Even as an American, I revere Roger Doucet and Dick Irvin. We often got to hear Dick’s crisp, knowledgeable voice down here in the States. And who can forget Doucet’s stirring renditions of both our national anthems. I rank Roger Doucet and Wayne Messmer of Chicago as the very best anthem singers in all sports, not just hockey.
@@OldRustySteele Speaking of Chicago, Jim Cornelison delivers as powerful a rendition of The Star Spangled Banner as anyone can. He literally brings the house down!
Me too. I would've expected the playing of the jazzy take on the famous theme with logos for all NHL teams including footage of the players. Anyway, it was just the boring graphics with the sponsor logos in space set to the sounds we hear at the games like puck shooting or player skating.
Love how the crowd hardly responses to Shutt and Gainey during introductions. A few seasons later they would be gods. Love it. Also Lafleur with a helmet. Sweet.
Me too. I'm a tenor. I sing in a choir and as a soloist. While the players in uniforms are the heroes of hockey history, M. Doucet is one of my heroes of singing. He was also a Second World War veteran!
It feels like finding the Dead Sea Scrolls...footage from those days is quite hard to come by, especially outside of Canada. Thank you for sharing this!!!
This was a busy day for sports on CBC television, with the first game of the World Series in Oakland between the A's and New York Mets in the afternoon, and the CFL game between the Edmonton Eskimos and B.C. Lions at Vancouver after the hockey game.
Little did the crowd know at the time how great Larry Robinson, Steve Shutt, Yvon Lambert, Bob Gainey, and Guy Lafleur would become, and how many great years Savard, LaPointe, Cournoyer, and Lemaire had left. Great to see Danny Gallivan and Dick Irvin.
Danny Gallivan was such a great hockey expert on top of being the best play by play man in the business. He accurately predicted how good the Flyers would be that year and he was proven right like he most often was.
What a lineup. Little did the fans know: this guy, Guy? Ok, maybe if he ditches the helmet. Tall skinny guy on D, Robinson? Let’s wait and see. Schutt? No, doubt it. Lambert doesn’t look like he has any big moments ahead. We drafted this Gainey kid? Can’t see him being much. Result: the beginnings of the dynasty. What a time, and it only got better!
From 1972 to 1974, the Rangers eliminated the defending Stanley Cup champions three years in a row, but the frustrating thing has they could not win the cup.
Dryden would take time too be a lawyer, a really new season with tons of rookies, Schutt ,Gainey, Salming, Turnbull, McDonald, Potvin , Lysiak and many more, and Tim Horton killed in car crash, and Flyers would be the first expansion team too win the Stanley cup, and who could forget Harold Ballard released from prison, this ladies and gentlemen was my first year paying attention to watching and following hockey and most memorable, I wish the leafs would show games from that year on leafs tv but they can’t even do that right.
@@andrewudovic873 yep, add increased confidence, learning curve as well but none are as romantic as the old story of how Guy needed his golden locks flowing in the air. Recently re-read Dryden's first book since he expanded it. The story of Lafleur becoming great would never happen today. Imagine a kid being given access to the local rink and skating for an hour before school. Too many bylaws and regulations.
A lot of my hockey heroes ! Missing Beliveau Geffrion, Plante , Ferguson, Harvey, Worsley, Dryden etc. etc. LOVE MY HABS SINCE late 1950’s !!! Watch out this year, they are going to surprise ALL the so called “ experts” 😊
It's kinda funny. Chuck Lefley gets a bigger cheer from the crowd than Lafleur, Gainey, Shutt, Robinson, Lambert. That wouldn't last much longer though! :) And great to hear Roger Doucet belt out the anthem. I was 10 years old during this season and what a wild ride the 70's would turn out to be for our team. Go Habs Go!
This was the yr, that Dryden took a sabbatical to complete law school ( over a contract dispute) the Habs also lost Houle and Tardiff, to the WHA, opened the door for Lambert, Gainey and Shutt.
