'I Could Have Died!' | Marty McSorley's HORRIFIC Attack On Donald Brashear
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 พ.ค. 2024
- Throughout hockey history, few players have epitomized “goon” like Marty McSorley.
As the sun was setting on his career, however, McSorley went overboard on a tense night in Vancouver, committing an act of on-ice violence so reckless that it not only earned him a dubious place in NHL history, but effectively ended his career.
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Marty and probert were why i watched alot of hockey in the 90s
Why is nobody talking about Brashears helmet? When he landed on ice, the helmet was off. If he had used the helmet strap as it is created for, he wouldn´t been injured. Helmet is used to protect the head, but players, even today don´t tighten the strap.
The strap is there for one reason, should be a penalty at least for kids who don't wear it correctly. I cracked 3 helmets racing dirt bikes, then was a goalie for 15 years. Now I'm paying for all those concussions, trigeminal neuralgia, cluster headaches, Tinnitus etc. I admired Gretzky but not that stupid Jofa helmet. This is all a big joke to some people.
@@dicksonfranssen minor hockey does not allow players to wear their chin straps like this. there is a penalty if they dont wear it correctly and the refs tells them to tighten the strap.
For some reason, people always gloss over that part of the story. Look at 4:35 and that is a big part of the reason why he was injured. On one of the replay angles, you’ll see his bare head hit the ice because the helmet has come off.
At least Marty didn't assault an innocent civilian in his apartment building.
That was Brashear.
The goon.
Uhm right now 45 people are actually defending Marty mcsorleys criminal offence on the ice.....not even a hockey play but indeed a criminal offence......my guess is none of you guys are true hockey fans and very few of you even play ice hockey.....what does brashears off ice actions have to do with mcsorleys on ice criminal offence
"It's alleged he assaulted a man after the man had told his wife to leave the weight room because she had her baby with her," Vancouver police spokeswoman Anne Drennan said.
"The victim did not receive any serious injuries and there were no punches thrown." At least brashear didn't swing a stick at his head.
WHY ARE WE YELLING THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE VIDEO
I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE YELLING ABOUT
@@flimbs hahahahaha
YOU NEED TO BE LOUD TO GET THE KIDS ATTENTION THESE DAYS!
I KNOW RIGHT?!
I hated it so much when the B's picked up McSorley, but even I was surprised how bad it ended. Brashear was a piece of crap too, though.
How?
Yeah he was.
@@meshachwilliams3697hahaha!
@meshachwilliams3697 how??? Look at his fighting videos here on TH-cam, not only did he cheap shot players but he was a dirty fighter basically he was piece of 💩
Marty wasn't protecting Gretz that night in Toronto '91 when he tried to take Gilmore's head off. This guy was an ass clown.
93 u dummy
It was ‘93.
@@RayFinkle05 do you remember Gilmour skating up to McSorley and head butting him in the chin, with his helmut? Priceless. Yeah, that was '93. Good hockey!!
I agree with you, he's an ass clown, and a psycho.
Actually he was. He told the Maple Leafs bench earlier that game that if they are going to take one more run at Gretzky, Gilmour's going to get it. On a side note, they stopped trying to hurt Gretzky for the rest of the series, so apparently it worked.
2:00 Ha! Burger King jersey. Terrible terrible jersey
Lets just be honest here Brashear was no saint
blaming the victim are you?
@@donovans6472always the victim
Marty mcsorley should have been arrested ..handcuffed..finger printed and put in a holding cell until he was bailed out immediately..... This was a criminal act.....
donald brashear may have been a dirty player but did nothing criminal... He's just your average enforcer but probably better and stronger than the average enforcer....he like other enforcers are there for their dirty play and Fighting ability not to be choir boys we all know this....
Hitting a guy in the head with your hockey stick is not a hockey play.. that's assault with a deadly weapon.... That's criminal and worthy of jail time...
Let's not try to deflect by talking about brashear... Furthermore brashear was not obligated to accept a fight with mcsorley......
@@donovans6472 Brasher tormented & aggravated McSorley to the breaking point, you know the saying f around & find out? He found out
Not like it’s the only time in hockey. Eddie shack, Teddy green/wayne Maki . This is why fighting is allowed. Drop the sticks and gloves.
