There was another hockey riot - March 17, 1955 in Montreal. It was a real "English vs. French" scenario and known as the Richard Riot after Maurice Richard. The very best hockey season of all time was the 1972 Summit Series between Canada and the U.S.S.R. It was 8 games, the first 4 games were in Canada, the last 4 were in Moscow. It was so much more than hockey - we were at war - democracy vs. communism. Canada won behind enemy lines. Definitely check it out. You won't be disappointed. Canadians weren't English Canadian or French Canadian, we were Canadian. I have very vivid memories of that series.
Patrice Bergeron is basically the perfect human. Even teams which have a rivalry with Boston can't help but respect Bergeron as a player and person. Just an absolute class act his entire (Soon to be) Hall of Fame career. He gave everything for the team, including playing through a punctured lung, cracked ribs, torn rib cartilage and a separated shoulder in 2013 in a losing effort in the Cup Final.
Daniel Sedin didn't fight back because under normal circumstances the referee would call a penalty on Marchand and put the Canucks on the powerplay. The refs in this series were extremely biased in favour of the Bruins and any fan not wearing a black and yellow jersey could see it.
@@liveandwrite I am over it. I'm just giving the reason why Sedin didn't fight back. Also I know what gold looks like. Vegas wears gold. The Bruins wear yellow.
@@liveandwrite It's best not to 'Get Over' the truth. Then you & others you therefore don't properly teach have an increased likelihood of making the same/similar enough mistakes.
I think the bogus play of Kessler and Burrows trying to draw penalties pissed off the refs and made them suspicious of most calls. Having said that and being a bruins fan, I do think that Marchand should have been called for roughing +/- misconduct. Most other calls, if I remember correctly were overall bad but balanced. It was the final series and the Canucks didn’t adjust to the refs letting more go. That was a coaching error.
The lessen to be learned from this year and pretty much all others, simply getting to the 4th and final round, let alone winning the Cup, is incredibly difficult. It has taken far too long, but the sporting world is at last beginning to understand that winning a Stanley Cup is the most difficult achievement in team sports. There is a recent documentary from a Vancouver film maker that covers the post game riot in detail. So far it has only been available on premium pay television but has received rave reviews from those that have seen it.
Oh there is definitely a rivalry, between Vancouver Canucks and Boston Bruins, and it's a mutual rivalry. I mean most Hockey teams (and by extension their fans) have a rivalry with basically every other team, but some rivalries are stronger and more intense than others, this was/is one of those very intense rivalries and when you're at the end of the season and almost to winning the Stanley Cup, oh boy things come to blows, more so than a casual hockey viewer would expect. I remember seeing this on the news way back when it happened in 2011, I wasn't in Vancouver at the time but I was a few cities over in Abbotsford, BC. The news coverage of this was extensive.
I think its unfair to say that this game sparked a riot. If the canucks had won, there still would have been a riot. The riot energy existed before the game, and winning wasnt gonna help anyone climb down from that
I was there too it definitely had a weird vibe but I disagree that it would have been the same. I think people would have been more inclined to step in and stop the people inciting it. Maybe I’m just looking at it optimistically but that’s my belief
no there would not have been a riot if we won ...trust me. there would have been a massive party just like the olympics in vancouver the year before when we beat usa winning gold. party
Both teams were in different conferences, so they didn't play each other during the season much, maybe a couple of games, one on the road and one at home, maybe. This, was in 2011, the Canucks had the best record in the regular season, so they felt confident going into the final round. The Boston Bruins hadn't won the Stanley Cup since 1972 and the Vancouver Canucks have never won it. Both teams played tough and wanted to win. In the first six games of the series, the home team won every game. Tensions were high and Boston ended up winning the championship.
In my opinion, the best Stanley Cup final was the 1971 final between Montreal and Chicago. Ken Dryden (a rookie goalie) stole the series against every team they played. Jim Pappin took a shot for a surefire goal for Chicago in the final, but Dryden miraculously stopped the shot and turned the series for a Montreal win.
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During the riot my husbands brother was filmed for upwards of 4 hours marauding in Vancouver. The footage was used to identify and charge him for the damages he caused. He served 18 months in jail for it and was named Canada's Dumbest Criminal on national magazines- lol. These teams have been vicious since the early 1980's
This is the second time a riot started in Vancouver after they lost the cup....the last two times Montreal WON the cup there were riots....and I've heard there was a riot in Montreal in the 50's after their star player was suspended, Maurice "Rocket" Richard.
The Canucks succumbed to the President's Trophy curse, introduced in 1986, any team who wins it lose in the final, in 38 years only 8 teams have beat the 'Curse', with the Oilers doing it twice.
Tempers and anticipation increases during the Cup Finals. You play the same team over and over so bad blood boils. But that should stay on the ice , not outside in the streets. We love hockey but no one needs to destroy things. It's the mob mentality that took over. I remember this series and we were very disappointed with our BC neighbours.
There was a great deal of commentary and reflection after the riot. It was not the hockey fans that caused the issue. It was opportunist thugs that took advantage of the huge numbers of people who had flocked to the downtown area for viewing parties on outdoor screens that provided cover for people who saw a chance to cause trouble and do some looting. Also, the police response was not well coordinated and people in the street were funnel into others with no way out. I had advised my teenage daughter to stay out of the downtown area but you know young people like to go where there is going to be a big party. I live in Surrey and even here there were people causing issues on the streets after earlier games in the series. Travelling home by bus we had to deter around street celebrations. One could feel that there was the potential for trouble by the time the 7th game was coming around. The crowds were getting bigger after each game.
Montreal stanley cup 1993--experienced it live myself, it was the year I moved here. For on ice big brawl, watch Montreal vs. Québec, Good friday massacre 1984. Watched it live on t.v. back in the day.
Mert, may want to check out the following two incidents that were arguably the most wild in NHL history: 1) Bruins vs. Rangers: Bruin players climb into the stands to grab Rangers' fans and start beating on them. 2) Biggest bench clearing brawl in NHL history: Montreal Canadiens vs. Quebec Nordiques.
