1975 Stanley Cup Final
1975 ice hockey championship series
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The 1975 Stanley Cup Final was the championship series of the National Hockey League's (NHL) 1974–75 season, and the culmination of the 1975 Stanley Cup playoffs. It was contested between the Buffalo Sabres and the defending champion Philadelphia Flyers. The Flyers defeated the Sabres in six games to repeat as Stanley Cup champions, becoming the first expansion team to accomplish such a feat. This was the first Final to have two non-"Original Six" teams since the 1967 expansion, and also the first contested by any team that had joined the league after 1967 (the Sabres were part of the 1970 expansion). The 1975 Flyers are the last Stanley Cup championship team to be composed solely of Canadian players.[2]
Buffalo: Memorial Auditorium (3, 4, 6)
Buffalo: Floyd Smith
Buffalo: Jim Schoenfeld
Buffalo: Unknown
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| Location(s) | Philadelphia: Spectrum (1, 2, 5) Buffalo: Memorial Auditorium (3, 4, 6) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coaches | Philadelphia: Fred Shero Buffalo: Floyd Smith | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Captains | Philadelphia: Bobby Clarke Buffalo: Jim Schoenfeld | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National anthems | Philadelphia: Kate Smith Buffalo: Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Referees | Art Skov (1, 5) Bruce Hood (2, 6) Lloyd Gilmour (3) Wally Harris (4) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dates | May 15–27, 1975 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Bernie Parent (Flyers) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Series-winning goal | Bob Kelly (0:11, third) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hall of Famers | Flyers: Bill Barber (1990) Bobby Clarke (1987) Bernie Parent (1984) Sabres: Gilbert Perreault (1990) Coaches: Fred Shero (2013) Officials: Neil Armstrong (1991) John D'Amico (1993) Matt Pavelich (1987) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Networks | Canada: (English): CBC (French): SRC United States: (National): NBC (2, 5) (Philadelphia area): WTAF (3–4, 6) (Buffalo area): WKBW (1, 3–4, 6) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | (CBC) Danny Gallivan (1–2, 6) Jim Robson (3–5), Dick Irvin Jr. (1–2, 4, 6), and Bill Good (Games 3, 5) (SRC) Rene Lecavalier and Gilles Tremblay (NBC) Tim Ryan and Ted Lindsay[1] (WTAF) Don Earle and Gene Hart (WKBW) Ted Darling and Pat Hannigan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
This was the only Final between 1965 and 1979 not to feature either the Boston Bruins or the Montreal Canadiens.
Paths to the Finals
Buffalo defeated the Chicago Black Hawks 4–1 and the Montreal Canadiens 4–2 to advance to the final.
Philadelphia defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 4–0 and the New York Islanders 4–3 to make it to the final.
Game summaries
Bernie Parent was the outgunned Flyers' best player, allowing only 12 goals in the six games, capped with a shutout. He became the first player to win the Conn Smythe Trophy for two consecutive years. Since Parent, only two players have also won consecutive Conn Smythe Trophies: the Pittsburgh Penguins' Mario Lemieux in the Penguins' Stanley Cup wins in 1991 and 1992 and Sidney Crosby in the Penguins' 2016 and 2017 Stanley Cup championships. In the deciding game six played in Buffalo, the Sabres' offensive big guns rained shot after shot on Parent in an all-out effort to turn the series around, but Parent remained perfect. He stopped French Connection linemates Gilbert Perreault and Rick Martin on a 2–1 late in period two that had Flyers broadcaster Gene Hart screaming into his microphone:
Out come the Sabres...two on one...Perreault and Martin with just Dupont back...Perrault to Martin...He's in...Shot!....save by Parent...and he hangs on!...Oh baby!
The dramatic stop by Parent took the offensive energy out of the Sabres and the Flyers scored two third-period goals to take the championship.
