'97 season starts in Japan | Retro Recap | Canucks vs Ducks

With the 2019 NHL Global Series happening on November 8 & 9, let's revisit when the Vancouver Canucks and Mighty Ducks of Anaheim started their season in Tokyo on October 3, 1997

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[clubpenguin]

I hope this means the NHL is going to digitally restore old games, so I can watch prime Hasek

[tosyoboy]

I am a Japanese nhl fan.
I watched this game raw.
Paul kariya was unable to play due to injury
That's too bad.

[catholicactionbibleonlyist]

97/98 The first season without the Whalers

[imphirebird]

3:17 commentator is a natural born rapper xD

[dillonhamilton]

There’s like an 11 second time period there on this video, between approximately the 2:49 and 3:00 points in this video, where it sounds like the announcers are rapping to the music with their commentary. From the time around 2:49 where he says “Linden’s shot is hard, real hard.” I think... and then ending around 3:00 with I think him saying “Back to Treble, his shot deflects wide.”

[SliptreamSaint]

I love seeing the NHL players on the bigger international ice; more time and space with skilled players is always a refreshing change.

[TheIceman]

I remember watching the sharks-Oilers game on tv they opened in Japan too.

[kelnyyyce]

The start of Naslund era!! Only you old timer fans think about Messier. Naslund and the gang were just coming together. Which lead to Bertuzzi landing the Canucks Luongo and Naslund mentoring the twins. Who went on the 2011 finals. Crazy years.

[jamesw.pickering]

Is there any video footage of the Flames & Sharks games In Japan from 1998?!

[TN-juro]

I cant believe kariya wasnt even playing in this game😂😂😭

[TopSportsEdits]

I was surprised when the game was in japan

[andrewdeck]

wow, forgot just how bad old goalie pads used to be. It was a different game back then

[lelouchvibritannia]

This is just awesome to see people from outside of North America watch the NHL.

[RobDucharme]

I laughed out loud when they said the addition of Messier was the start of something special in Vancouver. LOL! Yes, the beginning of the darkest (and fortunately brief) era. Also, the colour commentator needed to stop yapping so much. It's as though he kept getting interrupted by the game.

[romangagne]

Shawn Antoski! A name you don't hear anymore

[ryukiT]

NHL sends a team with Japanese-Candian captain to play in Japan..
But he doesn't play...:(

[ScarecrOmega]

Too bad Kariya didn't play this game, kind of a wasted opportunity.

[XSpamDragonX]

Stand up goaltending sure looks stupid nowadays.

[daext]

is everyone skating slower? for some reason, it looks that way.

[brsn]

oh my god goalies used to be so useless