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In 2011, The Vancouver Canucks & The Boston Bruins faced off for the Stanley Cup. What would follow, would be one of the most memorable series in NHL History.
Check out Elliotte Friedman’s article of the Canuck cup run: www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/v...
The craziest part of this series in my opinion is that even though it went seven games, Vancouver got outscored 23-8 in the series. That is absurd!
And yet they still bitch about “muh refs”
I remember watching it. Boston was the much better team.
Well Tim Thomas wore illegal pads so there’s that.
Oh so many things wrong about this. 1) this is not true - look it up if you must, 2) just so damn pathetic to bring this up as some sort of cope@@michaelmcbride2670
@@michaelmcbride2670might as well say that to every cup Tampa has won recently lol
I loved the Boston fan at Vancouver game next season holding the sign, "Winning the cup here was a riot"
lol...I don't remember that. Was probably a local Bruin fan. Vancouver's always had a lot of loser locals who still cheer for original 6 teams over their own. Still....that's a great sign...haha.
I’ll never forget my fourth grade teacher, one of my favorite teachers of all time bringing up the riots immediately after they happened and she doesn’t even watch hockey.
@@doublestrokerolllol like that one hockey KZheadr with the white board and magnets?
@@TheAoalec14not sure who that is.I don't watch many hockey channels.
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That hit on Horton pissed off the Bruins so much that they sent the Canucks to hell.
As an Oilers fan I'll forever be in your debt for sending them straight to hell
1972. Without this fluke year bruins would be the biggest posers. With how highly they regard THEMSELVES, and only one cup since my dad was born? Nathan Horton in the first round was your savior that year. Most overrated sports team of all time, I got time someone prove me wrong 🤥
I don’t watch a ton of bruins hockey, to keep my brain cells instead of listening to Jack, but Mccavoy is the clear captain
The Bruins were always a team of thugs but they finally won my respect after this 😂 I remember as a teenager me and some of my close friends from school would play on a local in house league when school hockey wasn’t going on and there was a team full of kids from our rival school that started playing there and became our top competition and I’ll never forget how every playoff game against that team would devolve in to this shit 😂 I’d see those mfers on the schedule and start training in the boxing gym instead of the hockey rink knowing I was gonna have to defend one of my smaller teammates 😂 (especially my best friend who was 5’2 and our starting center) I remember sitting in the back of my moms mini van on the way to the game with my headphones on max volume playing some hype ass music while sipping on a Red Bull ready to fight those dudes at the first sound of a stick/glove dropping 😂
@MrBubblecake man, reading your post brought back some awesome memories. We had a native team like that in Northern Alberta. We were heading to the Rez for our Midget game. The previous match was called off cause there were so many fights that each team had like 3 players on the bench😂😂 So, puck drop. We get the puck, my best friend dumps the puck in. Native Goalie goes out to play it. My buddy was skating top speed and just absolutely crushed that goalie. Glove and blocker go flying. Goalie crumples into a heap. Immediate line brawl. Next faceoff the Native team tries the same thing. This time, our goalie sidestepped the forward and 2 hand slashed him in the back of the leg with the Goalie stick. Bench clearing brawl happens immediately. Once that gets under control the refs call the game. By the time we got off the Rez almost every window on the team bus was smashed from rocks being thrown by Indians 😂😂😂😂 Shit was wild. So much damn fun We were 16/17😂😂
It’s actually crazy how much of an impact that hit had. I love the Bruins, but they’ve had so many heartbreaking losses by choking games away that the 2011 team is an anomaly. The Horton hit not only woke up the whole team, but it even eradicated the choking aspect that they’re known for
Well to be fair, had the Bruins faced anyone else that season, I might have rooted for them. But this was against my team, one who had more than their share of heartbreaking chokes. Furthermore, 2011 was by far, Vancouver's best chance to win.
Choking is a huge part of conversation in the Chara/Bergeron era of this team
@@vinnyc2643 Well, if only they choked this one in 2011. Too bad.
Bruins choking games? Give me a break. Try being a Leaf fan. Your Bruins have won three cups since the expansion in 67'. The Leafs haven't made it to the finals since.
@@wallywallington9983We have the most losses in the Stanley Cup finals losing 14 of our 20 appearances. We also do shit like last year with Florida
Something you didn't mention was how absolutely dominant Tim Thomas was, Canucks put 246 shots on net and Thomas only allowed 8 goals, for a 96.7% save percentage. Arguably the best goalie performance in a stanley cup series ever
as a bruins fan what is amazing is Tim Thomas was a mediocre goalie prior to the 2011 season. He not only had the season of his life but also had one of the greatest seasons of all time. that whole team was something special, the comradery between everyone in that locker room is what won that series.
Yeah, illegal equipment will do that for you.
@@CPC941 He was far from a mediocre goalie. Did you forget that he won the Vezina in 2009 as well? The only reason he lost the starting job in 2010 was because he was playing with a bad hip all season.
Meanwhile he was wearing illegal goalie equipement lol. Guy was actually cheating. Then Colin Campbells son was on the Bruins and all the calls were going in their favor...yeah lets just let Boychuk break Mason Raymonds back while he doesnt even have the puck and doesnt get a 2 min penalty, but also suspend Rome for the rest of the series for a barely late hit on a guy that just had the puck....how is that fair?? lol Oh how about lets let Marchand punch Sedin in the head and not get a penalty .... lol just brutally rigged.
@@BrodyCanuck Looks like I Found the Canucks fan still holding a grudge 😊
Just ask the 96-98 Red Wings and Avalanche teams how fast 1 hit can change a series/rivalry and how long a grudge can be held, too.