The Bruins only made the 2nd round in 1998-1999, not the conference finals. Lost to the Sabres in 6.
Was just about to say this. It was Leafs vs Sabres in the East in 99
People often forget that many of these enforcers were also skilled players. Goonery was just part of the game. Despite the NHL’s overall softening, nothing gets the crowd on its feet faster than a good old hockey fight…
I don't go to watch fights but at least it's an honorable way to battle. McSorley showed himself to be a coward.
@@stevencooke6451 I went to a fight, and a hockey game broke out! (Rodney Dangerfield.)
Why does Brashear's helmet keep coming off? Half the footage his helmet is off.
Been playing hockey for 20 years never lost my helmet once.
some players played for 20 years and still have all their teeth....
I’m more pissed about his curved stick in ‘93 Final. Brashesr was a pos
Trouba did this same thing earlier this season and the NHL made an excuse for it. Had Brashear worn his helmet correctly he’s probably not out 20 games and McSorley probably doesn’t get suspended for as long as he was.
Brashear brought this on himself. You can't act the tough guy and try to intimidate the Bruins bench then decline the fight. People swing sticks on occasion he just happened to catch Brashear in the noggin.
McSorley got tired of being Brashear's bitch I guess..
Mcsorley took it too far, but Brashear injuring the Bruins goalie and then mocking the bemch earned him some serious payback. Never go after a goalie! When Marty wanted to fight and Brashear chickened out, it showed who the true coward was...
Then Marty should have just kept getting in Donalds face until the cowards dropped his gloves.
I thought playing hockey was about scoring goals.....who actually suits up for an NHL game to fight. these are NHL players not fighters....i don't think nhl player tough guys always want to fight. even fighters don't always want to fight......
the coaches have to take responsibility too. but then again hockey is a weird game because it encourages fighting.... when a game is lost already there is no need to send or have two fighters out on the ice at the same time...
i love hockey but always hated the fighting in it.....its not like they're trained fighters anyways.. the fighting looks sloppy..,,. if i want to watch fighting i'll rather watch ufc or boxing where the fighters are actually trained and skilled at what they do.......
two guys fighting on skates...wearing hockey equipment, c'mon....you'd rather watch that than them actually tried to score on each other.....
McSorley got tired of being Brashear's bitch I guess..
This was a great video but i felt like i was being yelled at the whole time
Brashear woke up expecting free throws.
*Eastern Conference Finals in 99 was Buffalo and Toronto.
It's pretty wild how such reprehensible and unforgivable behavior was essentially tolerated, or at least punished very differently compared to today. I got into hockey in the 90-91 season in my tween years and saw more of the tail end of it but the 90s were still pretty brutal. Essentially anytime Scott Stevens was still playing was still the brutal, intent to injure era.
Wayne Gretzky couldn't have a better man for a Bodyguard than Marty McSoreley!
Friend of mine got stuck in the middle of a high school fight between Probert and Corson. He shit his pants ducked out and got the hell outta the house.
Teddy Green and Wayne Mackie was the worst hockey assault I ever saw. Worse than this!
You were there? My wife was watching TV the night Malarchuk was sliced open. One guy at the game had a heart attack and didn't make it.
Worst thing I ever saw in any hockey game...
The Bruins Dave Forbes attack on Henry Boucha was way worse. He never regained much vision in his right eye and his career ended because of the attack.
Jaskirat Singh Sidhu hasnt suffered nearly enough for what he did to those kids, the driver, and the coaches and how much the families have suffered since
The voice over guy's high pitched voice is a bigger crime than whatever mcsorley did
lol. agreed.
Yes, the narrator here is annoying.
This incident and Todd Bertuzzi’s hit on Steve Moore defined the post Gretzky NHL era before the 04-05 lockout
Bertuzzi was a hero and a magician turning Steve Moore into a vegetable. 💩🪄🥔😂
That incident doesn't even rank compared to what McSorely did here... Steve Moore was injured by the dog pile that developed afterwards. Very different circumstances. People always bring this incident up in videos like this. I didn't like what Bert did but people have blown it out of proportion. Meanwhile Steve Moore was and still is a coward.