Funny to hear Jerry O'Flaherty introduction with a French Canadian flare. Holy Crap....King Kong KORAB ???? Coach Jerry McCrearey....Bobby Schmatz....Dennis Vervegaert....Robert Daly aka Bob Daley.....Now check out these names;Wayne Thomas, Michel 'Bunny' LaRoque,Jimmy Roberts, John Van Box Meer, Jacques LeMaire, Yvan Cournoyer, Serge Savard, Larry Robinson, Guy LaFleur (with a helmet), Jacques LaPierreiere, Peter Mahovolich, Steve Schutt, Bob Gainey, Chuck Lefley (who ? ), Frank Mahovolich (Carrying Prince Of Wales Trophy), Henri Richard (Carrying Stanley Cup), and Head Coach Scotty Bowman....tha's right Scotty Bowman. Coaching in 1973. That's how long Scotty had been coaching....from this era up to and thru Detroit with Shanny, Fetisov, and company, then with the Pens after Badger Bob with Lemieux, Jagr, Stevens, Tocchet and the rest. And the fortunate few coaches who could defeat his teams come playoff time, usually succeeded his teams that had dynastys. A testament to him. A fierce competitor who always knew how to push the right buttons with the talent he had. A MASTER. The only other coach who came close to his expertise behind the bench and was his toughest opposing coach, Al Arbour. Whose Islanders' teams ironically had their own dynasty following the great Montreal teams from theb70's.
@1:10 - Big Bob Dailey! He and Pete Mahovlich would've stuck out like sore thumbs on the ice in this game. They certainly did when the two teams met in the '75 quarter finals. They wouldn't in today's NHL.
Roger’s version of the anthem should BE…the OFFICIAL VERSION of our anthem! Been a long time since I got goosebumps from ANY rendition of our anthem.😊😉
Dryden is conspicuously absent. If he and Pollock come to terms before the season starts, do the Habs win the Cup instead of getting eliminated in the first round in the playoffs? Thanks for posting.
He announced on September 14, 1973, that he was joining the Toronto law firm of Osler, Hoskin and Harcourt as a legal clerk for the year, for $135 a week. He skipped training camp and held out that season.
He played 60 games that year, but this wasn't one of them. You can see Claude Larose's #15 jersey hanging in the dressing room, and he didn't dress that night, either.
I can just picture St Catherine street,Atwater metro,scalpers hanging around outside the Forum......MAGICAL MEMORIES!!!!!... just before the Parti Quebecois destroyed Montreal
@@michaelleroy9281 I wish the tape of the next Hockey Night in Canada game was still around (I doubt if it is, since it was a Wednesday game on CTV, and that network isn't known for saving stuff). That was a game between the Leafs and Canadiens, where a clean-shaven Lanny scored his first NHL goal. I remember seeing the telecast back in the day.
One wondering after watching this gem how HNIC became so overROT with mindless stupidity and useless overanalyzing Thats what happens when the game becomes so bad u get talk talk talk and more stupid women with their "expert analysis" canada should be ashamed of what it's become
These are my hockey gods, and I include Mr. Mouton, Mr. Doucet, Mr. Gallivan and Mr. Irvin.🇨🇦❤️
Mine too, man! This video is a shining example of how great pre-Bettman NHL hockey was.
Even as an American, I revere Roger Doucet and Dick Irvin. We often got to hear Dick’s crisp, knowledgeable voice down here in the States. And who can forget Doucet’s stirring renditions of both our national anthems. I rank Roger Doucet and Wayne Messmer of Chicago as the very best anthem singers in all sports, not just hockey.