Fog and the bat
The third game of the series was the Fog Game. Due to unusual heat in Buffalo in May 1975, and the lack of an air conditioning system in the auditorium, portions of the game were played in heavy fog. During stoppages of play, rink employees skated around the arena ice carrying bed sheets in an attempt to dispel the fog. Players, officials, and the puck were invisible to many spectators. The fog began to form just minutes after another odd incident: A bat in the arena, which flew above and around the players for the majority of the game, until Sabres center Jim Lorentz killed it with his stick. Many superstitious Buffalo fans considered this to be an 'evil omen', pertaining to the result of the series. The game continued and the Sabres won thanks to Rene Robert's goal in overtime.[3]
Series box score
Game one
| May 15 | Buffalo Sabres | 1–4 | Philadelphia Flyers | The Spectrum | Recap |
| Scoring summary | |||||
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| Period | Team | Goal | Assist(s) | Time | Score |
| 1st | None | ||||
| 2nd | None | ||||
| 3rd | PHI | Bill Barber (5) | Ed Van Impe (3) and Rick MacLeish (7) | 03:42 | 1–0 PHI |
| PHI | Ross Lonsberry (3) – pp | Tom Bladon (3) and Bobby Clarke (10) | 07:29 | 2–0 PHI | |
| BUF | Rick Martin (6) – pp | Jim Lorentz (3) | 11:07 | 2–1 PHI | |
| PHI | Bobby Clarke (3) – pp | Unassisted | 11:41 | 3–1 PHI | |
| PHI | Bill Barber (6) – en | Bobby Clarke (11) | 19:02 | 4–1 PHI | |
| Penalty summary | |||||
| Period | Team | Player | Penalty | Time | PIM |
| 1st | PHI | Don Saleski | Elbowing | 03:13 | 2:00 |
| BUF | Bill Hajt | Tripping | 04:25 | 2:00 | |
| BUF | Gilbert Perreault | Hooking | 07:36 | 2:00 | |
| PHI | Gary Dornhoefer | Cross-checking | 11:39 | 2:00 | |
| PHI | Andre Dupont | Cross-checking | 12:35 | 2:00 | |
| BUF | Brian Spencer | High-sticking | 18:43 | 2:00 | |
| PHI | Rick MacLeish | Hooking | 18:43 | 2:00 | |
| 2nd | PHI | Tom Bladon | Hooking | 02:56 | 2:00 |
| PHI | Gary Dornhoefer | Elbowing | 05:38 | 2:00 | |
| BUF | Danny Gare | Roughing | 09:47 | 2:00 | |
| PHI | Dave Schultz | Roughing | 09:47 | 2:00 | |
| PHI | Dave Schultz | Slashing | 09:47 | 2:00 | |
| 3rd | BUF | Jim Schoenfeld | Holding | 06:28 | 2:00 |
| PHI | Tom Bladon | Interference | 09:20 | 2:00 | |
| BUF | Jerry Korab | Slashing | 11:36 | 2:00 | |
| Shots by period | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | Total | |
| Buffalo | 8 | 14 | 6 | 28 | |
| Philadelphia | 2 | 8 | 12 | 22 | |
Game two
| May 18 | Buffalo Sabres | 1–2 | Philadelphia Flyers | The Spectrum | Recap |
| Scoring summary | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | Team | Goal | Assist(s) | Time | Score |
| 1st | None | ||||
| 2nd | PHI | Reggie Leach (6) | Bobby Clarke (12) and Ross Lonsberry (3) | 08:24 | 1–0 PHI |
| 3rd | BUF | Jerry Korab (2) | Jim Lorentz (4) and Brian Spencer (4) | 02:18 | 1–1 |
| PHI | Bobby Clarke (4) – pp | Bill Barber (12) and Rick MacLeish (8) | 06:43 | 2–1 PHI | |
| Penalty summary | |||||
