Garry Howatt vs Ed Giacomin

Apr 11, 1975 Round 1 Game 3 NY Islanders NY Rangers fight scrum

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[floralparkkid]

Eddie Giacomin was the best Ranger goalie of all time and one of the best in NHL history. Nobody made more clutch saves than Steady Eddie!

[RRaquello]

I didn't see this game (no TV in NY) but heard it on the radio. If I remember, the Isles were leading 3-0, THis happened at the beginning of the 3rd pd.. Howatt got rooked on the penalty calls after this fight, the Rangers eventually tied the game and the Isles won on JP Parise's OT goal. The end of the Rangers & beginning of the Islanders. I heard the game on WMCA and the Islander's announcers went nuts after this. It was a long time ago, and I had never SEEN it before. Pretty cool.

[dzanier]

slice it the Rangers had the momentum at some point in every game and heading into the final game and in OT. The Isles deserve credit but the Rangers should have won this series. I don't know if they underestimated the Isles or what but the Rangers had more skilled players. Maybe, as was often said about the Rangers before this series and up till the 94 Cup, their players just weren't mentally or physically tough enough.

[dzanier]

I was 3 at the time so I don't recall (I know my rangers history though, and Isles as well), but I know that the Rangers were leading 2-0 going into the third period of Game 1 and lost 3-2 (That's just inexcusable), they won Game 2 on Long Island 8-3 (it was 3-0 seven minutes in & 6-1 at the midway point of the 2nd period),a nd in this game they tied it up with three goals in the 3rd (the 2nd & 3rd scored 14 seconds apart by Fairbairn & Vickers at 13.27 and 13.41 respectively). Whatever way you

[tank3ful]

I remember this game like it was yesterday. The Rangers were losing 3 to 0, when they benched Gilles Villemure and brought in Eddie. After this fight, the Rangers scored 3 consecutive goals, and nearly one the thing before regulation ended. Eddie lit a fire under his teams butt, to get moving. 10 seconds into overtime, JP Parise scores ,and the lslanders win their first playoff series ever! Historic moment for them, and the end of the Emil Francis Ranger era.

[BMTH8521]

Ed Giacomin is my friends uncle NO JOKE!

[3131Mets]

Just the goal it is the only known video.

Show called birth of the islanders

[dzanier]

A young Ron Greschner. It was his first season.

[dzanier]

The whole game or just the goal? I would love to see that game.

[3131Mets]

Just saw actual broadcast of parise goal on show called MSG

Vault

[dzanier]

Well, he is in the hall of fame. Some might consider him among the greatest 30 goalies ever. Lot's of goalies are in the HOF,I don't know the exact number, but you could make the argument that if you're in the HOF you're among the greatest goalies ever. I know some people, and I'm one of them, who think Mike Richter could either be number one or number two on the all-time Ranger list. I think Richter and Eddie are numbers 1 and/or 2 irrespective of order.