HNIC - 1984 Cup Win Part 1

The Edmonton Oilers win their first Stanley Cup. Many would follow.

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• 1983
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[oaklandfan2k8]

Everytime the Oilers win or Scored a Goal they played The Empire Strikes Back by Meco.

[angusandleigh]

That fan at 0:29 was one lucky guy!

[SenhordoBonfim]

@bearpaw72 I never heard it put that way, but you're right.

[SenhordoBonfim]

Lots of praise for the officiating in this series. You sure don't hear that anymore.

[HWY60Juan]

One of the greatest memories of my life! I shared a single seasons ticket with my mother & it was her turn to go to the game, so I had an arrangement with an usher, slipping him 20 bucks at the door! My buddy later showed me his video of the game & they had the camera on myself, standing alone during the anthem. I wish I had a copy of that for evidence. During the last minute of the game, I managed to slip down the aisle, beside the Oiler bench, getting some photos... WHAT A SPECIAL DAY!

[landrykkb]

It was even rare for officials to be even praised in 1984,like the late,great Danny Gallivan did here.I`m impressed!

[bearpaw72]

@sportsandbeer

To paraphrase you, "Fuck i wish i grew up IN EDMONTON at this time".

[bearpaw72]

@UrbanRail

I lived in Vancouver my whole life, and even I agree with you on this.

The Oilers may have sucked this year (HA-HA), but who cares? I have better memories watching the Oilers win the cup (especially this one) than I have watching the Canucks lose the only seven-game series that was ever decided in four games.

[bearpaw72]

Thanks for posting this. I live in Vancouver, where the Canucks SHOULD have lost in four straight against the Bruins this year. This Oilers series is one of my fondest memories watching NHL hockey ever (another was the Nord-Avs of '96). I watched this video because the embarassing stats the Casucks posted in the 2011 finals only added to the long list of franchise mediocrity and (exacerbated by the riots) affected my fondness for the game.

This is all I have left. Thanks for posting.

[bababooiey]

27 years ago today

[DropsOfOil]

@landrykkb I was thinking the exact same thing watching the celebrations. I wasn't quite born when this happened (born in 86) but I think if fans tried to do that now (especially before the game is even over) there would be a swarm of riot police there, beating the fans off the ice.

[landrykkb]

@ponnapal Although the Habs in that 53-60 era didn't play as many regular season games and had only 5 other teams as competition,they were definitely a product of it and played with every which injury under the sun,like you said.What the hell would you have called an endorsement deal then?Wayne Gretzky made more offf of them alone than the Habs likely did combined then.