You remember when Chara hit Pacioretty and Canadiens fans and the entire city of Montreal wanted Chara arrested and dead for that and the Bruins vs Canadiens rivalry pretty much started when the Bruins became a team in 1924. LETS GO BRUINS
Ya taking out Horton and yourself on one hit was the turning point... Can't replace losing two tough starting D-men early in A Cup Final
@@justinspiewak1482 Yes I remember that. I remember basically anytime Chara had a big hit, people were out for his throat but he couldn’t help that he was just a huge and dominant as all hell. By the way, Im a Wings fan born and raised in Southeast Michigan started skating at 3 and played for 16 years, im 33 now so im more out of the loop on todays game. But im pretty sure as a non Bruin fan in general, im supposed to not like you at all lol but im gonna let it slide. I just live Hockey. There have been so many great rivalries over the years, I hate when we play you guys but we are starting to climb back into it, y’all are 1st and we are somehow 2nd in Atlantic. It’s crazy that most of my life watching my team, they were in the Western conference which definitely messed up a lot of our rivalries when we switched. Remember when Brendan Smith tried to fight Chara and Chara just stared at him like “trust me, you don’t even want me to toss my gloves” that shxt was hilarious to see cuz Smith is like 5’10 looking like a toddler up against Chara. Good times. I honestly hope our two teams can form a stronger rivalry now that we have a team that can compete and possibly catch y’all. Cheers brother 💪
@@djmc8505 had to go back to watch that Smith Chara thing and it was even funnier than I remember, Chara was literally laughing in his face and they almost got the gloves off but Chara didn’t want the penalty and Smith was probably rethinking who he just went after lol
I still hate Vancouver to this day for the assault on Steeve Moore
I remember this series so well. I was a freshman in college and was back in Boston for the parade when they won. Was such a sweet victory for Boston and the parade was insane.
Went to a Boston Celtics parade in high school. Me and a buddy of mine decided to follow one of the vehicles carrying our favorite team members. Bad idea. We got caught in one of those crowd surges. Lost all freedom of movement, and had no choice but to go with the flow. Took a while, but we managed to make our way back to the sidewalk. Never went to an event like that again. Crowd events, with everyone pumped up, are very dangerous. That scene could have went south quickly. Luckily we made it out okay.
great breakdown of the series, although it seems odd there is no mention of boychuk breaking mason raymonds back in game 6
Really? So that's pretty much what sealed them
Eh, that was just a hockey incident. Boychuk was just trying to finish his check. If Raymond had stood up to the hit it would have been no damage done, but he leaned out trying to get his stick on the puck and as a result he went into the boards with his back bent over. Raymond was trying to do too much, is what I'm saying. It's a very ordinary play by Boychuk, a little hard but it wouldn't have been so bad if raymond had taken it head on. It'd still have rattled his bones but it wouldn't have broken any. Incidentally, Boychuk his entire career was one of the cleanest hitters in the league. He knew the rules down to a science and he knew how to hit hard and stay within the rules. I am 100% comfortable saying Boychuk had no intention of hurting Raymond there. can't say the same about Rome on Horrton. there was clear intent by Rome, he went right for Horton's head and left his feet, and all of this was easily after Horton no longer had the puck.
You just brought back all the anxiety of an 11 year old kid seeing his favourite team lose in the finals for the first time. Great video
Right with you on that one!
lmao i was on the exact opposite side, the bruins are something else gotta love em
ayyy yeah it was a happy day, hopefully this year we get a finale with them @@Richard0915
lmfao same
Third time my favorite team lose in the Cup finals within my lifetime. Given the time span, the next one should be in 2026, so at least I get to be thoroughly disappointed one or two more times.
I’ll never forget Horton pouring the Boston water onto the ice and how the team responded and rallied around him
"This is our ice now!" Love it!
it was Timmy
Anytime I think about the Bruins cup win I think about Horton doing that and him in the stands waving the flag
@@TR-vr5pzwas definitely Horton
Should have been penalized for that. You're not allowed to use magic water to win NHL games especially in the finals.
One of the most intense series I can remember in any sport. Red Wings/Avalanche was more sustained over several seasons but the Canucks/Bruins Cup final was nuts.
This series changed my life forever. I quit watching the canucks when they lost and haven’t looked back. Saved myself the inevitable disappointment for the last 13 years 😅
Cheer for etown
Why would you quit now Vancouver looks great lmao
@@Doors668they won't win, there's a reason no canadian team has won in over 30 years. Nhl makes less money if a canadian team wins.
I remember that series like it was yesterday and the aftermath. The games itself are why I love hockey so much more than any other sport; it was a war for each of those 7 games. You don't really see that in any other sport.
I am Aussie and also lived in Boston for a number of years, and am a big hockey and Bruins fan. I played Aussie Rules Football growing up, and in the states whilst I was there. Whenever someone asked me what it was, I would explain that the closest game to it, anywhere, is Ice Hockey. AFL finals remind me a lot of Hockey finals. The intensity, the hits, the pain, just goes through the roof. Have no idea how they all do it. Freaks.
A “war” you aren’t even participating in 😂 But wear another man’s jersey number I just can’t go further without damaging egos
Jesus Christ loves us unconditionally+eternally!He cares for us so much that He sacrificed Himself on the cross for our sins!God is so good!💗✝️
@@tin-n-tanJesus Christ loves us unconditionally+eternally!He cares for us so much that He sacrificed Himself on the cross for our sins!God is so good!💗✝️
@@ssing7113Jesus Christ loves us unconditionally+eternally!He cares for us so much that He sacrificed Himself on the cross for our sins!God is so good!💗✝️
This series defined both a team and a city, and not in the best of ways. I think Vancouver has finally forgiven itself and is giving much needed love to this new squad. They stand on the shoulders of giants, and deserve just as much to be the next era of Canucks hockey.
