1973 Stanley Cup Finals
The 1973 Stanley Cup Finals was the championship series of the National Hockey League's (NHL) 1972–73 season, and the culmination of the 1973 Stanley Cup playoffs. It was contested between the Chicago Black Hawks and the Montreal Canadiens, a rematch of the 1971 Final. The Canadiens won the best-of-seven series, four games to two.
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| Location(s) | Montreal: Montreal Forum (1, 2, 5) Chicago: Chicago Stadium (3, 4, 6) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coaches | Montreal: Scotty Bowman Chicago: Bill Reay | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Captains | Montreal: Henri Richard Chicago: Vacant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dates | April 29 – May 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Yvan Cournoyer (Canadiens) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Series-winning goal | Yvan Cournoyer (8:13, third, G6) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Paths to the Finals
Chicago defeated the St. Louis Blues 4–1 and the New York Rangers 4–1 to advance to the final.
Montreal defeated the Buffalo Sabres 4–2 and the Philadelphia Flyers 4–1 to set up an "Original Six" final.
Game summaries
Yvan Cournoyer and Jacques Lemaire would both have 12 points in the finals for the Canadiens. The Conn Smythe Trophy went to Cournoyer, who had six goals. It was Henri Richard's eleventh win of the Stanley Cup and Scotty Bowman's first.
| April 29 | Chicago Blackhawks | 3–8 | Montreal Canadiens | Montreal Forum | Recap | |||
| Pit Martin (6) - 00:35 Ralph Backstrom (5) - 1:02 Pit Martin (7) - 12:07 |
First period | 2:28 - Jacques Laperriere (1) 8:07 - Marc Tardif (7) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 3:01 - Chuck Lefley (1) 16:23 - pp - Jacques Lemaire (5) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 8:38 - pp - Jacques Lemaire (6) 12:36 - sh Peter Mahovlich (2) 13:34 - Frank Mahovlich (5) 14:35 - Chuck Lefley (2) | ||||||
| Tony Esposito, Gary Smith | Goalie stats | Ken Dryden | ||||||
| May 1 | Chicago Blackhawks | 1–4 | Montreal Canadiens | Montreal Forum | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 5:36 - Pierre Bouchard (1) | ||||||
| Cliff Koroll (4) - 7:28 | Second period | 12:08 - Yvan Cournoyer (10) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 5:01 - pp Yvan Cournoyer (11) 19:26 - Frank Mahovlich (6) | ||||||
| Tony Esposito | Goalie stats | Ken Dryden | ||||||
| May 3 | Montreal Canadiens | 4–7 | Chicago Blackhawks | Chicago Stadium | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 1:59 - pp - Dennis Hull (7) 11:44 - pp - J.P. Bordeleau (1) 13:20 - sh - Bill White (1) 14:20 - sh - Stan Mikita (5) | ||||||
| Frank Mahovlich (7) - 10:25 | Second period | 2:08 - pp - John Marks (1) | ||||||
| Yvan Cournoyer (12) - 1:20 Guy Lapointe (6) - 7:15 Jacques Lemaire (7) - 8:01 |
Third period | 19:29 - Dennis Hull (8) 19:49 - Jim Pappin (6) | ||||||
| Ken Dryden | Goalie stats | Tony Esposito | ||||||
| May 6 | Montreal Canadiens | 4–0 | Chicago Blackhawks | Chicago Stadium | Recap | |||
| Marc Tardif (5) - 1:08 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Yvan Cournoyer (13) - 14:13 Chuck Lefley (3) - 15:43 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Claude Larose (1) - 3:45 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Ken Dryden | Goalie stats | Tony Esposito | ||||||
