Lazy Sunday - 1987 Canada Cup, Gretzky to Lemieux for game winner
by FrankD on Aug 30, 2009 6:00 AM EDT
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PrintToday I'm just going to post a video because, outside of the occasional story focused around Tampa Bay allegedly signing Alex Tanguay, there really isn't much going down.
Call me a nerd, bookworm or what have ya, but ever since I was a kid I'd spend my summers with a decent reading list. This summer is no exception. Although the list isn't all hockey-centric, my current pick is. Go to the Net by Al Strachan is a book that focuses on eight goals that changed the game. Although I'm only three chapters in, I had to share this one with the class.
1987 Canada Cup.
USSR vs. Canada.
Wayne Gretzky connects with Mario Lemieux in what turns out to be the game winner. (right around 2:30ish) But I'd also suggest you give the whole video clip a look. I was too young at the time to remember it and TV broadcasts weren't what they are today, but this is definitely old school hockey at its best.
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Old school is right
My favorite part of that play is, and always has been Dale Hawerchuk hooking Bykov, who would have been in perfect position to defend Mario, and maybe prevent the goal.
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personally I like how Larry Murphy beat the rush and stood right near the crease and acted as a decoy. Mario in the slot or Murph down low. Who do YOU pass to?
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In 1987?
Gretzky could have gone either way. That goal made Mario a legend at age 21, especially piggybacked onto the game 2 hat trick goal in double OT….honestly, I’m not sure if I actually watched game 3 live or not, but I remember seeing game 2.
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Perhaps, but Gretzky had pass on his mind. He said so in the thing I just read and you can even see he wanted nothing to do with the puck after he dished it to Mario. Passing it off to Murph down low would’ve been a percentage move, but the team knew that Mario was picking up his game and they all wanted him to shoot more. I say you still give it to Mario and let him hit the corners, which is exactly what he did.
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that is argueably the game that and the tournement that made mario a leader. everybody in pittsburgh that watched the thing unfold said “whoa we gotta get this guy some support”
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