Well said. Im no fan by any means but Im glad to see the team back on their feet
It defines the players in the game… Anyone operating with logic knows only the team did it. Sports fans live vicariously through other men.. which is quite sad to see grown “men” wearing another man’s jersey number and going wild for what another man accomplishes. He accomplished it. Not you sitting on a chair screaming for another man
@@ssing7113 And only someone with no situational awareness fails to understand the impact of sports in our culture and society. Sport is there for us when nothing else is. It is there after every tradgedy (9/11, Katrina, or every other shooting in the US), and sometimes even helps kickstart societal changes (see the Richard Riot and the Quiet Revolution in French Canada). Sports unite us, and also heal us after pain and suffering. It is way more sad that you fail to understand this, then anyone who lives vicariously through sports.
Not to excuse the violence, but being a sports fan means risk. If you vest all your energy and emotion into your team's success or failure, you risk your own dignity when they crash. You can't get embarrassed or disappointed, you should have known the risk. Even if you maybe throw a rock in frustration and intend to go no further, you can't take it back - someone else will release their frustration too, then another, until the whole horde goes and goes further than you would have gone. One mistake will lead to the whole horde going too far. If you don't want to risk it, don't be a sports fan.
We beat y’all down lol .
I could watch that series over and over. It still gets me excited every time.
Your videos have genuinely sparked a light in me I feel like I haven’t felt in a long time
I still remember this series so well. Sitting at my friends house in disbelief in game 7. When they scored the 1st goal, I remember thinking Canucks weren’t going to score a single goal. Thomas was dialed in and they go on to win 4-0.
1972. Basically rocking the same stats as the leafs with cup wins, just a fluke 1st round goal that people will forget. Nathan Horton, most impactful bruin of all time? That’s almost funny because he’s never talked about unless it’s this year
Panthers were also dialed in when they won 4 straight games to remind us that the bruins, without this year, are a joke ☺️
Most Canadian protest ever
Freedom convoy
@@joebot9309 Netherlands 1944-45 was peak Canadiana
With Trudeau at the helm I think we'll see some more
No need to lie.
Nah just a Vancouver thing
Wow, I haven't watched hockey in a long time but that recap really brought me back to the pure intencity that games have and how much i used to enjoy it. Five stars
As hockey is my passion we all invite you back to the sport. The INJURIES HOCKEY PLAYERS will endure and play through is LEGENDARY, punctured lung+broken ribs+torn cartilage+seperated shoulder for Patrice Bergeron or broken sternum for Matthew Tkachuk. And im a redwings fan
This series is a reminder that in hockey there is a big difference between a team dealing out tough play and dealing out cheap shots.
Yep, some select Canucks players took it too far at the wrong time, and when the Bruins took penalties for their aggression there was no powerplay scoring consequence.
@@natedicksonmedia I think you got it backwards the refs let the Bruins away with murder that series and called every thing on Vancouver. Daniel sedin had more penalty minutes than any bruin player so that tells you all you need to know. The Rome hit was dirty but you seem to be forgetting about Boychuk hitting raymond from behind breaking his back and never ever got a penalty for it .
The Refs lets the Bruins get away with murder, Canucks hard hitters hit back HARD in frustration (them times those hits weren't so regulated as they are now) Beckman put the nail in the coffin.@@natedicksonmedia
@@justinbryant6031 Boychuk spun Raymond around and drove him rear end first into the boards. Raymond was in a awkward position but it was not a hit from behind. And Daniel Sedin had more penalty minutes (24) than any Bruin because he took two 10 minute misconducts. Only 4 minutes resulted in a manpower advantage for Boston. Also Boston was the more penalized team all series 179 to 160. Keep crying.
@@justinbryant6031why lie when all this information is readily available online?
Just because someone's eyelids aren't shut, doesn't mean they're conscious. That's a significant neurological injury/TBI. The eyes will look towards the area of the brain injury, and his were looking up and left. Definitely not conscious.
Vancouver canucks fans did it twice, 1994 riots where vancouver lose to the rangers, and 2011 losing to boston
My uncle was at the riot in 1994, and I was at the one in 2011 (in spirit! I was in Vancouver just not at the actual riot scene) crazy times indeed.
I'll fuckin do it again -Goofy
I remember that series. As a Die Hard Leafs fan I moved to Vancouver January 1994 and watched them knock out my Leafs. They call these fans Canuckleheads for a reason. They’re not humble when their team wins and they’re sore losers to boot.
I was at the start of the 1st riot outside the Coliseum where they televised the game for fans. As we came out of the Coliseum there were cars already upside-down. 🤦♂️
@@AlbertTheM00SE That's Canadian markets for ya. Very passionate, which can be a good thing and a bad thing
I've been watching this league for over 20 years. This is by far the best hockey related content I've seen on KZhead. Awesome work
This is really great Hockey Footage. Thank you
I was 10 years old when the Canucks lost the series. I was crying my eyes out
I was in a pub in Melbourne, Australia. Three Bruins fans and maybe 500+ Vancouver fans. Saw a lot of grown men crying that day, so ya know, you were just a kid ;)
I got a sore throat from cheering with joy, from my living room in Calgary.
me too bro me too….. 11 years old and will never forget the pain
@@anonymousskunk why?
@@ajbolt7 Because I hate the Canucks.
Canucks basically fell off the face of the earth since this series. Outside of the bubble playoffs, it's been pure pain.
I mean. They look okay now
They won the Presidents trophy the following year. Losing to the Kings in the first round that year, is when they fell off for a decade.
Until canucks 2.0
@@milanek1527they’re on their way to a collapse right now
They won the presidents trophy the next season.
Great production! Really enjoyed watching this one.