@@Adam202Moore already answered for the hit on Naslund when he fought Matt Cooke. It should have been over but Bertuzzi took it too far
@@Jersey209 Yes Bert took it too far. I didn't like what he did but it snowballed in a way that was out of his control. It was a situation that warranted a suspension but not the charges and litigation that followed. Moore goes on TV and talk shows every 5 years and does his whole woe is me spiel about how he deserves more money. They say if you play stupid games and you win stupid prizes and that is what Moore did on the ice. He played like a goon too and he could have ended someone else's career just as easily. Live by the sword and die by the sword. So tired of Moore playing the victim. He's not even paralyzed like everyone thinks that he is.
@@Adam202 I do agree that Moore dragged the whole thing out WAAAAY too long after the incident. Bertuzzi knew he f’d up and seemed genuinely remorseful
That was the first grade 3 for anything brashear
His illegal curved stick is his legacy.
Mcsorley was the coolest player, loved watching him. In Los Angeles he was great
Brashear was a thug too to say the least. McSorley actually had SOME skills while Brashear had none at all. Hockey has not become "better" or "safer". It's pretty boring now, with no intensity at all.
All I know is that I’ve met quite a few professional hockey players in situations where it was the time and the place to make conversation. Marty McSorley was the most affable of any of them. Made time to talk hockey with me and my friends, bought us a round of drinks and even talked about the Brashear incident and was very candid about it. I have a very good bullshit detector and none of it was an act. Very nice man and I’ll never say a bad word about him.
Marty is a fuckin joke for that hit, probably shouldve seen jail time
I thought I read he spent a year in jail.
Brash is just as much of a loser.
@@regional1000 you read wrong.
How about Brendan Gallagher? Or is it just players on U.S. teams?
People fail to mention the reason McSorley was losing his mind was because Brashear ran the goalie. Thanks for including that part! Brashear would rather taunt the bench after he sent the goalie off on a strecher then fight Marty again. But the coaches are just as much to blame. Canucks send the goon out with 30 seconds left , So of course Boston has to send out McSorley . Had Brashear just fought him again it never would have happened. And besides all that, he didnt even slash him that hard, I been double handed tomahawked right over the head and I didnt go down. Dave Browns shots to the head of Tomas Sandstrum were way worse .....And he did it twice!!!
Dawg he hit his head on the ice and had a concussion. I'm not excusing brashear but come on man.
If you watch it in slow motion, Marty did go for Donald's shoulder pad. But at the end of the day if you bring your stick up that high you run the risk of something bad happening. In which case it did.
Bertuzzi on Moore was still worse
Yes. That was a lowlife move.
Lol how in any way was it worse?
@@stroshow5 for starters Moore broke his neck and never played in the NHL ever again...
@@toddgeorge7421 taking a full swing at a guy from behind with a stick is way worse then a punch
@@stroshow5 it was more than a punch, he drove his head into the ice after the punch
Don’t pick on the other team’s stars and expect to get away Scott free. Motto from the good ‘ol’ days.
Brashear was a great Flyer for four years
He was Mack the co-pilot in Con Air
1988: Dino Ciccarelli hits Luke Richardson pretty hard with his stick. Richardson still standing
2000: McSorley BARELY tapped Brashear and Brashear is a little bitch about it
McSorley is a psychopath. he has zero remorse and still tries to blame Brashear for his own actions.
FACE IT...BOTH CRIMINALS ON SKATES
@@dalethums8418 lmao settle down babe
@@cravenm.2295lmfao ok girlie man!
I remember this game well as a fan in Vancouver. I didn’t think it then and I don’t think now that the slash was the dirtiest thing I ever saw. It’s not even close. Dirty? Sure. Suspendible? Naturally.
It was pretty surprising to me that Brashear would be seriously injured from the slash. I imagine it had more to do with him falling and hitting the back of his head on the ice, with his loose helmet flying off.
The suspension was extreme mostly because the optics were so bad, and the video got so much attention - and it embarrassed the NHL enough that they chose an extreme response to protect their brand. The attention in Vancouver also led police to lay charges. Let’s be clear. If injuring a player was to be prosecuted as a rule, the docket would be full hockey players at all levels.
