1995 ECF Game 5 Claude Lemieux Goal

[Jnespoli118]

Seeing that little Flyers girl cry made my day.

...I think I need some help

[MrMatt8204]

Biggest goal in Devils' history. They don't win that series if they lose this game.

[UncleMikeNJ]

My favorite goal of all time. Hextall still hasn't seen it. This was the day my team stopped being an expansion team with a little success and grew up.

I don't think the Spectrum was ever as quiet as this.

[tyler0896]

@UncleMikeNJ You're right, it wasn't. I was there. I can't explain why, but there was a completely different vibe than, say, this year, when Buffalo went up 3-2 in OT. We knew we were done. And not just because last year's 0-3 comeback proved it's never over. I don't think we've ever been that low before or since. It's odd because, again, it was only a 2-3 deficit.

[MAXIMONT]

Nice one, Ronny. No Conn Smythe this year!

[cincynj85]

wat a goal

[dzanier]

The last half of Hextall's career was filled with so many bad goals that it's almost hard to remember that 87 Stanley Cup Final vs. Edmonton, where he was as good as any goalie I've ever seen in any playoff series.

[harryknucles]

ill save

[GmanGregilla]

Well, although it should've been saved by Hextall, it was quite a good-shot (especially on a stand-up/semi-stand-up goaltender, more or less, like Hextall) by Lemieux, and Hextall got relatively close to having made the semi-"flashy" stand-up/reflexive save on it.

[davedude250]

@GmanGregilla yeah ok - his career as an all time dick "he ALMOST saved it" major a hole hextall.

[dibrahim]

Hextall... biggest 5 hole in hockey history. You could drive an 18 wheeler through that thing.

[mosesonacid]

lmao. haha

[Matt03785]

if only the flyers had a goalie in 95, 96, 97...they woulda won a cup or 2

[newjerseydev]

@Matt03785 Well i recall the flyers getting outshot by the devils almost 2 to 1 in every game during that series. It was more than just the goalie they were missing. They were good but would never have beaten the devils even with a goalie. to be honest Brodeur isnt a great goalie-he was on great teams. with brodeur u would have lost worse

[MAXIMONT]

@Matt03785

If only the Atlanta Thrashers had a few good scoring lines, a couple good defensive pairs and a solid goalie, they'd probably have a few Stanley Cups, too.

Matt, the hockey analyst...

[PhillyFlyGuys]

I was at this game...damn you hexy!!!

[lfmingo23]

I love it!

[gun4hire]

Great save Hexy....

[CittenX3]

great comeback sir...classy

[gouche2269]

snipe by lemieux this guy is sick ..............43 and stilll in the show WOW

[njteech]

NIce...love that lady

[mushmouth4life]

FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF......

[bufbarbnaby]

Claude Lemieux , number twenty-two !

[Rvd420WHAT]

HEXTALL! HEXTALL! HEXTALL! HEXTALL!!!!!!!

MUUUUuuhahahahhahahahahahahaha­a

[SteveO1887]

its baseball and it sucks, who cares, the sillies will go through i drought, i mean philly is proud of it, but myself and many other hockey fans probably dont give a shit about baseball

[sportyfrunk]

Guess what?I LOVE hockey and I give a shit aboot the "Sillies".Been to 7 Flyers games this year and the "Sillies" parade...Did I mention World Fuckin Champion "Sillies"?

[mbd303030]

once again dude, no one cares

[CittenX3]

fuck yeah, im a flyers fan like the rest of them, but Philadelphia loves all its teams, because they love PHILLY, now granted the flyers are my team, but the phillies brought a who lotta pride back to the city and gave us something to PHINALLY celebrate, go flyers and go phillies, fuck the pens and fuck the mets

[jerseyfky]

Easily my most favorite goal ever... EASILY!

[FranklinSherman]

I also find it pretty hysterical that sore loser Flyers fans cry about the Devils defensive systems in past years when..

THE FLYERS WON IN THE 70S BY PURPOSELY INJURING PLAYERS.

I also enjoy the racism of the Flyers fans, its the city of brotherly love...only if you are White.