@@OldRustySteele Speaking of Chicago, Jim Cornelison delivers as powerful a rendition of The Star Spangled Banner as anyone can. He literally brings the house down!
ditto...ditto...ditto... hockey will never be the same to me, as compared to those glory years
100%
This is great , never seen an opening for HNIC for the 73-74 season
The 70s stuff is such a treat to see
Me too. I would've expected the playing of the jazzy take on the famous theme with logos for all NHL teams including footage of the players. Anyway, it was just the boring graphics with the sponsor logos in space set to the sounds we hear at the games like puck shooting or player skating.
How badass was Henri Richard with the Cup!
Richard looks 60 years old here.
His 11th cup.
@@leafyutube One of the most unbreakable records in pro sport.
@@joedimaggio3687 I could use some choice words here , but I will just say this : I pity you, for the small mind of which you apparently possess
@@robertpucci9585 Why? He looks old for his age.
Giving me chills. Canada at its peak ! Love this era.
Man the Canucks had some beef on the blue line with Daily and Korab!! 😮
Love how the crowd hardly responses to Shutt and Gainey during introductions. A few seasons later they would be gods. Love it. Also Lafleur with a helmet. Sweet.
They would be cheering them soon enough.
IMHO nobody sang “Oh Canada” like Roger Doucet. Gives me chills hearing it for the first time in a long while.
Me too. I'm a tenor. I sing in a choir and as a soloist. While the players in uniforms are the heroes of hockey history, M. Doucet is one of my heroes of singing. He was also a Second World War veteran!
just like Kate Smith's God Bless America
I was waiting for him to go high on the last two notes. Nope. Too much to ask for.
It feels like finding the Dead Sea Scrolls...footage from those days is quite hard to come by, especially outside of Canada.
Thank you for sharing this!!!
This was a busy day for sports on CBC television, with the first game of the World Series in Oakland between the A's and New York Mets in the afternoon, and the CFL game between the Edmonton Eskimos and B.C. Lions at Vancouver after the hockey game.
Little did the crowd know at the time how great Larry Robinson, Steve Shutt, Yvon Lambert, Bob Gainey, and Guy Lafleur would become, and how many great years Savard, LaPointe, Cournoyer, and Lemaire had left. Great to see Danny Gallivan and Dick Irvin.
Lafleur,Guy Lafleur
Those Montreal ovations, man. Gives me chills.
Danny Gallivan was such a great hockey expert on top of being the best play by play man in the business. He accurately predicted how good the Flyers would be that year and he was proven right like he most often was.
I'd forgotten about the moustache he had in those days.
Great opening! I miss the 70s
the ''Laurentide'' Beer commercial..!!!...omg..!!!....soooo 70's...!!!!...lol
why the "lol" ?
Wonderful video 📹 boyyy this was great time to be a Canuck ...back then Vancouver a paradise ...a virtual Eden 😊 ...places like Whistler hardly known
This is amazing to see 😊
You gotta upload the whole broadcast if you have it.
He uploaded the first period.
Henri was a hell of a good player, same type of player like Dave Keon of the Maple Leafs, also a guy from Quebec.
I'm always impressed with the gems on your website. These old 70s videos are FANTASTIC!
Golf applause for rookies Larry Robinson and Bob Gainey.
What a lineup. Little did the fans know: this guy, Guy? Ok, maybe if he ditches the helmet. Tall skinny guy on D, Robinson? Let’s wait and see. Schutt? No, doubt it. Lambert doesn’t look like he has any big moments ahead. We drafted this Gainey kid? Can’t see him being much. Result: the beginnings of the dynasty. What a time, and it only got better!
Interesting rug on Jacques Lemaire
wow , you are so funny
@ I’m a laugh riot. Do you have a rug too? You seem upset
His last and only season with a rug after this season he wore a helmet
From 1972 to 1974, the Rangers eliminated the defending Stanley Cup champions three years in a row, but the frustrating thing has they could not win the cup.
