1974 Stanley Cup Finals
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| Location(s) |
Philadelphia (Spectrum) (3,4,6) Boston (Boston Garden) (1,2,5) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coaches |
Philadelphia: Fred Shero Boston: Bep Guidolin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Captains |
Philadelphia: Bobby Clarke Boston: John Bucyk | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Referees |
Dave Newell (1,5) Art Skov (2,6) Lloyd Gilmour (3) Ron Wicks (4) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dates | May 7 – May 19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Bernie Parent (Flyers) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Series-winning goal | Rick MacLeish (14:48, first,G6) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Networks | CBC (Canada-English), SRC (Canada-French), NBC (United States, Games 3, 6), WTAF (Philadelphia area, Games 1, 2, 5), WSBK (Boston area, Games 1, 2, 4, 5) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 1974 Stanley Cup Finals 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.
Paths to the Finals
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.
Game summaries
In the previous 19 games against the Bruins in Boston, the Flyers had lost 17 and tied two. Boston had the best regular season record in the league finishing one point ahead of the Flyers. The Bruins also had home ice advantage in the Stanley Cup Finals, and were made heavy favorites to win the series. A key confidence-building win late in the regular season saw the Flyers defeating the Bruins 5–3 at the Spectrum in Philadelphia. The first two games at Boston Garden were full of late game dramatics. In game one, the Flyers nearly scored late in the third period to break a 2–2 tie. Bobby Orr, having saved the Flyers' shot by blocking the open Boston net with his leg, then took the puck up the ice and scored on a slapshot past goaltender Bernie Parent with a little over a minute remaining in regulation time to propel the Bruins to a 3–2 win. Game two saw the Bruins on the verge of a 2–0 series lead when Flyers defenseman Andre Dupont scored with Parent pulled with less than a minute remaining for an extra attacker to tie the score at 2–2, and Bobby Clarke scored the 3–2 game winner in overtime. The Flyers, led by Parent's play in goal, won the next two games on home ice to take a 3–1 series lead. Game five in Boston was a sloppy affair marred by many fights and penalties as Boston easily won to extend the series to a game six in Philadelphia. Before a national audience watching the game on NBC and a raucous Philadelphia crowd, Parent posted an epic 30-save shutout against the Bruins as the Flyers won the game one–0, the series four games to two, and the Stanley Cup. Parent made a spectacular kick save to stop a tremendous slapshot from Ken Hodge with less than three minutes left to play. The blast was the Bruins' final shot of the series. Parent was named the winner of the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP. The Flyers were the first of the 1967 expansion teams in the NHL to win the championship.
| May 7 | Boston Bruins | 3–2 | Philadelphia Flyers | Boston Garden | ||||
| May 9 | Boston Bruins | 2–3 | OT | Philadelphia Flyers | Boston Garden | |||
| May 12 | Philadelphia Flyers | 4–1 | Boston Bruins | Philadelphia Spectrum | ||||
| May 14 | Philadelphia Flyers | 4–2 | Boston Bruins | Philadelphia Spectrum | ||||
| May 16 | Boston Bruins | 5–1 | Philadelphia Flyers | Boston Garden | ||||
| May 19 | Philadelphia Flyers | 1–0 | Boston Bruins | Philadelphia Spectrum | ||||
| Philadelphia won series 4–2 | |
Aftermath
The Flyers Stanley Cup win triggered the largest celebration in Philadelphia sports history.[1][2] Some observers of the celebration noted that they had seen that type of event in Philadelphia once before, being the announcement of the surrender of Japan on August 14, 1945. 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] One of the fans who attended the parade was future New York Rangers goaltender Mike Richter.[5] Richter grew up in Flourtown, Pa. near Philadelphia idolizing Flyers goalie Bernie Parent.[6]
Team rosters
Philadelphia Flyers
Boston Bruins
Philadelphia Flyers – 1974 Stanley Cup champions
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)
- 17 – Simon Nolet
- 18 – Ross Lonsberry
- 21 – Bill Flett
- 27 – Bruce Cowick
- 2 – Ed Van Impe
- 3 – Tom Bladon
- 4 – Barry Ashbee
- 6 – Andre Dupont
- 14 – Joe Watson (A)
- 20 – Jimmy Watson
- 1 – Bernie Parent
- 30 – Bobby Taylor
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),
- Frank Lewis (Trainer), Jim McKenzie (Asst. Trainer)
Stanley Cup engraving
- #25 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.[7]
- Joe Kadlec^, 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.
See also
Notes
- ↑ Keese, Parton (May 20, 1974). "Flyers Capture Stanley Cup by Beating Bruins, 1–0". New York Times. p. 41.
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- ↑ 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.
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.
- ↑ Price, Laura (June 18, 1994). "Rangers' Parade Of Glory". Newsday. p. A41.
The All-Star goaltender (Richter) remembers watching a victory parade in Philadelphia as a youngster when the Flyers won the Cup in 1974.
- ↑ Alven, Al (November 15, 2007). "Prospect Profile: James van Riemsdyk". philadelphiaflyers.com. Flyers.NHL.com. Retrieved March 1, 2011.
- ↑ "Legends of Hockey – NHL Player Search – Player – Al MacAdam". Retrieved 6 December 2013.
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 Montreal Canadiens 1973 |
Philadelphia Flyers Stanley Cup Champions 1974 |
Succeeded by Philadelphia Flyers 1975 |
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