So EB
I guess you are a great college basketball fan?
Know anything about great NFL football?
Warm Regards
BookerL
I guess you are a great college basketball fan?
Know anything about great NFL football?
Warm Regards
BookerL
What is or are the greatest sports comeback ????teams or single ?????
- Thread starter BookerL
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How about the 1993 wildcard game of the Bills vs the Oilers. The Oilers led 35-3 at the start of the 3rd quarter. I remember a friend of mine and I were out small game hunting. We stopped for lunch and a beer and this game was on. We said screw hunting and we watch the Bills mount a comeback and eventual win. It is considered the greatest comeback win ever in NFL history. .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FD5Fr9ug5U
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FD5Fr9ug5U
Yeah !Greatest comeback for the Bills ,Greatest disaster for the Oilers !!!The improbable happened on that day !!!!
Any one with hockey comebacks memories ?
Regards all
BookerL
One of wild world of sports greatest comebacks summit series 1972!!
ONE OF WILD WORLD OF SPORTS GREATEST COMEBACKS SUMMIT SERIES 1972!!
A Canada -Russia hockey tournament that will become A SEPTEMBER TO REMEMBER FOREVER !!!!
http://www.1972summitseries.com/index2.html
1972 Summit Series: The Facts and Statistics
Game Results
Canada Wins Series 4-3-1
Game 1
USSR 7 - Canada 3
Game 2
Canada 4 - USSR 1
Game 3
Canada 4 - USSR 4
Game 4
USSR 5 - Canada 3
Game 5
USSR 5 - Canada 4
Game 6
Canada 3 - USSR 2
Game 7
Canada 4 - USSR 3
Game 8
Canada 6 - USSR 5
After 5 games team Canada was down 1-1-3 losses and 3 games to go in Russia !
The unpredictable occured Canada mounted one the greastest sports team comeback ever !
Final was a thriller !
http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=641977
tors at the Luzhniki Ice Palace in Moscow buzzed in anticipation of the final showdown that evening, parents back in Canada, where game time was in the afternoon, kept kids home to watch -- and many principals allowed TVs in the classroom so those who went to school wouldn't miss the action. Bars and restaurants were packed, and appliance and department stores mounted racks of TVs in the windows.
Momentum was clearly on Canada's side after back-to-back wins in Game 6 and 7, but it still had to win Game 8 to claim victory.
GAME 8: CANADA 6, SOVIET UNION 5
Paul Henderson's goal for the ages in Game 8 capped a stunning Canadian comeback over the Soviets to win the 1972 Summit Series.
First Period: 1, Soviet Union, Yakushev 6 (Liapkin, Maltsev), 3:34 (pp). 2, Canada, P. Esposito 6 (Park), 6:45 (pp). 3, USSR, Lutchenko 1 (Kharlamov), 13:10 (pp). 4, Canada, Park 1 (Ratelle, Hull), 16:59.
Second Period: 5, USSR, Shadrin 3, :21. 6, Canada, White 1 (Gilbert, Ratelle), 10:32. 7, USSR, Yakushev 7, 11:43. 8, USSR, Vasiliev 1, 16:44 (pp).
Third Period: 9, Canada, P. Esposito 7 (P. Mahovlich), 2:27. 10, Canada, Cournoyer 3 (P. Esposito, Park). 12:56. 11, Canada, Henderson 7 (P. Esposito), 19:26.
Shots on Goal: Canada 14-8-14--36. Soviet Union 12-10-5--27
Goalies: Canada, Dryden 2-2-0 (27 shots on goal, 22 saves). Soviet Union, Tretiak (36-30)
Attendance: 15,000
After a controversy over the referees nearly resulted in cancellation of the game, the teams skated onto the ice side-by-side for the final set of pregame ceremonies. Canada's concerns about the officiating were well-founded when Bill White and Pete Mahovlich received questionable penalties in the first 3:01, leading to a 5-on-3 power-play goal by Alexander Yakushev, who had emerged as a star in the series and backhanded a rebound into the net.
J.P. Parise received another questionable call a few seconds later, then received a misconduct from West German referee Josef Kompalla after slamming his stick into splinters. As the Canadians protested, Parise came out of the box and aggressively skated up to Kompalla before backing away, earning a game misconduct.
The incident fired up Canada, which tied the score when Phil Esposito fired Brad Park's rebound behind Vladislav Tretiak. Vladimir Lutchenko beat Ken Dryden for another power-play goal at 13:10, but Park took a pass from New York Rangers teammate Jean Ratelle and went top shelf on Tretiak at 16:59 to even the game after the first 20 minutes.
Canada had survived the penalty-filled first period, but got an unlucky break early in the second. Yakushev's shot missed the net and hit the mesh atop the boards behind the net -- the Soviets did not use Plexiglass as NHL rinks did -- and rocketed back into the slot where Vladimir Shadrin fired it past a surprised Dryden.
White tapped in Rod Gilbert's brilliant pass midway through the period to make it 3-3, but the second half of the period belonged to the Soviets. Yakushev broke the tie at 11:43, beating Dryden inside the left post after a faceoff win, and Vladimir Vasiliev made it 5-3 at 16:44 with the Soviets' third power-play goal of the game.