| Period | Team | Player | Penalty | Time | PIM |
| 1st | PHI | Bobby Clarke | Cross-checking | 00:50 | 2:00 |
| BUF | Rick Martin | Holding | 04:25 | 2:00 | |
| PHI | Joe Watson | Tripping | 11:26 | 2:00 | |
| PHI | Tom Bladon | Cross-checking | 13:56 | 2:00 | |
| BUF | Larry Carriere | Charging | 17:01 | 2:00 | |
| BUF | Don Luce | Misconduct | 19:05 | 10:00 | |
| BUF | Jim Schoenfeld | Interference | 19:05 | 2:00 | |
| 2nd | PHI | Tom Bladon | Charging | 03:53 | 2:00 |
| BUF | Rene Robert | Tripping | 11:01 | 2:00 | |
| BUF | Rick Martin | Roughing | 17:05 | 2:00 | |
| PHI | Don Saleski | Roughing | 17:05 | 2:00 | |
| 3rd | BUF | Don Luce | Hooking | 06:15 | 2:00 |
| Shots by period | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | Total | |
| Buffalo | 8 | 8 | 3 | 19 | |
| Philadelphia | 12 | 5 | 7 | 24 | |
Game three
| May 20 | Philadelphia Flyers | 4–5 | OT | Buffalo Sabres | Buffalo Memorial Auditorium | Recap |
| Scoring summary | |||||
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| Period | Team | Goal | Assist(s) | Time | Score |
| 1st | PHI | Gary Dornhoefer (4) | Bill Barber (7) | 00:39 | 1–0 PHI |
| PHI | Don Saleski (2) | Ted Harris (3) | 03:09 | 2–0 PHI | |
| BUF | Danny Gare (6) | Craig Ramsay (6) and Don Luce (6) | 11:46 | 2–1 PHI | |
| BUF | Rick Martin (7) | Jocelyn Guevremont (6) | 12:03 | 2–2 | |
| PHI | Rick MacLeish (11) | Bill Barber (8) | 14:13 | 3–2 PHI | |
| 2nd | BUF | Don Luce (4) | Jerry Korab (2) | 00:29 | 3–3 |
| PHI | Don Saleski (2) | Bob Kelly (2) and Terry Crisp (1) | 14:30 | 4–3 PHI | |
| 3rd | BUF | Bill Hajt (1) | Rick Martin (5) and Don Luce (7) | 09:56 | 4–4 |
| OT | BUF | Rene Robert (5) | Gilbert Perreault (9) and Rick Martin (5) | 18:26 | 5–4 BUF |
| Penalty summary | |||||
| Period | Team | Player | Penalty | Time | PIM |
| 1st | PHI | Bob Kelly | Slashing | 08:07 | 2:00 |
| PHI | Andre Dupont | Charging | 08:47 | 2:00 | |
| BUF | Danny Gare | Roughing | 15:03 | 2:00 | |
| PHI | Dave Schultz | Roughing | 15:03 | 2:00 | |
| 2nd | PHI | Gary Dornhoefer | Slashing | 05:15 | 2:00 |
| BUF | Jim Schoenfeld | Interference | 07:48 | 2:00 | |
| BUF | Jocelyn Guevremont | Tripping | 11:57 | 2:00 | |
| 3rd | PHI | Ed Van Impe | Tripping | 01:59 | 2:00 |
| BUF | Rick Dudley | Interference | 08:19 | 2:00 | |
| PHI | Gary Dornhoefer | Roughing | 08:19 | 2:00 | |
| OT | PHI | Andre Dupont | Hooking | 04:18 | 2:00 |
| Shots by period | |||||
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| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | OT | Total |
| Philadelphia | 6 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 33 |
| Buffalo | 18 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 46 |
Game four
| May 22 | Philadelphia Flyers | 2–4 | Buffalo Sabres | Buffalo Memorial Auditorium | Recap |
| Scoring summary | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | Team | Goal | Assist(s) | Time | Score |
| 1st | PHI | Andre Dupont (3) | Bob Kelly (7) and Terry Crisp (2) | 11:28 | 1–0 PHI |