I'm a Bruins fan who lives in Vancouver (and did in 2011). It was a wonderful day for me, and an awful day for my city.(and I wasn't going anywhere near downtown that day) Lou's performances in games1, 2 and 5 is the only reason that series went to 7 games.
As a Montreal Canadiens fan, I have to say that I did secretly cheer for Edmonton to win the cup this year. Partly because of national pride, and partly to see Florida lose 😁🤷♀️.
In the end the players shake hands. The crowd on the other hand got stupid. If there's a Canadian team in the finals, then all of Canada cheers for that team. It becomes a Canada vs USA thing.
It was a GRITTY , GREASY series . As a born and bred Bruins fan ....... I thought the Canucks would win , I won't lie . It ended up morphing into a mental battle and Boston physically smashed their way through to the cup . Burgeron is what a hockey player should be , class and skill ... and that incident sparked the first riot
That's fine anyway, most of the teams' players aren't even from Canada. Maybe the current Oilers lineup being an exception. I'll get excited when a bunch of from-Canada Canadians are poised to win.
For me personally, if my own team is out I root for the Canadian team but as one person commented once (I think on this channel but maybe not), in the end, BOTH teams are mostly Canadian players so you're rooting Canadian regardless.
Yes that just happened last month the Oilers were down 3-0 in the finals against Florida came all the way back and lost in game 7. Maybe that’s a video you can react to.
The riot at the end, wasn't caused by hockey fans, when you bring maltove cocktails with you to burn the place down,that's not from hockey fans. The ticket prices in Vancouver for the games was ridiculous, it was almost cheaper to fly to Boston, pay for a hotel and ticket to the game as it was just for a ticket in Vancouver.
There is a hard fought playoff series every year. Most of the problems were not really connected to the game or series. CBC took a lot of (justified) criticism for the situation - not only after the problems, but from a few sources, before the problems. CBC had recently reopened their new plaza outside the building and was encouraging people for many days before, as well as throughout the day, to come down and watch the game and party on the plaza. As a result a lot of petty criminals and gang members come into the city with the intent of causing trouble, as well as looting. I can't remember what time the "festivities" kicked off, but it was quite early in the day, meaning people has been drinking before the game even started. The cops also faced a lot of criticism for not stepping in sooner
I remember watching this one... at the time I truly saw the Riot - not as justified, but as there being a definitive spark that caused the riots. In many ways I've always known that it wasn't just the game/series itself making the Riots, but a nuclear bomb is just a tube of mostly metal without the right initiation. - There are many many many games where refereeing was decided to be unequal or even wholly negatively one-sided calls. I remember watching this one, dad is a Bruins fan so he did see it - though was fine with anyone barely mentioning it. I don't remember my brother's perspective on it though. The final game was a good one overall, but I remember pulling away from it slowly throughout - solely due to what I remember being horrendous refereeing. This video doesn't go into this aspect of the game at all, since it only discusses game 6 & is merely suggestive.
Embarrassing for me as a Canucks fan. I still prefer the 1994 Finals from a skill and entertainment perspective. It was also much closer. Once the Bruins got in the Canucks' head, it was over. They couldn't win in Boston and got blown out a couple of times. Losing Malhotra really hurt them. I don't get the riot. I love the Canucks, but I'm not getting drunk and breaking public property and stealing stuff over it. I'm Canadian. That's the most uncanadian thing you can do.
@@christhornycroft3686 it was rigged. NHL is about money not who wins. thats why there was a riot. the way the refs called that game or didnt and the way we just absolutely played like it was the first time they played. it was a joke of a game
How many people can honestly say if someone was sticking their fingers in your mouth, you wouldn't reflexively bite down to get them to stop? It's not as if the Bergeron had his hand on the guy's shoulder, and he went out of his way to bite him, lol. You keep bopping me in the face and then stick your thumb in my mouth during a tussle, you aren't getting it back without damage.
It's a gross oversimplification to say that the game sparked a riot. Their biggest mistake was having thousands of fans come to an outdoor watch party in the downtown core. And that has nothing to do with the team or the game. That's on the city for allowing it to happen. I believe they had the watch parties in a park some distance from downtown this year. Also, Vancouver is not my team, but I was watching and pulling for them. I will generally cheer for any Canadian team in the playoffs if my team is eliminated.
was compleatly fine and safe the year before during hockey gold during the 2010 olympics. even if we lost there wouldnt have been a riot then. the location was not the issue. the games were rigged at the end. NHL stanley cup is all about money. its rigged
I was at a bar about 2 blocks from the arena. Some friends when outside to have a smoke and were quickly rushed back inside by the staff, who locked us in. We stayed for a couple of hours until is was safe to leave. Some friends walked me home in the aftermath and it was sickening. This was particularly bad/sad after the wonderful way Vancouver's huge crowds had behaved during the Olympics the year before. The 'good' part of this story is what happened the next day when Vancouver citizens showed up spontaneously to help clean up the mess. One police car was completely covered with post it notes of thanks to the cops and apologies for what had happened. Some redemption for the city, perhaps. I was also accidentally caught in the riot after the Canucks lost the Stanley Cup final in 1994 too.
yes we cheer the last Canadian team left, always, for example this year once the canucks lost every single Canadian started to cheer for the last Canadian team left. this year it was Edmonton oilers.
I would agree but I do know a lot of people that if it was an American team against Montreal there's a good chance they would cheer for the American team.