Despite the two-goal deficit, there was no feeling of panic among the Canadians.
"I don't think there was anything other than a desperate desire to throw everything we had at them," Bob Clarke told NHL.com. "There was no guarantee we were going to win, but we knew that whatever we had, we were going to put it on the ice."
The Soviets came out in the third period looking for the knockout punch; instead, Esposito got Canada back in the game when he fanned on a shot but swatted the loose puck through Tretiak's five-hole at 2:27.
With the lead down to one goal, the Soviets made the same mistake Canada had made in Game 5 -- sitting back and trying to protect their lead. Canada opened up its offense after the mid-period change of goals that was the rule in international hockey.
Esposito, playing like a man possessed, got off a 15-foot wrister from the slot that Tretiak stopped with his chest. Esposito swatted the rebound wide, but outfought three defenders and tried to center the puck. His first try was blocked by Tretiak, but the second bid wound up on the stick of Yvan Cournoyer, whose first shot was blocked. With both Canadians and several defenders scrambling, Cournoyer flicked a backhander that floated end-over-end into the net at 12:56, tying the game at 5-5.
But there was a controversy when the red light didn't go on.
"We thought they were going to disallow the goal," Gilbert told NHL.com. "We were at center ice for the faceoff and they said 'No goal' and that's when all hell broke out. [Alan] Eagleson [the head of the NHLPA and one of the organizers of the series] went down there and they were going to take him away. It was like a war -- we had hockey sticks and they had machine guns. We got Eagleson and brought him back to the bench. You can't write a script like that."
With the Soviets prepared to claim that they would win a tied series on the basis of having scored one more goal, they continued to sit back as the time melted away. There was less than a minute remaining when Cournoyer intercepted a clearing attempt and tried to feed a streaking Paul Henderson, who had called off Mahovlich, the line's regular left wing, to get one last shift.
The pass missed Henderson, who was tripped and sent crashing into the boards. But Esposito followed the play and poked the puck at Tretiak. Henderson, forgotten along the end boards, picked up the rebound and shoveled it at Tretiak, who made another save but again couldn't control the puck. Still unchecked by any Soviet defender, Henderson came across the crease and flipped his own rebound through a small opening between Tretiak's sprawled body -- and this time, with 34 seconds remaining, he found the net.
"We were able to dig down and do something that they weren't able to beat."
-- Paul Henderson on Canada's legendary comeback against the Soviets in 1972
"Our line came off the ice and Espo's line went out -- he was playing with Peter Mahovlich and Yvan Cournoyer," Henderson told NHL.com. "I didn't figure we'd get another shift. But Harry Sinden came down and said, 'If there's any time left, you guys are going back out.' We knew we'd be going back out. But I started yelling at Peter Mahovlich -- never did it before, never did it after. It was totally unpremeditated. I just felt like I had to get on the ice. Thank God, Peter thought it was a coach yelling at him.
"He came off and I jumped on, and 10 seconds later, it was in the net."
As Foster Hewitt made one of the most famous calls in broadcast history, "Henderson has scored for Canada," Henderson turned and leaped into Cournoyer's arms as Tretiak lay dejected in his crease. Canada's bench emptied to mob Henderson -- even Dryden raced down the ice in to join the celebration.
The stunned Soviets managed only one weak shot on Dryden before the final siren sounded to end the 6-5 victory, triggering an impromptu rendition of "O Canada" from the 3,000 or so Canadian fans in the stands while the players embraced on the ice.
The series was a watershed moment for hockey. The Soviets' speed and skill announced to the world that they didn't have to take a back seat to the NHL or anyone else. But the Canadians taught the stoic Soviets a few lessons as well -- about heart, desire and the role of emotion.
"[Legendary Soviet coach Anatoli] Tarasov said, 'We can skate with the Canadians. Our skill level is there. We can shoot as well as they do,'" Henderson said. " 'The one advantage they have is their spirit.' I believe that's what the separation was. We were able to dig down and do something that they weren't able to beat."
ONE OF WILD WORLD OF SPORTS GREATEST COMEBACKS SUMMIT SERIES 1972!!
A Canada -Russia hockey tournament that will become A SEPTEMBER TO REMEMBER FOREVER !!!!
http://www.1972summitseries.com/index2.html
1972 Summit Series: The Facts and Statistics
Game Results
Canada Wins Series 4-3-1
Game 1
USSR 7 - Canada 3
Game 2
Canada 4 - USSR 1
Game 3
Canada 4 - USSR 4
Game 4
USSR 5 - Canada 3
Game 5
USSR 5 - Canada 4
Game 6
Canada 3 - USSR 2
Game 7
Canada 4 - USSR 3
Game 8
Canada 6 - USSR 5
After 5 games team Canada was down 1-1-3 losses and 3 games to go in Russia !
The unpredictable occured Canada mounted one the greastest sports team comeback ever !
Final was a thriller !
http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=641977
tors at the Luzhniki Ice Palace in Moscow buzzed in anticipation of the final showdown that evening, parents back in Canada, where game time was in the afternoon, kept kids home to watch -- and many principals allowed TVs in the classroom so those who went to school wouldn't miss the action. Bars and restaurants were packed, and appliance and department stores mounted racks of TVs in the windows.
