1977 Stanley Cup Finals
| 1977 Stanley Cup Finals | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Location(s) |
Montreal (Montreal Forum) (1,2) Boston (Boston Garden) (3,4) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Coaches |
Montreal: Scotty Bowman Boston: Don Cherry | ||||||||||||||||||
| Captains |
Montreal: Yvan Cournoyer Boston: John Bucyk | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dates | May 7–14, 1977 | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Guy Lafleur (Canadiens) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Series-winning goal | Jacques Lemaire (4:32, first OT, G4) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Networks | CBC, NHL Network | ||||||||||||||||||
The 1977 Stanley Cup Finals championship series was contested by 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.
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 9 goals and 17 assists during the playoffs.
| May 7 | Montreal Canadiens | 7–3 | Boston Bruins | Montreal Forum | ||||
| May 10 | Montreal Canadiens | 3–0 | Boston Bruins | Montreal Forum | ||||
| May 12 | Boston Bruins | 2–4 | Montreal Canadiens | Boston Garden | ||||
| May 14 | Boston Bruins | 1–2 | OT | Montreal Canadiens | Boston Garden | |||
| Montreal won series 4–0 | |
Montreal Canadiens 1977 Stanley Cup champions
Players
- 8 Doug Risebrough
- 20 Peter Mahovlich
- 21 Doug Jarvis
- 24 Pierre Mondou
- 25 Jacques Lemaire
- 28 Mike Polich
- 6 Jim Roberts
- 10 Guy Lafleur
- 11 Yvon Lambert
- 12 Yvan Cournoyer (Captain)
- 14 Mario Tremblay
- 15 Rejean Houle
- 17 Murray Wilson
- 22 Steve Shutt
- 23 Bob Gainey
- 2 Bill Nyrop
- 5 Guy Lapointe
- 18 Serge Savard (acting Captain)†
- 19 Larry Robinson
- 26 Pierre Bouchard
- 27 Rick Chartraw
Coaching and administrative staff:
- Jacques Courtois (President), Sam Pollock (Vice President/General Manager)
- Jean Beliveau (Vice President – Director of Cooperate Relations), William Scotty Bowman (Head Coach)
- Peter Bronfman (Chairman/Owner/Director), Edward Bronfman (Executive Director/Owner)
- Claude Ruel (Director of Player Development), Floyd Curry (Asst. General Manager), Ron Caron (Asst. General Manager)
- Pierre Meilleur (Asst. Trainer), Eddy Palchak (Trainer)
Stanley Cup engraving
- † Serge Savard served as Captain when Yvan Cournoyer missed the whole playoffs due to a back injury.
- 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.
- #2 Brian Engblom played two playoff games, no regular-season games and no games in the finals. His name was left off the Cup because he did not qualify.
See also
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 1976 |
Montreal Canadiens Stanley Cup champions 1977 |
Succeeded by Montreal Canadiens 1978 |
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