I remember when I lived in Nanaimo in 2011, we were driving through town and the management had renamed the local "Boston Pizza" chain to "Vancouver Pizza" in support of the Canucks. Everyone bandwagoned. First time since '94 they had a chance at the cup. 30 years later, they have another chance.
and yet what happened in this series is entirely reflective of Vancouver's violent fanbase. It wasn't mentioned, but Canucks fans also torched the city in 1994. Some kid became a vegetable because of them getting shot by a rubber bullet in the head, yeah nah I'm sorry but you can't convince me that y'all are peaceful lol Ironically enough, had the Bruins lost in 2011, I would believe they would have rioted instead. Let's face it though, seeing the gentrified hell that is Copley Square and Back Bay becoming Bruin Hell would have been pretty awesome to watch hahahaha (and I say this as a former Blackhawks fan from Chicago who was pissed that the Canucks beat us in round one)
@@rosarioyeen1371 And in the 81/82 season, the Canucks lost to the Islanders. It’s a different time, I hope.
@@690_5 I don't see it: something in the BC air makes citizens of Vancouver really violent as soon as they lose. That's a stupid reason to kill someone, Canada. If they flame out in 2024 and people actually die this time, then Vancouver is that horrible of a city and doesn't deserve a hockey team
@@rosarioyeen1371 I don't think the Bruins would have rioted. Boston's a different sports town with a different sports culture. We're in the playoffs a lot. We lose in the playoffs a lot. We have shots at a championship in one sport or another every few years. They don't always work out. We're used to it. The point is that there simply isn't the kind of tension built up in Boston as there is in Vancouver. We have too many different chances to win at something for that to really be a problem. Whereas with Vancouver, at least in 2011, hockey was it. yeah, yeah, they have an NBA franchise now but I think the Grizzlies were still in Memphis back then. So they have that one shot at glory and it's the only shot they may have. As a result the sheer disappointment of losing it, and losing it in such an embarrassing way, is far more intense than it could possibly be for Boston who celebrated one team or another winning it all almost as many years as they didn't. 04, 07, 13, 18 Red Sox, 08 Celtics, 11 Bruins, 01, 03, 04, 14, 16, 18 Patriots all within a decade of that Cup run. It's just not the same.
@@hagamapama fair points all around, I just wanted to rage against Back Bay being an expensive cesspool lol
Watching this back hurts. I'm still not over it.
Do you think it sucks more that Vancouver hasn't yet made it back to the Finals than I think it sucks that the Bruins have been back twice and lost both times?
ya i think we can tell mr. profile picture🤣 rent free
I still talk about about my hockey riot experience. When travelling and I tell the story people from other countries think us (Canadians) are crazy for rioting over hockey. I laugh and kindly mention soccer to them.
@AKKILLAZ Hmmm, yeah, getting back twice and losing must suck. However, I'd still take the 1 cup win + 2 finals losses. I just sincerely hope the Canucks can get their first cup in my lifetime.
@willmonty2905 My profile pic is my only solace, lol. The Blues cup win in 2019 felt pretty good haha
love playoff videos like this hope we can see more like it from this channel
This was some of the best days of my life that Canucks run. Absolutely magical memories of that team. I remember when Canucks played Boston during regular season next year and this series basically just continued from game 7 😂
I was a kid cheering for the canucks when this happened, the whole series was so incredible but so heartbreaking, but then the riots happened and i was just confused, i remember asking my parents what was going on in the news and not understanding why people were doing it just because of the game. It made the loss so much worse.
The heartbreak of losing the stanley cup was nothing compared to the embarrassment for our city ❤
Thank you for these awesome videos!! Great how you analyze all the things and put together a video editing masterpiece
I watched that final at the outdoor screening setup they had in front of the Canada Post building. What a mess that riot was. I recorded the start of it and popped it up here on youtube. Such a surreal evening.... Anytime the Canucks are one win away from the cup, the pressure is so high for that first championship.
Same man, I was right there with you!
I was there too. The several games before had such a nice, fun atmosphere despite the huge crowds at the outdoor screenings downtown. That last game viewing had a different tone, a kind of a tension and irritability in the air. It was strange.
I was there maybe 50m from the first overturned car. Left the street party when it started burning, so didn't even catch the end of the game. My thoughts on the crowds BEFORE the riot was on elation of the 2010 Gold Medal, which had similar outdoor love-ins of the local team winning it all. Also progressively larger outdoor crowds with each passing round victory in the 2011 run. SURELY nothing bad will happen this time around... I think the Olympics venues and victory painted a rosier picture of Vancouver fandom that naively thought (like I did), we would take the loss better. The video doesn't take into account the 2010 Games, nor the Raymond massacre - but otherwise a solid but heartwrenchingly honest take.
I was lucky enough to be at this game when i was 12/13 years old, crushed my heart as a young Canadian hockey fan. Praying for the day we have an opportunity to bring the cup back home. Great video!
Largest suspension in the history of the playoffs for that Rome hit.
Basically ended Horton's career.
@@raivkka4313the hit itself wasn’t that bad. Late, sure, but that’s two minutes for interference. Didn’t even make head contact. Ridiculous call by the league to suspend a guy the entire series for a slightly late but otherwise clean hit. The reason it was so bad was cause Horton hit the ice head first. Super unlucky for the guy, but in no way should the way a guy falls be on Aaron Rome. It’s a freak accident that Rome and the Canucks got unjustly punished for.
@@Rindiculousfun And Boychuk breaks Raymond's back not even a penalty. Campbell's son on the Bruins. Yeah, real fair reffing there. What a joke. NHL so wanted the Bruins to win and made sure of it
@@RindiculousfunIf you look at the replay, you will see a shoulder in Horton's ear hole. There was head contact. The fact that it was also a late hit that resulted in a major injury made the NHL's decision to suspend Rome pretty easy.