| 2nd | BUF | Jerry Korab (3) – pp | Rene Robert (7) and Rick Martin (7) | 03:46 | 1–1 |
| PHI | Ross Lonsberry (4) | Rick MacLeish (9) | 04:20 | 2–1 PHI | |
| BUF | Gilbert Perreault (6) – pp | Rene Robert (8) and Rick Martin (8) | 10:07 | 2–2 | |
| BUF | Jim Lorentz (6) | Rick Dudley (1) and Jim Schoenfeld (3) | 15:07 | 3–2 BUF | |
| 3rd | BUF | Danny Gare (7) – en | Don Luce (7) and Jim Schoenfeld (4) | 19:28 | 4–2 BUF |
| Penalty summary | |||||
| Period | Team | Player | Penalty | Time | PIM |
| 1st | PHI | Ed Van Impe | Interference | 03:26 | 2:00 |
| BUF | Gilbert Perreault | Tripping | 04:16 | 2:00 | |
| PHI | Don Saleski | Holding | 04:29 | 2:00 | |
| BUF | Rene Robert | Hooking | 18:05 | 2:00 | |
| 2nd | PHI | Don Saleski | Interference | 00:17 | 2:00 |
| PHI | Andre Dupont | Charging | 04:16 | 2:00 | |
| BUF | Rick Dudley | Roughing | 03:22 | 2:00 | |
| PHI | Ed Van Impe | Hooking | 03:22 | 2:00 | |
| BUF | Rick Dudley | Fighting – major | 05:38 | 5:00 | |
| BUF | Jim Schoenfeld | Fighting – major | 05:38 | 5:00 | |
| PHI | Bob Kelly | Fighting – major | 05:38 | 5:00 | |
| PHI | Dave Schultz | Fighting – major | 05:38 | 5:00 | |
| PHI | Ross Lonsberry | Cross-checking | 09:15 | 2:00 | |
| BUF | Jocelyn Guevremont | Holding | 12:14 | 2:00 | |
| BUF | Gilbert Perreault | Holding | 18:42 | 2:00 | |
| 3rd | None | ||||
| Shots by period | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | Total | |
| Philadelphia | 7 | 11 | 7 | 25 | |
| Buffalo | 8 | 14 | 5 | 27 | |
Game five
| May 25 | Buffalo Sabres | 1–5 | Philadelphia Flyers | The Spectrum | Recap |
| Scoring summary | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | Team | Goal | Assist(s) | Time | Score |
| 1st | PHI | Dave Schultz (1) | Don Saleski (3) and Orest Kindrachuk (1) | 03:12 | 1–0 PHI |
| PHI | Gary Dornhoefer (5) | Terry Crisp (3) and Ed Van Impe (4) | 12:31 | 2–0 PHI | |
| PHI | Bob Kelly (2) | Terry Crisp (4) and Jimmy Watson (7) | 12:50 | 3–0 PHI | |
| 2nd | PHI | Reggie Leach (8) – pp | Bill Barber (9) and Larry Goodenough (3) | 01:55 | 4–0 PHI |
| PHI | Dave Schultz (2) | Larry Goodenough (4) and Ted Harris (4) | 09:56 | 5–0 PHI | |
| 3rd | BUF | Don Luce (5) | Craig Ramsay (7) and Danny Gare (6) | 14:02 | 5–1 PHI |
| Penalty summary | |||||
| Period | Team | Player | Penalty | Time | PIM |
| 1st | PHI | Larry Goodenough | Elbowing | 10:17 | 2:00 |
| PHI | Gary Dornhoefer | Holding | 14:47 | 2:00 | |
| BUF | Brian Spencer | Tripping | 17:16 | 2:00 | |
| 2nd | BUF | Jocelyn Guevremont | Hooking | 00:40 | 2:00 |
| PHI | Gary Dornhoefer | Interference | 02:16 | 2:00 | |
| 3rd | PHI | Gary Dornhoefer | Holding | 14:58 | 2:00 |
| BUF | Jim Lorentz | Holding | 17:50 | 2:00 | |
| Shots by period | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | Total | |
| Buffalo | 10 | 6 | 8 | 24 | |
| Philadelphia | 9 | 7 | 10 | 26 | |
Game six
| May 27 | Philadelphia Flyers | 2–0 | Buffalo Sabres | Buffalo Memorial Auditorium | Recap |