[Crawford1987]

Oh man that was the height of the Devils, from 1995-2003. They were really close to 3rd Cup in 2001 but got in 2003, so they really could have had 4 cups had it not been for Roy standing on his head in game 6.

But the Devils haven't been the same since 2003. With Stevens, Daneko, Rafalski, Neidermayer, and Gomez gone, and Marty now 36, they're sort of heading towards a rebuild...even though Brodeur has 3 full years left on his contract.

[FranklinSherman]

Rebuild? No thank you the Devils are just fine. Smart teams do not have to rebuild.

[Crawford1987]

It's the new NHL...teams aren't able to just use their monetary resources to buy up players like they used to. And since the Devils are a mid-market team, they sorta have to take the rebuilding route anyways. I'm not saying it's now or anything, but rather in 3 or so years.

IDK...I guess if the Devils have a talented group of players coming up and if they sign people here and there they can remain competitive. We'll see, they have a lot of old players...

[GrkFlyersFan]

Actually you've just made my point for me. Everybody followed the Devils trap, and now look, all the clutching and grabbing that made the Devils who they were, is commonplace. So yes, the Devils ruined hockey

[Frozintoe]

Well they've won a hell of a lot more cups in the past 20 years, than the Flyers at least

[Japenski]

i like to look at it as the devils revolutionized defense in hockey, they're innovators

[Crawford1987]

The funny thing is that the Devils were actually considered Underdogs in this series because of the Flyers top line with Lindros, Leclair, and Renberg. But, when you play Defense like Jersey, any line can be stopped.

[cuso47]

yeah and so was detroit in the 97 finals, the only time we (flyers) do well is when we arent supposed to

[FuturePBABowler]

The Devils were underdogs in every series in '95. They never had home ice.

[FranklinSherman]

You do realize the same style was being played in the 60s and 70s by the Habs, dont you?

Stop crying. Faggot. The "trapping" 2001 Devils led the league in scoring with 300 goals, 50 more than any of the "exciting" teams in the "new" NHL has done. Stoppp making excuses.

[SteveO1887]

someone sounds a little jealous, all flyers fans do you try to tear other teams apart cuz their own sucks. if you guys played the trap you'd act like it was the greatest thing ever to happen in hockey. grow up and follow your old team and stop bitching about the past, its not our fault you guys choke constantly in typical philly fashion

[mbd303030]

haha wow he had to change the subject to another sport.....no one cares about baseball...you haven't won a cup in the last 35 years and you're a disgrace to the league and to sports fans everywhere....you have absolutely no legitimate argument for the flyers so i suggest you delete your youtube account and continue masturbating over phillies highlights you fucking pussy

[rob8910]

Hey ass-munch, the Flyers have the 2nd highest all time winning % in the entire NHL. The Penguins are ranked a pathetic 24.

And the Flyers have OWNED the Penguins, including a 15 YEAR PERIOD when the penguins didn't win a single game in Philadelphia (45 games). You never even won a playoff series against Philly until last year.

A "disgrace to the league" would be the Pens, who's owners came a pubic hair from moving the franchise just a few years ago because the fan base is a joke

[CittenX3]

the ONLY reason the pens have any success, is becasue they finished in last place 5 times in a row!!!!! they get #1 draft pics, and it ends up being crosby, malkin, staal, fluery, and orpik.. they get rewarded for being the worst team ever. thats the only reason they are good, the only people who do shit on that team is a result of 5 consecutive years of SHIT!

[Inlander3]

There's nothing wrong with tanking to make your team better. The term "rebuilding" isn't new to you I'm sure. Don't be an idiot.

[CittenX3]

i just dont think a team should be rewarded for finishing in last, especially if its year after year after year, its a kick in the nuts to those teams that barely miss the playoffs year after year, they dont get shit but get just as far as the last place team. and it wouldnt bother me if these people actually were die-hard when that team was shit year after year, not just coming out of the woodwork now that they can actually win. its pathetic

[Inlander3]

Management and coaching play large factors as well. A team may get the players, but there also has to be the sense and support from the upper body. For example, the Isles had that moron Mike Milbury as a general manager earlier in the decade. He drafted some very good players (Chara, Spezza, Jokinen, and Luongo, among others), and stupidly traded them away without giving them time to properly develop. Famously, in the 2000 Draft, he passed up bothHeatley and Gaborik to instead pick up DiPietro.