This was the most rigged series Ive ever seen in my life. The Rome hit wasnt that bad, Horton should've expected it, it was barely "late". Theres definitely later hits that happen without a penalty. Boychuk breaks Ramonds back and he didnt even have the puck and doesnt get 2 mins. Rat boy Marchand punching Sedin in the head and even this KZheadr says "no fight back"..yeah its called drawing a penalty for something that is obviously a penalty, people wouldve said it was stupid to retaliate if he did since HE wouldve got the penalty if he retaliated.... Colin Campbells son being on the Bruins when hes been exposed for rigging the refs with ACTUAL EVIDENCE in legit emails hes sent just goes to show how BS this league is.
it's hard to explain, in my 32 years on this planet, how hard it is for me to this day to watch any coverage of the 2011 Cup Finals. I feel no where near as gutted over the '94 cup run and '82 was before my time. Perhaps it was the expectations on the 2011 Canucks, or the 2-0 series lead, or that I have no proper memory of the '94 run. Whatever the reason, these videos hurt to watch, but I of course watch them anyways.
I think because we feel like Van “should have” won, whereas ‘82 and ‘94 we were underdogs. Like we were ripped off somehow. They were utterly dominant all season, walked through NASH and SJ and looked fully in stride. That loss hurt so much, still does. I walked out of the city via the Cambie bridge after the city had been cut off by police. Smelled like burning tires. What an experience.
@@jwright-hi6tf I think you're exactly right about that. Watching this video and remembering that series, I think the team felt that way as well. It explains the breakdown in mentality that led to them playing the part they did in the series. Vigneault preached not getting complacent, "playing our game," and staying "hungry" all season and it felt like it was all out the window in that series. Except for Burrows and Bergeron's finger; he was hungry at least 😂
@@jwright-hi6tf '82 we weren't surprised to loose 4-0 to that dynasty, but after the last half of the '92-3 season you could feel that this team was going to be great. The trades and team play didn't make fans in Vancouver feel like underdogs. I can still hear Courtnal ringing it off the post in game 7, sounded like a bell to start the riot.
@@jwright-hi6tf You hit the right nail on the head. Fans can be upset over 82 and 94, but in hindsight, it's like we had no business getting there, never mind forcing a game 7 and losing by just one goal in the latter series. But in 2011, it was our time in every sense of the word, like a coronation. We had no business losing.
Amazing. So glad this found me. This was the series that introduced me to that emotional level I didn't know existed. B
Great video! Definitely 1 of the craziest playoffs ever all series
@8:42 "The first goal of [game 7] means everything to both teams." Worth noting that in every game of that series, the team that scored first won the game. Of course, just because it happened 6 times doesn't mean it was fate, but it was still a distinctly chilling feeling when Boston scored first in game 7
My favorite Stanley cup finals ever
If that was true, you don't watch the game. This series was one of the greatest disgraces in the games history. IT WAS RIGGED.
@@QuarterMan88you’re crying In every comment shut up dude 😂 bruins were and still are better
@@QuarterMan88 HAHAHHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHA!!!!
That series was a ton of fun to watch. Really a classic. It had so much emotion and intrigue and some really top notch hockey. I’ve never been much of a Bruins fan but I was fully on board for them in this series and was glad to see them win. Especially after the terrible hit on Horton. The riots after just sealed my support for the Bruins.
I recently found your channel and really enjoy the historical perspective.
Wow! Great re-cap. I had forgotten so much about this series.
The storytelling in these vids is top notch… do Leafs Bruins in 2013 next!
you would probably love secret base's videos, they're pretty clearly the main influence of these videos, from the storytelling to the editing this is very similar to their "rewinder" series, they have one on that brutal toronto/boston 2013 game 7
Ok bruins fan
When did a riot break out after a Bruins/Leafs game/series?
@@jeffreycairns767it’s not about a riot it’s about the upset it caused and really started solidifying the pressure on the leafs to get out of round 1 in the playoffs.
@@Colyde25 The title of the video is about the riot
I don’t think I ever understood deep rooted rivalries until I lived this series. I’m not an avid hockey watcher anymore, but there’s still a sting when we lose to the Bruins and overwhelming joy when we beat them.
Well done. thank you! keep that up. you nailed it!
As an Oiler fan ... who had a hard time cheering for either team ... watching the lopsided penalties called against Vancouver while in Boston, and having a Boston player punching a Vancouver player in the face right in front of the ref with no penalty being called, there was no doubt the NHL was giving it to Boston.
Bettman loves to give it to American teams. He’s trying to grow the league south of the border. The best way is to give them cup wins to try to drive hype. That’s the sad thing, everyone knows that Canadians are a stable, permanent fanbase because hockey is our love and passion. We can go decades without a championship and there can still be tons of die hard fans. Look at the Leafs, they haven’t won since 1967 and yet they have the largest fanbase in the entire league.
Where have you been? Everyone who has been a hockey fan for more than a minute knows that playoff officiating is very hands off. If there isn't blood involved lots of things don't get called.
Colin Campbells son was on the Bruins, and the guy was literally exposed with leaked emails where hes trying to rig the reffing in the NHL a couple years before this series took place...you cannot convince me otherwise that the refs werent rigged in this series.
@@JesusFriedChristBoston is a hockey city.
@@differnet lop sided, one sided, blatantly biased one way after Vancouver went up 2-0 and it only took 7 minutes into game 3 to realize that this was going to be blatant and Colin Campbell was going to get his son a cup.
The hate in that series was palpable. It was fuckin awesome
you're a great listen, brotha. I felt the drama in this one
Marchand punching Sedin like he is afk made me laugh a lot 🤣🤣
The league calls the 82 game regular season by a certain set of rules then changed all the rules for the last 5 games in the Stanley cup finals.
No, the rules get changed the moment it favors the max profits.
Nah. The rules change once playoffs series start at all. I do agree the rules get turned into suggestions in the refs eyes during playoffs which is BS.
