Top 10 - Most mythical hockey games of all time

[Sergei Bure]

What are the 10 most legendary hockey games of all time, in terms of being in the memory of everybody, i am not talking about quality, just mythicism...

My list:

- New York Rangers 3-4 Detroit Red Wings (Game 7 - 1950 Stanley Cup Final) - Detroit turns around series after been losing 0-3

- Canada 6-5 URSS (Game 8 - 1972 Summit Series) - The final game of the Cold War version of Hockey

- Red Army 3-3 Montreal Canadiens (Super Series 1976) - The most legendary memory of Vladislav Tretiak

- URSS 3-4 USA (Final Round - 1980 Winter Olympics) - "The miracle on Ice" needs no introduction

- URSS 8-1 Canada (Final - Canada Cup 1981) - The biggest tragedy in the history of canadian hockey

- URSS 2-3 Canada (Semi-Final - Canada Cup 1984) - Canada ends the Soviets undefeated streak

- URSS 5-6 Canada (Game 3 Final - Canada Cup 1987) - The decisive game of the best played series of all time

- New Jersey Devils 1-2 New York Rangers (Game 7 Eastern Conference Final - 1994 Playoffs) - "MATTEAU!"

- Colorado Avalanche 5-6 Detroit Red Wings (NHL Regular Season 1996/97) - "Fight Night At the Joe", the most legendary regular season game ever

- USA 2-3 Canada (Final - 2010 Winter Olympics) - The most mythical international game of the 21st century

 

[Staniowski]

Summit Series, Game 1 - most important hockey game ever

1979 Semis, Bos - Mtl, Game 7 - Too Many Men

1998 Olympics, Semis - The Shootout

1984 Finals, Game 3 - the changing of the guard

 

[Mandar]

What are the 10 most legendary hockey games of all time, in terms of being in the memory of everybody, i am not talking about quality, just mythicism...

My list:

- New York Rangers 3-4 Detroit Red Wings (Game 7 - 1950 Stanley Cup Final) - Detroit turns around series after been losing 0-3

- Canada 6-5 URSS (Game 8 - 1972 Summit Series) - The final game of the Cold War version of Hockey

- Red Army 3-3 Montreal Canadiens (Super Series 1976) - The most legendary memory of Vladislav Tretiak

- URSS 3-4 USA (Final Round - 1980 Winter Olympics) - "The miracle on Ice" needs no introduction

- URSS 8-1 Canada (Final - Canada Cup 1981) - The biggest tragedy in the history of canadian hockey

- URSS 2-3 Canada (Semi-Final - Canada Cup 1984) - Canada ends the Soviets undefeated streak

- URSS 5-6 Canada (Game 3 Final - Canada Cup 1987) - The decisive game of the best played series of all time

- New Jersey Devils 1-2 New York Rangers (Game 7 Eastern Conference Final - 1994 Playoffs) - "MATTEAU!"

- Colorado Avalanche 5-6 Detroit Red Wings (NHL Regular Season 1996/97) - "Fight Night At the Joe", the most legendary regular season game ever

- USA 2-3 Canada (Final - 2010 Winter Olympics) - The most mythical international game of the 21st century

Detroit was not down 0-3 in that game…they were down 0-2.

 

[JackSlater]

I think games 1 and 8 of the Summit Series would both be included.

Richard Riot, March 17 1955. Campbell shows up at the game and incites a riot that would last for days and have implications for Canada as a whole.

Kraut Line heads to War, February 10 1942. The line scores 11 point in a win over Montreal, and the Canadiens carry them off the ice on their shoulders.

 

[frisco]

Here's ten more:

1951 Bill Barilko goal.

1966 Henri Richard slides in for OT winner while directing in puck with hands.

1970 Orr flying through the air.

1976 Flyers vs. Red Army. They're going home.

1976 Canada Cup Finals Game Two. Sittler GWG.

1982 Miracle On Manchester.

1986 Steve Smith's gaffe.

1996 Canada vs. United States. Game Three World Cup.

1999 NO GOAL

2002 Olympic Goal Medal Game.

My Best-Carey

 

[Dr John Carlson]

- 1969, World Championship games between USSR/CSSR

- 1928, Lester Patrick playing goaltender

- 1905, Frank McGee scores 14 goals against Dawson City

The Four Nations games between CAN/USA might warrant inclusion after enough time has passed.

 

[MadLuke]

I am a bit surprised with list that do not has Miracle on Ice, Lake placid 1980, movies were made about it, the expression traversed outside the hockey world... feel like a big one.

In the maybe not top 10, but say could be top 100:

- Messier hat trick game 6 after the guarantee.
- Roy last Montreal game

 

[The Panther]

Would not March 3rd, 1875, at Victoria Skating Rink in Montreal (near McGill University), fit the term "mythical" more correctly? This was the first "organized" hockey game, and almost certainly the first-ever indoor game.

 

[Sergei Bure]

Detroit was not down 0-3 in that game…they were down 0-2.

My bad, i confused with Toronto vs Detroit in 1942...

 

[Yozhik v tumane]

Czechoslovakia beating the Soviet Union 4-3 in the World Championships of 1969, following the Soviet occupation after the Prague Spring in 1968. 500,000 people went out and chanted “Czechoslovakia 4, the occupation power 3” afterwards.

 

[BigBadBruins7708]

Too Many Men