A few of things about the 2010 Olympics Gold Medal game - First, the USA beat Canada in the preliminary round and, secondly, the US scored with like 24 seconds left in the game to tie it up and force the game into overtime (shattering for Canadian fans). Finally, the men's hockey gold medal win gave Canada a record 14 gold medals - the most for any country in a Winter Olympics.
Yeah, but Canada kinda had to make up for 1976. You know, the first host country not to win a single gold medal at a Summer Olympics. But that remains "unbeaten", so kudos for that........
my kids and I were at the west ed mall when this happened and we watched it at a kiosk for Telus, the whole Mall erupted and shook when it happened, I will never forget that.
Every time I watch thar Olympics clip, hearing Crobsy yelling "Iggy!" to Jerome Iginla on the boards gives me chills. It's just the urgency in his voice. Then Iginla just passing toward his voice. It's amazing.
i was in whistler in the conference centre working for nbc ~ every single monitor in the room was on from several different feeds ~ when the goal was scored i could hear the whole town of whistler yahooing ~ mostly from the pubs & bars ~
The Joe Carter home run shook the entire stadium. I was working at the SkyDome as a beer/bar manager, at that moment I had all my staff with me as we all watched from behind home plate on the first level. When the pitch was made everyone held their breath you could hear a pin drop, and when Joe swung everyone knew he got all of the ball on the bat, and I could feel the entire stadium shake under my feet, we stood back and watch the pandemonium be unleash! It's a memory that will forever be ingrained in my mind.
The 1972 series against the Russian Red Army hockey team is probably near the top of most Canadians list. It's an amazing set of stories that had every single Canadian family glued to their TV sets! I'll never forget how our schools all had TV's in the classrooms for it and it completely dominated the news from coast to coast and a Canadian icon was born during that series. It will never be replicated.
Summit 72 was THE Canadian sports moment. As a HS teacher, my students and I watched the Henderson goal with 3 classes and one small TV. Our students and teachers along with all of Canada exploded. Every sports moment since has been an anti-climax. PS- 3000+ Canadian fans flew to and watched the games in the Russian arenas.
Summit 72 is something that none of us understand truly unless you lived through it. I was not born and can totally understand why it's one of the best moments but really can't fathom the impact it had
The series was full of grit with no love lost between Canada and Russia. The Russian's played dirty with their sticks and Canada was always ready to exchange a knuckle sandwich or two.
Dave Ayres making his NHL debut at age 42 as a backup emergency goalie is a heartwarming story. He actually played for Carolina against Toronto but he was the arena's designated backup goalie when all of the Carolina goalies were taken out of the game due to injuries. He even ended up with an NHL win under his belt!
For those of us who were alive at the time, nothing has ever approached the intensity of relief, joy, and national pride of the 1972 Canada-Soviet series. When the series moved to the Soviet Union the games were on during the day, when we were in class. Our teachers started bringing radios to class, then televisions, finally, for the last game we were all moved to the auditorium to watch it on several TVs (1972: giant screens didn't exist). Important moments have happened since then, but none can ever match 1972. This is also the moment in time when we learned to respect Soviet hockey. Soviet goalie Vladislav Tretiak became a household name and a hero to many of us impressionable youths.
Many schools in Canada paraded their students down to the auditorium/gymnasium to watch the final game in the 1972 Canada/Soviet hockey summit. We sat on the floor and watched tiny TVs at one end of the room, yet we were all glued to the game. A truly difficult feat with a room full of kids. The auditorium, the school, the neighbourhood, the city, the province/territory, the country, the Canadian people as a whole went ecstatic when Paul Henderson scored the winning goal for Canada. The series was a true roller coaster ride. The first four games were in Canada and the last 4 games were in Russia. Canadian fans were very optimistic going into the series. We quickly jumped out to an early 3 nothing lead in the first game and many of us thought, at that point, that we were going to humiliate the Russians. To our shock, the Russians came back with precision passing, control and scoring --- winning the game 7-3. Our confidence rose when we won the second game 4-1. Both teams played to a tie in the third game. The fourth game and last game in Canada was definitely an important game. The Russians won the game and took a 2 Win, 1 Loss, and 1 Tie record back to Russia. Panic started to definitely set in when Russia also won the first game back in Russia. With the tie, Canada would need to win the next 3 games in order to win the series. In which, as you know, they did and they did it in truly hard-working Canadian fashion. In the final game, the Canadians needed to score 3 goals in the third period to win and they got the third one from Paul Henderson with 34 seconds remaining in the game. If the game had remained tied, neither country would have won the series since each team's record would have been 3 Wins, 3 Losses, and 2 Ties (overtime was not played). But, Canadians play with heart! In the minds of Canadians --- we were then on top of the world.
And all the politics going on too. Dirty officiating in Russia and, you have to admit, some pretty dirty play by the Canadians. There are so many important stories.
Alphonso Davies making Canada's first goal in the WC, Andre De Grasse and Usain Bolt sharing a smile after a close run, Damian Warner gold in the Olympic Decathlon, And Womans soccer Gold medal olympics. These are some of my recent favourite moments.
What about the women's Olympic hockey gold medal game in Sochi in 2014? It was Canada vs the US, and the US was leading 2-0 with only a couple of minutes left in the game. Canada came back to tie the score, and then win in OT. Marie Phillippe Poulin scored the tying goal and the winning goal. And Hailey Wickenheiser, team captain, played half the game with a broken foot.
@@Canadagraphs erm I'm for more attention to the women's game. I loved each of the games you mentioned (2014 where Canada came back after the USA almost got empy net goal when the referee interfered with Catherine Ward at the USA blue line 😬) Still, the 2010 mens Gold Medal game was an epic hockey game.
I don't know how many people remember this one, but it's a pretty awesome story. In the 2014 Olympics, 2 Canadian sisters, Justine and Chloe Dufour-LaPointe, won the gold and silver medals (respectively) in women's moguls! (There was a 3rd sister, Maxime, who also competed in the event, but didn't win a medal. I remember everyone thinking, "It must really suck to be her right now")
Crosby scoring in 2010 was unforgettable, nerve racking and entertaining! But Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir were my all time Favourite Canadian sport moment, also their 2018 performance was just as good too! 🇨🇦🏒⛸️🥌 Team Martin,Canada’s Curling 🥌 team in 2010 was up their too! The crowd was singing O Canada 🇨🇦 before it was over!! 🥌⛸️🏒
Don't forget Clara Hughes partcipated in both winter and summer olympics and won medals in both season, first as a cyclist and then as a speed skater. The only athlete to win in both summer and winter.
Except for these athletes who ALSO won medals in both winter and summer olympics: Eddie Eagan - United States. Jacob Tullin Thams - Norway. Christa Luding-Rothenburger - Germany. Lauryn Williams - United States. Eddy Alvarez - United States. But don't let facts get in the way of blind nationalism!!!
Really doesn't make Canada look good when you have to lie like that. Eddie Eagan is the one who should be getting the credit, since he actually has 2 golds.
@@kyleellis1825 "Clara Hughes is the only athlete in HISTORY to win multiple medals at both the summer and winter Olympic Games." Now the original poster did not word their comment well and that's on them, but a 5 second Google search would have shown you the real achievement.
@@therren9981 They didn't word it poorly, they worded it completely wrong. She was not the only athlete to win in both the summer and winter. 6 other atheletes also did so and no where in the OP does it says multiple medals.
@@kyleellis1825 "Don't forget Clara Hughes partcipated in both winter and summer olympics and won medals in both season". Medals in both seasons, which means more than one medal in both winter AND summer Olympics in this context. They didn't word it wrong bud, it was just worded in a way that can mislead people to think the exact way you are.
As someone who grew up an hour outside of Toronto I am happy the raptors won at least once in my lifetime and the Jays twice. More than I can say about the leafs.
Goes well beyond just the win..was how and under what conditions. They went to the USSR knowing full well they could be kidnapped and tortured. They were in a few games before they even realized the Russian team was the Machine they were. Played a really rough Canadian style to an Extremely hostile crowd, the pressure of literally representing the free world... the fine details go on and on on how they beat adversity.