It's long been proven that the rioters were there to cause trouble, no matter the outcome of the game. Some even brought cars with the sole intent on lighting them on fire. Very little of the riot had anything to do with hockey. If the news had followed the story to the next few days, they'd have seen thousands of people descending on the area to voluntarily do as much cleanup and repair as they could do. As for the game, when you have two teams and apply two different sets of rules, then there's going to be bad blood between them. Boston was, literally, allowed to do anything they wanted, while Vancouver was given penalties for just looking at the puck. Since Gary Bettman took over as league commissioner in 1994, no Canadian team has been allowed to with the Stanley Cup. Not one. Yet, if you look at the previous 30 years, Canadian teams won the championship half of those years. The bottom line is that Americans don't watch if American based teams don't win. Bettman was desperate to sell hockey to the US markets and expand into other US cities. He could never do this if Canadian teams won. Further, he was also desperate to renew fan interest in the larger US markets where the teams hadn't in decades, if at all. The NHL has been fixed for over 30 years. Cup winners are predetermined according to who has the best chance and who is in need of a sales boost. Yes, it still takes some talent and teamwork, but the proof is in the lack of Canadian teams winning for over three decades. I love my home team but I am a hockey fan first and foremost. As a hockey fan, I gave up on the NHL a long time ago. As a long time resident, the riot was shameful, but the press has never properly covered it, the reasons behind it, and the heroes who came to clean up the aftermath. The NHL is a bush league and will always be so long as games are being fixed.
1:22 they hated each other because they were simply plying for the Stanley Cup against one another. It’s always like this, just not quite this bad. They were just wiling to do anything to win it, and it was razor close. Plus Vancouver is in Canada, who is hungry to bring a cup home. This would not have happened between two American teams. Just so you know, when a Canadian team makes the finals, everyone in Canada goes for them IM a Leaf fan, and yet you forget all that if a team like Vancouver makes the final, you just want them to win.
2011 there was a lot of non calls against Boston that were blatant penalties. IT COST US OUR 1ST CUP CHAMPIONSHIP, OUR TEAM HAS BIN TO THE FINALS 3× IN ITS HISTORY 82, 94, 2011
Would love for you to check out oddmanrush's video on the scottish hockey sensation tony hand. Had a 30 year professional playing career, but didnt want to play in north america for fear of being homesick. Between his pro and international play, i think he got more than 4,000 points.
Boston played super dirty - not that the Canucks were angels. Jon Stewart did a great recap of all the nonsense - very much worth a watch to understand the hatred. See: "The Ironing Is Delicious" on youtube.
There was a lot of animosity towards the refs not calling a lot of that dirty play, This made their disciplined, turn the other cheek strategy ineffective, and Canucks fans felt this was not fair.
I was FaceTimeing a buddy who was watching the game outside, holy hell did it get hectic fast. On one side I see the humor in it, the other it's kinda shameful. No need for it.
Almost certainly Burroughs bit him. Bergeron isn't the type to lie about something so ridiculous, but if you listen to Burroughs, he's fair bit of a dullard and it wouldn't surprise me too much. Luongo was a whiner, Kesler was dirty and violent and the Sedins made a lot of their progress by intentionally turning their back on attackers so they couldn't be hit. Outside of Vancouver, I think it was polled as one of or the most disliked teams ever. I was in Vancouver and was so elated they lost. Haha. Mostly bandwagon fans here anyways - compared to other Canadian cities.
@@corvus1801 to be fair (again), there were definitely some bad moments from the canucks that series too. I just mean the Bruins on average have generally been a greasy team every year since they signed Marchand
@@KendrickMan haha you're not wrong that years nucks team had its pests and fair share of grease. Whole thing was a little surreal watching the panels, like yes its a dirty greasy series..nucks playing the bruins in the SCF what else was everyone expecting the games to be
No where near the greatest series although a riot ensued by unhappy Canucks fans, guess they figured they had to outdo the Toronto Argonauts riot? At least the Argos won 😂. Best hockey series Canada vs USSR 1972 series, also Canada vs Russia world Juniors bench clearing brawl in 87, Most Recent and arguably the best hockey series and rivalry is the Detroit Red Wings Vs The Colorado Avalanche if your interested look up fight night at the Joe! Stay blessed 👊🏼
This is why I’m proud of my fellow Edmonton Oilers fans. We lost the finals in ‘06 and ‘24. Despite losing, nobody rioted. Personally, I don’t support any other Canadian team when they’re in the finals.
To answer a couple questions: Canada’s major advertisers and media outlets make a big deal out of “Canada’s Team” and portraying an image that all Canadian fans come together to cheer for the last Canadian team, but very few fans actually do, and usually either openly or quietly cheer for them to lose. As for the biting incident, Patrice Bergeron was one of the most respected players in the game (even for fans of teams like Toronto and Montreal that he regularly torched) and Alex Burrows had a history of dirty hits and offside comments (making fun of guys for being alcoholics, making fun of guys who were victims of child abuse, etc.), so you can sorta do the math.
I’m from Vancouver. Hockey means absolutely nothing to me, and a lot of people I know. The riot was totally overblown too, especially knowing that there was going to be a riot either way. Hell, we had a riot over Guns and Roses!
Well. The City got a little cocky allowing the huge watch parties in the downtown core ..... masses of people were downtown throughout the Olympics the previous year and that had a great family-friendly atmosphere, so they thought that we had banished the ghost of the previous Stanley Cup riot. But, while the video shows a lot of damage, it was very concentrated. My friends went to the game, and then walked back to their office's parking lot north-west of where the riot was kicking off and they didn't realize anything was happening until they got home and saw it on the news.
it definitely wasn't a canucks fan think at all there was people that come out and started that riot just for the fun of them they didn't even live in the area at all they come from the states and it wasn't the first time they had been the cause of issues
Burrows was a decent player who used dirty shots to get under the skin of opponents and was one of the most hated players in the league. Bergeron was the best 2 way center of his generation and one of the most respected players in the NHL. Also, it's obvious in the video Burrows leans in for the bite.
You can still find a video of someone walking around Vancouver in a Boston jersey a few hours before game 7. Aside from some pleasant outliers. The Vancouver fans were quite obnoxious at best and hostile at worst.
@@johnochiltree1170 oh I agree Vancouver loaded the gun shot themselves in the foot, gave the gun to the refs whom shot them in the foot followed by the league shooting them in the foot. But you cannot deny it was one of the worst league managed playoff series ever.