[Inlander3]

Now although DiPietro isn't a bad goaltender, the pick simply hasn't turned out to be well. The Penguins, on the other hand, have Ray Shero, a relatively competent general manager who recently removed much of their bad coaching with the string of firings in the second half of the season. Hiring Bylsma really worked out well for that team. The impact was practically immediate.

[CittenX3]

that is a very good point and very true. your points are easy to respect because you actually use your head and an unbiased point of view on these topics, instead of half the retards on here who just start yelling random ignorant shit.

[bluesguy1977]

yep

now look at the devils, what a classy team that earns it

[newjerseydev]

@CittenX3 well said!!!

[UncleMikeNJ]

My favorite goal of all time. Then again, should it have counted? After all, it was against Ron Hextall! Remember the sign in Detroit in the '97 Finals? "Hey Hextall! You get pulled more than a U-Haul!" Not that Detroit fans hurt us in the '95 Finals! But they've done just fine since then.

[2003champs]

I find it humorous seeing all the Failure fans in here trying to ruin a cherished Devil memory. Look at the title of this video. How and why did you even stumble upon it? It just goes to show Killadelphia just loves to wallow in their own misery and because of that stigma, their teams will never win anything. That, and you white trash fans don't deserve it. Make fun of Newark all you want but reading the headlines lately I bet there are more drug addict murderers attending Flyer home games.

[Frozintoe]

Ron could've gotten that, Davidson was right

[Kyydax]

Wow, sounds like yet another jealous classless Flyers fan... And for the record, the Devils never averaged 7000 per game.

[Rvd420WHAT]

HEXTALL! HEXTALL! HEXTALL!

Martys BETTER!

[dghours1]

love ya, hexy...but man, you gotta make that stop, what a soft goal. This is why the NHL is clueless...they were at the height of popularity when the Rangers won it all in 1994, then they let a team without a city stay in Jersey and draw 7000 a game and win it all the next year...nhl never recovered the popularity after that, in my opinion

[WhosJoeMayo]

Then why did the NHL break attendance records 3 seasons in a row the last 3 years? How did the Devils get awarded a brand new arena? I know its tough to deal with the Flyers being awful, but stop making shit up. The Devils had 16,000 fans a game this past season, you were about 9,000 off. NJ does just fine for a team smack dab between the Rangers and Flyers fanbase, go talk to the Bruins, a team from a "CITY" that draws less than the Devils. Such hate, it must suck to like the Flyers.

[dghours1]

Oh, get off it man...the team was going to move to Nashville before it won the cup. I want Philly teams to win a championship badly but I'm just telling it like it is, without using my own team pride. Don't ya think maybe I wouldn't have credited the Rangers if I was just a bitter Flyers fan? There are Devils fans, true, but no identity to this team...Bruins have sucked for years, just like the Isles in the 90s...attendance usually hurts when the team sucks.

[GrkFlyersFan]

The Devils ruined hockey to win 3 Cups in 8 years. Look now. Hockey's still a shell of what it was once was, and the Devils haven't been past the 2nd round since that '03 Cup. They can't even sell out that new arena up in Newark. You guys may have one more Cup than us, but we have more prestige to our name. We have a great fanbase that's like family. We fill our arena and would never even consider allowing opposing fans to overtake.

[dghours1]

"NJ does just fine for a team smack dab between the Rangers and Flyers fanbase" - JoeMayo, you just proved my point about why they shouldn't exist in the first place.

"The Devils ruined hockey to win 3 Cups in 8 years." Very true, GrkFlyersFan, the Devs were the key offenders in playing the dreaded boring trap, which sparked all the horrible rule changes that have cheapened the game today.

[GrkFlyersFan]

Exactly. And like I said, it doesn't even work for the Devils anymore.