Momentum was clearly on Canada's side after back-to-back wins in Game 6 and 7, but it still had to win Game 8 to claim victory.
GAME 8: CANADA 6, SOVIET UNION 5
Paul Henderson's goal for the ages in Game 8 capped a stunning Canadian comeback over the Soviets to win the 1972 Summit Series.
First Period: 1, Soviet Union, Yakushev 6 (Liapkin, Maltsev), 3:34 (pp). 2, Canada, P. Esposito 6 (Park), 6:45 (pp). 3, USSR, Lutchenko 1 (Kharlamov), 13:10 (pp). 4, Canada, Park 1 (Ratelle, Hull), 16:59.
Second Period: 5, USSR, Shadrin 3, :21. 6, Canada, White 1 (Gilbert, Ratelle), 10:32. 7, USSR, Yakushev 7, 11:43. 8, USSR, Vasiliev 1, 16:44 (pp).
Third Period: 9, Canada, P. Esposito 7 (P. Mahovlich), 2:27. 10, Canada, Cournoyer 3 (P. Esposito, Park). 12:56. 11, Canada, Henderson 7 (P. Esposito), 19:26.
Shots on Goal: Canada 14-8-14--36. Soviet Union 12-10-5--27
Goalies: Canada, Dryden 2-2-0 (27 shots on goal, 22 saves). Soviet Union, Tretiak (36-30)
Attendance: 15,000
After a controversy over the referees nearly resulted in cancellation of the game, the teams skated onto the ice side-by-side for the final set of pregame ceremonies. Canada's concerns about the officiating were well-founded when Bill White and Pete Mahovlich received questionable penalties in the first 3:01, leading to a 5-on-3 power-play goal by Alexander Yakushev, who had emerged as a star in the series and backhanded a rebound into the net.
J.P. Parise received another questionable call a few seconds later, then received a misconduct from West German referee Josef Kompalla after slamming his stick into splinters. As the Canadians protested, Parise came out of the box and aggressively skated up to Kompalla before backing away, earning a game misconduct.
The incident fired up Canada, which tied the score when Phil Esposito fired Brad Park's rebound behind Vladislav Tretiak. Vladimir Lutchenko beat Ken Dryden for another power-play goal at 13:10, but Park took a pass from New York Rangers teammate Jean Ratelle and went top shelf on Tretiak at 16:59 to even the game after the first 20 minutes.
Canada had survived the penalty-filled first period, but got an unlucky break early in the second. Yakushev's shot missed the net and hit the mesh atop the boards behind the net -- the Soviets did not use Plexiglass as NHL rinks did -- and rocketed back into the slot where Vladimir Shadrin fired it past a surprised Dryden.
White tapped in Rod Gilbert's brilliant pass midway through the period to make it 3-3, but the second half of the period belonged to the Soviets. Yakushev broke the tie at 11:43, beating Dryden inside the left post after a faceoff win, and Vladimir Vasiliev made it 5-3 at 16:44 with the Soviets' third power-play goal of the game.
Despite the two-goal deficit, there was no feeling of panic among the Canadians.
"I don't think there was anything other than a desperate desire to throw everything we had at them," Bob Clarke told NHL.com. "There was no guarantee we were going to win, but we knew that whatever we had, we were going to put it on the ice."
The Soviets came out in the third period looking for the knockout punch; instead, Esposito got Canada back in the game when he fanned on a shot but swatted the loose puck through Tretiak's five-hole at 2:27.
With the lead down to one goal, the Soviets made the same mistake Canada had made in Game 5 -- sitting back and trying to protect their lead. Canada opened up its offense after the mid-period change of goals that was the rule in international hockey.
Esposito, playing like a man possessed, got off a 15-foot wrister from the slot that Tretiak stopped with his chest. Esposito swatted the rebound wide, but outfought three defenders and tried to center the puck. His first try was blocked by Tretiak, but the second bid wound up on the stick of Yvan Cournoyer, whose first shot was blocked. With both Canadians and several defenders scrambling, Cournoyer flicked a backhander that floated end-over-end into the net at 12:56, tying the game at 5-5.
But there was a controversy when the red light didn't go on.
"We thought they were going to disallow the goal," Gilbert told NHL.com. "We were at center ice for the faceoff and they said 'No goal' and that's when all hell broke out. [Alan] Eagleson [the head of the NHLPA and one of the organizers of the series] went down there and they were going to take him away. It was like a war -- we had hockey sticks and they had machine guns. We got Eagleson and brought him back to the bench. You can't write a script like that."
With the Soviets prepared to claim that they would win a tied series on the basis of having scored one more goal, they continued to sit back as the time melted away. There was less than a minute remaining when Cournoyer intercepted a clearing attempt and tried to feed a streaking Paul Henderson, who had called off Mahovlich, the line's regular left wing, to get one last shift.
The pass missed Henderson, who was tripped and sent crashing into the boards. But Esposito followed the play and poked the puck at Tretiak. Henderson, forgotten along the end boards, picked up the rebound and shoveled it at Tretiak, who made another save but again couldn't control the puck. Still unchecked by any Soviet defender, Henderson came across the crease and flipped his own rebound through a small opening between Tretiak's sprawled body -- and this time, with 34 seconds remaining, he found the net.
