The Best Playoff Series You've Never Seen - Stars vs. Mighty Ducks, 2003 WCSF

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In a matchup that was never meant to be, the 2003 Dallas Stars and Mighty Ducks of Anaheim played a magnificent series that has largely faded away into forgotten memory.
The first episode of "Playoffs Past", a series chronicling the great yet forgotten series in Stanley Cup playoffs history.
00:00 Introduction & Context
03:16 Game 1: The Marathon
10:48 Game 2: The Prodigal
13:16 Game 3: The Grind
17:17 Game 4: The Duel
21:16 Game 5: The Return
23:10 Game 6: The Classic
30:06 Final Thoughts
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@direwolf7080 Жыл бұрын

As someone who grew up on 90s hockey, Gary Thorne, and Doc Emerick, this was a fantastic video and a series you should continue. Absolutely great stuff.

@rs180216 Жыл бұрын

@@PinholesGraham devils redwings 95 is a good option. Definite David versus Goliath vibes

@skinnie2838 Жыл бұрын

Refs stole game 6. Unreal.

@john-ic9vj Жыл бұрын

And don't forget the "heroism" of Steve Levy. He was the commentator for the 5th, 4th, and 3rd longest games in NHL history.

@ugly_poe Жыл бұрын

These teams and the Stars + Sharks had some insane series in the early 2000s. Pacific was a blood bath.

@saber26ful Жыл бұрын

I still remember that epic 4OT game between the Sharks and Stars in 2008!

@ugly_poe Жыл бұрын

@@saber26ful one of the best series ever

@mastadlo Жыл бұрын

These goal reversals we're horrible. People think some are bad today, but these were absolutely awful. Horrible rules.

@loganr7788 Жыл бұрын

If you look at it, the stars player knocked the stick out of Giguere’s hand in that game 6 goal that was reversed. It should’ve been reversed for that.

@therealjaystone2344 Жыл бұрын

Some say it was scripted because all sports does it

@phillarkin880 Жыл бұрын

@@angryjaybyrd6507explain the connection between the race, religion, of a hockey commissioner and calls during a hockey game??

@michaelchernjawski4908 Жыл бұрын

I am such a big fan of your narrating style. The way you don’t reveal the outcome before setting it up and having every moment seem like a cliffhanger is so cool. I knew the end result of this series going in, but it really was more compelling than I would’ve ever imagined. I’m excited to see more stuff from you in the future!

@PinholesGraham Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the compliment, Michael! I'll be sure to keep that style going :)

@1bert719 Жыл бұрын

Man I forgot how loaded that Stars team was. Makes the Ducks win even more impressive all these years later. Although I remember the tedium of the Minnesota series with painful clarity.

@mst3k54 Жыл бұрын

Oof, that WCF vs Minn was sad. I think they only scored 1 goal the entire series and that was in game 4 of the sweep

@1bert719 Жыл бұрын

@@mst3k54 Correct, Andrew Brunette in the 1st period of game 4. Both an incredible achievement by the Ducks and a horrible experience to anyone who watched these excruciating trapping games!

@chrisuncleahmad 8 ай бұрын

I think that DAL/MIN or ANA/VAN would have made for a better series if you had one upset in the West semis

@SPAR888 15 күн бұрын

The reason why it was so easy was because the Wild had to play two full 7 game series against the Avs and canucks while the ducks only played 10 games

@mst3k54 Жыл бұрын

That Ducks team was special. I watched game 1 at a friends place. At the start of the game their was a fair amount of people there. Watched the whole damn thing. Just before the 5th OT my friend walks out of his bedroom in his PJ’s “Dude! This game is STILL on?!” He sits down to watch the 5th OT, rest is history

@The6stringpenguin Жыл бұрын

My Rangers were complete trash in this era, but watching playoff hockey on ESPN and then switching over to “the Deuce” for the later west coast games narrated by Clement, Thorne, Doc, and Darren Pang was such an amazing era in hockey. So many stellar goaltenders at the time, and Giguere was an unexpected BEAST then. I skipped a lot of my early morning college classes due to lack of sleep with all these overtime games! Such great memories!

@HereComesTheStormTrooper Жыл бұрын

Living in France, all I had for hockey twenty years ago was video games. And only that made me fall in love with the game back then. The way you bring back those moments, just make it even more magnificent. Amazing content.

@ekaj13_ Жыл бұрын

Grew up a Stars fan, this was one of the first playoff years I watched as a kid. JS Giguere was insane!