This case has very strong parallels to the Bertuzzi incident. In that case, a player who was expected to fight due to giving a concussion to the Canucks captain in a previous game refused to do so repeatedly - and exposed himself to the sort of action that fighting is supposed to replace . Moore was put on the ice by his coach just before the end of game specifically to face the music lest the Canucks take their anger out on the teams star players. It was expected of Moore to fight and he wouldn’t.
In both cases, if you asked NHL players of the day off the record , they would not condemn either player for their actions. The reason being that they or their teammates could have also found themselves in this predicament. A player will be held accountable one way or another, and bad things happen when you refuse to be accountable. That’s a reality that many casual fans and the wider public doesn’t understand. These unofficial codes about fighting are about the players self regulating fighting on their own terms and for their protection.
Marty was part of the old school tough guy that followed the code about being an enforcer and fighting. In Brashear’s position, it was absolutely expected that you would answer the bell if you are taunting your opponent. The players know it and generally accepted it.
Right or wrong, Brashear opted to do the very things he knew would infuriate McSorely and his refusal to answer the bell - just as Steve Moore did in his incident. Had they stuck to the accepted players norms, each would have been far better off. That fact is often lost on fans.
That’s certainly how the NHL players would see it and the outside observers opinions don’t matter much if we are being honest. They don’t have to suffer the consequences of what happens when unofficial codes on fighting are ignored and things devolve into widespread mercenary actions of loose cannons. That’s what the codes are designed to prevent.
People outside of hockey will say their is just no place for such violence in sports and will condemn anything that is violent. They are re entitled to their opinion but they don’t have to live with the unintended consequences of “fixing” the problem. As such, the players will simply ignore them.
Jonah is so annoying. Makes the videos unwatchable.
Exactly. He should just talk normal.
This will be unpopular, but Brashear had it coming. He had to know that with that behaviour and refusing to fight something was going to happen.
You know why it's unpopular? Because it's a stupid and reckless comment.
If Mcsorely wasn't a hockey player in that era, guy would have been a criminal thug...just a joke of a human
He would probably be a body guard what are you thinking
Yeah i can see how the snowflakes of this era would see that.
More of a player then brasher ever was
Like Brendan Gallagher?
@teddypendagrass491 ok boomer 🤡 keep defending turd, isnt jeopardy on?
Nothing compared to what almost happened with that neanderthol Chara and Pac in 2011
When he was on the Kings, he was Dave Coulier to Gretzky's Bob Saget.
You Oughta Know
The good ole days of hockey
Why are you even still talking about this? This one incident does not define Marty McSorley. Have you ever played hockey?
When I think of Mcsorley, I think of his war with Probert. Best fight I've ever seen. They fought for 3 minutes, and Marty said no when the refs tried to come in early. The Gilmour hit and the ensuing fight was also awesome. Let's not forget he was also on the Oilers for part of the dynasty.
I remember watching the game on tv i'll never forgive mcsorley for that
That was a clean hit! Good hockey play.
Marty Mcsorley was in bad boys with Will Smith 🤣
He was also the pilot in Con Air lol.
Worse than the Bertuzzi incident, in my opinion!!!
Nothing will match Matt Petgrave
How would folks rate what Marty did with other acts of anger management like that of Rodman,George Brett,Woody Hayes or Bob Knight????
What goes around comes around. Karma at its best.
I think you're wrong about grotesque violence within NHL because Tony Granato had the MOST flagrant foul of anyone. Cover THAT!
Too hard to take Marty acting like he was the victim of this.
On The Coaches Corner Don Cherry actually defended Marty. He said that he was an ageing veteran and was pretty close to retiring. Donald Brashear was a younger man who won a fight with Marty. Cherry said that out of respect he should have left Marty alone for the rest of the game. Instead he taunted Marty and kept rubbing it in. Marty was a proud veteran who snapped.
@@roberteaston6413 Cherry had a career where he took way too many head shots just like Marty.
exactly... he is a psychopath.
@@havierbardem820 I hear he is working at Tin Horton's. Not as an executive but as an employee.