"We were able to dig down and do something that they weren't able to beat."
-- Paul Henderson on Canada's legendary comeback against the Soviets in 1972
"Our line came off the ice and Espo's line went out -- he was playing with Peter Mahovlich and Yvan Cournoyer," Henderson told NHL.com. "I didn't figure we'd get another shift. But Harry Sinden came down and said, 'If there's any time left, you guys are going back out.' We knew we'd be going back out. But I started yelling at Peter Mahovlich -- never did it before, never did it after. It was totally unpremeditated. I just felt like I had to get on the ice. Thank God, Peter thought it was a coach yelling at him.
"He came off and I jumped on, and 10 seconds later, it was in the net."
As Foster Hewitt made one of the most famous calls in broadcast history, "Henderson has scored for Canada," Henderson turned and leaped into Cournoyer's arms as Tretiak lay dejected in his crease. Canada's bench emptied to mob Henderson -- even Dryden raced down the ice in to join the celebration.
The stunned Soviets managed only one weak shot on Dryden before the final siren sounded to end the 6-5 victory, triggering an impromptu rendition of "O Canada" from the 3,000 or so Canadian fans in the stands while the players embraced on the ice.
The series was a watershed moment for hockey. The Soviets' speed and skill announced to the world that they didn't have to take a back seat to the NHL or anyone else. But the Canadians taught the stoic Soviets a few lessons as well -- about heart, desire and the role of emotion.
"[Legendary Soviet coach Anatoli] Tarasov said, 'We can skate with the Canadians. Our skill level is there. We can shoot as well as they do,'" Henderson said. " 'The one advantage they have is their spirit.' I believe that's what the separation was. We were able to dig down and do something that they weren't able to beat."
Ball being your preference what is the most impresive comeback you have witnessed ?
Regards
BookerL
Hello Booker and all,
There's really nothing that compares to the ALCS in 2004 because of the storyline. The "Bambino Curse" legend, the 86 years of Sox-Yankees rivalry, which Yankees fans always laughed off as a rivalry because they won so many World Series after 1923, the Sox being snake-bitten by any team they played, and in the World Series it was always in the 7th game with great hope up to the last minute until what seemed like the inevitable crash. There was 1986. If anything personified "The Curse" this was it. With just 1-strike to go in Game 6 the Sox were all on the edge of the dugout ready to charge the field in final victory just before the ultimate heartbreaking disaster. Then in 2004, down 3-0, facing all of that history and Mo Rivera the Greatest Reliever of All-Time in his perfect prime in Game 4 after the Sox had been crushed 19-8 in Game 3, Schilling with experimental surgery and the Bloody Sock had to stand up...it seemed even a miracle from God could not reverse the outcome. The Sox had to win the last two games in Yankee stadium, Pedro had to pitch around endless Yankee fans taunts of "who's your daddy"...and talk about Miracles...the umps had to make two game changing calls accurately in front of violently hostile New York stadium fans for which riot police were called in to line the field, including having the guts to call out A-Rod for the cheating glove slap.
I can't imagine anything any team had so much to overcome in total than all that was involved in the 2004 ALCS. My own Yankees fan haircutter with the shop Yankees fans shrine, whose chair I had sat in for over 22 years for him and his mother and father previously, became so abusive about losing that I found someone else.
Nothing else compares to that history and the size of the ordeal.
Cheers,
Merlot
There's really nothing that compares to the ALCS in 2004 because of the storyline. The "Bambino Curse" legend, the 86 years of Sox-Yankees rivalry, which Yankees fans always laughed off as a rivalry because they won so many World Series after 1923, the Sox being snake-bitten by any team they played, and in the World Series it was always in the 7th game with great hope up to the last minute until what seemed like the inevitable crash. There was 1986. If anything personified "The Curse" this was it. With just 1-strike to go in Game 6 the Sox were all on the edge of the dugout ready to charge the field in final victory just before the ultimate heartbreaking disaster. Then in 2004, down 3-0, facing all of that history and Mo Rivera the Greatest Reliever of All-Time in his perfect prime in Game 4 after the Sox had been crushed 19-8 in Game 3, Schilling with experimental surgery and the Bloody Sock had to stand up...it seemed even a miracle from God could not reverse the outcome. The Sox had to win the last two games in Yankee stadium, Pedro had to pitch around endless Yankee fans taunts of "who's your daddy"...and talk about Miracles...the umps had to make two game changing calls accurately in front of violently hostile New York stadium fans for which riot police were called in to line the field, including having the guts to call out A-Rod for the cheating glove slap.
I can't imagine anything any team had so much to overcome in total than all that was involved in the 2004 ALCS. My own Yankees fan haircutter with the shop Yankees fans shrine, whose chair I had sat in for over 22 years for him and his mother and father previously, became so abusive about losing that I found someone else.
Nothing else compares to that history and the size of the ordeal.
Cheers,
Merlot
Hi Merlot
It is without a doubt in my mind a great sports comeback even though I am A
Yankees fan admitting facts is nothing to be ashame of !!!