@goodsolonius7305 Жыл бұрын

They should have kept the North Stars name and logo. Who cares if Dallas is in the southern USA, it's still the northern hemisphere

@rangerschamps94 Жыл бұрын

JS was nothing but a fluke

@josephnajarian2038 Жыл бұрын

As a Devils fan, that Cinderella run by the Ducks was unforgettable. Those upsets in the first two rounds and Giguere’s performance against Minnesota were absolutely crazy. I really wish Marty would have gotten the Conn Smythe with his incredible performance in the Finals, but there’s no denying that Giguere’s postseason performance was one of the best ever despite his team losing. You should make a video like this for the 2003 Conference Finals between the Devils and Senators. That Game 7 was one of the best games I’ve ever watched.

@stevenbauer4799 Жыл бұрын

brodeur deserved no conn smythe. three cups. no mvp's because he played behind a team that trapped and got away with clutching and grabbing and had that head hunter scott stevens roaming around taking guys like paul kariya's head off in finals. roy proved in '01 he was the best goalie and won three conn smythe's to prove it.

@framneck28 Жыл бұрын

Couldn’t have said it any better myself. Those Devils teams were trash and that system ruined hockey. Marty was crybaby turd too. Good career, but overrated.

@stevenbauer4799 Жыл бұрын

@@framneck28 yep. ugly era of garbage nhl hockey that began after schmuck bettman took over and lasted a dozen years as clueless did nothing about it like a real commish should have. and broudeur held on way too long until no one wanted him to pad his win totals. total fraud.

@SuperTugz Жыл бұрын

@@stevenbauer4799Everyone clutched and grabbed back then though. As much as people try to discredit Marty he was actually a centerpiece to their whole neutral zone trap via his puck handling ability. Of course you know today's trapezoid rule is the "Brodeur rule." The best way to beat a neutral zone trap is to dump and chase, and because Brodeur would quickly play the puck in the corner and dish it out a lot of great forechecks were outright left completely helpless as a result. Other teams tried to copy this (Marty Turco was pretty good at puck handling too) but no team could quite do this so effectively. And I'm a Pens fan who HATED the Devils and Brodeur for every reason described but he was legendary. I agree Roy was a better goalie but in when it comes to his play in net Marty was positionally sound with excellent rebound control, so he didn't have to rely on athletic ability to make saves, the puck was just immediately caught and covered. He's top 3 all-time with Roy and Hasek no matter which way ya try to spin it

@stevenbauer4799 Жыл бұрын

@@SuperTugz who cares what fkn pen fans thinks. pampered ass delusional fans who think nhl revolves around them that used tanking to their advantage. so you know nothing. brodeur in a more wide open era would not have had success like he did without the clutching and grabbing nj did. and no all teams did not clutch and grab. wings won three cups on puck control using a left wing lock not a trap. tb bolts in '04 won a cup by being a fast high tempo team no clutch grab needed. and '03 playoffs was the pinnacle of clutch grab hockey and an embarrassment to the game led by nj clutch grab trap. and roy and hasek both played in the high scoring and trap eras and were great in both eras and have the vezinas and conn smythes to prove it. And roy proved he was the best when he stoned nj who had a high scoring team in gms. 6-7 of '01 finals. no matter how ya spin it doesn't change that fact. and i know all about the fkn trapezoid rule. bettman's fault he should have put a leash on the 'trap' long before it got to that point. could have just banned it like the zone d in nba. thats what happens when you put an nba a hole/lawyer in charge of the nhl.

@DanBris Жыл бұрын

this playoffs made JS giguere go from somebody me and my friends had never heard of, to somebody we all emulated on the elementary school floor hockey team.

@Noah1997callahan Жыл бұрын

The stars have always had such a good and loud fan base. Super underrated fanbase

@PinholesGraham Жыл бұрын

You wouldn't happen to be one of them, would you? XD

@Noah1997callahan Жыл бұрын

@@PinholesGraham nah bro I am unfortunately a fan of the most successful franchise in NHL history, however I have never been alive for any of their championships..

@Boxinghockey23 Жыл бұрын

Dude holy shit please make more of these videos. Absolutely phenomenal. Need this type of stuff because it’s so hard to find quality content from the era us 90’s 2000’s kids grew up in

@achildr1 Жыл бұрын

Call it the Dead Puck era if you will…but, especially as a Red Wings fan, the playoffs from 96-04 was some of the best playoff hockey that will ever happen. It was WAR.

@BoyNamedSue4 Жыл бұрын

As a ducks fan I have a lot of great memories from this run. Hard to believe it was almost 20 years ago.

@arturshigapov4075 Жыл бұрын

I's always thrilled by Ducks improbable 2003 run and your comprehensive analysis clarifies important part of that run for me. Well done!