The thumbnail for this video asks if this is the "greatest hockey series." Don't confuse the most butthurt fanbase of all time with the greatest series of all time.
Canucks fans forget about the team until they get wind something is going well and then they all puff their chests and and have this really self-assured mindset, like victory is inevitable. Then when it doesn't happen, the Cognitive dissonance is the accelerant to civil disobedience. (Yes of course there are die hard fans, and respect to them. But compared to other Canadian cities that live for hockey all winter long, this Monaco of Canada forgets about it mostly while smoking weed and enjoying beaches or video games.
Mert, the Canuck player getting slapped a few times in the face by a Bruins player without retaliation is Swedish. An excellent player but a powder puff.
Really! Two of the best and most respectful players ever to play the game. What a stupid comment! The refs put there whistles away after game 2. The Rome hit in slow-mo looks bad but wasn't worth a series suspension, only because his dad was in the league office, Sedin was trying to draw a call, Mason Raymond had his back broken with a hit from behind. This whole series was on the league and the refs not a weak Swed! It was a great series, and I'll give Boston credit, but it was poorly officiated all the way through.
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The video you’re reacting to is biased trash. The Bruins were not getting called for any of their cheap hits and cross checks and punches after the whistle. If they had been, the series would have been short. But in a Gary Bettman’s nhl, that is just how it goes.
the games were rigged at the end. Canaucks should have won. i was there but the riots got a little out of hand so i left when it was getting dark. we straight up should not have played as bad as we did and loose 4 games in a row. during the year we made sean record high for wins and had the best team. they played soooooo good up untill they were not aloud anymore then just crapped the bed.4 games in a row. thats why the roit was planned. and it was planned. ppl were talking about it days before. ppl brought in junkers full of hey ready to burn, and the cops stopped bag checking ppl. pulled out compleatly towards the end of the game knowing what was gonna happen and even started to remove some of the barricades. oh and lets not forget about the reffs and there calls or lack of. worst reffing in history. rigged
In the past 25 years there hasn't been a finals series with more hatred between the two teams and fanbases than this one in 2011
There was another hockey riot - March 17, 1955 in Montreal. It was a real "English vs. French" scenario and known as the Richard Riot after Maurice Richard.
The very best hockey season of all time was the 1972 Summit Series between Canada and the U.S.S.R. It was 8 games, the first 4 games were in Canada, the last 4 were in Moscow. It was so much more than hockey - we were at war - democracy vs. communism. Canada won behind enemy lines. Definitely check it out. You won't be disappointed. Canadians weren't English Canadian or French Canadian, we were Canadian. I have very vivid memories of that series.
I’m Rocket Richard’s great niece and I’m still amazed a riot occurred but us Francophones mean business 😂❤
Henderson has scored for Canada!!!
vancouver had one in 1993 as well. this was the second one in this vid
Patrice Bergeron is basically the perfect human. Even teams which have a rivalry with Boston can't help but respect Bergeron as a player and person. Just an absolute class act his entire (Soon to be) Hall of Fame career. He gave everything for the team, including playing through a punctured lung, cracked ribs, torn rib cartilage and a separated shoulder in 2013 in a losing effort in the Cup Final.
Well said
Daniel Sedin didn't fight back because under normal circumstances the referee would call a penalty on Marchand and put the Canucks on the powerplay. The refs in this series were extremely biased in favour of the Bruins and any fan not wearing a black and yellow jersey could see it.
First off it's Black and Gold. Secondly you were outscored 27 to 8 in that series. Get over it.
@@liveandwrite I am over it. I'm just giving the reason why Sedin didn't fight back. Also I know what gold looks like. Vegas wears gold. The Bruins wear yellow.
@@liveandwrite It's best not to 'Get Over' the truth. Then you & others you therefore don't properly teach have an increased likelihood of making the same/similar enough mistakes.
I think the bogus play of Kessler and Burrows trying to draw penalties pissed off the refs and made them suspicious of most calls. Having said that and being a bruins fan, I do think that Marchand should have been called for roughing +/- misconduct. Most other calls, if I remember correctly were overall bad but balanced. It was the final series and the Canucks didn’t adjust to the refs letting more go. That was a coaching error.
My very first day in Vancouver was this riot. Moved out from Ontario and what a wild introduction that was to the city
If you want a hockey riot - look into the Richard Riot in Montreal, on St Patrick’s Day, in 1955.
The lessen to be learned from this year and pretty much all others, simply getting to the 4th and final round, let alone winning the Cup, is incredibly difficult. It has taken far too long, but the sporting world is at last beginning to understand that winning a Stanley Cup is the most difficult achievement in team sports. There is a recent documentary from a Vancouver film maker that covers the post game riot in detail. So far it has only been available on premium pay television but has received rave reviews from those that have seen it.
Oh there is definitely a rivalry, between Vancouver Canucks and Boston Bruins, and it's a mutual rivalry. I mean most Hockey teams (and by extension their fans) have a rivalry with basically every other team, but some rivalries are stronger and more intense than others, this was/is one of those very intense rivalries and when you're at the end of the season and almost to winning the Stanley Cup, oh boy things come to blows, more so than a casual hockey viewer would expect. I remember seeing this on the news way back when it happened in 2011, I wasn't in Vancouver at the time but I was a few cities over in Abbotsford, BC. The news coverage of this was extensive.
I think its unfair to say that this game sparked a riot. If the canucks had won, there still would have been a riot. The riot energy existed before the game, and winning wasnt gonna help anyone climb down from that
Yep, I was downtown. And I'm a Bruins fan, I got the fuck out of there in the 2nd intermission.
It's just more proper to do it when you win. Ya know, we all get over excited.
But when doing it cuz a loss is embarassing.
Canuck fans are toxic when they win they brag about it all over the internet when they lose they say the dumbest crap all over the internet.