I guess you are and have a true Bosox fan even through the dark moments and its certainly true ,that to lift the "bambino "cursed great determination and winning desire must have been at there all time high for all the roster players of the Bean town boys a marvelous story of courage not abandoning your Aim to be World Series Champ !Hat off
to the 2004 edition of the bosox !!!:thumb:
Do you have any great moment in Singles competition has no one yet mentioned great come from behind stories !
Welcome back Champ supporter !!!!
BookerL
The Miracle at Rich. Also dubbed "The Comeback".
It happened at Rich Stadium in Orchard Park, NY during the 1992-93 NFL playoffs where the Buffalo Bills came back from a 32-point deficit against
Warren Moon's Houston Oilers to finally beat them 41-38. The Buffalo QB in that game was back-up Frank Reich, since #1 QB Jim Kelly was out with an injured knee suffered earlier in the game.
If you want to read up on that game, here goes......
The Comeback
*Frank Reich was also the winning QB in the greatest comeback in college football history.
I wondered why nobody listed the Bruins comeback down three goals in the last half of the third period of the 7th game of a Stanley Cup playoff series.
http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=423101
In boxing, Ali is all the more renowned for having beaten excellent opponents. (e.g. Frazier and Foreman). Boston's accomplishment was cheapened because they only beat a sad collection of resigned, habitual losers who panicked at the prospect of having their usual golf season shortened by another two weeks.
http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=423101
In boxing, Ali is all the more renowned for having beaten excellent opponents. (e.g. Frazier and Foreman). Boston's accomplishment was cheapened because they only beat a sad collection of resigned, habitual losers who panicked at the prospect of having their usual golf season shortened by another two weeks.
Check out post # 6 A.V.
Don't worry: I wouldn't let that comeback (by the Bruins) / COLLAPSE by the Leafs be forgotten - after all, it's HISTORY!
With all due respect to Boston, your observation about the laughable weakness of their gutless, inept "opponents" is certainly quite accurate.
Okay, I'm going to throw this out there: Rangers-Devils 1994 semi-finals. It's not the greatest comeback in history, but it's certainly my favorite. Down 3 games to 2, and then down two goals in game six, Messier scores a hat trick after guaranteeing the win (with Kovalev scoring the other goal with an assist from Messier) to lead the Rangers to a 4-2 win.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1vnlW-NLmY
And then the greatest goal in NHL history in game 7, IMHO...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Z0jaFnft50
This is made more dramatic by adding the voice-over of radio announcer Howie Rose, who is currently working for the Mets, but I hope the Rangers can steal him back when Sam Rosen retires...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ziarOEosIc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1vnlW-NLmY
And then the greatest goal in NHL history in game 7, IMHO...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Z0jaFnft50
This is made more dramatic by adding the voice-over of radio announcer Howie Rose, who is currently working for the Mets, but I hope the Rangers can steal him back when Sam Rosen retires...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ziarOEosIc
Fits both categories Great comeback and Great Underdog !
(E1) Boston Bruins vs. (E3) Montreal Canadiens[edit]
The Montreal Canadiens were matched against the Boston Bruins, and in one of the most extraordinary upsets in hockey history, Ken Dryden was hot in goal for the Canadiens as they ousted the Bruins in seven games. Game 2 featured what many perceive as one of the greatest comebacks in NHL history. With the Bruins leading 5–2 heading into the third period, the Canadiens, who had trailed 5–1, scored 5 goals in the final session to win 7–5. The prominent Canadian sports journalist Red Fisher lists the Canadiens' comeback has the 8th most memorable moment in his over 49 years of covering hockey. In game 4, Bobby Orr became the first defenceman to get a hat trick in a playoff game when Boston won 5–2.
April 7 Boston Bruins 3-1 Montreal Canadiens Boston Garden
April 8 Boston Bruins 5-7 Montreal Canadiens Boston Garden
April 10 Montreal Canadiens 3-1 Boston Bruins Montreal Forum
April 11 Montreal Canadiens 2-5 Boston Bruins Montreal Forum
April 13 Boston Bruins 7-3 Montreal Canadiens Boston Garden
April 15 Montreal Canadiens 8-3 Boston Bruins Montreal Forum
April 15 Boston Bruins 2-4 Montreal Canadiens Boston Garden
Montreal won series 4-3
1970-71 NHL SEASONS
Regular season[edit]
For 1970-71 the NHL went to a balanced schedule, with each team playing each other team 6 times, three at home and three on the road, without regard to divisional alignment. Nevertheless, playoff qualification was determined entirely by divisional standings with the top four teams in each division qualifying.
This season saw a marked increase in goal scoring, especially by the Boston Bruins, who shattered dozens of scoring records as they set the mark for most goals by a team (399) by nearly a hundred over the previous record holder. They also set records for most victories (57) and points (121). Phil Esposito set records for most goals in a season with 76 and for most points with 152. Defenceman Bobby Orr won his second consecutive Hart Trophy and set a new record for assists with 102. The Bruins also had the four league leading scorers, the first time in history this was achieved (the only other time being by the Bruins in 1974), and seven of the top eleven leading scorers, the only time in NHL history this has ever been achieved. They had 6 of the top 8 scorers in the league. Furthermore, the Bruins set marks for the highest scoring single season marks at every position: center (Esposito), left wing (Johnny Bucyk with 116), right wing (Ken Hodge with 105) and defense (Orr), as well as for a forward line (Esposito centering Wayne Cashman and Hodge).