@datadyneproductions9101 Жыл бұрын

I was at Game 6. The atmosphere was freaking insane.

@BTG077 Жыл бұрын

I'm really enjoying this style of content on forgotten playoff series'! I remember watching Game 1 of this series on TSN, but only the ESPN feed has been digitized to this very day. "Sykora SCORRRES!" - Gord Miller

@BTG077 Жыл бұрын

No problem! Finding footage is indeed the tough part of making videos like this. I’ve been trying to find full game footage from the 2006 Tampa Bay-Ottawa series where the Senators won in 5, however I have been unsuccessful. I have found footage, but it’s just from DVDs without the actual full game. I’d like to see those five games fully digitized as soon as possible.

@AvsJoe Жыл бұрын

Liked, commented, and even shared the video to a couple subreddits, the algorithm better take note of it. Your vids are excellent PG, I hope this video finds a large and appreciative audience

@JoshJaster 3 ай бұрын

I remember watching this series live on TV, my college roommates who were not hockey fans were glued to the rest of the SC Playoffs that year!

@CasuallyCommentingBaseThings 3 ай бұрын

You’re a good man for showing them “the way” 😅

@JoshJaster 3 ай бұрын

@@CasuallyCommentingBaseThings I remember yelling at them to come in the room and watch after the 3rd OT. Everyone on the ice at that point was skating like they had weights on their legs. I don't think I've ever seen an NHL game slow down as much as it did at that point.

@rossbeamer3928 Жыл бұрын

KZfaq randomly recommended this to me and I am grateful! Beautifully done, friend.

@Sharks4Cup408 Жыл бұрын

There's a surprising lack of NHL Playoffs footage from 2002 and 2003 on KZfaq.

@theofarano3001 Жыл бұрын

Your videos are actually awesome. Your channel is going to blow up soon!

@_thebearden_ Жыл бұрын

This was a really cool deep dive! Seeing the clips of each game in the series makes me want to see Gary Thorne back on commentary so bad.

@frenchcustard1014 10 ай бұрын

What is this! Game one and two were practically the carolina florida series 😂 great vid btw!!

@joelsimeone5112 5 ай бұрын

My family didn't have cable at this point, so I remember spending the better part of four hours listening to the radio broadcast of Game 1's multiple overtimes in the living room with my Dad. It just would not end! Game 2 was on ABC, so while the footage was hard for you to find, I do remember seeing that one live

@ddss97 Жыл бұрын

Keep making these; unique, engaging and just plain amazing. There’s no other hockey content like this anywhere.

@iggystompbarnyard 3 ай бұрын

This cup run was the highlight of my childhood being a Mighty Ducks fan.

@noisepoIIution Жыл бұрын

How do you have less than 500 subs?! Such a great job, it's unfathomable

@UnleashthePhury Жыл бұрын

I watched this series - it was friggen awesome.

@TheGoofygoobr Жыл бұрын

One thing we should all agree on, both those jerseys and uniforms were sick. Best times!

@FatLikeKessel 10 ай бұрын

That 2015 Blackhawks Ducks series was also right on par with this

@turtleguydx Жыл бұрын

What an amazing video! The editing, storytelling and the structure of the video was fantastic! I had no idea this was such a good series and was very fun to watch, definitely earned a like and a sub!

@PinholesGraham Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the kind words, Evan! So glad you enjoyed it :)

@huntersanders1464 Жыл бұрын

So glad this came up on my recommended, awesome storytelling and a series that absolutely deserved a video like this.

@PinholesGraham Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching, Hunter!

@douglaslueckemeyer9723 7 ай бұрын

I was at game 1 of this series. Thought it would never end ….

@mst3k54 Жыл бұрын

You HAVE TO do the Islander vs Penguins 1993 2nd Round Playoff Series! The massive punches and counter-punches those David & Goliath teams threw at each other was legendary. The death of Pitt’s Super Mario Dynasty-that-almost-was!

@aidanmc6098 Жыл бұрын

Bless the algorithm this channel rocks

@raymondprentis2359 4 ай бұрын

Watched this a few times! I’m a die-hard Ducks fan. This run was special. Heart beats skill every time. Or to quote Kevin Durant “Hard work beats talent when talent fails to work hard”

@CasuallyCommentingBaseThings 3 ай бұрын

It’s been a rough few years but the boys will be back in the Ploofs soon. So much talent

@EvanEscher Жыл бұрын

The Mighty Ducks that postseason were 7-0 in OT, and 12-1 in 1 goal games.