Regarding the 1972 Russia Canada Summit Series: a little context might help you to realize its importance. At the time, international hockey was supposed to be strictly amateur though everyone knew the Russian players were fulltime professionals. As a result, Canada, having all its great players in professional leagues, had been losing at the Olympics for years. Losing at "our game!" The Soviets rigged the series to their advantage in many ways. The East German referees were anything but neutral. The Canadians got themselves into a deep hole and dug themselves out against great odds. To give you an idea of how much Canada was invested in the series: At the Shakespearean Festival in Stratford Ontario, the actors were getting updates through the prompters speaker and, when Henderson scored, William Hutt stopped the performance to announce it to the audience.
Definitely the 1972 summit series! All of our schools moved tv's into classrooms and we all watched the games! When Henderson scored I think the whole school shook! You have to remember that this happened during the height of the cold war. This was the first time a series like this had happened outside of the Olympics!
Nothing else comes close in terms of lasting impact. A telling detail: up until then, when my friends and I played street hockey, whoever was in nets claimed they were Ken Dryden, after this series, we would claim we were Vladislav Tretiak, the Russian goalie.
I agree. There has been some wonderful exciting moments in sports. But nothing comes close to the 1972 summit where the team of Canadian professional hockey players went up against the Russians. Oh, they just about lost it with their arrogance, but pulled through at the ninth hour.
Our school literally closed after the 1st game, because only 4 students showed up. The teachers wanted to watch the games also - so it was a win-win-win.
Yup. TVs were wheeled into the classrooms across Canada in 1972. Cold War hockey. Happened in my school in Victoria and in my husband’s school in Calgary.
Unfortunately my school didn't do that. Only a few tvs and it was a secret. I was in the library when I heard loud cheering for Henderson's winning goal. Wish I had been at that tv set! 🎉 😢
I was a high school student in 1972...classes were cancelled for a special assembly in the school auditorium for us to watch the whole of game 7 in that Canada-Russia hockey series. When Paul Henderson scored that final goal it was magic, and utter pandemonium in the auditorium.
I was selling televisions so I had a bank of TVs lined up to watch the game. I stood next to the CEO of the company I worked for, and they still paid me for watching the game.
The most Canadian celebration was on the Saturday half way in to those Olympics was the sight of Jon Montgomery walking through the crowd after his medal ceremony (gold) and high fiving everyone and someone hands him a pitcher of beer and he starts drinking out of the pitcher
@@marklittle8805 He is really cool! 😎 and I agree! 😁 he said that moment with the beer is what made him famous and got him to be the host of Canada’s amazing race, which I thought was pretty cool too ☺️
Ahh.. I caught that comment about you feeling like you needed to apologize. You're one of us one! Great videos! Thanks for always being great/positive and fun!
The goal Paul Henderson scored - It was one of the moments of my life which I remember exactly where I was. At work in an ad agency. EVERYONE went nuts!
Top goals in Canadian history: 1) Henderson's game 8,1972, 2) Sid's olympic winner vs. the US, 3) Mario's 87 Canada Cup winner vs. Russia..! Population of Canada in 72 was 21 million and over 16 million either watched on TV or listened on radio to Henderson's winner.An exhibition series that turned into a war of systems.
It's not always about finishing first. For me, it was Elizabeth Manley winning silver at the 1988 Olympics in what was supposed to be the battle of the Carmens, and in 2010, Joannie Rochette skating to Olympic bronze two days after her mother passed away.
Elizabeth Manley did far better than anyone, even herself, expected. And because the "two Carmens" were each trying to one-up each other, Manley didn't even concern herself with that - just skating the best she could, and surprised herself by winning silver. As I remember, Debi Thomas was a less-than-gracious bronze medalist.
A reaction to the 1972 Summit Series would be great. It was about hocky supremacy but it was also about the west vs the Soviets, culturally. There are so many important stories that came out of it - it would have to be a long reaction, but worth it to understand how really important it was.
I have 2 more when a Canadian ski coach gave a ski to the Russian athlete because none of his team was there to replace his broken one and the next Olympics i think the Swedish ski coach gave a ski stick to the Canadian athlete to continue the race because her stick broke in half. Beautiful moments of sports!
@@calgaryhockey6991 WOW! I didn't know that, I'm Canadian but I'm been living abroad for years. I remember watching both events on tv and too be amazed by both act. This is what I call sportmanship, kindness, respect, and beautiful. What a difference between the 2, I didn't hear anything when the Canadian help the Russian with his ski. Unfortnately, now we rarely see this happening, I feel these days in the world. I feel this is something we lost to be just kind.
1972-Henderson's goal 1972-I was 6 years old and Canada came to a standstill. The only time during my school years where we all left class to watch the hockey game in the gym on a small tv. Still remember it like it was yesterday.
You should consider doing a reaction to the 72 Summit Series... There are many documentaries on the event... It was much larger to our culture, than just that one goal.... Including the KGB taking Allen Eagleson off the bench and in to the stands... Canadian Hockey players actually intervened with HOCKEY STICKS, to get him back! An epic story! Thanks for the content!
Remember Pete Mahovolich taking on a Red Army Soldier in the stands to get Eagleson back? And the 2,000 Canadians that went to Moscow to cheer "our boys" on. The Russians didn't know what to do or how to react to their enthusiasm.
@@darcymartin7608game 5 canadian fans sat together, every game after they were split up, to quiet them down. The bugle player was actually jailed. Russia may have had more skill, but they were robots. Canada had heart and emotion.
@@DonKnight-qi4tu We still do have heart. That's why we're so good in OT. I remember seeing a documentary once where some of the fans were interviewed. They kept handing the bugle to each other when the Police were around. And Tretiak once said that when O Canada was played, he thought he was back in Canada because the fans were so loud.
The biggest thing about the 1972 hockey series with the USSR was it was during the cold war. There was virtually no communication or anything between the west and USSR...but that hockey series oped the door to friendship and without knowing the outcome EVERY game was watched by every Canadian. TVs rolled into each classroom. The fact we actually won made it super fantastic ... There has never been anything like that series since.
I seem to remember the CBC broadcast signal of the series was a little iffy at times. Blurry, etc. .... Russian communication and lack of technology at the time, I guess. Looking back, the Russian hockey fans in the stands rarely smiled.
I'm old enough and enough of a sports fan to remember all of these events. But I think in many, many ways the 72 Summit Series had the most impact. Remember, that the USSR was still behind the Iron Curtain and no Russian hockey players were in the NHL. It wasn't just a hockey series (8 games). It was war - Democracy vs. Communism. And it took the Canadians to win that war in enemy territory. Canada closed down when these games were on. Literally!
During the "summit series" one of the hockey players being interviewed said the chant from the crowd was incredible all he heard was "DAH, DAH, CANADA...NYET, NYET, SOVIET!!"
Henderson actually scored the winning goal in the last three games of the series. I was a schoolboy when that final goal was scored. Classes were suspended so we could all watch hockey :D
I was in Grade 6 for that Henderson. We had a strict teacher but she said if we were quiet and did our work, she would bring the small TV in to the room for us. It was our life over our weeks. It was what everybody talked about. Everybody I knew were glued to their televisions. Unless you lived it, you can't understand how it enveloped everything.
Old enough to have witnessed all these sporting events , Henderson's series winning goal with 34 seconds remaining in the game 8 final winner takes all game in 1972 was by far the greatest moment in Canadian sports history , that series lasted 28 days and it was like being on a roller coaster of emotions , I was only 8 when Henderson scored "the goal" but it is a moment I will never forget....
Nothing compares to that ‘72 series. Keep in mind this was during the cold war and there was so much drama leading up to that final game. It was war. The entire country was on pause as schools across the country brought students into their auditoriums to watch the game.
For me, it was the 82nd Grey Cup. It was like something out of a movie. Hometown boy Lui Passaglia of the BC Lions (in his final game before retirement) wins the game, played in Vancouver, with a final-seconds field goal, in the first Grey Cup match-up between a Canadian and an American team! Seriously, you could make a movie out of that CFL post-season and it would be amazing!