Boston won the East Division championship in a runaway. In the West Division, the powerful Chicago Black Hawks had been moved there partially to accommodate the expansion Buffalo Sabres and Vancouver Canucks (both of which were placed in the East Division) but more in an effort to provide greater balance between the divisions. Chicago broke St. Louis' stranglehold over the division, winning handily over the Blues and advancing to the Stanley Cup finals.
The Montreal Canadiens, who missed the playoffs in 1969–70, appeared to be sinking once more. Players did not like Claude Ruel's dictatorial rule as coach, and Ralph Backstrom and John Ferguson retired. Ruel resigned and Al MacNeil took over. Both Ferguson and Backstrom returned, but Backstrom was later traded to Los Angeles for draft choices..
Recruit Goaltender KenDryden only player in history no be named MVP of playoff Conn Smyrhe prior receiving Calder ?
Memories
BookerL
(E1) Boston Bruins vs. (E3) Montreal Canadiens[edit]
The Montreal Canadiens were matched against the Boston Bruins, and in one of the most extraordinary upsets in hockey history, Ken Dryden was hot in goal for the Canadiens as they ousted the Bruins in seven games. Game 2 featured what many perceive as one of the greatest comebacks in NHL history. With the Bruins leading 5–2 heading into the third period, the Canadiens, who had trailed 5–1, scored 5 goals in the final session to win 7–5. The prominent Canadian sports journalist Red Fisher lists the Canadiens' comeback has the 8th most memorable moment in his over 49 years of covering hockey. In game 4, Bobby Orr became the first defenceman to get a hat trick in a playoff game when Boston won 5–2.
April 7 Boston Bruins 3-1 Montreal Canadiens Boston Garden
April 8 Boston Bruins 5-7 Montreal Canadiens Boston Garden
April 10 Montreal Canadiens 3-1 Boston Bruins Montreal Forum
April 11 Montreal Canadiens 2-5 Boston Bruins Montreal Forum
April 13 Boston Bruins 7-3 Montreal Canadiens Boston Garden
April 15 Montreal Canadiens 8-3 Boston Bruins Montreal Forum
April 15 Boston Bruins 2-4 Montreal Canadiens Boston Garden
Montreal won series 4-3
1970-71 NHL SEASONS
Regular season[edit]
For 1970-71 the NHL went to a balanced schedule, with each team playing each other team 6 times, three at home and three on the road, without regard to divisional alignment. Nevertheless, playoff qualification was determined entirely by divisional standings with the top four teams in each division qualifying.
This season saw a marked increase in goal scoring, especially by the Boston Bruins, who shattered dozens of scoring records as they set the mark for most goals by a team (399) by nearly a hundred over the previous record holder. They also set records for most victories (57) and points (121). Phil Esposito set records for most goals in a season with 76 and for most points with 152. Defenceman Bobby Orr won his second consecutive Hart Trophy and set a new record for assists with 102. The Bruins also had the four league leading scorers, the first time in history this was achieved (the only other time being by the Bruins in 1974), and seven of the top eleven leading scorers, the only time in NHL history this has ever been achieved. They had 6 of the top 8 scorers in the league. Furthermore, the Bruins set marks for the highest scoring single season marks at every position: center (Esposito), left wing (Johnny Bucyk with 116), right wing (Ken Hodge with 105) and defense (Orr), as well as for a forward line (Esposito centering Wayne Cashman and Hodge).
Boston won the East Division championship in a runaway. In the West Division, the powerful Chicago Black Hawks had been moved there partially to accommodate the expansion Buffalo Sabres and Vancouver Canucks (both of which were placed in the East Division) but more in an effort to provide greater balance between the divisions. Chicago broke St. Louis' stranglehold over the division, winning handily over the Blues and advancing to the Stanley Cup finals.
The Montreal Canadiens, who missed the playoffs in 1969–70, appeared to be sinking once more. Players did not like Claude Ruel's dictatorial rule as coach, and Ralph Backstrom and John Ferguson retired. Ruel resigned and Al MacNeil took over. Both Ferguson and Backstrom returned, but Backstrom was later traded to Los Angeles for draft choices..
Recruit Goaltender KenDryden only player in history no be named MVP of playoff Conn Smyrhe prior receiving Calder ?
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BookerL
Hi all
Any tennis,golf,racing or any other dicipline witch was worthy to be called one of sports greatest comebacks?
Warmest Regards
BookerL
Any tennis,golf,racing or any other dicipline witch was worthy to be called one of sports greatest comebacks?
Warmest Regards
BookerL
For my point of view of MY TEAM in NHL=.PITTSBURGH PENGUINS..i have too say that we did suffer a lot of deception....loosing all the players...because of money issue...the stars that left us..etc...it is still a nice team to come back over the years...and cant wait for 2014-2015...hope they are finally gonna wake up lolll...
http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com/nhl/pittsburgh/penguins.html
http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com/nhl/pittsburgh/penguins.html
Has individual comeback Sid The kid was a great story, sadly the team did not performed has expected!!