33 power plays....canucks got 33 power plays and scored TWO PP goals - the problem was not with the refs - the problem was that you team was soft as crap
@dgallodgallo soft? The problem was the bruins were dirty and everything they did was against the rules. The league should've been dishing out suspensions to the point where next to none of their players could play anymore and it was mostly an AHL if they called the series fairly. Add Tim Thomas to the list of suspensions too with the illegal goalie equipment he wore
@@dgallodgallo Did you actually watch any of the games?... or did you just read the game summeries ...
Great video, and narrated super well! One thing I don't think you mentioned, is that Boston PP was abysmal during the entire playoff run. BUT. They had one of the best PK's, so they weren't afraid to take penalties. Plus with guys like Bergeron and Marchand, short handed goals are always a threat as well. But you're 100% right in that the hit on Horton changed everything in this series. Horton taking a water bottle filled with Garden ice, and pouring it on the ice in Vancouver was also a fucking boss move.
My favorite stat from that series was the Canucks going 2 for 37 on the powerplay while giving up three shorties.
IKR - they had a negative PP!!@@blamatron
These are my favorite videos. I hate both these teams but I love remembering historical hockey moments and feeling the stakes of everything all over again. You should consider doing one on the 2010 Flyers coming back from 3-0 against the Bruins.
That one was bizarre. I remember watching that series and both those two teams had less wins than losses and were playing in the second round
I was a kid then but man was that a core memory for me. The canucks losing the final was when I first experienced immense rage.
Not going to lie, as young teenager born and bred in Vancouver, watching this series at that age live, I can barely even finish this video (shit on me, I know). I remember watching that hit the moment it happened with my Dad at his house, unknowing the ramifications, and how Boston would adjust to our play and entirely strip the cup from us. I also vividly remember taking a skytrain home from downtown Vancouver that last night, after watching that final game on one of the big screens the city had set up for everybody who were clinging onto any hope... The orange glow from the sunset that night mixed with the smoke from the riots looked unbelievable from afar, and the entire scenario was something I'll never forget.
I’ve been a canucks fan since the age of 6. 81-82 playoffs, Listening to the games on the radio with my brothers because we didn’t have TV. I’ll always love the canucks no matter how much it has hurt at times. This 2011 playoff run to me the writing was on the wall. The only team that would beat the canucks was the bruins and they’d do it because they had the perfect answer for the Sedins. They basically erased them from the series. The only Canucks forwards able to get anything done were burrows and kesler. The sedins were so comfortable with the regular season style of play. When the grit came they collapsed and that meant 1/2 the canucks scoring 5 on 5. Yeah as much I hate to admit it. That series could easily have been a sweep if the timing of goals was different.
I was 41 when the Bruins won the cup in 2011. I was to young to remember the early 70s Bruins. I was a fan for 32 years before I finally watched the Bruins hoist the Cup. I can't begin to tell you about all the heart brake the Canadians caused on the Bruins faithful. I know this was hard on the Canucks fans. Your lose brought us Bruins fans a once in a lifetime Stanley Cup victory. God now's they won't do it again any time soon.
I remember that series and I remember the dirtiest hit I've ever seen on Mason Raymond. He was nearly made a quadriplegic by that hit and nothing, guys like HP won't even mention the hit, rather blathering on about the far less severe, though still bad Rome hit. Mayson Raymond suffered a broken neck. People have died form broken necks! It was a hit clearly intended to break his neck, why else would you hold him folded over like an accordion, and slam him head first into the boards with your FULL weight behind it, if not to main him for life? A ref starting at Todd Marchand punching Hendric Sedin, one of the kindest gentlemen to play the game and calls not a damn thing?! Why was it the only dirty plays called were the ones done by the Canucks? And just 2 rounds after Mike Gillis had to call out the NHL for crooked officiating mid way through the series vs the Hawks? Seem suspicious to you?
@@zanaevans7403wdym?? The bruins have been to the finals 2 times since 2011 and are still a top team the bruins WILL do it again, the canucks will probably go another 50 years of no cup
@@Seriously_Unserious Wow I totally forgot about that Mason Raymond hit. Looking at it again it is just as dirty as the Horton hit, just so dangerous as you say.
@@natedicksonmedia It's actually much dirtier then the Horton hit. Nobody ever died from a blindside shoulder to the head, but spinal column injuries to the neck have been known to be fatal. Still not even close to the most infamous hit of Matt Petgrave on Adam Johnson of course. I don't see any hit comparing to Murder or Manslaughter, but still. Mayson Raymond missed nearly 2 seasons from major reconstructive surgery to save him from a life sentence to a wheelchair. And though he did play a few more seasons after he came back, he was not the same player he was before. His promising career was ruined by that hit.
My dad is a big lifelong hockey fan. Specifically the Montreal Canadiens. He was on his way to my sisters to seattle from winnipeg and got caught up in this and pepper sprayed. One of his greatest memories lol
The first professional sports game I ever went to was game 3 of these stanely cup finals where nathan horton was taken off on a stretcher. It was such a frickin insane game, the whole energy of the bruins changed after that hit.
I feel for Luongo, people were shitting on him because Thomas was outplaying him despite him looking phenomenal, it got to his head real bad and by game seven the dude was so focused on himself he let it get in his head
He should have stayed in the paint
He’s a goof and should of kept his mouth shut.
Lol!! He was to busy crying about Tommy Thomas not pumping his tired!! That whole thing was hilarious and showed he was soft worried about all the wrong stuff.
Edit: Pumping his tires..
That game 7 short handed goal was brutal by him. He shoulda stayed in the paint lmao he's always been a tool
This series happened when I was 7, and watching it with my dad made me love hockey. Even now things get rough with my dad sometimes but talking about hockey with him brings us closer together. Thank you for making this video and giving me a deeper understanding of the series that genuinely changed my life.
Same here I was seven and a canucks fan! We lost and I can remember crying.
I don’t have the greatest relationship with my father anymore but your comment resonated with me a lot. The best memories I have with him involve hockey to some degree. Cheers homie.
