Remembering the '87 Canada Cup. Voted the best player in the final game of the 1987 Canada Cup? To both thrill and keep the goals at bay in a 3-2. May 28, 2008. NHL's All-Time Great Leaders. Yet, Lemieux teamed up with Gretzky in the 1987 Canada Cup as Lemieux would score the game winning goal in Game 3.

The United States-Canada gold-medal hockey game was certainly. With 34 seconds remaining for the game-winning goal. 1987 Canada Cup finals, Game 3 Sept. Oct 18, 2006. Resulted in goals for Canada, including the winning goal. Backyard Soccer 2004. Canada - USSR, Canada Cup 1987 Final, Game 3.

1987 Stanley Cup Finals 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Total 4 3 3 4 3 2 3 4 2 2 5 1 4 3 1 3 * overtime periods Location(s) () (1,2,5,7) () (3,4,6) Coaches Edmonton: Philadelphia: Edmonton: Philadelphia: Dave Newell (1,6) (2,4,7) (3,5) Dates May 17 – May 31 (Flyers) Series-winning goal (14:59, second,G7) Networks (Canada-English, 1, 2, 6, 7), (Canada-English, 3, 4, 5, and 7), (Canada-French), (United States), (Philadelphia area, 3, 4, 6), (Philadelphia area, 1, 2, 5, 7) Announcers and (CBC) and (Global-CanWest) and (ESPN) and (PRISM and WGBS) • • • The 1987 Stanley Cup Finals was played between the and the. The Oilers won the series 4–3, for their third victory.

This would be the fifth of eight consecutive Finals contested by a team from (the Oilers appeared in six, the in two), and the fourth of five consecutive Finals to end with the Cup presentation on Alberta ice (the Oilers won four times, the once). See also:,, and For the third straight year, the and finished the regular season with the two best records in the NHL.

(In, the Flyers were first in NHL standings and the Oilers second; in both and, the positions were reversed.) While the Oilers' success came from their vaunted offense, the Flyers relied on grit, defensive play, and solid goaltending from winner. The Oilers cruised into the Finals with relative ease, losing only two games in the process. They beat the in five games, swept the, and then beat the in five to win the for the fourth time in five years. The Flyers, meanwhile, had a much harder road. It took them six games to knock off the, went the full seven against the, and then beat Montreal, the, in six to claim their second in three years.

Game summaries [ ] The Oilers and Flyers met in the Finals for the second time in three years. This time, Edmonton was the regular-season champion with 50 wins and 106 points, and Philadelphia was second with 46 wins and 100 points. This was a rematch of the, where the Oilers beat the Flyers in five games. Unlike the 1985 Finals, this series went to seven games.