@ajbolt7 Жыл бұрын

Man I’ve been itching for videos like these with hockey. This is absolutely fantastic stuff dude can’t wait for more.

@gregs4986 Жыл бұрын

My Dad took me to game 3... rip dad love you

@MSGVault15 Жыл бұрын

You need way more subscribers and viewers, I went down a rabbit hole on your videos and they've all been great. Great work, man!

@Outta-hz1ej Жыл бұрын

Stumpy Thomas was such a big loss for the Leafs and such an underrated gain for the Ducks. So clutch. Especially in overtime. If the Leafs kept him in '02 they might have won that conference finals series against Carolina with 3/6 games going to OT.

@jarrettfinney4882 Жыл бұрын

As a childhood stars/ducks fan, and as a lifelong stars fan, I still remember this series. I liked the ducks because of the movies but I was a stars fan already, so we would make a point to catch the game every time the ducks were in town. We didn't see any of this series live, but we did see the game before this that they played. If I remember correctly, the stars won in a shootout. Jussi jokinen won it with the juicy juke. One of my favorite movies ever!

@KevinMcGannon Жыл бұрын

The Stars had a player with 1300+ career points as their 4th line center. Wild. Turgeon doesn’t get the respect he deserves.

@Sagarsrage Жыл бұрын

As a Canucks fan you might remember that season that the Vancouver Canucks were dynamo. They choked away 3-1 lead against the Wild (maybe you could break that series down and how they choked). To this day people think the Canucks would have beaten the Ducks in the conference finals. I don't think they would have. Great video. I forgot how good Dallas was that season.

@lalk3434 7 ай бұрын

As a die hard leafs fan ..about 13 years old when this run happend ...i was heartbroken when cujo left to sign with the wings...we went to 2 conference finals in 4 years ...felt like we were a small piece away ...cujo was huge for us ..still wanted him to do well ..remember him losing in the first round ..bitter sweet

@justinmann4534 Ай бұрын

So many good memories...thunder sticks, Maggie the Rally monkey, clutch scoring, all world goaltending. What a time to be alive

@itzjoboy5782 11 ай бұрын

Came back to watch this video again after all of the comparisons made between Bobrovsky and Giguere. Amazing video for the second time!

@Regel2008 Жыл бұрын

Man I remember this vividly. 12 years old I was cheering on the Ducks. How could you not know about Steve Rucchin, he’s part of the most underrated trio in NHL history along with Kariya/Selanne haha he was there when they both got inducted to the HOFs. Beside the fact, glad I stumbled on this video. But that quote by Steve Levy will always be iconic to me (Next to Gary Thorne’s “On the floor. On the board. Paul Kariya”) This Ducks team was just legendary same with the Wild too as they were in a Cinderella run

@Dickinabox Жыл бұрын

Side note both these jerseys were creative and beautiful.

@PinholesGraham Жыл бұрын

I agree! The Western Conference has some of the best logos & color schemes out there.

@nikevisor54 Жыл бұрын

you appeared in my recommended and I had to click. I'm only 2min in and I'm already hooked. stoked to watch more of your stuff and excited to watch you grow

@bipity-bob Жыл бұрын

6:00 I had no idea that you could do that (im 16) in older hockey. thats the easiest call ever these days

@tomkmb4120 Жыл бұрын

How the hell have I only just stumbled upon this channel and how the HELL do you have less than 1k subs!? Love the content style, have subbed and can't wait to check out more!

@MSL28 Жыл бұрын

Awesome freaking video man! Loved every second!

@ThrashHky Жыл бұрын

Great work man, look forward to seeing what else you have up your sleeve

@frankiedefi Жыл бұрын

Watched this and every other marty turco playoff series on my square TV. He has some greats.

@nathanielcava5860 Жыл бұрын

Stars were also in that crazy long game against the canucks

@liamriley54 Жыл бұрын

Great stuff man, best of luck on your future!

@loC2ol Жыл бұрын

This is awesome! You need WAY more Subs! Your work is fantastic!

@dymd3z 11 ай бұрын

I’m so glad your videos randomly showed up on my feed, they’re amazing and fun to watch! They must take hours upon hours to make, but please do more, these are probably the best hockey videos out there.

@PinholesGraham 11 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for watching and for the kind words! :)

@Nickify- Жыл бұрын

This was a fantastic video. When looking back on great series, it's easy to overlook one like this where it isn't a conference or cup finals. You've definitely earned a sub, keep up the fine work!

@jefferyalberter9922 Жыл бұрын

J.S. Giguere in his oversized pads = the perfect avatar of the dead puck era.