| Scoring summary | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | Team | Goal | Assist(s) | Time | Score |
| 1st | None | ||||
| 2nd | None | ||||
| 3rd | PHI | Bob Kelly (3) | Reggie Leach (2) and Jimmy Watson (8) | 00:11 | 1–0 PHI |
| PHI | Bill Clement (1) | Orest Kindrachuk (2) | 17:13 | 2–0 PHI | |
| Penalty summary | |||||
| Period | Team | Player | Penalty | Time | PIM |
| 1st | BUF | Jerry Korab | Interference | 02:29 | 2:00 |
| PHI | Bill Clement | Holding | 08:53 | 2:00 | |
| PHI | Andre Dupont | Holding | 11:41 | 2:00 | |
| PHI | Ed Van Impe | Interference | 14:19 | 2:00 | |
| BUF | Rene Robert | Holding | 15:24 | 2:00 | |
| PHI | Dave Schultz | Interference | 19:21 | 2:00 | |
| 2nd | BUF | Jerry Korab | Holding | 05:19 | 2:00 |
| PHI | Ted Harris | Cross-checking | 07:39 | 2:00 | |
| BUF | Jocelyn Guevremont | Holding | 13:53 | 2:00 | |
| 3rd | BUF | Rick Martin | Tripping | 01:11 | 2:00 |
| BUF | Larry Carriere | Slashing | 03:25 | 2:00 | |
| PHI | Orest Kindrachuk | Holding | 10:32 | 2:00 | |
| Shots by period | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | Total | |
| Philadelphia | 6 | 12 | 13 | 31 | |
| Buffalo | 13 | 13 | 6 | 32 | |
Team rosters
Philadelphia Flyers
Buffalo Sabres
Stanley Cup engraving
The 1975 Stanley Cup was presented to Flyers captain Bobby Clarke by NHL President Clarence Campbell following the Flyers 2–0 win over the Sabres in game six.
The following Flyers players and staff had their names engraved on the Stanley Cup
1974–75 Philadelphia Flyers
Players
- 10 Bill Clement
- 15 Terry Crisp (A)
- 16 Bobby Clarke (Captain)
- 19 Rick MacLeish
- 26 Orest Kindrachuk
- 7 Bill Barber
- 8 Dave Schultz
- 9 Bob Kelly
- 11 Don Saleski
- 12 Gary Dornhoefer (A)
- 18 Ross Lonsberry
- 27 Reggie Leach
- 2 Ed Van Impe
- 3 Tom Bladon
- 5 Larry Goodenough
- 6 Andre Dupont
- 14 Joe Watson (A)
- 20 Jimmy Watson
- 25 Edward Ted Harris
Coaching and administrative staff
- Ed Snider (Chairman/Owner), Joe Scott (President)
- F. Eugene Dixon Jr. (Vice Chairman), Fred Shero (Head Coach)
- Keith Allen (Vice President/General Manager)
- Lou Scheinfield (Vice President), Mike Nykoluk (Asst. Coach),
- Marcel Pelletier (Director of Player Development), Barry Ashbee (Asst. Coach)
- Frank Lewis (Trainer), Jim McKenzie (Asst. Trainer)
Stanley Cup engraving
- Edward "Ted" Harris won 5 Stanley Cups. He was engraved on the Stanley Cup with the Montreal Canadiens as Edward Harris in 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969. Harris was engraved as Ted Harris with the Philadelphia Flyers in 1975.
- Joe Kadlec and John Brogan (Directors of Public Relations) were included on Philadelphia's Stanley Cup-winning pictures in 1974, 1975, but their names do not appear on the Stanley Cup.
- Bobby Taylor only played 3 regular-season games after coming out of retirement. His name was engraved on the Stanley Cup because he was dressed for games 1 & 2 in the Stanley Cup Semi-Finals.
See also
- 1974–75 NHL season
- Video of the game-winning goal for game 3. The fog is clearly visible at 1:19.