I was there too it definitely had a weird vibe but I disagree that it would have been the same. I think people would have been more inclined to step in and stop the people inciting it. Maybe I’m just looking at it optimistically but that’s my belief
no there would not have been a riot if we won ...trust me. there would have been a massive party just like the olympics in vancouver the year before when we beat usa winning gold. party
Both teams were in different conferences, so they didn't play each other during the season much, maybe a couple of games, one on the road and one at home, maybe. This, was in 2011, the Canucks had the best record in the regular season, so they felt confident going into the final round. The Boston Bruins hadn't won the Stanley Cup since 1972 and the Vancouver Canucks have never won it. Both teams played tough and wanted to win. In the first six games of the series, the home team won every game. Tensions were high and Boston ended up winning the championship.
In my opinion, the best Stanley Cup final was the 1971 final between Montreal and Chicago. Ken Dryden (a rookie goalie) stole the series against every team they played. Jim Pappin took a shot for a surefire goal for Chicago in the final, but Dryden miraculously stopped the shot and turned the series for a Montreal win.
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The Canucks lost in game 7 in 1994 to the Rangers. Guess what? There was a riot.
There was a riot in 1964 during the Beatles concert too
1972 was the greatest hockey series!
That wasn't the NHL.
@@johnbrowne2170 Every player on Team Canada was NHL.
@@johnbrowne2170- wombatwilly1002 didn’t say NHL, he said hockey series, and yes, I agree. 1972 was the greatest hockey series
Check out what happened in 1955 Montreal, when the legend Maurice Richard was suspended from the NHL playoffs if you what to see a city come unglued.
When Quebec City had his own team, the Quebec Nordic, whenever they played against the Montreal Canadian, quite often there was a riot
During the riot my husbands brother was filmed for upwards of 4 hours marauding in Vancouver. The footage was used to identify and charge him for the damages he caused. He served 18 months in jail for it and was named Canada's Dumbest Criminal on national magazines- lol. These teams have been vicious since the early 1980's
This is the second time a riot started in Vancouver after they lost the cup....the last two times Montreal WON the cup there were riots....and I've heard there was a riot in Montreal in the 50's after their star player was suspended, Maurice "Rocket" Richard.
There was the ‘same’ riot in 1994. And Vancouver cleaned itself up the by 9am the following morning.
The Canucks succumbed to the President's Trophy curse, introduced in 1986, any team who wins it lose in the final, in 38 years only 8 teams have beat the 'Curse', with the Oilers doing it twice.
Tempers and anticipation increases during the Cup Finals. You play the same team over and over so bad blood boils. But that should stay on the ice , not outside in the streets. We love hockey but no one needs to destroy things. It's the mob mentality that took over. I remember this series and we were very disappointed with our BC neighbours.
There was a great deal of commentary and reflection after the riot. It was not the hockey fans that caused the issue. It was opportunist thugs that took advantage of the huge numbers of people who had flocked to the downtown area for viewing parties on outdoor screens that provided cover for people who saw a chance to cause trouble and do some looting. Also, the police response was not well coordinated and people in the street were funnel into others with no way out. I had advised my teenage daughter to stay out of the downtown area but you know young people like to go where there is going to be a big party. I live in Surrey and even here there were people causing issues on the streets after earlier games in the series. Travelling home by bus we had to deter around street celebrations. One could feel that there was the potential for trouble by the time the 7th game was coming around. The crowds were getting bigger after each game.
Montreal stanley cup 1993--experienced it live myself, it was the year I moved here. For on ice big brawl, watch Montreal vs. Québec, Good friday massacre 1984. Watched it live on t.v. back in the day.
I knew there was another recent , couldnt remember when, this was it
Mert, may want to check out the following two incidents that were arguably the most wild in NHL history:
1) Bruins vs. Rangers: Bruin players climb into the stands to grab Rangers' fans and start beating on them.
2) Biggest bench clearing brawl in NHL history: Montreal Canadiens vs. Quebec Nordiques.
My nephew was in on that. #20 Al Secord - Boston.
I'm a Bruins fan who lives in Vancouver (and did in 2011). It was a wonderful day for me, and an awful day for my city.(and I wasn't going anywhere near downtown that day) Lou's performances in games1, 2 and 5 is the only reason that series went to 7 games.
As a Montreal Canadiens fan, I have to say that I did secretly cheer for Edmonton to win the cup this year. Partly because of national pride, and partly to see Florida lose 😁🤷♀️.
Hehe. I did the same 😂
In the end the players shake hands. The crowd on the other hand got stupid. If there's a Canadian team in the finals, then all of Canada cheers for that team. It becomes a Canada vs USA thing.
It was a GRITTY , GREASY series . As a born and bred Bruins fan ....... I thought the Canucks would win , I won't lie . It ended up morphing into a mental battle and Boston physically smashed their way through to the cup . Burgeron is what a hockey player should be , class and skill ... and that incident sparked the first riot
I'm going spring bourd diving now and get in tune with the dolphins.
A Canadian team hasn't won the cup in a very long time, so we get enthusiastic.
That's fine anyway, most of the teams' players aren't even from Canada. Maybe the current Oilers lineup being an exception. I'll get excited when a bunch of from-Canada Canadians are poised to win.
@@No-xr7vx I always cheer for the team with the most Canadians. Unless there's someone I hate too much to cheer for.
For me personally, if my own team is out I root for the Canadian team but as one person commented once (I think on this channel but maybe not), in the end, BOTH teams are mostly Canadian players so you're rooting Canadian regardless.
Yes that just happened last month the Oilers were down 3-0 in the finals against Florida came all the way back and lost in game 7. Maybe that’s a video you can react to.
The riot at the end, wasn't caused by hockey fans, when you bring maltove cocktails with you to burn the place down,that's not from hockey fans. The ticket prices in Vancouver for the games was ridiculous, it was almost cheaper to fly to Boston, pay for a hotel and ticket to the game as it was just for a ticket in Vancouver.
you don't choose who your fans are.....every fanbase includes the good, the bad and the ugly !!
It might sound strange, but the Bruins play the most Canadian style of hockey. More so even, than any NHL team in Canada.
