1973 Stanley Cup Final

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The 1973 Stanley Cup Final 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 to win their 18th Stanley Cup championship.

Location(s)Montreal: Montreal Forum (1, 2, 5)
Chicago: Chicago Stadium (3, 4, 6)
CoachesMontreal: Scotty Bowman
Chicago: Bill Reay
CaptainsMontreal: Henri Richard
Chicago: Vacant
DatesApril 29 – May 10, 1973
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Montreal Canadiens 8444764
Chicago Black Hawks 3170842
Location(s)Montreal: Montreal Forum (1, 2, 5)
Chicago: Chicago Stadium (3, 4, 6)
CoachesMontreal: Scotty Bowman
Chicago: Bill Reay
CaptainsMontreal: Henri Richard
Chicago: Vacant
DatesApril 29 – May 10, 1973
MVPYvan Cournoyer (Canadiens)
Series-winning goalYvan Cournoyer (8:13, third)
Hall of FamersCanadiens:
Yvan Cournoyer (1982)
Ken Dryden (1983)
Guy Lafleur (1988)
Jacques Laperriere (1987)
Guy Lapointe (1993)
Jacques Lemaire (1984)
Frank Mahovlich (1981)
Henri Richard (1979)
Larry Robinson (1995)
Serge Savard (1986)
Steve Shutt (1993; did not play)
Black Hawks:
Tony Esposito (1988)
Stan Mikita (1983)
Coaches:
Scotty Bowman (1991)
NetworksCBC (Canada)
NBC (United States, games 1, 4–6)
Announcers(CBC) Danny Gallivan and Dick Irvin Jr.
(NBC) Tim Ryan, Ted Lindsay, and Brian McFarlane
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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 both had 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 and last win of the Stanley Cup and Scotty Bowman's first.

April 29 Chicago Black Hawks 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 25 saves / 33 shots
Gary Smith 5 saves / 5 shots
Goalie stats Ken Dryden 27 saves / 30 shots
May 1 Chicago Black Hawks 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 - en - Frank Mahovlich (6)
Tony Esposito 26 saves / 29 shots Goalie stats Ken Dryden 18 saves / 19 shots
May 3 Montreal Canadiens 4–7 Chicago Black Hawks 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 - en - Dennis Hull (8)
19:49 - en - Jim Pappin (6)
Ken Dryden 30 saves / 35 shots Goalie stats Tony Esposito 29 saves / 33 shots
May 6 Montreal Canadiens 4–0 Chicago Black Hawks 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 19 saves / 19 shots Goalie stats Tony Esposito 26 saves / 30 shots
May 8 Chicago Black Hawks 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 24 saves / 31 shots Goalie stats Ken Dryden 21 saves / 29 shots
May 10 Montreal Canadiens 6–4 Chicago Black Hawks 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 23 saves / 27 shots Goalie stats Tony Esposito 27 saves / 33 shots
Montreal won series 4–2

Team rosters

Montreal Canadiens

Chicago Black Hawks

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

1972–73 Montreal Canadiens

Players

Coaching and administrative staff

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 General Managers Ron Caron and Floyd Curry 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) and #3 Dale Hodgson (D) were included in the team picture, but did not play enough games to get their name on the Stanley Cup.

See also

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.

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