| May 8 | Chicago Blackhawks | 8–7 | Montreal Canadiens | Montreal Forum | Recap | |||
| Dennis Hull (9) - 9:34 Stan Mikita (6) - 11:24 |
First period | 2:47 - Frank Mahovlich (8) 14:52 - pp - Peter Mahovlich (3) | ||||||
| Dave Kryskow (1) - 3:10 Stan Mikita (7) - 6:21 Jim Pappin (7) - 11:24 Len Frig (1) - pp - 16:21 Jim Pappin (8) - 19:03 |
Second period | 00:37 - Claude Larose (2) 4:23 - Claude Larose (3) 7:09 - Yvan Cournoyer (14) | ||||||
| Lou Angotti (3) - 4:06 | Third period | 1:15 - Serge Savard (3) 11:43 - Henri Richard (5) | ||||||
| Tony Esposito | Goalie stats | Ken Dryden | ||||||
| May 10 | Montreal Canadiens | 6–4 | Chicago Blackhawks | Chicago Stadium | Recap | |||
| Henri Richard (6) - 19:48 | First period | 10:35 - Pit Martin (8) 11:31 - pp - Pit Martin (9) | ||||||
| Peter Mahovlich (4) - 5:05 Rejean Houle (3) - 6:37 Frank Mahovlich (9) - pp - 10:54 |
Second period | 8:32 - Dave Kryskow (2) 17:05 - pp - Pit Martin (2) | ||||||
| Yvan Cournoyer (15) - 8:13 Marc Tardif (6) - pp - 12:42 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Ken Dryden | Goalie stats | Tony Esposito | ||||||
| Montreal won series 4–2 | |
Stanley Cup engraving
The 1973 Stanley Cup was presented to Canadiens captain Henri Richard by NHL President Clarence Campbell following the Canadiens 6–4 win over the Black Hawks in game six.
The following Canadiens players and staff had their names engraved on the Stanley Cup
1973 Montreal Canadiens
Players
- 14 Rejean Houle
- 16 Henri Richard (Captain)
- 20 Peter Mahovlich
- 25 Jacques Lemaire
- 6 Jim Roberts
- 10 Guy Lafleur
- 11 Marc Tardif
- 12 Yvan Cournoyer (A)
- 15 Claude Larose
- 17 Murray Wilson
- 22 Steve Shutt
- 24 Chuck Lefley
- 27 Frank Mahovlich (A)
- 2 Jacques Laperriere
- 5 Guy Lapointe
- 18 Serge Savard
- 19 Larry Robinson
- 23 Bob Murdoch
- 26 Pierre Bouchard
Coaching and administrative staff
- Jacques Courtois (President), Jean Beliveau (Vice President – Director of Cooperate Relations)
- Peter Bronfman (Chairman/owner), Sam Pollock (Vice President/General Manager)
- Edward Bronfman (Executive Director/owner), Scotty Bowman (Head Coach)
- Bob Williams (Trainer), Eddy Palchak (Asst. Trainer)
- Floyd Curry (Asst. General Manager)^, Ron Caron, (Asst. General Managers)^
Stanley Cup engraving
- Murray Wilson's name was misspelled in 1973, 1976, 1977 as MURRY WILSON missing an "A". Murray Wilson was spelled correctly on the Stanley Cup in 1978. Wilson's name was also spelled correctly all 4 times on the Replica Cup.
- ^ Assistant Manager were not included on the Stanley Cup, but qualified to be on it.
- On the Replica Stanley Cup created in 1992–93 Bob Murdoch's name was spelled BOB MURDOCK with a "K" instead of a "H". His name was correct on the original engraving in 1973.
- #30 Wayne Thomas (G), #3 Dale Hodgson (D) – were included on the team picture, but did not play enough games to get their name on the Stanley Cup.
Notes
References
- Diamond, Dan, ed. (2000). Total Stanley Cup. NHL.
- Podnieks, Andrew; Hockey Hall of Fame (2004). Lord Stanley's Cup. Triumph Books. ISBN 978-1-55168-261-7.
| Preceded by Boston Bruins 1972 |
Montreal Canadiens Stanley Cup champions 1973 |
Succeeded by Philadelphia Flyers 1974 |
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