1985 Stanley Cup Finals
The 1985 Stanley Cup Finals was the championship series of the National Hockey League's (NHL) 1984–85 season, and the culmination of the 1985 Stanley Cup playoffs. It was contested between the defending champion Edmonton Oilers (in their third straight Finals appearance) and the Philadelphia Flyers. The Oilers would win the best-of-seven series, four games to one, to win their second Stanley Cup. It was also the sixth straight Finals contested between teams that joined the NHL in 1967 or later. This was the last time, until 2022, that a team would appear in the Finals for three straight season. This would be the third of eight consecutive Finals contested by a team from Alberta (the Oilers appeared in six, the Calgary Flames in 1986 and 1989), and the second of five consecutive Finals to end with the Cup presentation on Alberta ice (the Oilers won four of those times, the Montreal Canadiens once).
| 1985 Stanley Cup Finals | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location(s) | Edmonton: Northlands Coliseum (3, 4, 5) Philadelphia: Spectrum (1, 2) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Coaches | Edmonton: Glen Sather Philadelphia: Mike Keenan | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Captains | Edmonton: Wayne Gretzky Philadelphia: Dave Poulin | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Referees | Andy Van Hellemond (1) Kerry Fraser (2, 4) Bryan Lewis (3, 5) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Dates | May 21 – May 30 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Wayne Gretzky (Oilers) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Series-winning goal | Paul Coffey (17:57, first, G5) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Networks | CBC (Canada-English, games 1 and 2) CTV (Canada-English, games 3, 4, and 5) SRC (Canada-French) USA (United States) PRISM (Philadelphia area, games 1, 2), WTAF (Philadelphia area, games 3, 4, 5) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Bob Cole and Gary Dornhoefer (CBC) Dan Kelly, Ron Reusch, and Brad Park (CTV) Dan Kelly (games 1-2), Al Albert (games 3-5), and Gary Green (USA Network) Gene Hart, Bobby Taylor (PRISM and WTAF) | |||||||||||||||||||||
References
change- Diamond, Dan (2000). Total Stanley Cup. Toronto: Total Sports Canada. ISBN 978-1-892129-07-9.
- Podnieks, Andrew; Hockey Hall of Fame (2004). Lord Stanley's Cup. Bolton, Ont.: Fenn Pub. pp 12, 50. ISBN 978-1-55168-261-7
| Preceded by Edmonton Oilers 1984 |
Edmonton Oilers Stanley Cup Champions 1985 |
Succeeded by Montreal Canadiens 1986 |
