Accompagné de Gilles Tremblay comme analyste. À mon humble avis, le meilleur duo et 2 références !

Nearly collided with Rene when racing down the steps at the Montreal Forum many years ago. After almost crashing, Rene said, in his exquisite voice "Excuse Moi", while smiling, and continued on. 8D

More like Danny Gallivan. Hewitt was awful.

@@MrPunkforlife Didn't get a chance to ask for an autograph?? Or were you frozen by the experience that you totally forgot??

My sentiments exactly. And the camera work was infinitely better in those days because they did close-ups during the actual play. It's obscene what people tolerate nowadays.

@@CaptZdq1 You don't need close-ups during the play now, because everyone has a 200 inch TV. LOL

and Palmateer whiffing on the easy save!

His whole career was a whiff

@@Deke1 The Habs in 1979 were loaded with players who were household names. Cam Connor wasn't even a household name in his own household.

I don't understand what happened to that guy. He was a really good player in junior and was the 5th pick in the first round of his draft year and he just never got anywhere in the NHL. This goal was one of two that he scored with Montreal and as you pointed out, he didn't really mean to lol.

@@canuck_gamer3359 After Pollack left, Montreal drafting went to hell. Napier was alright, but they passed over Mike Bossy (!). Doug Wickenheiser over Denis Savard or Coffey. Bernie Geoffrion's son over lots of great pros. The dynasty could have continued forever.

With no fans in the building...

And the habs will win again

FYI, the Leafs were not yet 'pathetic' in 1978-79. That came a bit later.

I love it when the Habs were manhandled by the tampa bay lightning in the 2021 final😂

@Dwayne Bb Yep. He turned out pretty good. Toronto had a history of acquiring 30+ year old players who were well past their prime. It's almost like they did zero scouting and relied on what they heard or saw from a player 5 years earlier.

SEND IN THE PYRAMIDS

Fan shots are easier to make when they happen accidentally.

Edmonton claimed him in expansion draft couple of months after this goal and he was eventually to the Rangers for Don Murdoch

He hadn't even played half his career NHL playoffs games yet. Just because you live in the montreal bubble, doesn't mean that players cease to exist when they leave.

Cam's bubble burst lol.

Fluke goal

Your crazy. Today's hockey is much better than this. Today's game is faster and has more skill.

@joe DiMaggio I wouldn't say I'm crazy. That's pretty extreme over a sports preference. I love modern hockey with how fast and skilled it is. All I'm saying is I personally prefer older hockey where it was more focused on the roughness and aggressiveness of the players.

@@marcanthonybattenberg7636 ok your entitled to your opinion. I've been playing and watching hockey since 1978, and I think that the game has evolved so much more for the better since then.

@@joedimaggio3687 The ONLY thing that bothers me is the size of the goalie gear. It's almost impossible to do what Reggie Leach did in the 1976 playoffs - i.e. come steaming down the right wing and just smack the puck past the goalie. Repeatedly. Lafleur did it to Cheevers in Game 7 after this Leafs series. You don't see goals like that anymore (although Nylander had a good one last year against Florida).

8O

That and many more scenarios like it to this day and on and on and....

Almost as special as that chicken that Alice served to Shifty Nelson!

Not to point out the obvious but your claim to fame is...????

Yes, and to be fair, this was 2nd overtime period

@@LDehautexactly. And also today there is no centre ice off sides which makes the game seem faster. Guy Lafleur would skate circles around teams in todays era.

They met two years in a row 78&79

@@NankerPhelge65 Montreal swept Toronto in 1978 and 1979. Toronto's win in game 2 (2021) was their first against Montreal (in playoffs) since 1967.

@@michaeleaster1815 and probably their last for another 50 yrs lol

Hammarstrom.

Huh? Sittler is an all time great and Lafleur is probably the best NHL player of the 1970s.

Exactly my thoughts! It might be because it was second overtime and everyone was tired, but there was absolutely no pace in this video. Players nowadays are much faster and more skilled, thanks to training regiments that didn't exist back then

@@estellechoq9536 Also Guy Lafleur drank like a fish and smoked like a chimney. Does anyone think a chain smoker would be able to play in the NHL today? NO chance

@@smokesletsgo2374 clearly you have no idea how long shifts were back then. News flash: they were way longer than the 45 second shifts in today’s hockey.

@ lonkylaine educate yourself before you post. Back then shifts were much longer than the 45 second shifts in today’s hockey. Did you know that it was not uncommon for center phil esposito of the boston bruins to stay on the ice for five minutes? Do you think today’s players could go full speed for that long?

Don’t count your chickens before they hatch!

Whoops!

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL ..... 8D

Wrong again Bob

both rarely get to the playoffs anymore

@@Deke1 That is more true of the Leafs, but not so much for the Canadiens. In the last 40 years Montreal only missed the playoffs 10 times. In the last 10 years they made the playoffs 6 times (missing 4 times). In the last 40 years the Leafs made the playoffs only 21 times. In the last 10 years the Leafs only made the playoffs 4 times.

They even put them into the same division hoping that they would play each other. Nope.

The dream now comes true.

That never works out for the Leafs anyways.

Cest bonne. Jattends francais

So you're an asshole who complains on a french video? Perhaps you should check populations, loser!

you mean Turnbull and Hutchison on defense?

The winning goal was not Palmateer's fault. The Leafs made a serious error in their own end, not controlling the puck. Montreal seized upon it... and a junior-level player would have scored on that play: right in front.

@@34Packardphaeton That's bullshit. Right through his legs on a whiffed backhand. No excuses.

@@leafyutube Connor tried to deke and Palmateer opened up going for the poke check on the deke. But Connor lost the puck and the deke never came.

In Ken Dryden's book, Dryden didn't think much of Palmateer, writing that he lacked discipline (to best of my recollection). Shooters figured him out. They'd make him make the first move and he (Palmateer) would be caught out of position, often flopping on the ice in order to stop the puck.

Palmateer came up with a 1-0, 39 save victory over Montreal in 1976.... and when the 2 teams met again, 4 days later, the Habs fired 9 past lil' Mike !

weak goal or not, what did you expect, Habs were again a dynasty at that point... going on their 4th straight cup win... now they recruit from the Shire....bottom team.