The 72 Summit Series was part of the change in diplomacy between Canada and the Soviet Union. This included an 8 game series with the first 4 games in Canada and the last 4 in the Soviet Union. After was trailing with only 1 win and a tie after the first five games before winning the final 3 games; and in each game, Paul Henderson scored the winning goal. Everyone alive at the time wathced this series. It was as big as landing a man on the moon! The series changed Canadian hockey and that of the NHL forever. Some of the Russian players became household names in Canada; like their goaltender, Tretiak.
i gotta say, since i was living in vancouver at the time, the gold medal game and crosbys ot goal. you could legit feel the city vibrating. going outside into the streets packed with happy people all celebrating was pretty sweet.
There are many moments not in this video. Such as 2002 Saltlake City Olympics. A man named Trent Evans started a trend by hiding a loonie (coin) while making the ice at the Salt Lake City Olympics in 2002, where both Canadian men's and women's hockey teams went on to won gold. He made everyone he told about the loonie keep it a secret until the night before the men's gold-medal game. 1998 Nagano Japan was the first time snowboarding was in the Olympics. Canadian Ross Rebagliati won the men's giant slalom and became the first athlete to win a gold medal in snowboarding. Rebagliati was briefly stripped of his medal by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) after testing positive for marijuana. However, the IOC's decision was reverted following an appeal from the Canadian Olympic Association. Another cool moment Watch video of Jon Montgomery winning gold in Skelton 2010 Olympics. Then watch video of him soon after walking back through Whistler Village and chugs beer from a large pitcher someone randomly hands him in celebration of his gold metal win.
What I remember most of the '72 Canada-Soviet summit was the reaction of fans near the end of the Canadian portion of the series when the soviets were introduced. The fans loved Tretiak. I felt so proud. Yes we wanted to beat them, but we respected their talent. Canada entered the series cocky but by the end of the Canadian portion, the soviets had earned our respect.
All of these are truly memorable Canadian moments. I think i actually saw all of these as they happened. Though I was fairly young when Paul Henderson scored his goal. You should definitely take a look at the ‘72 Summit Series to understand the impact it had on the Canadian mind set. A couple of other suggestions that weren’t on the list would be the Canadian Women’s soccer team’s gold medal at the Tokyo 2020 games, the 1987 Canada Cup with Gretzky setting up Lemieux for the gold medal winning goal, or the Toronto Raptors winning the NBA championship in 2019. As well as the intense rivalry between the American and Canadian Women’s hockey teams. Both countries have their greatest achievements against each other, for Canada one of the best moments came at the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympic Games.
Honestly the 2002 dual gold medals from the women's and men's teams over America with the lucky loonie in the ice were more satisfying to me than the 2010 hockey.
I remember watching the Olympic Hockey gold medal game when I was in Europe. There were just two of us Canadians a bunch of Americans cheering for our respective teams. Fortunately, all the Europeans that were with us helped us cheer for Canada which made it a fun and lively rivalry.
About the Olympics you have to understand Canada's history of hosting the games. We had held 2 Olympic games previously(Montreal and Calgary) and didn't win a gold medal at either. The ONLY host nation that had failed to win gold at their own games and we did it twice. Vancouver was our coming out party. We won the most golds of any hosting nation at that that point. From nothing to number one. The Vancouver Olympics was huge for Canada. Vindication.
We came so close in Calgary, though. The Battle of the Brians (men's figure skating) was won by Brian Boitano by a mere one-tenth of a mark. He didn't touch down on the ice and Brian Orser did.
More modern moments that deserve to be there. Kawhi Leonard's buzzer beater to eliminate Philadelphia, Raptors later went on to win their first NBA championship. And secondly Jose Bautista's bat flip HR in the 7th inning vs Texas Rangers.
I don't think it's possible to understand the experience of the '72 Summit Series if you didn't live through the worst of the Cold War. This was the first awareness most of us had of the SU that didn't involve fear-mongering, and daily drills to practicing hiding under your school desk if they launched nuclear weapons from Cuba. It was like playing against terrifying aliens, with the world on the line. When their team came at us on our own land 4x as strong and skilled as anyone anticipated - the pressure was dire to come back and win that series. Any other hockey or sports moment in history - great at they may be - cannot come close to '72.
This was an amazing moment as Mike was from my hometown of Sarnia ,On or better Brights Grove an annex of Sarnia. He was a nice boy and an amazing man. We are all so proud of him.⛳
My favourite that no one really talks about was the Canadas woman’s hockey team winning the gold medal against the USA in the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.
Team Gushue winning Olympic Gold in Curling in 2006 was iconic for Newfoundland. They have a highway named after them on the Island. Took home Canada's first Olympic Gold Medal for Men's Curling, and Newfoundland's very first Olympic Gold Medal in HISTORY. I was a very proud Newfoundlander that day. :)
2007 gold medal game for the WJC is the one for me, Canada vs USA over time with no goal to a 7 round shoot out. Words can not describe the feeling of that win!
To make the Joe Carter home run more impressive, in the season previous Carter caught the final out to give the Blue Jays their first World Series. The '93 home run gave the Jays back-to-back World Series championships.
I feel like the Kawhi Leonard game winner in 2019 against the 76s that bounced ALL OVER the rim before going in for the win was such an EPIC Moment. Also the 2015 ALDS 7th Inning come back the Blue Jays made against the Texas Rangers (Texas didn't help themselves either), but wow what a thing to watch!
I remember being on a bus coming home from a ski competition when the 2010 gold medal hockey game happened. Our coach was giving us play by play during OT. When the goal was scored the whole bus went crazy
I don't remember the city, but a plane had to be delayed from taking off because all the passengers were in an Airport Bar watching the game and wouldn't get on their flight. Only in Canada, you say!
One of my favourite memories was the 1975 New Years Eve game between the Canadiens and the Red Army team (Russian). It ended in a 3 all tie. While not a win for the Canadiens, the Russian team had the very best players from Russia against one single NHL franchise. It was NOT all the best Canadian players as they were spread out over the entire NHL, so for one team to be able to draw with the Russians elite team was pretty amazing. Tretiak, the Russian goal tender, played beyond belief and was the only reason the Russians got a tie!
I missed that game. I had to work that night. I would love to see a replay. I'm not sure, but I think I remember that there were no penalties. It was a perfect game that correctly ended in a tie, or so I heard.
@@thezoomguys385 It was awhile ago, but I thought Tretiak was recognized as a really elite goalie, wasn't he? Dryden wasn't because of the talent on the ice in front of him. I coulda played net for the habs and they still woulda won! LOL
@@goldbug7127 Too bad. I think you should be able to see it here on TH-cam. My memories are a little hazy, but I remember enough to know that it was a truly amazing game!
One thing to note about Bilodeau’s reaction there is that he hadn’t actually won yet. There was one more skier after him. Once the final skier went and he actually won he pop off a little more and had an emotional embrace with his brother. Also, my favourite Canadian sports moment has to be Jordan Eberle’s goal against Russia at the world juniors
As a figure skating fan, I would say the Sale and Pelltier gold medal loss/win at the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics. A cheating judge resulted in the Russian pair winning the gold, even though they made several small mistakes. Sale and P. skated perfectly. All Canadians were on their feet!. But when the marks came up, S and P were second. The world was stunned. We all knew there had been many times when figure skating judging was suss. The French judge was accused of misconduct (vote-trading), and barred from the sport for three years by the Inter'nl Skating Union, she never judged again. Jamie and David were awarded the gold medal . ..but it was heart wrenching to see them on the podium receiving their silver medals in the initial ceremony. The international figure skating judging system was reformed as a result of the scandal.
Sale and Pelletier weren't the only Canadian victims of corrupt judging. Bourne & Kraatz (ice dancing) were also denied a medal that they should have won (bronze in their case).
I was in grade 5 at the time, we watched the 1972 finale up until 3rd period, the school sent us home to watch the final period. I pretty sure my Dad's scream could be heard across the Maritimes.
