Last weekend I watched what was arguably the greatest hockey game ever played: Game 2 of the 1987 Canada Cup finals between Canada and the USSR. Canada won 6-5 in double overtime. Mario Lemieux had a hat trick. Wayne Gretzky had five assists and still calls it the greatest game he ever played.
I think Canada had 12 future Hall of Famers on its roster. You know it was a dominant team when you had perennial NHL All-Stars like Mike Gartner, Doug Gilmour and Dale Hawerchuk playing on the third and fourth lines.
6-5? Were the goalies drunk?