He was victimized by a Draconian punishment
Colin Campbell was Gary Batmans asshole buddy!!!
I'm not saying what Mcsorley did wasn't bad but nobody ever mentions The Rocket who broke his stick over a player's back and than punched a linesman. No we name a trophy after him??
The NBA took this to a new level of Flopper.
Safer game?? Show me the stats that add up to it being "safer". The slew foots and chicken wing hits to the head etc etc.. There are still targeted injuries. Lots...
It appears this only applies to players on U.S. visiting teams. McSorely, Cicerelli, Chara, but when Gallagher throws out his chicken wing that seems to be ok! Maybe this is why a Canadian team hasn't won a Cup since '93? KARMA.
I think he got six games for that. I would have given him double that, but welcome to the DPS. Your statement at the end is beyond stupid.
This video is horseshit. Brashear playing a victim is next level comedy.
Thinking?
I always called him Marty McSorehead!
Bretuzzi was worse
Brashear was a goon and played that up.
Stop making Brashear as experiencing a near death moment
It should have not involved the police. A 10 game suspension would probably been fine. McSorley lost his mind for a moment and went over the line as has happened many times in the game. Still, Brashear, no choir boy, was taunting and showing no class at all. And he knew better. He knew the culture and unwritten rules. Hockey, going way back before my day in the 70s, was a violent game. Everyone knew the danger. It was part of the attraction. That feeling before starting was palpable. A total rush, unknown and unwanted by the current generation. Oh, it was good. Competition was fierce. The game policed itself. Skilled players were balanced out by guys less skilled but willing to look past their fear and take on whatever came at them. I was always a small guy (140-145) but never turned down a fight. It always felt good to know that you "showed up". Today, in our risk averse society, the focus on everything is on safety. That's what the people want and I'm an anachronism. I get that. But they took a great game that was almost primal in its attraction and turned it into figure skating with a puck. Yes, the skill level today is better than ever, and no one ever has to worry about defending themselves or their mates. Not saying that it is better or worse; it's just 2 separate sports now. I miss the hockey that was played for the first 80 years or so and am bored by the game of today. Others, dare I say most, do not. Masculinity is being slowly drilled out of boys...it's toxic, violent, scary, or whatever. Or so they say. Today's men believe it's honorable to hide behind an authority figure, even a woman, when facing danger. Old time hockey and its attendant moral structure are no longer valued, not in the sport or in life. And that is a shame.
😂
@@s1n0qu33 Brilliant and well thought out response. My point proven. Game, set, match.
@@MooseGuy1 👍🏼
Wtf are you talking about? 😂😂 it’s assault with a weapon Ya JA. And this was like 20 years ago? Are you drunk? Or was this little BS story just something you’ve been holding onto for a long time?🤦 which of “todays men” are you even referring to, because I PROMISE if you let me whack you with a hockey stick you’re gonna immediately change this whole “ I’m a tough cowboy” shit.😂😂😂
The last straw was Brashear flexing his muscles in front of the Bruins bench lol what so McSorley then goes to takes his head off & kills Brash with an Ax chop but thats not what he was trying to do!?!?
I am surprised that he wasn't even banned from Hockey, or any other Hockey leagues, seriously
The bruins only made round 2 in '99 not the conference finals.
2:47 Don't you mean the Bruins were "struggling"? I thought "scuffle" means to fight. (The video is about fighting but you're describing the Bruins' recent losing streak. They were struggling.)
struggling and scuffling are synonyms when it comes to the standings race
Bro, calm down.
I remember Gretzky talking about this in an interview afterward. He said Marty, "Wasn't that guy." Except we caught it on video, so he was that guy.
You don´t clearly know what Gretzky was referring to.
Plus one incident does not define who he was as a hockey player. Good old all or none thinking……gotta love that immaturity!
@@poksi360 I think it was pretty clear.
It was always humorous to hear McSorely name drop whenever he'd get himself in trouble. Then you'd hear Gretzky, Coffey, Messier repeat the same defenses of him word for word.
If that happened today he would be charged for a hate crime
Your birth was a crime against humanity.