There is a hard fought playoff series every year. Most of the problems were not really connected to the game or series. CBC took a lot of (justified) criticism for the situation - not only after the problems, but from a few sources, before the problems. CBC had recently reopened their new plaza outside the building and was encouraging people for many days before, as well as throughout the day, to come down and watch the game and party on the plaza.
As a result a lot of petty criminals and gang members come into the city with the intent of causing trouble, as well as looting. I can't remember what time the "festivities" kicked off, but it was quite early in the day, meaning people has been drinking before the game even started.
The cops also faced a lot of criticism for not stepping in sooner
I remember watching this one... at the time I truly saw the Riot - not as justified, but as there being a definitive spark that caused the riots. In many ways I've always known that it wasn't just the game/series itself making the Riots, but a nuclear bomb is just a tube of mostly metal without the right initiation.
- There are many many many games where refereeing was decided to be unequal or even wholly negatively one-sided calls. I remember watching this one, dad is a Bruins fan so he did see it - though was fine with anyone barely mentioning it. I don't remember my brother's perspective on it though.
The final game was a good one overall, but I remember pulling away from it slowly throughout - solely due to what I remember being horrendous refereeing. This video doesn't go into this aspect of the game at all, since it only discusses game 6 & is merely suggestive.
1994 STANLEY CUP FINAL
NEW YORK RANGERS
VS.
VANCOUVER CANUCKS
GREATEST SERIES IN LAST 30YRS
I was at game 7 vs the hawks , was wild
TD Bank Arena means Toronto Dominion Bank Arena!!
Pain….PAAAAIIINNNN
I could just…I COULD JUST BURN SOMETHING!!!!!
Go Bruins!
Do the 1994 final next!
hockey riots: 1955; 1986; 1993; 1994; 2006; 2008; 2010; 2011 Montréal has the most riots 5 followed by Vancouver.
Bite Me Burrows shirts sold like hotcakes in Boston
I’m a Bruins fan that lives in. Vancouver. It was intense.
Embarrassing for me as a Canucks fan. I still prefer the 1994 Finals from a skill and entertainment perspective. It was also much closer. Once the Bruins got in the Canucks' head, it was over. They couldn't win in Boston and got blown out a couple of times. Losing Malhotra really hurt them. I don't get the riot. I love the Canucks, but I'm not getting drunk and breaking public property and stealing stuff over it. I'm Canadian. That's the most uncanadian thing you can do.
@@christhornycroft3686 it was rigged. NHL is about money not who wins. thats why there was a riot. the way the refs called that game or didnt and the way we just absolutely played like it was the first time they played. it was a joke of a game
I got caught in the middle of that riot. Was a wild time
How many people can honestly say if someone was sticking their fingers in your mouth, you wouldn't reflexively bite down to get them to stop? It's not as if the Bergeron had his hand on the guy's shoulder, and he went out of his way to bite him, lol. You keep bopping me in the face and then stick your thumb in my mouth during a tussle, you aren't getting it back without damage.
I certainly remember this. Shameful.
It's a gross oversimplification to say that the game sparked a riot. Their biggest mistake was having thousands of fans come to an outdoor watch party in the downtown core. And that has nothing to do with the team or the game. That's on the city for allowing it to happen. I believe they had the watch parties in a park some distance from downtown this year. Also, Vancouver is not my team, but I was watching and pulling for them. I will generally cheer for any Canadian team in the playoffs if my team is eliminated.
was compleatly fine and safe the year before during hockey gold during the 2010 olympics. even if we lost there wouldnt have been a riot then. the location was not the issue. the games were rigged at the end. NHL stanley cup is all about money. its rigged
or that year it was. thats why it was planned to riot if we lost.
I was at a bar about 2 blocks from the arena. Some friends when outside to have a smoke and were quickly rushed back inside by the staff, who locked us in. We stayed for a couple of hours until is was safe to leave. Some friends walked me home in the aftermath and it was sickening. This was particularly bad/sad after the wonderful way Vancouver's huge crowds had behaved during the Olympics the year before.
The 'good' part of this story is what happened the next day when Vancouver citizens showed up spontaneously to help clean up the mess. One police car was completely covered with post it notes of thanks to the cops and apologies for what had happened. Some redemption for the city, perhaps.
I was also accidentally caught in the riot after the Canucks lost the Stanley Cup final in 1994 too.
This was one of most shameful things that happened in Canada 🇨🇦
Toronto fan ( I Know I know) but the Bruins are always a tough team. You should look up our national treasure Don Cherry sometime.
yes we cheer the last Canadian team left, always, for example this year once the canucks lost every single Canadian started to cheer for the last Canadian team left. this year it was Edmonton oilers.
I would agree but I do know a lot of people that if it was an American team against Montreal there's a good chance they would cheer for the American team.
@@joycenorthwind6874 maybe where your from. but no not here
It's long been proven that the rioters were there to cause trouble, no matter the outcome of the game. Some even brought cars with the sole intent on lighting them on fire. Very little of the riot had anything to do with hockey. If the news had followed the story to the next few days, they'd have seen thousands of people descending on the area to voluntarily do as much cleanup and repair as they could do.
As for the game, when you have two teams and apply two different sets of rules, then there's going to be bad blood between them. Boston was, literally, allowed to do anything they wanted, while Vancouver was given penalties for just looking at the puck. Since Gary Bettman took over as league commissioner in 1994, no Canadian team has been allowed to with the Stanley Cup. Not one. Yet, if you look at the previous 30 years, Canadian teams won the championship half of those years.
The bottom line is that Americans don't watch if American based teams don't win. Bettman was desperate to sell hockey to the US markets and expand into other US cities. He could never do this if Canadian teams won. Further, he was also desperate to renew fan interest in the larger US markets where the teams hadn't in decades, if at all.
The NHL has been fixed for over 30 years. Cup winners are predetermined according to who has the best chance and who is in need of a sales boost. Yes, it still takes some talent and teamwork, but the proof is in the lack of Canadian teams winning for over three decades.
