NHL Playoff Legends: April 25th's Clutch Moments

0:00On April 25th, April 25th has dropped some legendary NHL playoff bombs over the years. Wayne Gretzky lit it up in 1985 with three goals and four assists for seven points, powering the Emmington Oilers to an 8-3. Sweep over the Winnipeg Jets. Four years later, Mario the Mew won up that with eight points, including the fastest hat trick in postseason history and five goals total in. Pittsburgh's 10-7th thriller against Philly. Penguin's fans got their money's worth on this day too. In 2008, they stormed back from a three-goal hole to beat the Rangers 5-4 in game one of the conference semis the Rangers had. Been 93-1 in that spot before. A year later, they did it again versus the flyers, rallying from three-nothing down with five straight goals to clinch the series. Patrick Roy owned overtime around here, stretching his Canadians playoff OT Win streak to 11 straight in 1994 with 60 saves in, a two-to-one victory over Boston.

1:02He kept rolling with Colorado two years on, hitting 12 in a five-to-four OT win, where Joe Sockick notched a hat trick. Toronto Maple Leaf sealed their third straight cup in 1964 with a four-nothing game seven shutout by Johnny Bauer the first goalie too. Do that in a final. Bobby Orr, dish three assists in 1972 to help Boston sweep St. Louis, breaking defense management records on his way to 19 playoff, helpers that spring. Fast forward, Mika Zibin-Ashad hit his sixth Rangers hat trick in 2021. Rupense set a star's playoff series points mark in two. 1023 and Sebastian Ahoh grabbed his fifth game winner last year. These moments remind us why playoff hockey hits different pure clutch magic that echoes through the league's history. That's your update from NHL News Today, powered by AI, I'm Corey with The Story.