Dryden would take time too be a lawyer, a really new season with tons of rookies, Schutt ,Gainey, Salming, Turnbull, McDonald, Potvin , Lysiak and many more, and Tim Horton killed in car crash, and Flyers would be the first expansion team too win the Stanley cup, and who could forget Harold Ballard released from prison, this ladies and gentlemen was my first year paying attention to watching and following hockey and most memorable, I wish the leafs would show games from that year on leafs tv but they can’t even do that right.
I miss those days when Montreal was the Metropolis of Canada 🇨🇦 and life was simpler.
This was Mike Anscombe's only season as a Hockey Night in Canada host; he was replaced by Dave Reynolds the following season.
Mike Anscombe then worked for the Toronto Toros broadcasts on the Global television network and later for Global News
When the Flower ditched that bucket the fuse was lit. Great to see Lemaire with hair!
It wasn't the Hemet it was ice time
@@andrewudovic873 yep, add increased confidence, learning curve as well but none are as romantic as the old story of how Guy needed his golden locks flowing in the air. Recently re-read Dryden's first book since he expanded it. The story of Lafleur becoming great would never happen today. Imagine a kid being given access to the local rink and skating for an hour before school. Too many bylaws and regulations.
That was a rug
Yeah, apparently he didn't mind being roasted for it, joking about it saying hair now, gone tomorrow.
Lots of Quebecois on the Canucks!
A lot of my hockey heroes ! Missing Beliveau Geffrion, Plante , Ferguson, Harvey, Worsley, Dryden etc. etc. LOVE MY HABS SINCE late 1950’s !!! Watch out this year, they are going to surprise ALL the so called “ experts” 😊
Henri Richard looked like my then grandfather.
Mike Ascombe also was the host of the Toronto Toros broadcasts that year.
It's kinda funny. Chuck Lefley gets a bigger cheer from the crowd than Lafleur, Gainey, Shutt, Robinson, Lambert. That wouldn't last much longer though! :)
And great to hear Roger Doucet belt out the anthem. I was 10 years old during this season and what a wild ride the 70's would turn out to be for our team.
Go Habs Go!
i was a jean ratelle fan weird how ratelle and gilbert never played for montreal when they were right in the neighborhood
@@tomharrison6607 They would have perfectly fit right in.
It's amazing to have this 1973-74 home opener in such beautiful condition, but there's nothing from the 1973 playoffs at all.
Yes there is highlights of game 6 at Chicago on this site...
Wowwww ...players big back here in time
This was the yr, that Dryden took a sabbatical to complete law school ( over a contract dispute) the Habs also lost Houle and Tardiff, to the WHA, opened the door for Lambert, Gainey and Shutt.
10:51 Coco rocking the 'burns!
Funny to hear Jerry O'Flaherty introduction with a French Canadian flare. Holy Crap....King Kong KORAB ???? Coach Jerry McCrearey....Bobby Schmatz....Dennis Vervegaert....Robert Daly aka Bob Daley.....Now check out these names;Wayne Thomas, Michel 'Bunny' LaRoque,Jimmy Roberts, John Van Box Meer, Jacques LeMaire, Yvan Cournoyer, Serge Savard, Larry Robinson, Guy LaFleur (with a helmet), Jacques LaPierreiere, Peter Mahovolich, Steve Schutt, Bob Gainey, Chuck Lefley (who ? ), Frank Mahovolich (Carrying Prince Of Wales Trophy), Henri Richard (Carrying Stanley Cup), and Head Coach Scotty Bowman....tha's right Scotty Bowman. Coaching in 1973. That's how long Scotty had been coaching....from this era up to and thru Detroit with Shanny, Fetisov, and company, then with the Pens after Badger Bob with Lemieux, Jagr, Stevens, Tocchet and the rest. And the fortunate few coaches who could defeat his teams come playoff time, usually succeeded his teams that had dynastys. A testament to him. A fierce competitor who always knew how to push the right buttons with the talent he had. A MASTER. The only other coach who came close to his expertise behind the bench and was his toughest opposing coach, Al Arbour. Whose Islanders' teams ironically had their own dynasty following the great Montreal teams from theb70's.