I'm not much of a hockey fan but I do enjoy the games when I see them live. I did watch the 2010 Olympics though. I can still remember working in the souvenir shop in the mall and listening to the game on the radio in the store while watching the game play on the tv in the jersey store across from me
The 2010 Olympics happened in Vancouver. Vancouver went nuts when that goal was scored. No one in the neighbourhood of the stadium was in any doubt that the Canadian team had won. Skiing is very popular in Canada. But that 1972 summit goal was one of the greatest moments of my life, just watching it on TV. The whole country went insane. People skipped school or called in sick at work, just ro watch that last game. We were pretty happy when the Canadian team tied it up, but when Hendwrson scored in the last few seconds it was unbelievable. I remember screaming and dancing around the living room in ecstasy. Yeah, uh, Canadians kinda like hockey.
Two comments. 1. My mom's claim to fame was yelling F-ck right by a camera during a Russia versus Canada game (from the 72 series, I think). 2. My favorite moment was the time the mic stopped working during the American National Anthem, so the audience sang the song.
In recent history THE BAT FLIP is it for me. After an insane MLB playoff game and one of the longest innings I’d ever seen with everything seeming to go against the Jays and then Jose Bautista hits that home run. I went nuts…along with everyone else in Canada watching. Bat flips are fairly common now, but that one was epic!
Where were you in 72? These were all amazing moments! I remember being downtown Vancouver during the Olympics. It was incredible. Canada won more gold medals than any country in the winter Olympics in history. For me personally, some of the most amazing sports moments are when my sister one silver and bronze and speed skating in the '88 Calgary Olympics. And when she broke a world record in Japan.
During the 2010 Olympics, my job put a large TV in our break room and we would all gather during our lunch and breaks to watch the Olympic coverage. It was awesome!
For me the best moment was Jacques Villeneuve winning the F1 championship in 1997 at the last race of the season vs Micheal Schumacher. In the Qualification Villeneuve, Schumacher and Frentzen got the exact same time, the only time it happend in F1 history
Grade 7 . School was stopped and tvs put on to watch every game. I've never experienced an attachment to any sports event before or since. It was everything to everyone.
Thank you. As you suspected, many of these "favourite moments " are subjective and emotional (1972 hockey series was cold war on skates). Every one that you reviewed would be among the most important sports moments for Canadians. Have a look at Mike Weir winning the Masters - it was a home town boy who did really well, and still shows tremendous respect for others. Thanks again - I really appreciate that you make the effort to make learning more about Canada fun, even for Canadians.
A few of the most epic moments not mentioned would be Khawi Leonard's game 7 series winning buzzer beater to move onto Eastern Conference Championship. And another one(for MMA/UFC fans) was when George St Pierre(GSP) came back from 4 year retirement to beat the then middleweight champion(Michael Bisbing) for the belt. This made him a rare two division champion and did it at 36 years old.
@TomHuston43 Oh come off it. Canada is Canada. The Raptors are the only Canadian NBA team, which makes them Canada's team. What a shitty thing to say. I didn't even grow up in Toronto. I grew up in a small town and spent most of my youth in Quebec and Nova Scotia. Enough with the whataboutism already.
It's not an international accomplishment but I feel like as someone from Saskatchewan I have to shout-out to the Canadian Football League 1989 Grey Cup. Where the Saskatchewan Roughriders won their 2nd Grey Cup title. The Roughriders are a special team because they are not owned by an individual, or company, they are owned by the province of Saskatchewan. And at the time of the 1989 Grey Cup they were pretty much broke and were the underdogs going into playoffs. They managed to upset all the way to the Grey Cup and win the whole thing. One of the playes, George Reed was one of the first African-American athletes ever in the CFL and he was a part of our 1989 team. Many of the those players on the 1989 team have become legends in Saskatchewan (Especially since Saskatchewan has only ever won 4 Grey Cups: 1966, 1989, 2007 and most recently 2013 which was hosted in Regina).
Joe.Carter winni g the world series is my favourite moment in canaduan sports!!! I remember the sounds coming from outside after this happened!! Honks from cars and bangs from pots and pans !!! People were whooping and shouting in joy!! It was a most wonderful moment!!!
The best thing about d. Bailey was an American runner challenged him, made a big deal out of it by running his mouth a lot. Then when the race took place the American guy tore his Achilles at the start line.
The Toronto Blue Jays winning back to back World series championships back in 1992-93 definitely has to be in the top 5 moments, everyone from coast to coast was watching.
That 4x100 was with Donovan Bailey as the last runner, that's why the guy passing him the baton was already cheering the win, because he knew nobody was going to catch Donovan, he had just won gold on the 100 meters, fastest man on earth. Lol
"Esmie, Esmie, Esmie...Drummond couldn't touch him" was the commentary from track great Steve Ovett who was working with the legend Don Wittman. Robert Esmie had the words Blast Off shaved into his head and he did just that, we were never behind. Pass the baton to Glenroy Gilbert and top sprinter of the time Bruny Surin and it was over. Bailey then brought it home.
A few of things about the 2010 Olympics Gold Medal game - First, the USA beat Canada in the preliminary round and, secondly, the US scored with like 24 seconds left in the game to tie it up and force the game into overtime (shattering for Canadian fans). Finally, the men's hockey gold medal win gave Canada a record 14 gold medals - the most for any country in a Winter Olympics.
Not only that there were a bunch of crazy people who went around destroying cars to celebrate
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Yeah, but Canada kinda had to make up for 1976. You know, the first host country not to win a single gold medal at a Summer Olympics. But that remains "unbeaten", so kudos for that........
my kids and I were at the west ed mall when this happened and we watched it at a kiosk for Telus, the whole Mall erupted and shook when it happened, I will never forget that.
Aaaaand the cherry on top! 2010 Olympics were in Vancouver!! It all happened on home soil!! It was absolutely epic!!
Every time I watch thar Olympics clip, hearing Crobsy yelling "Iggy!" to Jerome Iginla on the boards gives me chills. It's just the urgency in his voice. Then Iginla just passing toward his voice. It's amazing.
I remember when Crosby scored the 2010 golden goal. You could hear the screams and cheers across my entire apartment complex. It was A Moment.
I love this clip - the sound of Vancouver when Canada wins gold. th-cam.com/video/fu8qTlzuGto/w-d-xo.html
Pretty sure you could hear it across the country.
i was in whistler in the conference centre working for nbc ~ every single monitor in the room was on from several different feeds ~ when the goal was scored i could hear the whole town of whistler yahooing ~ mostly from the pubs & bars ~
The cheer for the winning Summit 72 goal was heard coast to coast in Canada. There has never been a better sports moment in Canada.
Iggy doesn’t get enough credit for setting that up
1972 Canada/Russia Series.
In my 80 years, I have never seen anything unite Canada as did "Summit 72."
The Joe Carter home run shook the entire stadium. I was working at the SkyDome as a beer/bar manager, at that moment I had all my staff with me as we all watched from behind home plate on the first level. When the pitch was made everyone held their breath you could hear a pin drop, and when Joe swung everyone knew he got all of the ball on the bat, and I could feel the entire stadium shake under my feet, we stood back and watch the pandemonium be unleash! It's a memory that will forever be ingrained in my mind.
Still the only time anyone's won the World Series with a walk-off home run from behind. That alone is significant.
I wonder, which shook the stadium more.... Carter's home run or Bautista's?
@@amhelm86probably Joey Bat flips cause I think there were more people
Joe's home run still gives me goosebumps!
This home run was a Toronto moment; Canada. not so much.
The 1972 series against the Russian Red Army hockey team is probably near the top of most Canadians list. It's an amazing set of stories that had every single Canadian family glued to their TV sets! I'll never forget how our schools all had TV's in the classrooms for it and it completely dominated the news from coast to coast and a Canadian icon was born during that series. It will never be replicated.
Summit 72 was THE Canadian sports moment. As a HS teacher, my students and I watched the Henderson goal with 3 classes and one small TV. Our students and teachers along with all of Canada exploded. Every sports moment since has been an anti-climax. PS- 3000+ Canadian fans flew to and watched the games in the Russian arenas.
Summit 72 is something that none of us understand truly unless you lived through it. I was not born and can totally understand why it's one of the best moments but really can't fathom the impact it had
I enjoyed the Canadian fans in Moscow chanting "Da da Canada, Nyet Nyet Soviet".