[Rabblenick27]

yea and when was the last time you got to the finals seems having a bunch of goons doesn't even work for the flyers anymore either go watch a bobby clarke video and stay off great devils moments

[Rabblenick27]

your an idiot the devils didn't ruin hockey how is playing defense and forcing mistakes ruining hockey and the swedes implemented the trap first and if im not mistaken many teams have followed the devils lead and adapted the trap

[highfructosedan]

Haha Greek Flyer Fan-- I know how you Greeks like it!

[GrkFlyersFan]

No. How DO we like it?

[highfructosedan]

Ahahahahahahahahahah!

[dghours1]

NJ Devils - only team in the history of pro sports without a city

[MAXIMONT]

The Islanders, California Angels, The Giants. stop being stupid, boy.

[dghours1]

Islanders - Maybe New York? They're NY team fallback #2

Angels - Anaheim maybe? ummm

The Giants - Maybe New York? They're NY's #1 fave team now

Remember, NY = always a team to fall back on when "your team" doesn't make it...Philly is the only city in the USA that embraces it's teams like a tough-love family. You'll never understand what it's like unless you are one.

[MAXIMONT]

@dghours1

neither the Giants or Islanders play in New York, idiot.

I'm glad that being named after a city is a point of pride for Flyers fans...something has to take the place of being proud of a winning team.

[stevedrums]

Oh boy. I remember this. Hextall.....LOL

[Zackattack52287]

First, I feel for Philly fans. I generally like the Flyers, although can't say I was a huge Lindros fan.

Second, I despise Claude Lemieux, and it sucks to see him score this goal. Search "Konstantinov Lemieux" if you feel depressed after watching this.

And is this Doc Emerick (the guy who does the NBC broadcasts now?) He and Gary Thorne are kings of hockey broadcasts!

[fattyg89]

Phailures fail again

[Hattrick4419]

oWNED GO DEVILS

[n40p69]

Philadelphia sports teams are a joke, this is funny shit right there. Hextall letting in a shot like that, no surprise, it is a Philly team after all. They won't win a title in any sport in any of your lifetimes so you might as well just kill yourselves Philly fans.

[ozzy81234]

typical devils....five fans

[marty3443]

typical philadelphia losers.

[marty3443]

Typical Flyers...cant win anything ever against the devils. Up 3-1 on the devils in the ECF series in 2000=choke.

[GrkFlyersFan]

Typical Devils, only can score on goaltender error.

[myunclesnephew]

yeah, typical flyers with shit goalkeepers

[GrkFlyersFan]

Hextall? Shit? The guy almost beat Gretzky's Oilers in '87. The hockey Gods were good to you guys for 8 years there. Your luck has run out , Devils. Trapping is getting less and less effective every year. Without Stevens and Lemaire, no Cups for the North Jersey Devils

[eckesg1]

So, when does your luck begin, Flyer Fan

[GrkFlyersFan]

Not sure, but for now, we have bragging rights on all Rangers fans and yes, all you fans of the North Jersey Devils, ALL SUMMER LONG!

[WhosJoeMayo]

Will the Flyers be raising a banner for that next season? Maybe Philly can raise a banner for each shooting that happens in their city, then they will catch up to the Devils.

[dghours1]

"Maybe Philly can raise a banner for each shooting that happens in their city, then they will catch up to the Devils. " - as opposed to Newark, the PEACE capital of the world!

[FranklinSherman]

Not one crime in the square mile around the Prudential Center since it has opened. Cant say the same for the Wachovia Center.

Keep hating Flyers fans. God you people are pathetic.

[SteveO1887]

actually they won two without lemaire, they dont really need lemaire to win cups, anyway flyers will never win with biron starting in net, you cant go all the way with two backup goals playing for you

[GrkFlyersFan]

Lemaire invented the trap, and Biron is not the reason we lost. Yes I know 2003 was nowhere near as long ago as 1975. But alas, the 2 Cups have the same relevance...NONE! The current edition of the Flyers is better than the current edition of the Devils. The length of our respective seasons proves it. My brother's a Devils fan,and I watch all the Devils games, it's easy to see that half the Devils goals are lucky as hell. Fatass's days of stopping 20 high percentage shots a game are numbered.