BookerL out
yes i agree..but i am talking with all of those years of that team...i did sometimes get worst...the bottom of the division etc......so still a nice come back i have to say...with all the pain my team suffer over the years...but they still have some work to do...
Philadelphia flyers 0-3 comeback against boston bruins!
Flyers overcome three-goal deficit to climb out of 3-0 hole
681
Associated Press
BOSTON -- Down 3-0 in the series, then down 3-0 in Game 7. It looked as if the Philadelphia Flyers had finally run out of rallies against the Boston Bruins.
Turns out Simon Gagne and his teammates were just warming up.
Fast Facts
• The Flyers became the third team to overcome a three-goal deficit in a Game 7 and the first to do so in regulation.
• The too many men on the ice call against the Bruins was the 33rd such penalty of the postseason and Boston's second.
• The last time the Bruins scored three first-period goals in a playoff game came in 2002 against Montreal in the first round.
• The No. 7 Flyers will meet the No. 8 Montreal Canadiens, marking the first time a 7 and an 8 seed have met in the conference finals.
-- ESPN Stats & Information
Taking advantage of a too-many-men-on-the-ice call, Gagne scored on a power play with 7:08 left for a thrilling 4-3 victory Friday night in the Eastern Conference semifinals.
The win set up a most unlikely matchup for a trip to the Stanley Cup final -- the seventh-seeded Flyers vs. the eighth-seeded Montreal Canadiens starting Sunday night in Philadelphia.
"If we believe in ourselves and keep going with this, who knows what can happen?" said Scott Hartnell, who scored Philadelphia's second goal.
Flyers coach Peter Laviolette added, "The game 7s are tough. There's a lot of pressure. It's a game that's made for men. And our guys proved to be men."
The Bruins became the third team in NHL history to lose a series after winning the first three games.
"The bottom line is we had a 3-0 lead in the series, we had a 3-0 lead tonight, and we blew them both," Boston coach Claude Julien said. "We have to take the responsibility that goes with it. Everyone."
The Flyers on the bench smacked their sticks against the boards when they saw the Bruins had an extra skater, trying to get the officials' attention. Vladimir Sobotka had jumped on the ice, but Marc Savard, who had raised his stick to call for a replacement, stayed on.
"I saw it right away," Flyers captain Mike Richards said.
More on Bruins-Flyers
The Flyers were able to complete their colossal comeback thanks in part to an all too familiar penalty agains the Bruins, writes Scott Burnside. Story
• McDonald: Boston in shock
• Kalman: Penalty cost B's
The whistle blew.
"I saw two centermen out there and I said, `What's going on?" said Milan Lucic, who had two goals for Boston.
The Flyers capitalized when Richards' shot from the right circle hit players in front of Tuukka Rask. The puck bounced and Gagne, stationed to Rask's left, flipped the puck over the goalie's right shoulder with 18 seconds left in the power play.
Gagne, who had four goals after returning from a toe injury for Game 4, thought the Bruins might have grown tense as their 3-0 lead began to shrink.
"Sometimes you're nervous and you make mistakes," he said. "Then they had too many men on the ice and that might be our chance to win the game and we did."
The only other teams to win a series after trailing 3-0 were the 1942 Toronto Maple Leafs, who beat Detroit, and the 1975 New York Islanders, who eliminated Pittsburgh. The other 159 teams that won the first three games in a series all won them.
The Bruins shot out to a 3-0 lead on power-play goals by Michael Ryder and Lucic and another goal by Lucic. And only 14:10 had been played. Then James van Riemsdyk scored with 2:48 left in the first period for the Flyers.
Second-period goals by Hartnell at 2:49 and Danny Briere at 8:39 tied it at 3.
When the final buzzer sounded, the Flyers poured off their bench and surrounded goaltender Michael Leighton, who started his second playoff game for injured Brian Boucher.
While the Flyers celebrated, the yellow towels that fans twirled to spur on their team floated to the ice, no longer needed until next season. Boston center Patrice Bergeron took a slap shot with one of them -- like the Bruins, it didn't go far.
Boston was hurt by the same too-many-men-on-the-ice call in the 1979 Stanley Cup semifinals against Montreal. In that Game 7, the penalty led to Guy Lafleur's tying goal with 74 seconds left in the third period, then Yvon Lambert won it in overtime for the Canadiens.
Boston lost its third straight Game 7 and first since falling to Carolina in last year's conference semifinals after battling back from a 3-1 series deficit.
The Bruins and Flyers played aggressively at the start with plenty of end-to-end action in the first 5 minutes.
Boston got a break when Hartnell was penalized for high-sticking at 5:19 and Ryder scored his fourth playoff goal on a rebound 8 seconds later. Another Bruins power play 3 minutes later led to another goal, this one by Lucic, who tipped in a pass across the crease from Dennis Wideman in the right corner.
Lucic struck again, scoring his fifth playoff goal five minutes later, at 14:10 on a shot from the right circle.
Leighton, who took over in Game 5 after sitting out nearly two months, didn't allow another goal.
Van Riemsdyk began the comeback with his first playoff goal 3 minutes after Lucic's second goal on a soft shot that trickled by Rask. That was the first of nine consecutive shots by Philadelphia. One of them was Hartnell's second goal of the playoffs. Another was Briere's seventh playoff goal -- on a wraparound.
