1977 Stanley Cup Final

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The 1977 Stanley Cup Final was the championship series of the National Hockey League's (NHL) 1976–77 season, and the culmination of the 1977 Stanley Cup playoffs. It was contested between the Boston Bruins and the defending champion Montreal Canadiens. The Bruins were making their first appearance in the final series since their loss in the 1974 Final. The Canadiens would win the best-of-seven series four games to none, to win their second straight Stanley Cup championship, and 20th overall.

Location(s)Montreal: Montreal Forum (1, 2)
Boston: Boston Garden (3, 4)
CoachesMontreal: Scotty Bowman
Boston: Don Cherry
DatesMay 7–14, 1977
Quick facts Total, Location(s) ...
1977 Stanley Cup Final
1234Total
Montreal Canadiens 7342*4
Boston Bruins 3021*0
* – Denotes overtime period(s)
Location(s)Montreal: Montreal Forum (1, 2)
Boston: Boston Garden (3, 4)
CoachesMontreal: Scotty Bowman
Boston: Don Cherry
CaptainsMontreal: Yvan Cournoyer[1]
Boston: Johnny Bucyk
DatesMay 7–14, 1977
MVPGuy Lafleur (Canadiens)
Series-winning goalJacques Lemaire (4:32, OT)
Hall of FamersCanadiens:
Yvan Cournoyer (1982; did not play)
Ken Dryden (1983)
Bob Gainey (1992)
Guy Lafleur (1988)
Guy Lapointe (1993)
Jacques Lemaire (1984)
Larry Robinson (1995)
Serge Savard (1986)
Steve Shutt (1993)
Bruins:
Johnny Bucyk (1981)
Gerry Cheevers (1985)
Brad Park (1988)
Jean Ratelle (1985)
Coaches:
Scotty Bowman (1991)
NetworksCanada:
(English): CBC
(French): SRC
United States:
(English): NHL Network (national), WSBK-TV (Boston)
Announcers(CBC) Danny Gallivan, Dick Irvin Jr., Don Marshall (1), and Red Storey (2)
(SRC) Rene Lecavalier and Gilles Tremblay
(NHLN) Marv Albert, Tim Ryan, Stan Mikita (1), Garry Unger (2), Chico Resch (3), Don Awrey (4)
(WSBK) Fred Cusick and Johnny Peirson
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Paths to the Finals

Montreal defeated the St. Louis Blues 4–0 and the New York Islanders 4–2 to advance to the final.

Boston defeated the Los Angeles Kings 4–2 and the Philadelphia Flyers 4–0 to make it to the final.

Game summaries

Jacques Lemaire scored three game-winning goals, including the Cup-winner in overtime. Guy Lafleur won the Conn Smythe Trophy for scoring nine goals and 17 assists during the playoffs.

May 7 Boston Bruins 3–7 Montreal Canadiens Montreal Forum Recap  
Brad Park (2) - 5:23 First period 1:45 - Doug Risebrough (1)
4:23 - pp - Yvon Lambert (2)
14:35 - Mario Tremblay (2)
Terry O'Reilly (5) - 11:54
Bobby Schmautz (10) - pp - 16:35
Second period 5:08 - Jacques Lemaire (4)
No scoring Third period 00:59 - Rick Chartraw (2)
2:04 - Mario Tremblay (3)
13:58 - Yvon Lambert (3)
Gerry Cheevers Goalie stats Ken Dryden
May 10 Boston Bruins 0–3 Montreal Canadiens Montreal Forum Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 7:43 - pp - Peter Mahovlich (4)
12:07 - Doug Risebrough (2)
No scoring Third period 5:40 - Steve Shutt (7)
Gerry Cheevers Goalie stats Ken Dryden
May 12 Montreal Canadiens 4–2 Boston Bruins Boston Garden Recap  
Guy Lafleur (8) - pp - 4:08
Steve Shutt (8) - pp - 7:58
Jacques Lemaire (5) - pp - 18:29
First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 6:32 - Gregg Sheppard (5)
Guy Lafleur (9) - 12:52 Third period 18:34 - pp - Peter McNab (5)
Ken Dryden Goalie stats Gerry Cheevers
May 14 Montreal Canadiens 2–1 OT Boston Bruins Boston Garden Recap  
No scoring First period 11:38 - Bobby Schmautz (11)
Jacques Lemaire (6) - 1:34 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
Jacques Lemaire (7) - 4:32 First overtime period No scoring
Ken Dryden Goalie stats Gerry Cheevers
Montreal won series 4–0

Team rosters

Boston Bruins

Montreal Canadiens

Stanley Cup engraving

The 1977 Stanley Cup was presented to Canadiens captain Yvan Cournoyer by NHL President Clarence Campbell following the Canadiens 2–1 overtime win over the Bruins in game four. This was the last year for Clarence Campbell to present the Stanley Cup. He was succeeded by John Ziegler Jr. the following season.

The following Canadiens players and staff had their names engraved on the Stanley Cup

1976–77 Montreal Canadiens

Players

  • * Did not play or dress in the Final.[A]

Coaching and administrative staff

Stanley Cup engraving

  • ^A #18 Serge Savard (D) served as interim captain when #12 Yvan Cournoyer (RW) missed the whole playoffs due to a back injury.
  • 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. Bob Gainey was misspelled on the Stanley Cup as ROBERT GAINY, missing an "E". When the Replica Cup was created in 1992–93, ROBERT GAINEY was spelled correctly with 1977 Montreal.
  • #3 Brian Engblom (D) did not play in the regular season, but played in 2 playoff games (none in the Finals). His name was left off the Cup because he did not qualify. Engblom also won the Calder Cup with Mike Polich, and Pierre Mondou in 1977.

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