Dominik Hasek’s performance in this game remains the greatest performance I’ve seen from a hockey goaltender. And Patrick Roy’s performance was nearly as great.
I am Canadian and i was 15yr old and this game was very intense. We knew the Czechs were a powerhouse and we knew Canada had a slight chance. This was one of the greatest times in Hockey ever.
@@theold4734 Were they though? 1995 - 2000 Czech won 3 world championships and ended 3rd in 2 others. I was a kid back then and we were always expecting the gold. Nowadays making quaterfinals is the expectation....
@@tomasmrazek8506 Yeah they were.... 1998 Olympics= best players from every country (NHL players actually playing there!) You cant compare championships to olympics. Most of those championships were played without NHL superstars. Also you shouldnt say 1995-2000! You should count 1993-1998. Why? Because those 2 championships we won were after Nagano not before. The fact is the we were outsiders in Nagano. Canada, USA, Russia, Finland, Sweden were supposed to be Top 5 teams there. We were supposed to fight for 6th place. Yeah we had Hasek and Jagr (one of the best players in the world), but those 5 teams had one of the best players too and they added Nhl stars. We added mostly extraliga players.
@@theold4734 The best two players in the world in 1998 were both Czech. To think that Finland had a better chance is a joke. Also every single WC had top NHL players. Sure it wasn't an all star full stack but it these were no amateurs. In those years Czechs won almost every WC and neither of them had Hasek nor Jagr in it. So even without the best two players in the world Czechs were winning almost every tournament.
@@lukebruce5234 Well yeah, but Most of the players werent even in NHL. Reason why they were winning was that they wanted Czech Republic to be proud again. They played with heart
@@templetonbob Lemieux was good one-on-one but nowhere near one of the best. Definitely did not have as quick hands as Jagr (but on the other hand Mario was even taller and had a pretty darn long stick - it's hard to stickhandle quick with that combination - even if Jagr adapted to a quite long stick and heavy weight as well). When Mario returned to the Penguins in his 30's, it was really hard for him to get around any player at all (while Jagr continued to deke around players close to his 40's!). Lemieux had amazing vision of the ice, ability to read the game and play making skills though. In that aspect better than Jagr. I'd say that Jagr was more about raw technical and physical power and Mario more about the rest you need to be a great player. Also, I think Jagr _wanted_ to be able to dominate the puck and one-on-one - and developed into that style of play even if training another style could have been more effective sometimes, Obviously both players were still good at most aspects of the game.
@@----ic6pwYou’re entitled to your opinion, but I’d have to respectfully disagree. Even a number of polls by hockey journalists, or players themselves, will say that when it came to the LEVEL OF NATURAL TALENT - particularly beating someone one-on-one, or given the opportunity for a penalty shot, Mario was the BEST EVER - even better than 99. Now, you ARE correct when you observed that Mario had more of an issue beating opponents one-on-one as he got older. That was actually one of the biggest reasons he retired the 1st time at the end of the ‘96-‘97 season. He said that between the back surgeries and the cancer he just was not able to play up to the standards he held himself to. And Jaromír himself will tell you that the main reason he came out of retirement was because he wanted his son Austin to be to watch his Dad play before it was too late. I also agree for the most part with one point you made about their respective strengths. Mario and Jaromír both were blessed with the height (Mario - 6’4” & Jaromír 6’3”) and those long limbs. I think Mario was more gifted naturally when it came to stick handling, etc. and Jaromír’s gift was more raw power. (I think that was how Bob Errey phrased it - Mario looked effortlessly graceful while he was beating his opponents while Jaromír was raw power just taking it to them). But Jaromír still idolizes, respects and loves Mario - he has said this himself, “Mario is the only player I could never beat, and the only one I never minded finishing second to. I respect him so much I didn’t even care.” But Mario HAS been a MASSIVE influence on how Jaromír developed as a player on the ice and as a man off of it. I remember when Mario went to NY to surprise Jaromír when the Rangers were doing a ceremony to honor him and Brendan Shanahan for scoring their 600th goals. The media was asking Jaromír about Mario because everyone could see he was GIDDY when Mario appeared (it was honestly cute 🤗) but he said that, besides his parents, that Mario inspired and influenced him more than anyone else and, the way he actually phrased it was “I am 80% Mario”
heartbreaker? Couldn't disagree more. One of the happiest days of my life, as a Czech living in Japan I was in Nagano to see the quarter finals, semi finals and finals live. Should have won it in regulation, the Czechs were the better team and Canada was very lucky to tie it a minute from time. But the better team then won anyway.
sorry, it wasn't "lucky" at all, and the better team did not win. the team that Hasek happened to play on, won. because without him Czech would have been lucky even with a bronze.
@@fecesd5g Well Roy was worldstar goaltender just as well. Although I agree Hasek may have been a bit better at the time. But it was wake up call for Canada. And while our hockey have plummeted since then, yours have flourished.
Dominik Hasek’s performance in this game remains the greatest performance I’ve seen from a hockey goaltender. And Patrick Roy’s performance was nearly as great.
I see Hasek in real life xD
I am Canadian and i was 15yr old and this game was very intense. We knew the Czechs were a powerhouse and we knew Canada had a slight chance. This was one of the greatest times in Hockey ever.
What are you talking about? Czechs were outsiders in Nagano
@@theold4734 Were they though? 1995 - 2000 Czech won 3 world championships and ended 3rd in 2 others. I was a kid back then and we were always expecting the gold. Nowadays making quaterfinals is the expectation....
