April 23, 1997: Wayne Gretzky nets a natural hat trick in the 2nd period leading the Rangers to a 3-2 victory a 3-1 series lead over the Florida Panthers
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38 Comments
Let’s go rangers 👏👏👏👏👏
I wish slap shots were more common in today’s game, but wristers and snapshots are proven to be more effective
The Great One🏒🥅
It's a power play goal! Can you watch games with sam rosen somehow in the playoffs? im not living in ny nor north america.
Damn
lol No way this guy would put up that many points in today's NHL.
I use to love watching him play. I saw him get #50 in 39 games. The place erupted!! You could feel the concrete shaking from the fan’s reactions.
What a man he was…. and is!!😊
Holy moly, look how slow the game is compared to today. It looks like the video is playing at 3/4 speed.
I was there with my cousin….Needless to say the Garden was Rockin!!!
i was at this game with my dad and cousin.
Sniper
He was a natural
His heads down the entire time lmfao
That move on the third goal, had everyone going the wrong way. Gretz knew how to make space.
Man the game was so much more slower back then.
Slapper from the middle of the circle is crazy
やはり、神様村上さま、じゃなく、グレツキーさま😊
Great to remember the Glory Days but that's not what happened last night!!
Slap shot that close to that net? In todays game he would’ve got attacked by the whole team, players are so soft now a days.
Goalies sucked so much back then lol
That team was like a cheat code. Robitaille, Messier, Gretzky, Leetch. Really crazy
whoa. who is this guy? he seems pretty good.
The thing is if he played in modern day it would never happen. He just played a different style for the age. With what he was doing he would be a 3rd liner in this nhl
He was great in that days game,however he wouldnt beable to do 90% of that he did in todays game and he even said that.
We could sure use Leetch and Gretzky now.
LETS DO IT AGAIN GOO RANNGERSSSS💙🇮🇱🇮🇱
You can't live in the past.
He is the true got
I hear that guys like Gretzky couldn’t play in today’s game. But he could have had even greater totals if he wasn’t in the clutch and grab era. Plus he used the old wooden sticks so that seems to cancel the larger butterfly goaltenders of today.
I find it hilarious that people say Wayne wouldnt adapt to the current game. His best hockey tool was his iq.
Forgot about that goalie
He always had the puck on a needle for a clapper
How in 1997 we didn’t win a cup blows my mind. Just based of the team messier richter leetch Gretzky Luke kovalev graves sundstrom lafontaine. I mean a line up you dream about.
He looks like he's playing on easy mode
Same announcer still commentating today
Connor taking notes!
This is the difference between McPrincess and The Great One.
The fact that the rangers still have the same announcer is just beutiful