Game 8 shut down my home town.... Eagleson giving the FINGER IS EPIC
The series was full of grit with no love lost between Canada and Russia. The Russian's played dirty with their sticks and Canada was always ready to exchange a knuckle sandwich or two.
Dave Ayres making his NHL debut at age 42 as a backup emergency goalie is a heartwarming story. He actually played for Carolina against Toronto but he was the arena's designated backup goalie when all of the Carolina goalies were taken out of the game due to injuries. He even ended up with an NHL win under his belt!
For those of us who were alive at the time, nothing has ever approached the intensity of relief, joy, and national pride of the 1972 Canada-Soviet series. When the series moved to the Soviet Union the games were on during the day, when we were in class. Our teachers started bringing radios to class, then televisions, finally, for the last game we were all moved to the auditorium to watch it on several TVs (1972: giant screens didn't exist). Important moments have happened since then, but none can ever match 1972. This is also the moment in time when we learned to respect Soviet hockey. Soviet goalie Vladislav Tretiak became a household name and a hero to many of us impressionable youths.
Many schools in Canada paraded their students down to the auditorium/gymnasium to watch the final game in the 1972 Canada/Soviet hockey summit. We sat on the floor and watched tiny TVs at one end of the room, yet we were all glued to the game. A truly difficult feat with a room full of kids. The auditorium, the school, the neighbourhood, the city, the province/territory, the country, the Canadian people as a whole went ecstatic when Paul Henderson scored the winning goal for Canada. The series was a true roller coaster ride. The first four games were in Canada and the last 4 games were in Russia. Canadian fans were very optimistic going into the series. We quickly jumped out to an early 3 nothing lead in the first game and many of us thought, at that point, that we were going to humiliate the Russians. To our shock, the Russians came back with precision passing, control and scoring --- winning the game 7-3. Our confidence rose when we won the second game 4-1. Both teams played to a tie in the third game. The fourth game and last game in Canada was definitely an important game. The Russians won the game and took a 2 Win, 1 Loss, and 1 Tie record back to Russia. Panic started to definitely set in when Russia also won the first game back in Russia. With the tie, Canada would need to win the next 3 games in order to win the series. In which, as you know, they did and they did it in truly hard-working Canadian fashion. In the final game, the Canadians needed to score 3 goals in the third period to win and they got the third one from Paul Henderson with 34 seconds remaining in the game. If the game had remained tied, neither country would have won the series since each team's record would have been 3 Wins, 3 Losses, and 2 Ties (overtime was not played). But, Canadians play with heart! In the minds of Canadians --- we were then on top of the world.
Yes I was one of those student's I remember it well. So exciting.
Calling soviets “Russians” really brings me back 😅
Don’t ever do that in the USSR.. 😂
@@donnastewart5922 Yup, Grade 3 Oakwood PS in Oakville. We went crazy. I met Paul many years later. Nice man.
And all the politics going on too. Dirty officiating in Russia and, you have to admit, some pretty dirty play by the Canadians. There are so many important stories.
Relative to the times and both were referred to in the television broadcast.@@LordOfElysium
Alphonso Davies making Canada's first goal in the WC, Andre De Grasse and Usain Bolt sharing a smile after a close run, Damian Warner gold in the Olympic Decathlon, And Womans soccer Gold medal olympics. These are some of my recent favourite moments.
2021 Maggie's delayed squinting reaction realizing she won gold in the 100 Fly.... "oh my god"
What about the women's Olympic hockey gold medal game in Sochi in 2014? It was Canada vs the US, and the US was leading 2-0 with only a couple of minutes left in the game. Canada came back to tie the score, and then win in OT. Marie Phillippe Poulin scored the tying goal and the winning goal. And Hailey Wickenheiser, team captain, played half the game with a broken foot.
Also WNT in Salt Lake i n 2002 winning gold despite having 10+ penalties in a row called against them.
Womens hockey team has so many. Sochi, Vancouver, Salt Lake.... all IMO better games than the Crosby game, but his gets all the recognition.
@@Canadagraphs erm I'm for more attention to the women's game. I loved each of the games you mentioned (2014 where Canada came back after the USA almost got empy net goal when the referee interfered with Catherine Ward at the USA blue line 😬) Still, the 2010 mens Gold Medal game was an epic hockey game.
Yes that would be nice to see as well as women sports achievements are greatly over looked
I’ll never forget this game!
Phil Esposito’s emotional speech to the nation following game 4 of the ‘72 Summit Series. A real turning point
Esposito falling on his touchy at the Russian arena and bowing to the cheering crowd.
It was a brilliant speech and all of Canada heard him!
I don't know how many people remember this one, but it's a pretty awesome story. In the 2014 Olympics, 2 Canadian sisters, Justine and Chloe Dufour-LaPointe, won the gold and silver medals (respectively) in women's moguls!
(There was a 3rd sister, Maxime, who also competed in the event, but didn't win a medal. I remember everyone thinking, "It must really suck to be her right now")
Crosby scoring in 2010 was unforgettable, nerve racking and entertaining! But Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir were my all time Favourite Canadian sport moment, also their 2018 performance was just as good too! 🇨🇦🏒⛸️🥌 Team Martin,Canada’s Curling 🥌 team in 2010 was up their too! The crowd was singing O Canada 🇨🇦 before it was over!! 🥌⛸️🏒
Yes I remember tessa and scott
Yeah I was surprised there was no mention of Tessa and Scott. To me 2018 was more impressive since they were older and not the favorites to win.
I was in grade 6 for the Canada-Russia hockey summit. Every classroom had tv's in them and we were all glued to the sets. It was a glorious win!
Don't forget Clara Hughes partcipated in both winter and summer olympics and won medals in both season, first as a cyclist and then as a speed skater. The only athlete to win in both summer and winter.
Except for these athletes who ALSO won medals in both winter and summer olympics: Eddie Eagan - United States. Jacob Tullin Thams - Norway. Christa Luding-Rothenburger - Germany. Lauryn Williams - United States. Eddy Alvarez - United States. But don't let facts get in the way of blind nationalism!!!
Really doesn't make Canada look good when you have to lie like that. Eddie Eagan is the one who should be getting the credit, since he actually has 2 golds.
@@kyleellis1825 "Clara Hughes is the only athlete in HISTORY to win multiple medals at both the summer and winter Olympic Games."
Now the original poster did not word their comment well and that's on them, but a 5 second Google search would have shown you the real achievement.
@@therren9981 They didn't word it poorly, they worded it completely wrong. She was not the only athlete to win in both the summer and winter. 6 other atheletes also did so and no where in the OP does it says multiple medals.
@@kyleellis1825 "Don't forget Clara Hughes partcipated in both winter and summer olympics and won medals in both season". Medals in both seasons, which means more than one medal in both winter AND summer Olympics in this context. They didn't word it wrong bud, it was just worded in a way that can mislead people to think the exact way you are.
1972 Summit Series was huge. I was in grade 6 and our whole school was in the gym watching it on TV.
I'm not a soccer fan at all, but our women's national soccer team is absolutely insane to watch in the Olympics. I think they won twice
Two bronze, one gold and unfortunately lost to the Americans in what was likely the greatest women's soccer game ever played
Another one not mention ever is the fact that our Canada's men's soccer team won gold in the 1904 Olympics
As someone who grew up an hour outside of Toronto I am happy the raptors won at least once in my lifetime and the Jays twice. More than I can say about the leafs.
Thank you Tyler once again for being so gracious! Love your expressions and comments!👍🥰🇨🇦
1972 Summit Series was the greatest sports moment in Canada.
Canada stood up to the Soviet Union during the heart of the Cold War and won.
Goes well beyond just the win..was how and under what conditions. They went to the USSR knowing full well they could be kidnapped and tortured. They were in a few games before they even realized the Russian team was the Machine they were. Played a really rough Canadian style to an Extremely hostile crowd, the pressure of literally representing the free world... the fine details go on and on on how they beat adversity.
