Big Phil
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- Nov 2, 2003
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1996 World Cup, Game 3. These goals have always bothered me. I know Don Cherry was as mad as a hatter with the tying goal, and not because of Hull's questionable high stick. He was mad at Claude Lemieux for wrapping it around the boards (when he wasn't under a whole lot of pressure I didn't think) right to the place that he should have been and Leetch grabbed it at the point and shot it with Hull getting the deflection. Start at 4:00. Then at 6:00 for the game winner, they are past the point where Linden gets totally outmuscled for the puck by a much smaller Smolinski which led to the barrage of shots. But the play that really screws them is Damphousse standing in no-man's land when Amonte is in a race with Gretzky to get a loose puck. Damphousse isn't helping to get the puck and he isn't guarding the point either. Amonte puts it to the point where Derian Hatcher lets a shot go and Amonte buries the rebound. Then at 7:20 for the empty netter Damphousse gives the puck away to none other than Hatcher again. Bad play. Too bad, because Damphousse really had a great game, that's why he was out there to tie it.