1974 Stanley Cup Finals
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The 1974 Stanley Cup Final was contested by the Boston Bruins and the Philadelphia Flyers. The Flyers made their first Final appearance and the Bruins returned to the Finals after having won the 1972 Stanley Cup Finals. The Flyers won the best-of-seven series four games to two and became the first team from the 1967 Expansion to win the Stanley Cup.
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Paths to the Final
For more details on this topic, see 1974 Stanley Cup playoffs.
Boston defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 4–0 and the Chicago Black Hawks 4–2 to advance to the final.
Philadelphia defeated the Atlanta Flames 4–0 and the New York Rangers 4–3 to make it to the final.
The series
In the previous 19 games against the Bruins in Boston, the Flyers had lost 17 and tied two. Boston had home ice advantage also. The Bruins were made heavy favorites. Boston won the first game at home, but Philadelphia would finally win at the Boston Garden in game two. Bernie Parent shut down Boston, limiting them to three goals in Games 3, 4, and 6, including a shutout in game six. Parent was named the playoff MVP.
| May 7 | Boston Bruins | 3–2 | Philadelphia Flyers | Boston Garden | ||||
| (Carol Vadnais, Bobby Orr) Wayne Cashman, 4 - 12:05 (Dallas Smith, Dave Forbes) Greg Sheppard, 10 - 13:01 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 7:47 - Orest Kindrachuk (Joe Watson, Don Saleski) | ||||||
| (Wayne Cashman, Ken Hodge) Bobby Orr, 2 - 19:38 | Third period | 5:32 - Bobby Clarke, (Joe Watson, Simon Nolet) | ||||||
| May 9 | Boston Bruins | 2-3 | OT | Philadelphia Flyers | Boston Garden | |||
| (Phil Esposito, Carol Vadnais) Wayne Cashman, 5 - 14:24 (Wayne Cashman, Ken Hodge) Phil Esposito, 8 - 17:22 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 1:08 - Bobby Clarke (Bill Flett, Dave Schultz) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 19:08 - Andre Dupont (Rick MacLeish, Bobby Clarke) | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 12:01 - Bobby Clarke (Bill Flett, Dave Schultz) | ||||||
| May 12 | Philadelphia Flyers | 4-1 | Boston Bruins | Philadelphia Spectrum | ||||
| (Rick MacLeish, Bobby Clarke) Tom Bladon - 10:07 Terry Crisp - 15:43 |
First period | 1:03 - John Bucyk, 8 (Greg Sheppard, Bobby Orr) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Bill Barber, Don Saleski) Orest Kindrachuk - 7:53 (Rick Macleish) Ross Lonsberry - 14:19 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| May 14 | Philadelphia Flyers | 4-2 | Boston Bruins | Philadelphia Spectrum | ||||
| (Tom Bladon) Rick MacLeish - 4:40 (Ed Van Impe, Don Saleski) Dave Schultz - 5:30 |
First period | 7:12 - Phil Esposito, 9 (John Bucyk, Ken Hodge) 11:24 - Andre Savard, 3 (Bobby Orr, Carol Vadnais) |
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| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Jim Watson, Ross Lonsberry) Bill Barber - 14:25 (Terry Crisp, Bobby Clarke) Andre Dupont - 16:40 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| May 16 | Boston Bruins | 5-1 | Philadelphia Flyers | Boston Garden | ||||
| (Bobby Orr) Greg Sheppard, 11 - 8:14 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (John Bucyk, Greg Sheppard) Bobby Orr, 3 - 12:06 (Dallas Smith, Ken Hodge) Bobby Orr, 4 - 16:55 |
Second period | 6:04 - Bill Clement (Bill Flett, Ed Van Impe) | ||||||
| (John Bucyk, Greg Sheppard) Ken Hodge, 6 - 0:39 (Terry O'Reilly, Andre Savard) Don Marcotte, 4 - 18:59 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| May 19 | Philadelphia Flyers | 1-0 | Boston Bruins | Philadelphia Spectrum | ||||
| (Andre Dupont) Rick MacLeish - 14:48 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Philadelphia won series 4–2 | |
Aftermath
The Flyers Stanley Cup win triggered the largest celebration in Philadelphia sports history.[1][2] The day after the Flyers won the Cup, more than two million lined Broad Street for a ticker-tape parade,[3] making it the largest championship parade in the history of Philadelphia sports.[2][4]
Rosters
Philadelphia Flyers
Boston Bruins
Philadelphia Flyers 1974 Stanley Cup champions
Roster
- 10 Bill Clement
- 15 Terry Crisp - A
- 16 Bobby Clarke - C
- 19 Rick MacLeish
- 26 Orest Kindrachuk
- 7 Bill Barber
- 8 Dave Schultz
- 9 Bob Kelly
- 11 Don Saleski
- 12 Gary Dornhoefer - A
- 17 Simon Nolet
- 18 Ross Lonsberry
- 21 Bill Flett
- 25 Al MacAdam
- 27 Bruce Cowick
- 2 Ed Van Impe
- 3 Tom Bladon
- 4 Barry Ashbee
- 6 Andre Dupont
- 14 Joe Watson - A
- 20 Jimmy Watson
- Non-players
- Chairman/Owner: Ed Snider
- President: Joe Scott
- Vice Chairman: F. Eugene Dixon, Jr.
- Vice President/General Manager: Keith Allen
- Head Coach: Fred Shero
- Assistant Coach: Mike Nykoluk
- Director of Player Development: Marcel Pelletier
- Trainer: Frank Lewis
- Assistant Trainer: Jim McKenzie
- Director of Public Relations: Joe Kodel(left off cup)
- Director of Public Relations: John Bolgan (left off cup)
Stanley Cup engraving
- Al MacAdam played five regular season games and one playoff game. Although he did receive a Stanley Cup ring, his name was not engraved on the Stanley Cup.[5]
- Joe Kodel, John Blogan (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.
See also
Notes
- ^ Keese, Parton (May 20, 1974). "Flyers Capture Stanley Cup by Beating Bruins, 1-0". New York Times: p. 41.
- ^ a b 1974 stanley cup on YouTube
- ^ Keese, Parton (May 21, 1974). "Philadelphia Flies High As Its Flyers". New York Times: p. 35.
- ^ Lin, Jennifer; Steele, Allison; Dwight Ott (October 31, 2008). "Parade for the Champs; Noon High: Million-plus expected at celebration". Philadelphia Inquirer: p. A1. http://www.printthis.clickability.com/pt/cpt?action=cpt&title=Million-plus+expected+for+Phillies+parade&expire=&urlID=439902457&fb=Y&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Fsports%2F20081031_Million-plus_expected_for_Phillies_parade.html%3FviewAll%3Dy%26c%3Dy&partnerID=167216&cid=33625639. "In the annals of Philadelphia sports parades, the biggest crowd turned out for the 1974 celebration of the Flyers' Stanley Cup. More than two million fans flocked to Broad Street."
- ^ Legends of Hockey -- NHL Player Search -- Player -- Al MacAdam
References
- Diamond, Dan, ed. (2000). Total Stanley Cup. NHL.
- Podnieks, Andrew; Hockey Hall of Fame (2004). Lord Stanley's Cup. Triumph Books. ISBN 1-55168-261.
| Preceded by Montreal Canadiens 1973 |
Philadelphia Flyers Stanley Cup Champions 1974 |
Succeeded by Philadelphia Flyers 1975 |
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