Wow, is it ever fun to go back and watch the highlights of the Flames/Canucks first-round series in 1989!
Flames were at their all-time franchise peak, finishing 1st overall for the second year in a row. They're on the way to the Cup... but a major hiccup in round one with the upstart Canucks.
Flames are stacked with Gilmour, MacInnis, Suter, Mullen, Loob (who is awesome here), Nieuwendyk, and a young Roberts and rookie Fleury.
Canucks are in transition from 80s'-Canucks to new-look Canucks, with rookie-Linden, Greg Adams, and Kirk McLean out there, but also with veteran Stan Smyl, Tony Tanti, and ex-Flame Paul Reinhardt (who looks good here) on D.
(I don't know how to embed videos for these kinds of YouTube links... anyway, part one is here):
I remember this series really well.
The Game 7 overtime highlights are just too crazy... Poor Smyl put one shot off the post, and then minutes later had a partial breakaway foiled.
After this series, the Flames went 12W and 3L and won the Cup. But it's crazy to think how close they were to never winning that one. The Canucks were the only team to really challenge them.
Can you imagine Mike Vernon's legacy now if he had lost this one...? (It's bad enough with some fans already...)
Anyway, awesome series and great memories... still a crappy game 7 OT goal, however...
Flames were at their all-time franchise peak, finishing 1st overall for the second year in a row. They're on the way to the Cup... but a major hiccup in round one with the upstart Canucks.
Flames are stacked with Gilmour, MacInnis, Suter, Mullen, Loob (who is awesome here), Nieuwendyk, and a young Roberts and rookie Fleury.
Canucks are in transition from 80s'-Canucks to new-look Canucks, with rookie-Linden, Greg Adams, and Kirk McLean out there, but also with veteran Stan Smyl, Tony Tanti, and ex-Flame Paul Reinhardt (who looks good here) on D.
(I don't know how to embed videos for these kinds of YouTube links... anyway, part one is here):
I remember this series really well.
The Game 7 overtime highlights are just too crazy... Poor Smyl put one shot off the post, and then minutes later had a partial breakaway foiled.
After this series, the Flames went 12W and 3L and won the Cup. But it's crazy to think how close they were to never winning that one. The Canucks were the only team to really challenge them.
Can you imagine Mike Vernon's legacy now if he had lost this one...? (It's bad enough with some fans already...)
Anyway, awesome series and great memories... still a crappy game 7 OT goal, however...
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