Regarding the 1972 Russia Canada Summit Series: a little context might help you to realize its importance. At the time, international hockey was supposed to be strictly amateur though everyone knew the Russian players were fulltime professionals. As a result, Canada, having all its great players in professional leagues, had been losing at the Olympics for years. Losing at "our game!" The Soviets rigged the series to their advantage in many ways. The East German referees were anything but neutral. The Canadians got themselves into a deep hole and dug themselves out against great odds. To give you an idea of how much Canada was invested in the series: At the Shakespearean Festival in Stratford Ontario, the actors were getting updates through the prompters speaker and, when Henderson scored, William Hutt stopped the performance to announce it to the audience.
Definitely the 1972 summit series! All of our schools moved tv's into classrooms and we all watched the games! When Henderson scored I think the whole school shook! You have to remember that this happened during the height of the cold war. This was the first time a series like this had happened outside of the Olympics!
Nothing else comes close in terms of lasting impact. A telling detail: up until then, when my friends and I played street hockey, whoever was in nets claimed they were Ken Dryden, after this series, we would claim we were Vladislav Tretiak, the Russian goalie.
I agree. There has been some wonderful exciting moments in sports. But nothing comes close to the 1972 summit where the team of Canadian professional hockey players went up against the Russians. Oh, they just about lost it with their arrogance, but pulled through at the ninth hour.
Our school literally closed after the 1st game, because only 4 students showed up. The teachers wanted to watch the games also - so it was a win-win-win.
Yup. TVs were wheeled into the classrooms across Canada in 1972. Cold War hockey. Happened in my school in Victoria and in my husband’s school in Calgary.
Unfortunately my school didn't do that. Only a few tvs and it was a secret. I was in the library when I heard loud cheering for Henderson's winning goal. Wish I had been at that tv set! 🎉 😢
I was a high school student in 1972...classes were cancelled for a special assembly in the school auditorium for us to watch the whole of game 7 in that Canada-Russia hockey series. When Paul Henderson scored that final goal it was magic, and utter pandemonium in the auditorium.
I was in elementary school and we got to watch it in class.
I was selling televisions so I had a bank of TVs lined up to watch the game. I stood next to the CEO of the company I worked for, and they still paid me for watching the game.
Game 8.
@@julie_lynn2023Even me, in my elementary school in BC, put the olympics on in 2010.
The most Canadian celebration was on the Saturday half way in to those Olympics was the sight of Jon Montgomery walking through the crowd after his medal ceremony (gold) and high fiving everyone and someone hands him a pitcher of beer and he starts drinking out of the pitcher
Yes!
Jon Montgomery is now my neighbour 😁 he’s such a nice guy! ❤
@@kristaj1392 I won't ask where you live but I envy ya. I think Jon is one of the coolest dudes to ever win a gold medal for Canada
@@marklittle8805 He is really cool! 😎 and I agree! 😁 he said that moment with the beer is what made him famous and got him to be the host of Canada’s amazing race, which I thought was pretty cool too ☺️
Ahh.. I caught that comment about you feeling like you needed to apologize. You're one of us one! Great videos! Thanks for always being great/positive and fun!
The goal Paul Henderson scored - It was one of the moments of my life which I remember exactly where I was. At work in an ad agency. EVERYONE went nuts!
Top goals in Canadian history: 1) Henderson's game 8,1972, 2) Sid's olympic winner vs. the US, 3) Mario's 87 Canada Cup winner vs. Russia..! Population of Canada in 72 was 21 million and over 16 million either watched on TV or listened on radio to Henderson's winner.An exhibition series that turned into a war of systems.
It's not always about finishing first. For me, it was Elizabeth Manley winning silver at the 1988 Olympics in what was supposed to be the battle of the Carmens, and in 2010, Joannie Rochette skating to Olympic bronze two days after her mother passed away.
Elizabeth Manley did far better than anyone, even herself, expected. And because the "two Carmens" were each trying to one-up each other, Manley didn't even concern herself with that - just skating the best she could, and surprised herself by winning silver.
As I remember, Debi Thomas was a less-than-gracious bronze medalist.
@@Shan_Dalamani Elizabeth was a very good skater who had trouble with nerves. She had all the skills the other top skaters had.
A reaction to the 1972 Summit Series would be great. It was about hocky supremacy but it was also about the west vs the Soviets, culturally. There are so many important stories that came out of it - it would have to be a long reaction, but worth it to understand how really important it was.
I have 2 more when a Canadian ski coach gave a ski to the Russian athlete because none of his team was there to replace his broken one and the next Olympics i think the Swedish ski coach gave a ski stick to the Canadian athlete to continue the race because her stick broke in half. Beautiful moments of sports!
@@calgaryhockey6991 WOW! I didn't know that, I'm Canadian but I'm been living abroad for years. I remember watching both events on tv and too be amazed by both act. This is what I call sportmanship, kindness, respect, and beautiful. What a difference between the 2, I didn't hear anything when the Canadian help the Russian with his ski. Unfortnately, now we rarely see this happening, I feel these days in the world. I feel this is something we lost to be just kind.
I swear, some of those clips made me mist up. Nostalgia is a powerful thing. Thank-you!
1972-Henderson's goal 1972-I was 6 years old and Canada came to a standstill. The only time during my school years where we all left class to watch the hockey game in the gym on a small tv. Still remember it like it was yesterday.
I was in high-school, classes were canceled while the game was on. Every student was in the school auditorium watching the game. I remember it well!!
You should consider doing a reaction to the 72 Summit Series... There are many documentaries on the event... It was much larger to our culture, than just that one goal.... Including the KGB taking Allen Eagleson off the bench and in to the stands... Canadian Hockey players actually intervened with HOCKEY STICKS, to get him back! An epic story!
Thanks for the content!
Yes Please.. the documentary
Remember Pete Mahovolich taking on a Red Army Soldier in the stands to get Eagleson back?
And the 2,000 Canadians that went to Moscow to cheer "our boys" on. The Russians didn't know what to do or how to react to their enthusiasm.
@@darcymartin7608game 5 canadian fans sat together, every game after they were split up, to quiet them down. The bugle player was actually jailed. Russia may have had more skill, but they were robots. Canada had heart and emotion.
@@DonKnight-qi4tu We still do have heart. That's why we're so good in OT.
I remember seeing a documentary once where some of the fans were interviewed. They kept handing the bugle to each other when the Police were around.
And Tretiak once said that when O Canada was played, he thought he was back in Canada because the fans were so loud.
I just love watching you discover great moments in history. Thank you for being such an avid learner
The biggest thing about the 1972 hockey series with the USSR was it was during the cold war. There was virtually no communication or anything between the west and USSR...but that hockey series oped the door to friendship and without knowing the outcome EVERY game was watched by every Canadian. TVs rolled into each classroom. The fact we actually won made it super fantastic ... There has never been anything like that series since.
I seem to remember the CBC broadcast signal of the series was a little iffy at times. Blurry, etc. .... Russian communication and lack of technology at the time, I guess.
Looking back, the Russian hockey fans in the stands rarely smiled.
I'm old enough and enough of a sports fan to remember all of these events. But I think in many, many ways the 72 Summit Series had the most impact. Remember, that the USSR was still behind the Iron Curtain and no Russian hockey players were in the NHL. It wasn't just a hockey series (8 games). It was war - Democracy vs. Communism. And it took the Canadians to win that war in enemy territory. Canada closed down when these games were on. Literally!
During the "summit series" one of the hockey players being interviewed said the chant from the crowd was incredible all he heard was "DAH, DAH, CANADA...NYET, NYET, SOVIET!!"
Tyler, I LOVE that you enjoyed these clips.
Henderson actually scored the winning goal in the last three games of the series. I was a schoolboy when that final goal was scored. Classes were suspended so we could all watch hockey :D
I was in Grade 6 for that Henderson. We had a strict teacher but she said if we were quiet and did our work, she would bring the small TV in to the room for us. It was our life over our weeks. It was what everybody talked about. Everybody I knew were glued to their televisions. Unless you lived it, you can't understand how it enveloped everything.