Great video. Also love when Horton squirted the “boston” water on Vancouver’s ice. Really sent a message
Horty pouring Boston Garden water on the Canuck's ice was epic.
Injuries did the Canucks in more than anything else. Injuries (Kesler, Malhotra, Hamhuis (did not play after game 2), Samuelsson (did not play in finals), Higgins, Edler and Raymond (did not play after game 6)).
don't forget erhoff with that separated shoulder or whatever it was
Colin Campbell was the head league executive and in charge of the 2011 series and his son Gregory Campbell was a player on the bruins .
Cope
I know you're a Nucks fan so my comment prob won't persuade you... but I remember distinctly that Campbell stepped aside BEFORE game 1 of the 2011 Final started. Mike Murphy was in charge of decisions during that series (including the Rome suspension). I've seen this "conspiracy" comment a thousand times (along with Thomas and his "illegal Piku pads"). I'm not happy that my team lost to St. Louis in '19. Berube whined about the officiating and suddenly the calls started going against Boston (including the missed trip in game 5). HOWEVER, this didn't decide the series and doesn't change the fact that the B's simply got outplayed in game 7. Not everything has to be a damn conspiracy when your team loses.
@@welcometoboston9524 Lol as if stepping aside makes any difference. The guy literally was exposed in leaked emails for rigging the refs a couple years before this series took place. How he wasnt fired back before then is beyond me...well actually it isnt, it just solidifies my belief that the NHL is rigged even more so.
no shit...but Canucks fans are the worst in the league...as is Vancouver sports talk radio...Vancouver in general is not a good pro sport city...@@welcometoboston9524
@@welcometoboston9524 Sure it does, lol...
Seeing this reminds me how tocchet being coach is pivotal to success for the Canucks. No team can win in the playoffs without some real toughness up front and depth on defence. The rules change in the playoffs. Big, mean d, tough forwards and high skilled defence are key. Look at the last 3 dynasty’s; kings, hawks and lightning all have size and toughness with superstars on d. Canucks always went for talent and it always bites them.
How about the nhl rules just dont change??? They're RULES
@@altr_h123 the rules may not change but how strictly they're enforced changes a TON during the playoffs, have you watched all the hits and slashing that there's no calls for in the playoffs?
This video is really well done and thought out.
People were going to riot either way, you could see and feel that leading up to it.
Google it, it was already exposed that it was happening either way. A criminal organization planned it all up to be set up over the city in key locations to rile the crowd of drunk people up and get it going by starting stuff.
My dad took me to game 3 of this series when I was 9, when that hit was laid apparently Vancouver fans were being beat up in the washroom at intermission. Man if only i was old enough to remember it clearly the whole TD garden went into bear mode
It was well-documented that some Boston fans were acting like complete idiots and instigating fights during and after Game 3. Pulling people out of taxi cabs, demanding they fight them, throwing stuff at and on women wearing Canucks gear, etc. Lots of ugly fan behavior associated with this Finals series.
I was there. I didn’t see any fans being attacked in the bathrooms but I wouldn’t doubt it happened. That game was fucking nuts. Your dad’s a real one for giving you that experience of a lifetime.
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Boston fans? Really? They're some of the classiest fans in the league! I can't believe it!! Wonder how many can tell I'm being sarcastic?
@@gregorsmith You could look it all up for yourself to confirm what I said if you'd like, but clearly you'd prefer to pretend it never happened. Frankly, what you believe is irrelevant so who cares.
This was such an amazing series. I was training for Afghanistan, and the final game was on while we were in the field, I had my cellphone out listening to the game the whole time.... Man, I wish I could have been in Boston that night.
Thank you for letting me relive that!!
Losing those two D-men did Van in for this series... They really were one of the best teams to ever play and the season went a bit long and the wheels fell off. This was the climax of the Sedin brother's career. Was a surprising ending to their season. Being down two starting, tough, D-men was too much to overcome. When that groin tore is when the tables started to turn and losing the second D-man was the first nail in the coffin. Boston zoned in and Tim Thomas was world class, especially in the second half of the series. It still could have went Van's way in spite of Tim's play, their unforced mistakes and losses on the back end. Definitely a memorable Stanley Cup Final. Two very good teams.
One of the best teams to ever play is a bit of a stretch buddy
They also lost Raymond halfway through and Kes was playing injured. They were a shadow of themselves.
@@haydensoloway1753Scored most goals, allowed the least, best PP and PK. Tell me how many other teams have done all that in a season. Probably a top 5 team the league has ever seen.
Yeah it was a bit of a shame to watch that final series unfold, but that's how it goes I guess... Was just thinking how the hit on Horton was very similar to the Stevens/Kariya hit... @@Chavran
...aww someone's opinion hurt your feelings? They were a historically great team. They aren't top 3 all time or anything, especially with the Cup Final implosion, but they are one of the best teams to ever play and worth mentioning in that conversation... dork. @@haydensoloway1753
Is this the greatest Cup Finals in the salary cap era? 🤔
Could be forsure. But as a Red Wings fan I hated that cap rule lol our 01-02 team was arguably the most stacked team the NHL has ever seen! Sadly even though im 33 I haven’t followed hockey as much as id like to since about 2010 ish when Chicago and Pittsburgh took over the league and then eventually Vancouver took over and then Boston started growing. It was actually cool to see teams starting to become giants. Now my Wings are just trying to claw back. But this series was definitely insane, new era hockey is fast as hell and if you can keep up with the pace while watching then you’re good.
@-BuGz- as a hurricanes fan, i will always be butthurt we were the one that had to face that team. Will always be proud we won one, no matter which team showed up it was gonna be a wings cup win, it may have just been extended to 6 games
@@Mitch12556 Man, I remember that series like it ended last night. You guys definitely came out strong as hell and it didn’t look good for the Wings because them Hurricanes were a way younger team and a lot of us Wings fans were worried they were starting to tire out. And trust me, I think the entire Hockey world was proud of how far you guy’s went. Half of my Family is from North Carolina so I had a lil family rivalry going in too. Redneck as all hell but when they got that team they were all for it!