Laurentide..the swingers choice of beer..🤣
@1:10 - Big Bob Dailey! He and Pete Mahovlich would've stuck out like sore thumbs on the ice in this game. They certainly did when the two teams met in the '75 quarter finals.
They wouldn't in today's NHL.
Roger’s version of the anthem should BE…the OFFICIAL VERSION of our anthem! Been a long time since I got goosebumps from ANY rendition of our anthem.😊😉
Oh Albert !
I remember those Laurentide ads with Albert!
Jesn Beliveau 😅wowwww
Une saison sans Ken Dryden
My great grandpa tells me that a half a century or so ago the Habs were very good. Hard to imagine in the 21st century
Dryden is conspicuously absent. If he and Pollock come to terms before the season starts, do the Habs win the Cup instead of getting eliminated in the first round in the playoffs? Thanks for posting.
Great question! I think they have a great chance, but sadly we will never know.
YES!!!!!!!
He announced on September 14, 1973, that he was joining the Toronto law firm of Osler, Hoskin and Harcourt as a legal clerk for the year, for $135 a week. He skipped training camp and held out that season.
@@stephanechamberland8486 Every Habs fan is aware that Dryden skipped the 73/74 season due to a contract dispute.
@@MrDuojet Not everyone reading is a Habs fan
Last season for frank mahovilich
Last NHL season, that is; he jumped to the Toronto Toros a year later.
@@orbyfanAnd the Birmingham Bulls for his final season 1976-77
@@michaelleroy9281 '77-'78 actually, although he would probably like to forget that one.
This was season one of a 2 season cup drought. Boy would that change.
Philadelphia Flyers won the Stanley Cup for the next 2 seasons
Many people told me that Albert, prominent in Laurentide commercials, had passed away back then. Any info as to what happened to him?
Guy Lafleur was still wearing a helmet that year
I do not disagree..Doycet had a nice tone to his vocals
Where's Pierre Bouchard?
He played 60 games that year, but this wasn't one of them. You can see Claude Larose's #15 jersey hanging in the dressing room, and he didn't dress that night, either.
Carrying the cup like he has done it many times before. It was reguakr business. Now you have to wait for a life time, and even then....
I am surprised that Michel Plasse was not the Opening Night starting goaltender. Or even dressed, for that matter. Was he injured?
I hate Montreal, but I do respect them.
Back when the Canucks had a jersey that didn't look like a clown outfit,,,,and only time for that matter,,,,
No names on the hockey jerseys so the owners could sell more programs 😂
good lord, is that Habs goalie wearing ANY pads on the upper body?
Same for Laperrière !
This season, they went down to the New York Rangers in the first round 4 games to 2
Why cany they post and show the whole game with commercials...geez
This crowd has never heard of Larry Robinson. What a bunch of goofs!
I can just picture St Catherine street,Atwater metro,scalpers hanging around outside the Forum......MAGICAL MEMORIES!!!!!... just before the Parti Quebecois destroyed Montreal
hum hum....
The mug on Richard,,all business, and his business was hockey, and winning, as much as I hate the bastards,,,,
The Leafs came close that year.
If you consider a 4-game sweep at the hands of the Bruins in the first round coming close. At least they made the playoffs and had a winning record.
Lanny Mc Donald ' s rookie season
@@michaelleroy9281 I wish the tape of the next Hockey Night in Canada game was still around (I doubt if it is, since it was a Wednesday game on CTV, and that network isn't known for saving stuff). That was a game between the Leafs and Canadiens, where a clean-shaven Lanny scored his first NHL goal. I remember seeing the telecast back in the day.
This is a lost classic...
One wondering after watching this gem how HNIC became so overROT with mindless stupidity and useless overanalyzing
Thats what happens when the game becomes so bad u get talk talk talk and more stupid women with their "expert analysis" canada should be ashamed of what it's become