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Red Alert - Hockeytown 3 - 2002 Stanley Cup Champion Detroit Red Wings [VHS]

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This could have been a great DVD. It was the 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;-)

As a professional videographer who has done highlight tapes myself, I say this video comes through with an A+. Similar in format to the 1998 Red Wings video, it is even more solid and includes better interviews and background information to supplement the actual action, and the background music is right on. All the different play-by-play announcers (ESPN, CBC, WKBD, WXYT) take their turns in cameos, and appropriate tributes are paid to Stevie's courage, Scotty's mastery and the Red Wings teamwork-in-general. I really had the feeling that I was watching one of the great teams of all times.

...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.

This DVD allowed me to relive the excitement of the 2002 season of my beloved Red Wings!!!! and it lived up to my expectations and more!!!!! A must for anyone who has been to JLA!!!!! and seen them win the cup like me!!!!!

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!

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 next 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?

what a stanley cup! this is the reason why detroit is also known as hockey town. if your a fan of the red wings then this is for you. get a chance to watch one of the greatest teams in hockey history do what they do best....win.

Hey Red Wings fans, want to relive the glory of the 2001-2002 year? Then this is the video for you! See Dominik Hasek and Luc Robitialle touch the cup for the 1st time! Also relive the rest of the season as well! If you are a Red Wings fan, you'll love this video!

what a stanley cup! this is the reason why detroit is also known as hockey town. if your a fan of the red wings then this is for you. get a chance to watch one of the greatest teams in hockey history do what they do best....win.

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 next season. As it stands, don't get this dvd and instead the get the Carolina Hurricanes dvd "THIS Is Championship Hockey". It's great!