[SteveO1887]

yea people say that every year and say the devils are fucked year after year, ill let you talk, i remember when the flyers fans thought nittymaki (sp) was gonna be huge. as for the fatass comment, he is in extremely good shape ive met him in person and have been within two feet of him

[GrkFlyersFan]

I know other than Bernie Parent, Brodeur is a class above every goalie we've ever had. But a lot of you Devils fans act like the other 19 Devils who dress suck evry night. When they win, it's ALL Brodeur, and when they lose, it's never Brodeur's fault. I firmly believe those Cups were a product of the trap, and Stevens. Stevens should have the Godlike status, not Brodeur. As for Niittymaki, well yeah, he's a bust, it happens

[MAXIMONT]

Stevens DOES have godlike status. Devils are a solid team, top to bottom. Look at who theyve put out since '95. Flyer captain Jason Smith, Rolston, Holik, Guerin, Brendan Morrison, Petr Sykora, Niedermayer. Devils BUILD their teams and other teams.

[BrodeurIsBetter]

"Why Not Us" Because your Philadelphia, thats why.

[MAXIMONT]

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha­ha. Truer words were never spoken!

[cowboyzsuk81]

fuck the devils

[giveortakeson]

Fuck the Flyers

[cowboyzsuk81]

fuck u

[MartysBetter30]

flyers suck. but i do agree, cowboys do suck

[MartysBetter30]

why yes he can. all of the flyers fit under that category too though...

[cowboyzsuk81]

...nah.

[MartysBetter30]

um. yeah. hey my brothers a huge flyers fan and i have to go to the flyers game tonight vs. the rangers (its his birthday). oy. i heard valiquettes in goal.....

[cowboyzsuk81]

ya im going to the phantoms game right down the street. i tryed gettin flyers tix for tonight but i couldnt so im going to the phantoms game

[MartysBetter30]

yeah i love watching the flyers and rangers beat up on each other. its quite amusing.

[cowboyzsuk81]

ya.

[MartysBetter30]

who are the phantoms playing?

[cowboyzsuk81]

wolf pack

[MartysBetter30]

um. yeah. hey my brothers a huge flyers fan and i have to go to the flyers game tonight vs. the rangers (its his birthday). oy. i heard valiquettes in goal.....

[giveortakeson]

fuck u

[giveortakeson]

fuck u

[devils950003]

Two things...Lemieux scored a bunch of goals with this type of shot. Plus, Hextall had a habit of giving up soft goals.

[jmb048nym]

Arguably the turning point of the Devils' franchise history...

[oehieze]

LOVE YOU CLAUDE!!!!!

[1pbdecoder1pb]

Claude Lemieux: the epitome of a pest.

3rd alltime in playoff game winning goals with 19 (behind 99 and Hull).

3rd alltime in playoff penalty minutes 529.

3rd most playoff games 233 (behind Messier and Roy).

[ArtVandalay2008]

You're right Flyersfan1975:

First period -- Scoring:

1, NJ, Maclean 4 (Guerin, Niedermayer), 3:42.

2, Phi, Dineen 5 (power play) (Yushkevich, Semenov), 7:28.

3, NJ, Carpenter 1 (power play) (Mckay, Dean), 17:17.

Second period -- Scoring: None.

Third period -- Scoring:

4, Phi, Dineen 6 (power play) (Yushkevich, Brindamour), 3:13.

5, NJ, Lemieux 10 (unassisted), 19:15.

[1pbdecoder1pb]

You sure know your boxscore Mr. Vandalay.

The real question Art is, do you know architecture, or are you a latex salesman?

[ArtVandalay08]

Thanks. Actually I'm a latex salesman - an importer/exporter to be precise :)

[nastymirasty13]

it may have hit off svoboda's stick, and changed direction of the puck or hextall just wasn't anticipating the shot at all, he could've been screened too...but i doubt it, anyways amazing vid dude

[Hattrick4419]

nice!!!

[SteveO1887]

wow hextall, just butterfly on that shot, easy save. glad we faced hextall that series.

[1pbdecoder1pb]

Where was the stick save? The lady fan should of prayed for an easy stick save.

[njdevils17]

That must have been embarrassing for Hextall. Awesome video!