1973 Stanley Cup Finals

1973 Stanley Cup Finals
Teams 1* 2 3 4 5 6 Games Montreal Canadiens  8 4 4 4 7 6 4 Chicago Black Hawks  3 1 7 0 8 4 2
Location: Montreal, QC (Montreal Forum) (1,2,5) Chicago, IL (Chicago Stadium) (3,4,6) Format: Best-of-seven Coaches: Montreal: Scotty Bowman Chicago: Bill Reay Captains: Montreal: Henri Richard Chicago: Vacant Dates: April 29 to May 10, 1973 MVP: Yvan Cournoyer Series-winning goal: Yvan Cournoyer (8:13, third, G6)
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The 1973 Stanley Cup Final NHL championship series was contested by the Chicago Black Hawks and the Montreal Canadiens, a rematch of the 1971 championship series. The Canadiens would win the best-of-seven series four games to two.

Paths to the Final

Chicago defeated the St. Louis Blues 4–1 and the New York Rangers 4–1 to advance to the final.

Montreal defeated the Buffalo Sabres 4–2 and the Philadelphia Flyers 4–1 to set up an "Original Six" final.

The series

Yvan Cournoyer and Jacques Lemaire would both have 12 points in the finals for the Canadiens, with the Conn Smythe going to Cournoyer, who had six goals. It was Henri Richard's eleventh win of the Stanley Cup and Scotty Bowman's first.

Date	Visitors	Score	Home	Score	Notes
April 29	Chicago	3	Montreal	8
May 1	Chicago	1	Montreal	4
May 3	Montreal	4	Chicago	7
May 6	Montreal	4	Chicago	0
May 8	Chicago	8	Montreal	7
May 10	Montreal	6	Chicago	4

Montreal wins the series 4–2.

Montreal Canadiens 1973 Stanley Cup champions

Roster

  Centres

• 14 Rejean Houle
• 16 Henri Richard (Captain)
• 20 Peter Mahovlich
• 25 Jacques Lemaire

  Wingers

• 6 Jim Roberts
• 10 Guy Lafleur
• 11 Marc Tardif
• 12 Yvan Cournoyer(A)
• 15 Claude Larose
• 17 Murray Wilson
• 22 Steve Shutt
• 24 Chuck Lefley
• 27 Frank Mahovlich(A)

  Defencemen

• 2 Jacques Laperriere
• 3 Dale Hoganson†
• 5 Guy Lapointe
• 18 Serge Savard
• 19 Larry Robinson
• 23 Bob Murdoch
• 26 Pierre Bouchard

  Goaltenders

• 29 Ken Dryden
• 1 Michel Plasse
• 30 Wayne Thomas†

  Coaching and Administrative Staff

• Jacques Courtois (President), Jean Beliveau (Vice President - Director of Cooperate Relations)
• Peter Bronfman (Chairman/Owner), Sam Pollock (Vice President/General Manager)
• Edward Bronfman (Executive Director/Owner), William Scotty Bowman (Head Coach)
• Bob Williams (Trainer), Eddy Palchak (Asst. Trainer)
• Floyd Curry (Asst. General Manager)^, Ron Caron, (Asst. General Managers)^

Stanley Cup engraving

• 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.
• On the Replica Stanley Cup created in 1992–93 Bob Murdoch's name was spelled BOB MURDOCK with a "K" instead of a "H". His name was correct on the original engraving in 1973.
• † left off cup, but included on the team picture. ^-Missing from team picture and Stanley Cup, but qualified to be on the Stanley Cup.

See also

• 1972–73 NHL season
• 1972–73 Chicago Black Hawks season
• 1972–73 Montreal Canadiens season
• List of Stanley Cup champions

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 Boston Bruins 1972

Montreal Canadiens Stanley Cup Champions 1973

Succeeded by Philadelphia Flyers 1974