I love my home team but I am a hockey fan first and foremost. As a hockey fan, I gave up on the NHL a long time ago. As a long time resident, the riot was shameful, but the press has never properly covered it, the reasons behind it, and the heroes who came to clean up the aftermath.
The NHL is a bush league and will always be so long as games are being fixed.
Yeah, the biting is highly frowned upon. 🚫
1:22 they hated each other because they were simply plying for the Stanley Cup against one another. It’s always like this, just not quite this bad. They were just wiling to do anything to win it, and it was razor close. Plus Vancouver is in Canada, who is hungry to bring a cup home. This would not have happened between two American teams.
Just so you know, when a Canadian team makes the finals, everyone in Canada goes for them IM a Leaf fan, and yet you forget all that if a team like Vancouver makes the final, you just want them to win.
Even if its Montreal. lol
Nuts.
Hi. The name Canucks rhymes with Ducks. Yes, the quacking bird.
When a team scores it's called a Goal not a Point
Canukes 🤦🏽
Best when delivered with a Scottish accent. Right Mert.
2011 there was a lot of non calls against Boston that were blatant penalties. IT COST US OUR 1ST CUP CHAMPIONSHIP, OUR TEAM HAS BIN TO THE FINALS 3× IN ITS HISTORY 82, 94, 2011
You can’t always hit back. It could make it worse.
Would love for you to check out oddmanrush's video on the scottish hockey sensation tony hand. Had a 30 year professional playing career, but didnt want to play in north america for fear of being homesick. Between his pro and international play, i think he got more than 4,000 points.
Boston played super dirty - not that the Canucks were angels. Jon Stewart did a great recap of all the nonsense - very much worth a watch to understand the hatred. See: "The Ironing Is Delicious" on youtube.
There was a lot of animosity towards the refs not calling a lot of that dirty play, This made their disciplined, turn the other cheek strategy ineffective, and Canucks fans felt this was not fair.
@@Scorpster Yep, the Jon Stewart compilation I mentioned shows some good examples of that.
I was FaceTimeing a buddy who was watching the game outside, holy hell did it get hectic fast. On one side I see the humor in it, the other it's kinda shameful. No need for it.
you should looks at montreal canadian
Burrows is an American. 'Nuff said.
Wasn’t the ‘94 one worse?
Hockey fans are like football hooligans, some carry ons are bigger than others but lets not pretend its unusual
Almost certainly Burroughs bit him. Bergeron isn't the type to lie about something so ridiculous, but if you listen to Burroughs, he's fair bit of a dullard and it wouldn't surprise me too much. Luongo was a whiner, Kesler was dirty and violent and the Sedins made a lot of their progress by intentionally turning their back on attackers so they couldn't be hit. Outside of Vancouver, I think it was polled as one of or the most disliked teams ever. I was in Vancouver and was so elated they lost. Haha. Mostly bandwagon fans here anyways - compared to other Canadian cities.
You’re right about everything you said. Yet Brad Marchand is worse than all of it.
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To be fair to the Canucks, no one like the Bruins. Greasy.
The narrative up here was the nucks were the dirty team and a national anchor went off on "why the canucks aren't Canada's team". It was wild
@@corvus1801 to be fair (again), there were definitely some bad moments from the canucks that series too. I just mean the Bruins on average have generally been a greasy team every year since they signed Marchand
ontario bruins fan right here and i know many bruins fans and have only met 1 cannuck fan
@@KendrickMan haha you're not wrong that years nucks team had its pests and fair share of grease. Whole thing was a little surreal watching the panels, like yes its a dirty greasy series..nucks playing the bruins in the SCF what else was everyone expecting the games to be
No where near the greatest series although a riot ensued by unhappy Canucks fans, guess they figured they had to outdo the Toronto Argonauts riot? At least the Argos won 😂. Best hockey series Canada vs USSR 1972 series, also Canada vs Russia world Juniors bench clearing brawl in 87, Most Recent and arguably the best hockey series and rivalry is the Detroit Red Wings Vs The Colorado Avalanche if your interested look up fight night at the Joe! Stay blessed 👊🏼
This is why I’m proud of my fellow Edmonton Oilers fans. We lost the finals in ‘06 and ‘24. Despite losing, nobody rioted.
Personally, I don’t support any other Canadian team when they’re in the finals.
Vancouver embarrassed Canada as a whole. Poor losers.
Burrows was kind of a weasel and Bergeron a very respectful player burrows definitely poked the bear
Burrows wasn’t even the worst guy in the series
the Sedin twins rarely fought back because they are Swedish. Swedish hockey players get their revenge by their play on the ice.
As a Canuck fan…. Not sure I can watch this.
To answer a couple questions:
Canada’s major advertisers and media outlets make a big deal out of “Canada’s Team” and portraying an image that all Canadian fans come together to cheer for the last Canadian team, but very few fans actually do, and usually either openly or quietly cheer for them to lose.
As for the biting incident, Patrice Bergeron was one of the most respected players in the game (even for fans of teams like Toronto and Montreal that he regularly torched) and Alex Burrows had a history of dirty hits and offside comments (making fun of guys for being alcoholics, making fun of guys who were victims of child abuse, etc.), so you can sorta do the math.
you should sto putting LSD in your morning cereal. better to keep brain cells.
Canooks lol ca nucks bud
I’m from Vancouver. Hockey means absolutely nothing to me, and a lot of people I know. The riot was totally overblown too, especially knowing that there was going to be a riot either way. Hell, we had a riot over Guns and Roses!
Vancouver Canooks 😊
Well. The City got a little cocky allowing the huge watch parties in the downtown core ..... masses of people were downtown throughout the Olympics the previous year and that had a great family-friendly atmosphere, so they thought that we had banished the ghost of the previous Stanley Cup riot. But, while the video shows a lot of damage, it was very concentrated. My friends went to the game, and then walked back to their office's parking lot north-west of where the riot was kicking off and they didn't realize anything was happening until they got home and saw it on the news.
it definitely wasn't a canucks fan think at all there was people that come out and started that riot just for the fun of them they didn't even live in the area at all they come from the states and it wasn't the first time they had been the cause of issues
Burrows was a decent player who used dirty shots to get under the skin of opponents and was one of the most hated players in the league. Bergeron was the best 2 way center of his generation and one of the most respected players in the NHL. Also, it's obvious in the video Burrows leans in for the bite.
