Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rated by buyers NR (Not Rated)
Type of bind: DVD
EAN num: 0696306040927
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
Label: Universal Studios
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
Quantity: 1
Publishing house: Universal Studios
Region Code: 1
Release Date: July 30, 2002
Running Time: 55 minutes
Sale Popularity Level: 66463
Studio: Universal Studios
Theatrical Release Date: 2002
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I can't claim to be dyed-in-the-wool Red Wings fan, but every so often they do the world a service by knocking the Colorado Avalanche out of the playoffs, and any hockey fan has to acknowledge the brilliance of Scotty Bowman, the team's overall depth and the pure eternal class that is Steve Yzerman.
Having said that, I won this DVD on a bet with my dad over the outcome of the 2002 Western Conference Finals. I was in the process of moving the night of Game 7 and had no idea of the score until I was able to check the internet via my cellphone. When I saw 6-0 I couldn't believe it...eventually they tacked on the extra point and won 7-0. My dad thought I was bull$h!tting him when I called him with the score, and my 'Lanche-supporting friends could only take solace that as bad as that defeat was, Saudi Arabia's 8-0 loss to Germany in the World Cup the subsequent day was far worse.
Having said all that, the 2002 Stanley Cup Finals were an anticlimax as has been the case over the last several years. One all-powerful team makes it, and a quality opponenet from the othe other conference simply isn't to be found. As this DVD is designed to chronicle the highlights of the season, it would have been better if more attention and screentime was given to the Conference Finals (the series which truly decided the Stanley Cup; no hockey fan could doubt that). I wouldn't have minded an extra feature on the 2002 Olympic ice hockey tournament either, as the Wings had so many players involved. I guess that would have been stepping on the IOC's turf, though.
Anyway, it's a decent enough tribute to a truly amazing star-studded team...the interviews with the players, the preseason moves to put together a living Hall Of Fame team on ice, all of this is well-documented. A team this talented may never be assembled (or bought) in this fashion again. But the highlights just aren't as awe-inspiring as the team's actual accomplishment. The NHL owes a team this good something more, don't they?
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...can appreciate this, but only if they are a true hocky fan. W may never see a team like this again - made up of at least 9 potential HOFers and the greatest coach of all time. Tuff to swallow my pride? Yes. Great to watch? You bet.
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Being a huge Detroit Red Wings fan (and for good reason-they're the best ever!) This was an awesome video! If you love hockey (or even if you don't) by the time you are through watching, you'll be a lifelong devoted fan of Stevie Y and the fabulous Stanley Cup Champion Detroit Red Wings! GO WINGS!
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This video is entertaining as it is hockey and the Stanley Cup playoffs but it is ridiculous that the Red Wings won the Stanley Cup yet again. The Carolina Hurricanes played their hearts out throughout the playoffs and regular season despite ridicule by every other team and nearly every sports commentator and journalist. Nobody took them seriously at all even after they won the Eastern Conference Championship. Hopefully, they'll show that they can go all the way subsequent season. As it stands, don't get this dvd and instead the get the Carolina Hurricanes dvd "THIS Is Championship Hockey". It's great!
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This could have been a great DVD. It was the very first championship video to be released on the DVD format. The actual film was good, although it could have been longer. They could have included more of the earlier rounds and the reg. season instead of dedicating half of the video to the actual finals alone.
The extras were also lame. The stats are available anywhere on the internet and the Lidstrom feature was very short. The Hasek feature was just the NHL coolshots special about Czech players going home for the summer.
Hopefully in the future they will include much more features such as the closing ceremonies, photo gallery, more insider cameras at practices etc, and multiple camera angles.
I still like it though, I'm a Wings fan after all;-)
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