Old enough to have witnessed all these sporting events , Henderson's series winning goal with 34 seconds remaining in the game 8 final winner takes all game in 1972 was by far the greatest moment in Canadian sports history , that series lasted 28 days and it was like being on a roller coaster of emotions , I was only 8 when Henderson scored "the goal" but it is a moment I will never forget....
Nothing compares to that ‘72 series. Keep in mind this was during the cold war and there was so much drama leading up to that final game. It was war. The entire country was on pause as schools across the country brought students into their auditoriums to watch the game.
For me, it was the 82nd Grey Cup. It was like something out of a movie. Hometown boy Lui Passaglia of the BC Lions (in his final game before retirement) wins the game, played in Vancouver, with a final-seconds field goal, in the first Grey Cup match-up between a Canadian and an American team! Seriously, you could make a movie out of that CFL post-season and it would be amazing!
I found the 2009 one memorable withe the "13th man" incident lol
Those 3 years almost made me give up on the CFL. I wanted Canadian teams.
The 72 Summit Series was part of the change in diplomacy between Canada and the Soviet Union. This included an 8 game series with the first 4 games in Canada and the last 4 in the Soviet Union. After was trailing with only 1 win and a tie after the first five games before winning the final 3 games; and in each game, Paul Henderson scored the winning goal. Everyone alive at the time wathced this series. It was as big as landing a man on the moon! The series changed Canadian hockey and that of the NHL forever. Some of the Russian players became household names in Canada; like their goaltender, Tretiak.
i gotta say, since i was living in vancouver at the time, the gold medal game and crosbys ot goal. you could legit feel the city vibrating. going outside into the streets packed with happy people all celebrating was pretty sweet.
It makes my day to see you watching great hockey moments
There are many moments not in this video. Such as 2002 Saltlake City Olympics. A man named Trent Evans started a trend by hiding a loonie (coin) while making the ice at the Salt Lake City Olympics in 2002, where both Canadian men's and women's hockey teams went on to won gold. He made everyone he told about the loonie keep it a secret until the night before the men's gold-medal game.
1998 Nagano Japan was the first time snowboarding was in the Olympics. Canadian Ross Rebagliati won the men's giant slalom and became the first athlete to win a gold medal in snowboarding. Rebagliati was briefly stripped of his medal by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) after testing positive for marijuana. However, the IOC's decision was reverted following an appeal from the Canadian Olympic Association.
Another cool moment
Watch video of Jon Montgomery winning gold in Skelton 2010 Olympics. Then watch video of him soon after walking back through Whistler Village and chugs beer from a large pitcher someone randomly hands him in celebration of his gold metal win.
What I remember most of the '72 Canada-Soviet summit was the reaction of fans near the end of the Canadian portion of the series when the soviets were introduced. The fans loved Tretiak. I felt so proud. Yes we wanted to beat them, but we respected their talent. Canada entered the series cocky but by the end of the Canadian portion, the soviets had earned our respect.
I met Tretiak in person. Never meet your heroes.
All of these are truly memorable Canadian moments. I think i actually saw all of these as they happened. Though I was fairly young when Paul Henderson scored his goal. You should definitely take a look at the ‘72 Summit Series to understand the impact it had on the Canadian mind set. A couple of other suggestions that weren’t on the list would be the Canadian Women’s soccer team’s gold medal at the Tokyo 2020 games, the 1987 Canada Cup with Gretzky setting up Lemieux for the gold medal winning goal, or the Toronto Raptors winning the NBA championship in 2019. As well as the intense rivalry between the American and Canadian Women’s hockey teams. Both countries have their greatest achievements against each other, for Canada one of the best moments came at the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympic Games.
Mike Weir winning the Masters and Kawhi's game winning shot in game 7 against the 76ers should also me mentioned.
Honestly the 2002 dual gold medals from the women's and men's teams over America with the lucky loonie in the ice were more satisfying to me than the 2010 hockey.
Surprised the Kawhi shot and Raptors' championship didn't come up.
For me, it is when Scott Moir and Tessa Virtue win gold again at the 2018 Olympics!!
I remember watching the Olympic Hockey gold medal game when I was in Europe. There were just two of us Canadians a bunch of Americans cheering for our respective teams. Fortunately, all the Europeans that were with us helped us cheer for Canada which made it a fun and lively rivalry.
About the Olympics you have to understand Canada's history of hosting the games. We had held 2 Olympic games previously(Montreal and Calgary) and didn't win a gold medal at either. The ONLY host nation that had failed to win gold at their own games and we did it twice. Vancouver was our coming out party. We won the most golds of any hosting nation at that that point. From nothing to number one. The Vancouver Olympics was huge for Canada. Vindication.
We came so close in Calgary, though. The Battle of the Brians (men's figure skating) was won by Brian Boitano by a mere one-tenth of a mark. He didn't touch down on the ice and Brian Orser did.
More modern moments that deserve to be there. Kawhi Leonard's buzzer beater to eliminate Philadelphia, Raptors later went on to win their first NBA championship. And secondly Jose Bautista's bat flip HR in the 7th inning vs Texas Rangers.
second this, that was incredible
The three Dufour-Lapointe sisters competing in the moguls at 2014 olympic winter games and two of them winning gold and silver. That was so amazing!
I don't think it's possible to understand the experience of the '72 Summit Series if you didn't live through the worst of the Cold War. This was the first awareness most of us had of the SU that didn't involve fear-mongering, and daily drills to practicing hiding under your school desk if they launched nuclear weapons from Cuba. It was like playing against terrifying aliens, with the world on the line. When their team came at us on our own land 4x as strong and skilled as anyone anticipated - the pressure was dire to come back and win that series. Any other hockey or sports moment in history - great at they may be - cannot come close to '72.
A few other mentions, Raptors winning the NBA championship in 2019, and golfer Mike Weir winning the 2003 Masters.
This was an amazing moment as Mike was from my hometown of Sarnia ,On or better Brights Grove an annex of Sarnia. He was a nice boy and an amazing man. We are all so proud of him.⛳
My favourite that no one really talks about was the Canadas woman’s hockey team winning the gold medal against the USA in the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.
Team Gushue winning Olympic Gold in Curling in 2006 was iconic for Newfoundland. They have a highway named after them on the Island. Took home Canada's first Olympic Gold Medal for Men's Curling, and Newfoundland's very first Olympic Gold Medal in HISTORY. I was a very proud Newfoundlander that day. :)
2007 gold medal game for the WJC is the one for me, Canada vs USA over time with no goal to a 7 round shoot out. Words can not describe the feeling of that win!
To make the Joe Carter home run more impressive, in the season previous Carter caught the final out to give the Blue Jays their first World Series. The '93 home run gave the Jays back-to-back World Series championships.
And since then the blue jays and a Canadian nhl team have not won
I feel like the Kawhi Leonard game winner in 2019 against the 76s that bounced ALL OVER the rim before going in for the win was such an EPIC Moment. Also the 2015 ALDS 7th Inning come back the Blue Jays made against the Texas Rangers (Texas didn't help themselves either), but wow what a thing to watch!
Gilles VIlleneuve first Canadian to win a Formula 1 Grand Prix - and he did it In Montreal.
I remember Henderson's goal so well, was in Sec Two and the whole school was watching the game in the gym.
I remember being on a bus coming home from a ski competition when the 2010 gold medal hockey game happened. Our coach was giving us play by play during OT. When the goal was scored the whole bus went crazy
I don't remember the city, but a plane had to be delayed from taking off because all the passengers were in an Airport Bar watching the game and wouldn't get on their flight. Only in Canada, you say!
My dear, I really enjoy the mix of texts and videos. Kudos!
One of my favourite memories was the 1975 New Years Eve game between the Canadiens and the Red Army team (Russian). It ended in a 3 all tie. While not a win for the Canadiens, the Russian team had the very best players from Russia against one single NHL franchise. It was NOT all the best Canadian players as they were spread out over the entire NHL, so for one team to be able to draw with the Russians elite team was pretty amazing. Tretiak, the Russian goal tender, played beyond belief and was the only reason the Russians got a tie!
We weren't even disappointed by the tie. It seemed the perfect outcome to what many of us still consider the best game of hockey ever played.
