7. “Bobby Orr, behind the net to Sanderson to Orr! Bobby Orr! Scores! And the Boston Bruins have won the Stanley Cup!” Game 4, May 10, 1970, Bruins vs. Blues

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4yZZLXLmJk&feature=related

The goal. One of the most important and famous in NHL history. 'Nuff said.

8a. “The Colorado Avalanche have won the Stanley Cup! Raymond Bourque! A dream has come true!” Gary Thorne, 2001 Stanley Cup Final, Game 7

8b. “Joe Sakic will come out to receive it as captain, the Stanley Cup-winning Colorado Avalanche, and after 22 years…RAYMOND BOURQUE!” Gary Thorne, 2001 Stanley Cup Final, Game 7.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGovDkf6JHs&feature=related

Ray Bourque was moved to Colorado in hopes that he would be able to both bring them and himself a championship, something he hadn’t done in his long NHL career. It took 22 years, but Bourque finally found himself on the winning side of an NHL season. The 2000-01 Colorado Avalanche helped make Bourque’s wish come true, as did captain and future Hall-of Famer Joe Sakic when he handed the Cup straight to Bourque after receiving it from Commissioner Bettman.

9. “Rolston ahead, shoves it on, bearing back in is Zajac…backhander, he scooooores! …no!” Doc Emrick, calling a Phantom goal on March 23, 2009, Flyers vs. Devils

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwoZSqsA-rQ

If I may say, this is one of the funniest moments in recent memory. As everyone knows, Doc Emrick gets a bit crazy when a goal is scored. So what happens when he thinks a goal is scored, but it isn’t? Well, check out the clip that keeps my friends and I laughing on a regular basis.

10. “The drop comes to Kunitz moving in, to Crosby, ohhhhh! What a save! My goodness what a save by Varlamov! The save of the playoffs!” Doc Emrick, May 2, 2009, Penguins vs. Capitals

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwtNoIIWCLk&feature=fvw

In the semifinals, Penguins vs. Capitals, a two-on-one with Kunitz and Crosby occurs. Crosby has a wide open net and just barely tips it towards the goal. He puts his arms in the air to celebrate, only to see rookie nobody Simeon Varlamov reach back with his stick and just barely tip the puck away, in one of the most incredible saves of the 2008-09 season. Play-by-play man Doc Emrick went crazy (as he always does), yelling at the top of his lungs. The simple excitement of the game, the call, and the play itself, all combined, just barely puts it on this list.

Honorable Mentions

“He scores! He scores! Jeremy Roenick! Sends the Flyers to the Eastern Conference Finals! Sudden death magic for JR and the Flyers move on!” Jim Jackson, 2004 Semifinals, Game 6, Overtime.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4GWnqUeZVQ

Jeremy Roenick scores in Game 6 of the 2004 Semifinals in the Air Canada Centre to send the Flyers to Tampa Bay for the third round. Unbelievable moment, one of the most memorable. Watch the clip and you’ll understand why it’s so incredible. Simply chaos. But let’s let Flyers’ play-by-play man Jim Jackson explain why it’s one of his favorite calls.

“That call when JR scored in Toronto jumps out to me because I was out of voice. Basically what happened was play had gone back and forth for quite a long time and Kapanen got hit and I’m describing that and Toronto had a ton of chances, Robert Esche made some great saves and I know that in overtime, I was just about out of gas. And then here they come, two-on-one, I was out of breath, I was pretty much by the time he scores, sucking for air...that call certainly stands out, because I was lucky I made it through it, to be honest (laughs).”

“Here’s May going in on goal, he shoots, he scores! May Day! May Day! May Day!” April 24, 1993, Buffalo vs. Boston.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0xxSsEqjIk

Bray May is mainly known for his grit and physical play. However, one of the greatest moments in his NHL career came while on the Buffalo Sabres. In the 1992-93 season, the Sabres had finished fourth in their division and were set to face the first place Boston Bruins in the first round of the playoffs. Extreme underdogs, the Sabres went out and dominated the B’s, culminating in Brad May’s game four overtime series clincher, leading to long-time Sabres broadcast Rick Jeanneret’s famous proclamation.

Alan Bass is a Senior Writer for Bleacher Report, the Community Leader for the NHL and Philadelphia Flyers’ section, and a writer for TheHockeyNews.com, Prohockeynews.com, Insidehockey.com and Hockey54.com.  You can contact him at BergHockey24@gmail.com.

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