American Reacts to Canada's Greatest Sports Moments

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As an American I do not know much about Canada's sporting history. Today I am very excited to learn about some of Canada's greatest and most memorable sports moments. If you enjoyed the video feel free to leave a comment, like, or subscribe for more!

[mandralyne]

I remember when Crosby scored the 2010 golden goal. You could hear the screams and cheers across my entire apartment complex. It was A Moment.

[margaretjames]

A few of things about the 2010 Olympics Gold Medal game - First, the USA beat Canada in the preliminary round and, secondly, the US scored with like 24 seconds left in the game to tie it up and force the game into overtime (shattering for Canadian fans). Finally, the men's hockey gold medal win gave Canada a record 14 gold medals - the most for any country in a Winter Olympics.

[stevet]

The 1972 series against the Russian Red Army hockey team is probably near the top of most Canadians list. It's an amazing set of stories that had every single Canadian family glued to their TV sets! I'll never forget how our schools all had TV's in the classrooms for it and it completely dominated the news from coast to coast and a Canadian icon was born during that series. It will never be replicated.

[notkg]

Every time I watch thar Olympics clip, hearing Crobsy yelling "Iggy!" to Jerome Iginla on the boards gives me chills. It's just the urgency in his voice. Then Iginla just passing toward his voice. It's amazing.

[dznrboy]

The Joe Carter home run shook the entire stadium. I was working at the SkyDome as a beer/bar manager, at that moment I had all my staff with me as we all watched from behind home plate on the first level. When the pitch was made everyone held their breath you could hear a pin drop, and when Joe swung everyone knew he got all of the ball on the bat, and I could feel the entire stadium shake under my feet, we stood back and watch the pandemonium be unleash! It's a memory that will forever be ingrained in my mind.

[rickncam]

Many schools in Canada paraded their students down to the auditorium/gymnasium to watch the final game in the 1972 Canada/Soviet hockey summit. We sat on the floor and watched tiny TVs at one end of the room, yet we were all glued to the game. A truly difficult feat with a room full of kids. The auditorium, the school, the neighbourhood, the city, the province/territory, the country, the Canadian people as a whole went ecstatic when Paul Henderson scored the winning goal for Canada. The series was a true roller coaster ride. The first four games were in Canada and the last 4 games were in Russia. Canadian fans were very optimistic going into the series. We quickly jumped out to an early 3 nothing lead in the first game and many of us thought, at that point, that we were going to humiliate the Russians. To our shock, the Russians came back with precision passing, control and scoring --- winning the game 7-3. Our confidence rose when we won the second game 4-1. Both teams played to a tie in the third game. The fourth game and last game in Canada was definitely an important game. The Russians won the game and took a 2 Win, 1 Loss, and 1 Tie record back to Russia. Panic started to definitely set in when Russia also won the first game back in Russia. With the tie, Canada would need to win the next 3 games in order to win the series. In which, as you know, they did and they did it in truly hard-working Canadian fashion. In the final game, the Canadians needed to score 3 goals in the third period to win and they got the third one from Paul Henderson with 34 seconds remaining in the game. If the game had remained tied, neither country would have won the series since each team's record would have been 3 Wins, 3 Losses, and 2 Ties (overtime was not played). But, Canadians play with heart! In the minds of Canadians --- we were then on top of the world.

[CaptHollister]

For those of us who were alive at the time, nothing has ever approached the intensity of relief, joy, and national pride of the 1972 Canada-Soviet series. When the series moved to the Soviet Union the games were on during the day, when we were in class. Our teachers started bringing radios to class, then televisions, finally, for the last game we were all moved to the auditorium to watch it on several TVs (1972: giant screens didn't exist). Important moments have happened since then, but none can ever match 1972. This is also the moment in time when we learned to respect Soviet hockey. Soviet goalie Vladislav Tretiak became a household name and a hero to many of us impressionable youths.

[LindaM]

What about the women's Olympic hockey gold medal game in Sochi in 2014? It was Canada vs the US, and the US was leading 2-0 with only a couple of minutes left in the game. Canada came back to tie the score, and then win in OT. Marie Phillippe Poulin scored the tying goal and the winning goal. And Hailey Wickenheiser, team captain, played half the game with a broken foot.

[jinbrond]

Dave Ayres making his NHL debut at age 42 as a backup emergency goalie is a heartwarming story. He actually played for Carolina against Toronto but he was the arena's designated backup goalie when all of the Carolina goalies were taken out of the game due to injuries. He even ended up with an NHL win under his belt!

[billsbus]

Phil Esposito’s emotional speech to the nation following game 4 of the ‘72 Summit Series. A real turning point

[Orange_Fever]

Alphonso Davies making Canada's first goal in the WC, Andre De Grasse and Usain Bolt sharing a smile after a close run, Damian Warner gold in the Olympic Decathlon, And Womans soccer Gold medal olympics. These are some of my recent favourite moments.

[cindykoehn]

Crosby scoring in 2010 was unforgettable, nerve racking and entertaining! But Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir were my all time Favourite Canadian sport moment, also their 2018 performance was just as good too! 🇨🇦🏒⛸️🥌 Team Martin, Canada’s Curling 🥌 team in 2010 was up their too! The crowd was singing O Canada 🇨🇦 before it was over!! 🥌⛸️🏒

[LoriTalbot-duqt]

Definitely the 1972 summit series! All of our schools moved tv's into classrooms and we all watched the games! When Henderson scored I think the whole school shook! You have to remember that this happened during the height of the cold war. This was the first time a series like this had happened outside of the Olympics!

[fedodosto]

Don't forget Clara Hughes partcipated in both winter and summer olympics and won medals in both season, first as a cyclist and then as a speed skater. The only athlete to win in both summer and winter.

[jeffdutton]

I was a high school student in 1972...classes were cancelled for a special assembly in the school auditorium for us to watch the whole of game 7 in that Canada-Russia hockey series. When Paul Henderson scored that final goal it was magic, and utter pandemonium in the auditorium.

[porker]

I was in grade 6 for the Canada-Russia hockey summit. Every classroom had tv's in them and we were all glued to the sets. It was a glorious win!

[terrancebrown]

As someone who grew up an hour outside of Toronto I am happy the raptors won at least once in my lifetime and the Jays twice. More than I can say about the leafs.

[candytoo]

1972 Summit Series was huge. I was in grade 6 and our whole school was in the gym watching it on TV.

[marklittle]

The most Canadian celebration was on the Saturday half way in to those Olympics was the sight of Jon Montgomery walking through the crowd after his medal ceremony (gold) and high fiving everyone and someone hands him a pitcher of beer and he starts drinking out of the pitcher

[matthewbergeron]

I'm not a soccer fan at all, but our women's national soccer team is absolutely insane to watch in the Olympics. I think they won twice