@LF-ci7sp Жыл бұрын

wrong

@BrandonHetu Жыл бұрын

God I miss gary thorne

@paterson90 Жыл бұрын

Those are the best Anaheim jerseys ever!

@jerichobeach2967 Жыл бұрын

It was a shocking playoff year. Canuck guy here we lost round 1 game 1 6-0 at home to the blues then went on to win in 7 only to have the wild make history against us by being the first team to come back from being down 3-1 in back to back series and win. Then they go on to get swept by the ducks who had the kariya hit the kariya goal and making it to game 7 where don cherry said if the ducks win game 7 he would jump from the rafters in a crazy finals series neither team could win on the road

@pavel012 Жыл бұрын

what a great retroperspective video. What a bright series of a Ducks's path to the Stanley Cup final'03 (and is in shaddow of Final Series, imo).

@adamdesanti6713 6 ай бұрын

Goaltending Equipment Manufacturer: "With these new light-weight materials, we can give you an extra few inches of surface area. Where would you like it?" J.S. Giguere: *yes*

@untexan Жыл бұрын

Don’t let JS Giguere’s bus bench pads distract you from the fact that he was wearing about a 12XL jersey

@enchanted2k797 Жыл бұрын

amazing video like always

@user-js4mx7su2z Жыл бұрын

Very interesting video!!! Nostalgy))

@MrNoNaMe1080 Жыл бұрын

this video is really well done. shouldn’t be free. you have to keep making videos. caught the american psycho reference too haha

@anthonyscott3007 Жыл бұрын

Great video was randomly suggested to me, I disagree with you thinking the reverse goal calls were wrong. You could see the net lift up both times and play is supposed to stop when that happens even if it falls back down.

@BretKenworthy Жыл бұрын

This is an incredible breakdown. Brings back some fond memories, keep it up!

@Pucku33 Жыл бұрын

this was great - well done

@filrut Жыл бұрын

Love your stuff. Can't wait to see what you come up with next.

@krishammond272 Жыл бұрын

Great video man, remember watching this series as a kid as was great to relive it

@greg969 Жыл бұрын

Amazing commentary miss old brutal hockey

@brevinmonroe7977 Жыл бұрын

Good work on this video man. Very well done and entertaining.

@becurley123 Жыл бұрын

Excellent video man! You got me in! More like this please

@N7Sovik Жыл бұрын

This is a phenomenal video! Great work!

@PinholesGraham Жыл бұрын

Thanks, Nathan!

@PotatoGobbler_ Жыл бұрын

Very great video!

@TheSamzidat 9 ай бұрын

These videos are incredible 👏👏 perfectly capturing the magic of playoff hockey.

@TedLillyfan15 Жыл бұрын

Great deep dive into a series I wasn’t familiar with, looking forward to more. Subbed!

@superpokeproduction Жыл бұрын

Great video! Can't wait to see more

@PinholesGraham Жыл бұрын

You won't have to wait long! ;)

@aidan8473 Жыл бұрын

I was actually cheering what a crazy series

@alexmurphy5289 11 ай бұрын

What an incredible video. I’m a huge Stars fan and watching this brought me back to our peak. Subscribed!

@Meerkatx5 Жыл бұрын

This was beautifully done. Thanks for taking me back to this series, I think I had erased it from the memory banks. Rewatching this series unfold, I remember the frustration I felt at times. Some of the worst playoff calls and officiating I've seen. This was a stacked Stars team that was fun to watch when they were on.

@SofaStripes Жыл бұрын

only found your video a few days ago with the avs vs Det, being a AVS fan myself I loved the way you went in depth with it all. Keep it up man these videos may not have many views yet but oh boy can you feel the soul being put into each one of them

@Prod.owen_ Жыл бұрын

Awesome video, pretty cool that Giguere ended up winning the Conn Smythe without winning the cup

@SolidSnake684 Жыл бұрын

Great video! These were two of my favorite teams as a kid (even if they were both rivals to my hometown Wings). I loved their jerseys, but what I really loved was watching their goalies. Turco and Giguere were two of my heroes growing up, even tho I was a defenseman myself. What a series! Such a shame the Ducks didn't win it all this year.

@idontgivetkachuk Жыл бұрын

Just stumbled upon this channel and it’s a Diamond in the rough! Great stuff man!! Look forward to seeing what other unique stories you have to uncover!

@B.Launders Жыл бұрын

Really good documentary; excellent production quality. Earned yourself a new subscriber.

@matejtrnovec9144 Жыл бұрын

Great work with this video, very interesting series. I like your almost methodological approach and that whole "making this story a myth" narative. Keep it up, I´m giving subscribe and can´t wait for another part of this series.