Nah that's just the sore losers in Vancouver, those aren't Canadians.
I actually was rooting for Boston to win because they had more Canadian players than Vancouver did by a large margin
That Vancouver team was greasy.Our Bruins were just a better team.
Lol… no
@@scottelement yes🇨🇦🐈🏒🍺👻!
You can still find a video of someone walking around Vancouver in a Boston jersey a few hours before game 7.
Aside from some pleasant outliers. The Vancouver fans were quite obnoxious at best and hostile at worst.
The referees nephew was on Boston and one of the heads in charge of dishing out suspensions son was on Boston
Yeah… and Vancouver got outplayed. Deal with it.
@@johnochiltree1170 oh I agree Vancouver loaded the gun shot themselves in the foot, gave the gun to the refs whom shot them in the foot followed by the league shooting them in the foot. But you cannot deny it was one of the worst league managed playoff series ever.
The thumbnail for this video asks if this is the "greatest hockey series." Don't confuse the most butthurt fanbase of all time with the greatest series of all time.
Canucks fans forget about the team until they get wind something is going well and then they all puff their chests and and have this really self-assured mindset, like victory is inevitable. Then when it doesn't happen, the Cognitive dissonance is the accelerant to civil disobedience. (Yes of course there are die hard fans, and respect to them. But compared to other Canadian cities that live for hockey all winter long, this Monaco of Canada forgets about it mostly while smoking weed and enjoying beaches or video games.
Mert, the Canuck player getting slapped a few times in the face by a Bruins player without retaliation is Swedish. An excellent player but a powder puff.
Really! Two of the best and most respectful players ever to play the game. What a stupid comment! The refs put there whistles away after game 2. The Rome hit in slow-mo looks bad but wasn't worth a series suspension, only because his dad was in the league office, Sedin was trying to draw a call, Mason Raymond had his back broken with a hit from behind. This whole series was on the league and the refs not a weak Swed! It was a great series, and I'll give Boston credit, but it was poorly officiated all the way through.
This was the only time I was ashamed to be from Vancouver
C'mon that can't be the only time. 😂
What about the 94 riot? or the 3 grey cup riots XD
SHAMEFUL. Yes, most 🇨🇦🇨🇦 remember this. An viewed as an overall intolerable act, hockey or any reason to spark this riot. Everyone know how much 🇨🇦🇨🇦 love hockey.
Hockey Aggressiveness/ fighting explained:
It may be viewed as violent on the ice. Yes, there are very hard hitting checks, (fighting generally has a code, most players know they are going to fight each other. It is intended to pump up their team. Other fights are often the result of someone really hit hard into the boards when the receipient may be in a vulernable position. It will definitely cause a response of fellow teammates to “pick up” for their teammate and fight the hitter. Generally, the hitter knows he (or she) did something, in hockey terms, “illegal” The players on the bench will not go on the ice. Although in VERY extreme situations it has happened but very rarely (once in 1000’s of games) but vast majority of “fighting” between two players which look it is a boxing match. The players are fully aware they will fight each other. It is not uncommon for the players to actually tap each other while on the ice in a congrats/ good fight. The reason being, it is generally their role as a player, often called “the enforcer”. Also, unless is a bad illegal check, players will hit “seek” someone their own size. Many players, will simply hold to another player and stay slightly away from the fighting “illegal” hitting area.
Now, there may be additions/ alterations to the above but it is very accurate.
What happened in Vancouver was absolutely terrible and the VAST majority of 🇨🇦 and the several other countries as NHL is comprised of numersous 🇺🇸, russians, swedes…. were shocked, embarrassed, angry and a wealth of emotions which one would feel after any riot ensued. This is NOT hockey. This is a very shameful and terrible thing that happened that 99.999999% of the entire non- and “extreme” hockeys fans would not tolerate anywhere in 🇨🇦🇨🇦)
So please, 🇨🇦 LOVES hockey and are extremely passionate fans who OFTEN cheer/ express emotions teams they really DO or DO NOT like each other. (Like numerous sports teams)
Yes, this generated or its origin stemmed from hockey but is NOT hockey. It was a radical and inexcusable event that occurred and in essence NO HOCKEY FAN would tolerate or even think of such an extreme situation.
In conclusion, sadly other riots have stemmed from something sparked by extreme passion or hatred re: an incident.
It is NOT hockey and certainly NOT 🇨🇦🇨🇦
I hope it clarified things. Please do not judge or think anything negative about hockey or 🇨🇦
Thank-you for you time reading this text. My best to all. 🇨🇦😀😀
....and yet Vancouver is still one of the best cities in the world to live in.
Non sequitur
The video you’re reacting to is biased trash. The Bruins were not getting called for any of their cheap hits and cross checks and punches after the whistle. If they had been, the series would have been short. But in a Gary Bettman’s nhl, that is just how it goes.
Somethingvto remember is that boston was also made up.of mostly if not all canadian players
the games were rigged at the end. Canaucks should have won. i was there but the riots got a little out of hand so i left when it was getting dark. we straight up should not have played as bad as we did and loose 4 games in a row. during the year we made sean record high for wins and had the best team. they played soooooo good up untill they were not aloud anymore then just crapped the bed.4 games in a row. thats why the roit was planned. and it was planned. ppl were talking about it days before. ppl brought in junkers full of hey ready to burn, and the cops stopped bag checking ppl. pulled out compleatly towards the end of the game knowing what was gonna happen and even started to remove some of the barricades. oh and lets not forget about the reffs and there calls or lack of. worst reffing in history. rigged
sorry 3 games