Flyers overcome three-goal deficit to climb out of 3-0 hole
681
Associated Press
BOSTON -- Down 3-0 in the series, then down 3-0 in Game 7. It looked as if the Philadelphia Flyers had finally run out of rallies against the Boston Bruins.
Turns out Simon Gagne and his teammates were just warming up.
Fast Facts
• The Flyers became the third team to overcome a three-goal deficit in a Game 7 and the first to do so in regulation.
• The too many men on the ice call against the Bruins was the 33rd such penalty of the postseason and Boston's second.
• The last time the Bruins scored three first-period goals in a playoff game came in 2002 against Montreal in the first round.
• The No. 7 Flyers will meet the No. 8 Montreal Canadiens, marking the first time a 7 and an 8 seed have met in the conference finals.
-- ESPN Stats & Information
Taking advantage of a too-many-men-on-the-ice call, Gagne scored on a power play with 7:08 left for a thrilling 4-3 victory Friday night in the Eastern Conference semifinals.
The win set up a most unlikely matchup for a trip to the Stanley Cup final -- the seventh-seeded Flyers vs. the eighth-seeded Montreal Canadiens starting Sunday night in Philadelphia.
"If we believe in ourselves and keep going with this, who knows what can happen?" said Scott Hartnell, who scored Philadelphia's second goal.
Flyers coach Peter Laviolette added, "The game 7s are tough. There's a lot of pressure. It's a game that's made for men. And our guys proved to be men."
The Bruins became the third team in NHL history to lose a series after winning the first three games.
"The bottom line is we had a 3-0 lead in the series, we had a 3-0 lead tonight, and we blew them both," Boston coach Claude Julien said. "We have to take the responsibility that goes with it. Everyone."
The Flyers on the bench smacked their sticks against the boards when they saw the Bruins had an extra skater, trying to get the officials' attention. Vladimir Sobotka had jumped on the ice, but Marc Savard, who had raised his stick to call for a replacement, stayed on.
"I saw it right away," Flyers captain Mike Richards said.
More on Bruins-Flyers
The Flyers were able to complete their colossal comeback thanks in part to an all too familiar penalty agains the Bruins, writes Scott Burnside. Story
• McDonald: Boston in shock
• Kalman: Penalty cost B's
The whistle blew.
"I saw two centermen out there and I said, `What's going on?" said Milan Lucic, who had two goals for Boston.
The Flyers capitalized when Richards' shot from the right circle hit players in front of Tuukka Rask. The puck bounced and Gagne, stationed to Rask's left, flipped the puck over the goalie's right shoulder with 18 seconds left in the power play.
Gagne, who had four goals after returning from a toe injury for Game 4, thought the Bruins might have grown tense as their 3-0 lead began to shrink.
"Sometimes you're nervous and you make mistakes," he said. "Then they had too many men on the ice and that might be our chance to win the game and we did."
The only other teams to win a series after trailing 3-0 were the 1942 Toronto Maple Leafs, who beat Detroit, and the 1975 New York Islanders, who eliminated Pittsburgh. The other 159 teams that won the first three games in a series all won them.
The Bruins shot out to a 3-0 lead on power-play goals by Michael Ryder and Lucic and another goal by Lucic. And only 14:10 had been played. Then James van Riemsdyk scored with 2:48 left in the first period for the Flyers.
Second-period goals by Hartnell at 2:49 and Danny Briere at 8:39 tied it at 3.
When the final buzzer sounded, the Flyers poured off their bench and surrounded goaltender Michael Leighton, who started his second playoff game for injured Brian Boucher.
While the Flyers celebrated, the yellow towels that fans twirled to spur on their team floated to the ice, no longer needed until next season. Boston center Patrice Bergeron took a slap shot with one of them -- like the Bruins, it didn't go far.
Boston was hurt by the same too-many-men-on-the-ice call in the 1979 Stanley Cup semifinals against Montreal. In that Game 7, the penalty led to Guy Lafleur's tying goal with 74 seconds left in the third period, then Yvon Lambert won it in overtime for the Canadiens.
Boston lost its third straight Game 7 and first since falling to Carolina in last year's conference semifinals after battling back from a 3-1 series deficit.
The Bruins and Flyers played aggressively at the start with plenty of end-to-end action in the first 5 minutes.
Boston got a break when Hartnell was penalized for high-sticking at 5:19 and Ryder scored his fourth playoff goal on a rebound 8 seconds later. Another Bruins power play 3 minutes later led to another goal, this one by Lucic, who tipped in a pass across the crease from Dennis Wideman in the right corner.
Lucic struck again, scoring his fifth playoff goal five minutes later, at 14:10 on a shot from the right circle.
Leighton, who took over in Game 5 after sitting out nearly two months, didn't allow another goal.
Van Riemsdyk began the comeback with his first playoff goal 3 minutes after Lucic's second goal on a soft shot that trickled by Rask. That was the first of nine consecutive shots by Philadelphia. One of them was Hartnell's second goal of the playoffs. Another was Briere's seventh playoff goal -- on a wraparound.
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