1977 Stanley Cup Finals
1977 ice hockey championship series
The 1977 Stanley Cup Finals was the championship series of the National Hockey League's (NHL) 1976–77 season, and the finish to the 1977 Stanley Cup playoffs. It was played 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.
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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[1] 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 | ||||||||||||||||||
Paths to the Finals
changeMontreal 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
changeJacques Lemaire scored three game-winning goals, including the Cup-winner in overtime. Guy Lafleur won the Conn Smythe Trophy for scoring 10 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 | |
Montreal Canadiens 1977 Stanley Cup champions
changeRoster
- Centers
- 8 Doug Risebrough
- 20 Peter Mahovlich
- 21 Doug Jarvis
- 24 Pierre Mondou
- 25 Jacques Lemaire
- 28 Mike Polich
- Wingers
- 6 Jim Roberts
- 10 Guy Lafleur
- 11 Yvon Lambert
- 12 Yvan Cournoyer (Captain)
- 14 Mario Tremblay
- 15 Réjean Houle
- 17 Murray Wilson
- 22 Steve Shutt
- 23 Bob Gainey
- Defensemen
- 2 Bill Nyrop
- 5 Guy Lapointe
- 18 Serge Savard†
- 19 Larry Robinson
- 26 Pierre Bouchard
- 27 Rick Chartraw
- Goaltenders
- Non-players
- Jacques Courtois (President), Sam Pollock (Vice President/General Manager)
- Jean Béliveau (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 interim 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.
- #3 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. Engblom also won the Calder Cup with Mike Polich, and Pierre Mondou in 1977.
References
change- ↑ Due to injury, Cournoyer did not play in any playoff games. Serge Savard served as acting captain.
- 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 |