@@tomasmrazek8506 Yeah they were.... 1998 Olympics= best players from every country (NHL players actually playing there!) You cant compare championships to olympics. Most of those championships were played without NHL superstars. Also you shouldnt say 1995-2000! You should count 1993-1998. Why? Because those 2 championships we won were after Nagano not before. The fact is the we were outsiders in Nagano.
Canada, USA, Russia, Finland, Sweden were supposed to be Top 5 teams there. We were supposed to fight for 6th place. Yeah we had Hasek and Jagr (one of the best players in the world), but those 5 teams had one of the best players too and they added Nhl stars. We added mostly extraliga players.
@@theold4734 The best two players in the world in 1998 were both Czech. To think that Finland had a better chance is a joke. Also every single WC had top NHL players. Sure it wasn't an all star full stack but it these were no amateurs. In those years Czechs won almost every WC and neither of them had Hasek nor Jagr in it. So even without the best two players in the world Czechs were winning almost every tournament.
@@lukebruce5234 Well yeah, but Most of the players werent even in NHL. Reason why they were winning was that they wanted Czech Republic to be proud again. They played with heart
Jagr wow... he's just an unique player. Nobody has come close to dominating the game one-on-one both technically and physically the way he did.
Lemieux was better one on one than anybody. Jagr is one of the best ever, but even he lived in Lemieux's shadow in Pittsburgh.
@@templetonbob Lemieux was good one-on-one but nowhere near one of the best. Definitely did not have as quick hands as Jagr (but on the other hand Mario was even taller and had a pretty darn long stick - it's hard to stickhandle quick with that combination - even if Jagr adapted to a quite long stick and heavy weight as well). When Mario returned to the Penguins in his 30's, it was really hard for him to get around any player at all (while Jagr continued to deke around players close to his 40's!). Lemieux had amazing vision of the ice, ability to read the game and play making skills though. In that aspect better than Jagr.
I'd say that Jagr was more about raw technical and physical power and Mario more about the rest you need to be a great player. Also, I think Jagr _wanted_ to be able to dominate the puck and one-on-one - and developed into that style of play even if training another style could have been more effective sometimes, Obviously both players were still good at most aspects of the game.
@@----ic6pwYou’re entitled to your opinion, but I’d have to respectfully disagree. Even a number of polls by hockey journalists, or players themselves, will say that when it came to the LEVEL OF NATURAL TALENT - particularly beating someone one-on-one, or given the opportunity for a penalty shot, Mario was the BEST EVER - even better than 99. Now, you ARE correct when you observed that Mario had more of an issue beating opponents one-on-one as he got older. That was actually one of the biggest reasons he retired the 1st time at the end of the ‘96-‘97 season. He said that between the back surgeries and the cancer he just was not able to play up to the standards he held himself to. And Jaromír himself will tell you that the main reason he came out of retirement was because he wanted his son Austin to be to watch his Dad play before it was too late. I also agree for the most part with one point you made about their respective strengths. Mario and Jaromír both were blessed with the height (Mario - 6’4” & Jaromír 6’3”) and those long limbs. I think Mario was more gifted naturally when it came to stick handling, etc. and Jaromír’s gift was more raw power. (I think that was how Bob Errey phrased it - Mario looked effortlessly graceful while he was beating his opponents while Jaromír was raw power just taking it to them). But Jaromír still idolizes, respects and loves Mario - he has said this himself, “Mario is the only player I could never beat, and the only one I never minded finishing second to. I respect him so much I didn’t even care.” But Mario HAS been a MASSIVE influence on how Jaromír developed as a player on the ice and as a man off of it. I remember when Mario went to NY to surprise Jaromír when the Rangers were doing a ceremony to honor him and Brendan Shanahan for scoring their 600th goals. The media was asking Jaromír about Mario because everyone could see he was GIDDY when Mario appeared (it was honestly cute 🤗) but he said that, besides his parents, that Mario inspired and influenced him more than anyone else and, the way he actually phrased it was “I am 80% Mario”
heartbreaker? Couldn't disagree more. One of the happiest days of my life, as a Czech living in Japan I was in Nagano to see the quarter finals, semi finals and finals live. Should have won it in regulation, the Czechs were the better team and Canada was very lucky to tie it a minute from time. But the better team then won anyway.
Heartbreaker for Canada, they thought they would win.
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sorry, it wasn't "lucky" at all, and the better team did not win. the team that Hasek happened to play on, won. because without him Czech would have been lucky even with a bronze.
@@fecesd5g Well Roy was worldstar goaltender just as well. Although I agree Hasek may have been a bit better at the time. But it was wake up call for Canada. And while our hockey have plummeted since then, yours have flourished.
@@fecesd5g I hope you realize goaltending is part of the game so yeah Czechs were the better team.
Guys don't forget Czech is small country but hockey team had strong Also they have some players in NHL which nice I'm so proud that I'm Czechoslovakia
But now only Czech. And so not a strong as in privious life.
@@AndriiNikolaiev eeee, we weren't Czechoslovakia back then.. we split up with Slovaks in 1993
One of the best match ever
Imagine having the greatest hockey player on your bench and you leave him there. Crawford's a clown.
No , Hasek was on the ice
Gretz was nothing special in penalties shots.
Tak jsem si zase pobrečel🤩
Not ez match but, we did iiiit
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