1975 Éliminatoires de la Coupe Stanley – Les Sabres prennent les devants 2-0 dans la série avec une victoire de 4-2 sur les Canadiens de Montréal.
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Sabres de Buffalo classiques : demi-finales de 1975 contre les Canadiens, match 2
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Those Buffalo teams had the Habs number. Pity they couldn't win at least one Cup. They were sure stacked.
Tim Horton really instilled so much wisdom, experience and taught the young Sabres so much with how to handle yourself and how to play the game!!!!!!!!!!
The Sabres Brian Spencer's father was back in Prince George BC expecting to watch his son's first NHL game in Toronto–when the game was substituted with a game from Vancouver-his father went to the CBC affiliate and at gun point forced the station to switch back to the Toronto game–his father was ultimately killed in a shootout with the RCMP
Of historic interest, this is the last mightplayoff series Montreal would lose until 1980 v Minnesota. Also the last playoff for the great Henri Richard who holds record of playing on 11 Stanley Cup winners. Not sure, but that might even be his last NHL goal on the video.
When we were an elite superpower in the Nhl
7:12 Henri Richards last NHL goal
they ran out of gas in the finals .after playing the canadians .any team would be wore down
I would like to know why whenever someone says, "Loved the NHL back then" some blockheads feel compelled to insult them by calling them "old!" As if older folks shouldnt voice their own views or experiences. I'm in my fifties. I played in some of the best hockey leagues that the US had to offer back then. My father was a amateur player in the 1950's and later a youth hockey coach. I know a thing or two about hockey. And I also know this: I followed the NHL until about 2008. Now I don't. Part of the reason is that the "NHL product" was better back then. The other reason is that the aim of making multi-millionaire money both on the players part, and the owners and league's part has ruined the game for me. Thus the ticket prices are too expensive and the games are not worth the value. According to long time sport reporters, even the crowds are not into the game like they use to be. Why? Because unless its the playoff's, the game's are not as exciting anymore. Loved the NHL in the 70's and 80's. Not so much these days.
sure takes me back!
was an era when it was just "pure hockey" with just the organist and crowd chants. Now you have to have all jaundres of music blaring before every faceoff, advertising all over boards and eventually over every spot on ice, tee shirt tosses and other cheap gimmicks to keep fans coming and engaged, as well as anything these so called "marketing geniuses" come up with to offset players salaries and increase owner revenue. Miss having games billed at the "Aud, The Forum, Maple leaf gardens, Chicago stadium,ec…" Remember as a kid in the 70's going to "The Aud", you parked under the skyway, got your bag of fresh roasted peanuts from vendor outside, picked up your copy of "Goal" magazine while smelling the intoxicating aroma of draft beer pairing with steamed hot dogs and popcorn? Ahhhh, those were the days, not to mention knowing that rivalries such as the "big bad bruins" or flyers came to town, you knew it was gonna be physical for all three periods. Its now all about showcasing the primadona offensive only minded $10 plus-million dollar/year ballerinas, as most of the younger generation cant stand to watch a 2-1 game anymore, unless they have their iphone to text
I'm pretty sure I could of played goal in NHL in 1970s
The glory years of the NHL. Now? Blah.
I believe Dryden gave props to the Sabres tenacity back when the french connection boomed! I can see why!
Habs would not lose another playoff series till 1980 after this!!
"Dick, you're the man of music … what's the organist playing?", Danny Gallivan …. as Don Luce and Mario Tremblay tangle!! 😃😃😃😃😃👍
One of the rare times when Dryden lost a playoff series.
This occurred before the Sabres' first-ever Stanley Cup Finals appearance…something their arch-rival Toronto Maple Leafs still never did after over 50 years! To add insult to injury, the Sabres beat the Leafs in the 1999 Eastern Conference Final 4 games to 1 for only their second Stanley Cup Finals appearance! In reality, the Sabres have a winning record big time over the Leafs all time!
00:24 When "kneeing" was deemed ok. Orr took many of these
I rooted hard for the Sabes to beat the Broad st animals in the final
I was 12 when this game was played
Six of the top ten most viewed NHL games on TV occurred in the 1970s. The average NHL game today has a TV viewership of about 400k. In the 70s there were half as many people in the US compared to now. So when someone argues that the games were better in the 70s the proof is in the pudding. The NHL had a far larger audience than it does today. There is no comparison. It is a declining sport. The "old" and the young are both not watching it.
Ticket prices were cheap in the 70s 80s and 90s so the crowd consisted of blue collar beer drinkers. They were passionate, rowdy and LOUD. With the coming of the new buildings ticket prices went high, many come more for the restaurants available, and half the crowd is female. "Home ice" is a thing of the past. Blue collar passion has been replaced with prerecorded canned noise.
Rene Robert rest in peace
2:21 Could it be Lady of Spain? Lol