Canadiens  = shit

[maple99z]

I'm looking for information about a Montreal/Rusian game at the forum..late eighties early 90's. Anyone know anything please let me know.

[veets211]

I was at that game, sat behind the camera center ice, probably 12 years old at the time. I remember two things from that game. One the wicked save in the first by Tretiak as he sprawled his stick across to save a shot from I believe was Robinson. The second was that monster standing ovation we gave Tretiak at the end of the game. I understood that day what the word Respect for an Opponent meant.

[NascarTigger]

Thats my cousin!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­

[DZIMACH9]

Tretiak would never leave the Soviet Union to play for any north american team.

[wilmanric1]

Anyone who could stonewall the Habs of that era was a god of goaltending. IF the Sov's hadn't had Tretiak, the big series' of the 70's would have gone totally differently.

[Potts132]

@wilmanric1 This is the Red Army team not the Soviet Team, This game is the same as a NHL v NHL team. This is not a NHL v National team game

[Potts132]

@wilmanric1 My apologies I thought this was a different year. My bad !

[journeythruthepast]

My vote for best European goalie goes to Hasek because he dominated in the NHL too. We'll never know for Tretiak but ifs and buts don't make him the best in my mind, so I'll go with the Dominator.

[bobbydowns]

@journeythruthepast My favorite description of Hasek's style was "stopping the puck". Unlike Roy's showboating, Hasek would really pull some unbelievable saves out. Maybe the most creative goalie I've ever seen.

[wg390]

@flamesfan1417

Ohhh please, this flamesfan1417

is another asshole from Canada

STF

Your canada hockey has no skills no skating skills but a lot of idiots skating and trying to beat everyone who not agree that canadians is the best

Pathetic Canada& you flamesfan1417 one of them

Many European courtiers fucked your best Canada

So please STF

Russia earned all WC Olympics games in a time 2 time faster that you "BEST canada"

Your Canada history over 100 yr old and Russians only 57

[GSBELKA]

today the goalie pads are like twice the size

[Yamove]

damn playin without helmet is crazy and the golie helmets as well =)

[danhabsfan9]

no better European goalie!

[AEMoreira81]

@danhabsfan9 It's debatable if there is any better goalie, period. Yes people will say Brodeur, but Tretiak has to be a 1-A if not the best of all time.

He earned his spot in the Hall of Fame despite never playing in the NHL.

[danhabsfan9]

@AEMoreira81 brodeur is french canadien.....

[SailorMan69]

Tretiak is one of the managers of Russias Olympic Team. All I know is that Russia is one of the teams that is in the Gold Metal game, I hope one of the European teams makes it against the Russians, we'll leave Canada on 4th place.

[frasermack18]

Didnt happen, did it! Canada Gold, Russia....6th....7th??? 7-3 Canada

[chapaev36]

Things aren't as they used to be.

[babystinky]

@chapaev36

oh man your right. Check out the clip on youtube:

Canada - USSR, Canada Cup 1976 Group game

Watch how fast, how much skill with the stick they had and how the goalies performed without oversized equipment helping them. Unbelievable skill and Hockey.

[wilmanric1]

@chapaev36

No doubt about it, Tretiak was one of the greatest goalies of all time. I am an old Montreal Fan, and I remember this game. So sad....

For me, that is.

[Potts132]

@frasermack18 This was the Soviet Union not Russia

[brave999]

theres a name i haven't heard for a long time.. helmut balderis.. one of the all time great hockey names.. along with hakan loob and vela pekka -ketola..

[wschmrdr]

1:55 Why are they smiling? I thought soviets got Siberian treatment if they smiled....

[kotbegemot1963]

@wschmrdr likely, it's you to need it :))))

[yathehabsrule]

What makes this more impressive is that the night before, he shut out the Nordiques.

Hangover? my you know what...

Mats Naslund said the team played their best game all season, and still lost.

[Scarpia74]

"They have never - until now - beaten the Montreal Canadiens".

Well, maybe that's because THE SOVIET NATIONAL TEAM had never played vs. the Habs before. Canadian media and public have annoying way of thinking that CSKA and Team USSR were the same thing - and they weren't, although in the '80s it often seemed like that.

I'm nitpicking of course!

[acmilan93333]

yes they had....

[Scarpia74]

When? This should be interesting to hear.

Again, CSKA - who had played vs. Montreal in '75 and '79 - was NOT the Soviet National Team. So when the guy says "THEY have...", it is not correct, since the national team had never played vs. the Habs before. Get it now?

[HefnersCrew2005]

Quite honestly, CSKA and the National Team were the same team. Perhaps a player or two from Dynamo or Spartak but from the start, the predominance of the Soviet National team was CSKA. Great players on other team were even funneled to the team. Using Helmut Balderis as an example, he played for Riga Dynamo and was moved to the CSKA team when it was believed he'd be the next Kharlamov. That's just how it was.

The only reason it technically didn't happen was they had on different sweaters.

[Scarpia74]

@HefnersCrew2005

Quite honestly, that is bull. CSKA had 2 great lines at best, the Soviet national team had 4 of them (at least in 1979-83). Usually about 50 % of the players of the ntl team were CSKA players (just count them!).

Vasiliev, Maltsev, Starshinov, the great 2nd line of the 70s Yakushev-Shadrin-Shalimov, Shepelev, Golikov bros, Lyapkin, Bilyaletdinov etc. played for other teams. And guys like Kapustin and Balderis - who you mentioned - had only short stints with CSKA.

[Scarpia74]

@HefnersCrew2005

On the national team, most of the BEST players played for CSKA, but not most of the players .

[gyruss73]

The Habs totally fucked around in this game....all admitted hang-overs...what a joke.

[Polyron]

It would so have been a total disaster for patrick roy if tretiak had come to the habs in 1983... No one would have drafted him and he would probably never have played in the nhl, because nobody sign undrafted 22-23yo players who play in europe.

[CanaKahuna]

Blah blah blah blah....trouble is, truth be known, Tretiak had a losing record vs North american teams.

[chapaev36]

Source?

[wilmanric1]

@chapaev36 Certainly not my memory, that's for sure! I think it's just an assertion without justification, espeically since he never bothered to reply to you.

And thanks for the update on T in the '80's. By then I was too busy to follow hockey like I did in the '70's (and with Dryden my hero retiring in '79...well, it just wasn't the same anyhow) and I did not know most of this stuff. Good show.

[clay70]

Huh? Tretiak had 10 wins versus NHL teams and only 5 losses. In total against North American teams (Team Canada and Team NHL) in major tournaments he won a total of 30 and only lost 12. That is the truth.

[MadcapLaugh3]

@CanaKahuna what a crock of shit

[Slushyyy639]

@CanaKahuna your an idiot

[CanaKahuna]

@Slushyyy639 and your a faggot, so enjoy.

[lebanoninline]

Tretiak, in my opinion, was the best goalie of his era.

[hafsitafsi]

@lebanoninline he is

[therazsourhour]

he is coming over my house

nooo joke

my family is russsian and my grandfather is friends with him.He became friends with him cause my grandpa was a phisyan and maked sure the heart rate has okay and everything like that.Tretiak is now my friend too! awsome? i know!

[ve3uzi]

Actually I have this entire game on tape including the long standing ovation when they introduced Tretiak as the starting goalie.

Best (and probably last)game Tretaik ever played in Canada.

[chapaev36]

Sadly I don't have the standing ovation footage. I would have posted it.