What your favorite Stanley cup moment?

When Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre joined Gazette columnist Dave Stubbs and myself recently on the HI/O Show on The Gazette’s hockeyinsideout.com website, he was asked if a possible Stanley Cup parade in Montreal this year would take the “usual route.”

That was former Montreal Mayor Jean Drapeau’s line during the Canadiens’ dynasty years in the 1970s when the Cup parade was almost an annual event.
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Four Cup wins in a row and six in the one decade of the 1970s, those were good times.

Perhaps the best moment wasn't even in the Cup finals that last year of 1979, but was in game 7 of the semi finals between the Habs and the Bruins. Late in the 3rd period, the Bruins were up by one goal, and then with under 3 minutes left, got a too many men on the ice penalty. On the ensuing power play, Lafleur scored to tie the game up and for O/T, which the Habs then won, sending them to the Finals.

The way Boston's goalie just fell back after Lafleur's goal went in... Wow.

I'm not exactly a hockey fan so this doesn't really answer your question but I want to tell you the story anyway. But it does concern the Stanley Cup.

In Ontario a guy I used to follow on the Internet went to a shopping mall where the Stanley Cup was on display. There was sort of a ramp that you could go up to the level of the platform where it was on display, and then back down. You could get within a metre of it. So there was a line of people going up and then down this ramp.

This guy was in a wheelchair but he got in line and powered up the ramp. Just then the guard came up. The guard picked up the cup and put it in this guy's LAP! He got to hold the Stanley Cup in his lap! I think that story tells you all you need to know about the difference between Canadians and Americans.

I was in a mall in Calgary a few years ago, just walking around by myself while my wife did some shopping. They had a few old horse-drawn buggies and wagons on display and I was walking around looking at them, when I saw an armed guard RUNNING towards me as fast as he could! I wondered 'OMG, what did I do?' He only wanted to open the doors on the wagons for me, and tell me how and when they were made! 8^)

When the blackhawks beat the Flyers in 2010

When Mark Recchi (already an SC Champ with Pittsburgh in 90-91 and with Carolina in 05-06) won the SC for the last time with the Boston Bruins in 10-11 and retired a Stanley Cup Champion.

When the Pens hoisted the Cup in Detroit.

May 1967, Final round. Montreal at Toronto. Leafs leading 2-1, with 0.55 to play, there's a faceoff in the Leafs end to the left of Leafs goalie Sawchuk. Montreal pulls goaltender Gump Worsley for a 6th attacker. Leafs defenseman Allan Stanley faces off against Jean Beliveau. He wins the draw &, with his right foot, kicks the puck to Red Kelly (who died on 2 May past at age 91). Kelly passes the puck forward to Bob Pulford, who skates out of the zone & backhands the puck across to George Armstrong, who is racing up the right wing. "The Chief" crosses centre ice & wrists the puck into the empty Montreal goal. Leafs win the game & the Stanley Cup.

It was in 1979: Montreal vs Boston semifinal, 3 minutes left in the third period, Boston leads by a goal. Don Cherry is celebrating his victory, bowing to the crowd.

Then Boston gets a too many men on the ice penalty. Montreal ties it and then wins in overtime.

A priceless moment.

June 7, 2018., watching Alex Ovechkin finally hoist the trophy. I tell ya, after Lars Eller scored that goal, I was still nervous for the last seven or so minutes of the third period.

Joe Sakic handing the Stanley Cup to Ray Bourque. He was one of the greats in the game, and it was good to see him finally win it.

when i poured coffee from my stanley thermos into it to drink during my break at work.

Game Four of the 1997 finals, when Darren McCarty took a pass from Lidstrom, undressed Flyers' defenseman Niemenan and caught Ron Hextall completely out of position for a tap-in of a cup-winning goal.

My Favorite Moment Was My New York Islanders Winning 4 Straight Stanley Cups.

Definitely, the moment when Kimmo Timonen was given the cup by Toews in the 2015 finals. He had previously lost in what was thought to be his last chance in 2010 when he was with the Flyers against those same Blackhawks!!! But now he won, with the team he lost to.

Bobby Orr "flying" after scoring the game-winner against the St. Louis Blues (1970).

Interestingly, Boston vs. St. Louis is the only matchup in which one city beat the other in four different sports:

* Boston Celtics beat St. Louis Hawks (1957 NBA Finals).
* Boston Bruins beat St. Louis Blues (1970 Stanley Cup Finals).
* New England Patriots (close enough to Boston) beat St. Louis Rams in Super Bowl XXXVI (2002).
* Boston Red Sox beat St. Louis Cardinals (2004, 2013 World Series).

The only true answer is Bure vs. Richter in '94. Everything about that moment just screams exciting hockey.

Seeing ovechkin win the cup.

It was a game with the Dallas Stars, back in the 90's. I don't remember the names of the players, but this guy from the Sabres ran one of the Stars players into the Plexiglas, and right before he hit, a fan put both his feet up against the glass and this clown hit full impact. You could see the bloodstains on the glass.