GOD KEEP OUR LAND, GLORIOUS AND FREE!!!!!!!!!!

Great National Anthem. Greatest? Maybe.

Listen to the Russian one & get back to me. But it’s up there.

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I fuckin love the Russians. Love em.

Watch this. Best 30 for 30

Ever.

Hell of a film. Rand University: Randy Moss was a damn good one too.

Here’s another. Life changing stuff. So good if you love hockey.

On Netflix?

Not sure anymore. Gots to look to find it. So worth it. Both that I just shared.

I’ll check them out, thanks!

I live in Alabama. I was hooked when si watched the 1980 Olympics.so during my teen years I listened to KMOX to the StLouis Blues hockey games. Great memories!

I’m moving to Birmingham hopefully in a year. Even though I’ve only played goal in roller hockey two years (back in 1996-97), I would love to play in the beginner adult league when I move up there.

Do it. Absolutely 👍

I’m going to go for it! Roller hockey was awesome, I know this will be more than that! Thanks and have a great day!

I'm turning!

The Russians created & perfected the game u like today. Without them we’d be stuck in 70’s style (skate your lane) hockey.

Ballet baby, they brought ballet & the opera to the fastest game on ice. And best game in history.

Mighty Ducks?

Yeah.

No.

Dang.

God’s gonna have to keep it free because the Canadian people sure aren’t doing it 😎

Red Wings fan over here from Scotty Bowman era and the Russian Five. In another life, I was hired to do an interview with them by the European Hockey publication. Unfortunately, they lost the game to Stars and Scotty didn't let anyone into the locker room, straight to the bus! It's my one humble brag. It's great to know about your passion for hockey nostr:npub1ng8zqsa04gzk5y4ch0nh43xrrpwqu27ydvf24s2cdzg5gv3upc7qycqjc0 🫂

Russian 5 & the way Bowman coached them (or really just let them be) is why he was such an amazing coach & that era existed for the wings.

He put his ego aside. True leader.

Incredible era for sure. The Professor was a true magician and they played with so much creativity.

Ballet & opera on ice.

And if they hit you, you knew it. Heavy heavy hockey players. Like bricks. 🧱

Vladdie was ruthless indeed!

Stevie Y is my favorite all time hockey player.

Man, 100%. A great guy!

From that era, my favorite Red Wings were Sergei Fedorov & Nicklas Lidstrom.

I’m a righties guy. Can’t like lefties. Sorry. It’s the rules.

I can't pick favorites from that era. The entire team was a unit. Darren McCarty's winning goal, I remember that.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqArFH7uYf0

I remember that well too. That’s my era of hockey. 90’s

And how have we not mentioned the Avalanche-Wings rivalry yet?!

"What's your favorite memory of that rivalry with the Avalanche?"

The Avalanche was my 90s team. Patrick Roy was my guy.

Roy was the best. Mental game better than any. Loved that guy.

John Vanbiesbrouk is my top all time goalie. I watched every game I could that he played.

I started playing hockey in 96 and both my favorite goalies played for the Cup in 1996. Vanbiesbrouck v Roy.

That's why I wore number 96.

👌🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Nic is developing & training the next Beezer & Roy for a living. That’s why.

We've got two guys in the NHL right now. Working on number 3. He's about 4 years away from his debut.

Amazing!

So cool to know!

Claude Lemieux was despised around the league not just by Detroit fans.

90s era hockey was wild.

Never forgave Messier for busting Linden's face in the '94 finals.

Even then, you could feel the Bettman tilt toward selling the game into the USA. He's still booed by Canadian fans mostly due to his influence on the game. Can't argue the success but it's a different game today then it was in the 1990s.

If Joe Sakic were a righty he’d be my favorite all time player.

But nope. He had to be a fuckin lefty.

I’d still probably be a Stevie Y guy though.

But Sakic was dynamic.

I enjoyed watching Sakic and Forsberg play together.

Here’s what nags me.

I know the payers don’t write the dumb fighting script. They want to play organically. I know the coaches don’t.

So who does? Bettman? That twerp. Or his marketing geniuses.

This, this bothers me. This thought.

Man, talk about a walk down the memory lane. Googoo Doll's "Iris" will forever be etched into my memory after the Wings won the cup.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXmFps8W6mU

Sorry for the potato quality but couldn't find a better version. It's ESPN's 1998 Montage dedicated to the Wings.

"The Russian Five" 2018 movie

is a fabulous documentary on the rebuilding of the Wings. The city of Detroit embraces Russians (Cold war as the backdrop), as hockey heros. It's a great example of sports transcending global politics.

👆👆👆👆👆💯💯💯💯💯🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿

I'll check it out 👍

Wendel Clark ftw

Awesome player & passer. Painted the ice red with beautiful sauce.

But I can’t like lefties. I’m a righty.

Sorry. Those are the rules.

He’s still got some of the best open ice hits of all time. He was a freight train lol

High skill. High IQ. And a fuckin tank. Tough to beat.

But still a fuckin lefty.

lol