Greatest if you liked rigged hockey I guess
@@BrodyCanuck go cry to the covid cup lightning then
It's crazy to think I was only coming out of my Junior year of high school when this series happened but watching the play offs through and through I remember believing the Bruins had a good shot at winning. My father was also very critical of the Bruins, he knew they weren't perfect in the series and he has more experience in Hockey than I would. But God bless that they managed to pull through and make up for their mistakes through sheer physicality, grit, and the most true sense of determination that I've ever seen. That game three set the tone for the rest of the series and it was one hell of a ride to watch it all the way to the end. You don't forget a series like that.
I was at that game 3. That hit on Horton changed everything. Scary shit.
This was the peak of hockey in my lifetime. Never seen a better series with more storylines/drama culminating with one of the fan bases literally burning down their own city. Will probably never see a better series than the 2011 SCF
The series was horrible with had much the refs were sucking off Boston
It was.
Ill start watching hockey again when the games are called properly in the playoffs
Been a Bruins fan ever since. from a reverse sweep in 2010, to Cup champs in 2011. miss that team
One thing I don't see mentioned a lot is how the arena remained packed during the trophy ceremony. Everybody remembers the rioting, but honestly, props to the real fans in the arena that stayed to watch their bitter rivals hoist the cup.
I remember watching this live, the riots were crazy, we have this business in metro Vancouver called Boston pizza and people were tearing down those signs because it said Boston on it. Crazy times.
Can you do a video on how vicious the 2012 playoffs were. People were getting crushed on each shift.
This is such a seminal memory for me since I was 14 years old in the interior of BC and every other guy in my school was a canucks fan. Some of them even believed they'd play for the team when they were older. The fanaticism was so high and even though I wasn't a hockey fan myself I couldn't take my eyes off every game. The tension was palpable even hours away from Vancouver. When the canucks ultimately lost my classmates were just disappointed but I was horrified by how violent the reaction was. It totally took the police by surprise. My cousin lived in vancouver at the time and was downtown when the riots broke out, and wound up getting hit in the crotch by a flash grenade😅. It was also one of the most expensive riot damages ever.
i never realised how brutal that hit on horton was. Seeing the replay it gives me chills.
That video was an epic Synopsis of how crazy that year was for hockey playoffs. We got spoiled with that kind of NHL. It's changed in a short decade
is it not like that anymore?
@@AnotherBrownKid negative. How many teams need/require a fighter anymore. 0.0%
The question is...why didn't the powerplays come? Still to this day, sure the Rome hit was late but with Hamhuis and Raymond out as well, the real factor was that the games started to get called differently. We all saw it and felt it.
bro you did a great job on this vid
What a great video! Good job! 👏
I want to watch this video but I don’t know if I can handle the pain again. Absolutely agonizing.
🫵😂🤌
This was the best SCF
If you like rigged hockey, sure
I will always remember watching the post show after game 7, with the news switching back and forth between the Bruins drink champaign out of the Stanley Cup and the streets of Vancouver on fire
Really good summary. I was at the Commodore on Granville. Stanley Cup was there. I was in high school #VanCity 93/94. Both riots completely different. Most people in 2011 were not from the lower mainland. It was disgusting and disrespectful. ❤
I still say that Rome hit on Norton, in terms of time being hit after havign puck happens every game. No one likes the result. But to give such an unprecedented suspension in the Finals, when their D was decimated stinks...Remember that the interim NHL Discipline chief soght advice from Brian Burke. Who asks GMs for advice...in the STanley Cup Finals no less? Who asks the very GM who famously left Vancouver on very bad terms with the Owner AND!!!! who was also fined by the NHL the year prior for tampering with the Sedins!!!! Unreal. Like you showed, no penalty on punching teh Sedin. Its crazy how the old boys network and Bruins Ownership influence in the NHL head office had such a drmatic influence on the result.
You forgot the Mason Raymond injury, that practically killed his career. Yeah, he played afterwards, but he wasn’t the same. Might I add there was no penalty called, nor was there a suspension.
Nor did he even have the puck lol... rigged reffing for sure.
@@BrodyCanuck They both knocked each other off the puck and momentum carried both of them awkwardly into the boards. Raymond was face forward they made contact with the boards and it wasnt intentionally vicious nor implictly dangerous. Boychuck also immediately showed remorse skating over showing concern rather than doubling down as he for sure didnt think that would have caused that injury. Stepping up into Horton who clearly isnt looking at you and looking for the puck to get passed or if he has to chase it if it gets dumped into the zone is totally different.
@CleonofAthens showing remorse doesn't matter, and no they didn't battle. Boychuk hit him when he didn't have the puck, simple as that. You're adding extra stuff that didn't happen. What's done is done, he broke his back by hitting him when he didn't have the puck and the rigged NHL didn't suspend him as they should have or even gave a 2min penalty.
@@BrodyCanuck I literally rewatched the hit before I posted...
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I was downtown watching the game on one of the big screens they put up in the street. It was so painful to watch after the run the Canucks had that year.
best bruins team ever, every line could score every line could fight, solid goaltending, absolute machine
I was in second grade when the bruins won this cup and I still understood the magnitude of this insane series, it was that crazy! Great video!
Man posting this after yeserdays fumble is brutal
This was a unbelievable series! No Cup Final SINCE has even come close the entertainment, side stories, and old School warrior hockey. imo
I will never forget that hit even as a Detroit fan. I was sitting in my kitchen hunched over and glued to a little 10 inch CRT TV.
If not for this hit, Vancouver would have won the series. I will maintain that until my last day on earth