Just wait Mattias 😂
But when baske and football players tieup, they're referred to as "thugs". Foh.
A dirty play and a dirty player.That stuff ruins the game .
Brashear was a clown and no heavyweight looked for brashear!'s respect and as remember brashear was acting like an idiot and coward that night, thus lead to the blow up. Totally not excusing Marty's actions but brashear shouldn't cry is a river.
7:18 lol knock it off Don. You weren’t ever going to score 20 goals in the NHL. You would’ve finished the season with 12 goals, y’bum
You look like his son!!!
Brash didn’t deserve that even if he was a steroid user average fighter before cheating
He sucked st playing defense. What a goon. Lindros tore him a new one. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
First time coming across the Score on youtube. Yall need aa new narrator. Loo
He spent *FIFTY SIX AND ONE HALF HOURS* in the penalty box. (At least, that's presuming none of those penalties were cut short by giving up a goal.) When you've already spent two entire days in prison for assault, you have to expect something like this happening.
Who gives a shit about brashear?
Brashier broke the code and wouldn't fight him.
... after running their goalie who had to be stretchered off the ice, no less. Everyone forgets that part. It wasn't about a pointless rematch between McSorley and Brashear. Brashear was a coward and was especially violent and cowardly that game.
Dirtiest hit in NHL history 🤷♀️
Not even close
@@PatDKMcSorley got the longest suspension in NHL history for one year from February 2000 to February 2001!
Pretty close. Bertuzzi takes number one@@PatDK
Hunter has to be at the very least top 3 also
Hunter on Turgeon
Domi on Niedermayor
The “code of violence” is not senseless. It evolved out of an extremely fast and dangerous and physical game. The Americanization of hockey has not benefited the game. It is far less physical now and - as a result - less passionate. It’s basically soccer-on-ice.
in 94 playoffs Messier 2 handed a stick shot tp Bure's head in game 6 of the finals no suspension no fine no nuttin....... oh yeah Rangers won the fixed cup that year which in the big picture is really sad in sports.
Bennett just concussed a player and got nothing so
Bennet is a goof and gets away with way to much for some reason especially in the playoffs @lasttry99
Content is good… Editorial is trash. Get a new narrator, and a new editor. Not defending McSorley. His attack was vicious and cowardly. But, take a comprehensive look at Brashear’s history, and this incident smacks of Poetic Justice
Brashear deserved it. Worst fighter in the league and dirty. Cheapshot connoisseur. Belak said he was the smelliest guy in the league, too lol
Wow.. cliche sports writing.. pugilistic, pugnacious.. you guys aren't even a poor man's Secret Base.. Jon Bois, you are NOT. annoying voice over too.. c'mon, you guys can do better.
Don’t care how the narrator sounds the man can tell a good story
I think violence is ruining the NHL. The attacks on key players continues to this day, as with Tkachuk's attack on Eichel last season, and the retribution against him later in the series. These brutal attempts to damage the opposing team must be stopped. More severe penalties, such as season-long suspensions, or suspensions from the Stanley Cup playoffs, are called for.
In the OHL if you intentionally injure anyone you're suspended until the guy comes back even if it's a year. First offence should be 5 games, second 20 games.
I see all this shitting on Marty but wtf did Donold Brashear ever do compared to Marty
Brashear was better and he’s black 🤷♀️
Good question, simple answer, not THAT!
@@justineebourgeois3420there’s always one of you that manage to squeak through society unchecked with your stupid comments.
Donald Brashear sucked anyways who cares lol
@@mitchydrama5924 any man who down plays the skill of another man can only pull that off if he has something to offer that exceeds that man’s skill level. Sorry dude , what are your credentials?
Marty is a straight dog got a Mcsorly stick from an old shop called slap shot in LA hence when the kings lost the cup cause his blade was to long or at a wrong angle I have never seen that call again
In Montréal, we love McSorry, In 93 he help gave the Canadiens the Stanley Cup with his moronesque illegal curbed stick in third period of game 2 - final cup Stanley !!! After LA Kings had win the first game, Montréal went crazy and win the 4 in row for the Cup, once again thank you Marty !!
Look for ''Memories: McSorley's illegal stick leads to a loss''.