Tretiak was probably one of the greatest goalies, period, but often isn't recognized as such. One of the other greatest was Ken Dryden.
I missed that game. I had to work that night. I would love to see a replay. I'm not sure, but I think I remember that there were no penalties. It was a perfect game that correctly ended in a tie, or so I heard.
@@thezoomguys385 It was awhile ago, but I thought Tretiak was recognized as a really elite goalie, wasn't he? Dryden wasn't because of the talent on the ice in front of him. I coulda played net for the habs and they still woulda won! LOL
@@goldbug7127 Too bad. I think you should be able to see it here on TH-cam. My memories are a little hazy, but I remember enough to know that it was a truly amazing game!
One thing to note about Bilodeau’s reaction there is that he hadn’t actually won yet. There was one more skier after him. Once the final skier went and he actually won he pop off a little more and had an emotional embrace with his brother.
Also, my favourite Canadian sports moment has to be Jordan Eberle’s goal against Russia at the world juniors
As a figure skating fan, I would say the Sale and Pelltier gold medal loss/win at the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics.
A cheating judge resulted in the Russian pair winning the gold, even though they made several small mistakes. Sale and P. skated perfectly. All Canadians were on their feet!. But when the marks came up,
S and P were second. The world was stunned. We all knew there had been many times when figure skating judging was suss.
The French judge was accused of misconduct (vote-trading), and barred from the sport for three years by the Inter'nl Skating Union, she never judged again. Jamie and David were awarded the gold medal . ..but it was heart wrenching to see them on the podium receiving their silver medals in the initial ceremony.
The international figure skating judging system was reformed as a result of the scandal.
I remember this so well.
Sale and Pelletier weren't the only Canadian victims of corrupt judging. Bourne & Kraatz (ice dancing) were also denied a medal that they should have won (bronze in their case).
I was in grade 5 at the time, we watched the 1972 finale up until 3rd period, the school sent us home to watch the final period. I pretty sure my Dad's scream could be heard across the Maritimes.
I'm not much of a hockey fan but I do enjoy the games when I see them live. I did watch the 2010 Olympics though. I can still remember working in the souvenir shop in the mall and listening to the game on the radio in the store while watching the game play on the tv in the jersey store across from me
The 2010 Olympics happened in Vancouver. Vancouver went nuts when that goal was scored. No one in the neighbourhood of the stadium was in any doubt that the Canadian team had won.
Skiing is very popular in Canada.
But that 1972 summit goal was one of the greatest moments of my life, just watching it on TV. The whole country went insane. People skipped school or called in sick at work, just ro watch that last game. We were pretty happy when the Canadian team tied it up, but when Hendwrson scored in the last few seconds it was unbelievable. I remember screaming and dancing around the living room in ecstasy. Yeah, uh, Canadians kinda like hockey.
I was in junior high and my French teacher brought a tv in to our classroom and we were lucky enough to witness this great Canadian sports moment.
Two comments.
1. My mom's claim to fame was yelling F-ck right by a camera during a Russia versus Canada game (from the 72 series, I think).
2. My favorite moment was the time the mic stopped working during the American National Anthem, so the audience sang the song.
Oh wow, I remember so many of these. Awesome to rewatch them. From your reaction you’re clearly a baseball fan. As usual great vid.😊
Mike Weir winning The Masters golf tournament has to be up there
1972 , Schools, businesses all watching the game. No school work was done that morning.
In recent history THE BAT FLIP is it for me. After an insane MLB playoff game and one of the longest innings I’d ever seen with everything seeming to go against the Jays and then Jose Bautista hits that home run. I went nuts…along with everyone else in Canada watching. Bat flips are fairly common now, but that one was epic!
Where were you in 72? These were all amazing moments! I remember being downtown Vancouver during the Olympics. It was incredible. Canada won more gold medals than any country in the winter Olympics in history. For me personally, some of the most amazing sports moments are when my sister one silver and bronze and speed skating in the '88 Calgary Olympics. And when she broke a world record in Japan.
During the 2010 Olympics, my job put a large TV in our break room and we would all gather during our lunch and breaks to watch the Olympic coverage. It was awesome!
For me the best moment was Jacques Villeneuve winning the F1 championship in 1997 at the last race of the season vs Micheal Schumacher. In the Qualification Villeneuve, Schumacher and Frentzen got the exact same time, the only time it happend in F1 history
Grade 7 . School was stopped and tvs put on to watch every game. I've never experienced an attachment to any sports event before or since. It was everything to everyone.
Thank you. As you suspected, many of these "favourite moments " are subjective and emotional (1972 hockey series was cold war on skates). Every one that you reviewed would be among the most important sports moments for Canadians. Have a look at Mike Weir winning the Masters - it was a home town boy who did really well, and still shows tremendous respect for others. Thanks again - I really appreciate that you make the effort to make learning more about Canada fun, even for Canadians.
I loved this episode I lived all of them so far and it was great to relive them through your eyes 🙏
That Henderson goal was so iconic, that even today, people can tell you where they were when he scored it. Same for Crosby's goal in 2010.
A few of the most epic moments not mentioned would be Khawi Leonard's game 7 series winning buzzer beater to move onto Eastern Conference Championship.
And another one(for MMA/UFC fans) was when George St Pierre(GSP) came back from 4 year retirement to beat the then middleweight champion(Michael Bisbing) for the belt. This made him a rare two division champion and did it at 36 years old.
I loved it when the Raptors won the NBA championship, but the 1972 summit series was THE moment in Canadian sports.
I'm genuinely surprised The Raptors' winning gamed wasn't mentioned. Toronto was one giant party that night!
@@K1ddkanuck The Raptors are Toronto .....not Canada.
@TomHuston43 Oh come off it. Canada is Canada. The Raptors are the only Canadian NBA team, which makes them Canada's team. What a shitty thing to say. I didn't even grow up in Toronto. I grew up in a small town and spent most of my youth in Quebec and Nova Scotia. Enough with the whataboutism already.
It's not an international accomplishment but I feel like as someone from Saskatchewan I have to shout-out to the Canadian Football League 1989 Grey Cup. Where the Saskatchewan Roughriders won their 2nd Grey Cup title. The Roughriders are a special team because they are not owned by an individual, or company, they are owned by the province of Saskatchewan. And at the time of the 1989 Grey Cup they were pretty much broke and were the underdogs going into playoffs. They managed to upset all the way to the Grey Cup and win the whole thing. One of the playes, George Reed was one of the first African-American athletes ever in the CFL and he was a part of our 1989 team. Many of the those players on the 1989 team have become legends in Saskatchewan (Especially since Saskatchewan has only ever won 4 Grey Cups: 1966, 1989, 2007 and most recently 2013 which was hosted in Regina).
FYI - The Blue Jays won back to back World Series championships.
Joe.Carter winni g the world series is my favourite moment in canaduan sports!!! I remember the sounds coming from outside after this happened!! Honks from cars and bangs from pots and pans !!! People were whooping and shouting in joy!! It was a most wonderful moment!!!
The best thing about d. Bailey was an American runner challenged him, made a big deal out of it by running his mouth a lot. Then when the race took place the American guy tore his Achilles at the start line.
The Toronto Blue Jays winning back to back World series championships back in 1992-93 definitely has to be in the top 5 moments, everyone from coast to coast was watching.
We got the time off school to watch the game. They had TVs in classrooms for those who lived too far. I ran home to watch it.
HENDERSON scores for Canada 🇨🇦 ❤
Donovan Bailey and Crosby both brought tears to my eyes. They were imprinted, time and place, in my memory forever
That 4x100 was with Donovan Bailey as the last runner, that's why the guy passing him the baton was already cheering the win, because he knew nobody was going to catch Donovan, he had just won gold on the 100 meters, fastest man on earth. Lol
"Esmie, Esmie, Esmie...Drummond couldn't touch him" was the commentary from track great Steve Ovett who was working with the legend Don Wittman. Robert Esmie had the words Blast Off shaved into his head and he did just that, we were never behind. Pass the baton to Glenroy Gilbert and top sprinter of the time Bruny Surin and it was over. Bailey then brought it home.