1977 Stanley Cup Finals

1977 Stanley Cup Finals
Teams 1 2 3 4* Games Montreal Canadiens  7 3 4 2 4 Boston Bruins  3 0 2 1 0 * indicates periods of overtime
Location: Montreal (Montreal Forum) (1,2) Boston (Boston Garden) (3,4) Format: Best-of-seven Coaches: Montreal: Scotty Bowman Boston: Don Cherry Captains: Montreal: Yvan Cournoyer Boston: John Bucyk Dates: May 7–14, 1977 MVP: Guy Lafleur (Montreal) Series-winning goal: Jacques Lemaire (4:32, first OT, G4)
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The 1977 Stanley Cup Final 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 final

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.

The series

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
(Guy Lapointe, Yvon Lambert) Doug Risebrough – 1:45 (Doug Jarvis, Larry Robinson) Yvon Lambert – 4:23 (Guy Lapointe, Serge Savard) Mario Tremblay – 14:35		First period			5:23 – Brad Park (Jean Ratelle)
(Guy Lafleur) Jacques Lemaire – 5:08		Second period			11:54 – Terry O'Reilly (Brad Park) 16:35 – Bobby Schmautz (Brad Park)
(Murray Wilson, Peter Mahovlich) Rick Chartraw – 0:59 (Yvon Lambert, Peter Mahovlich) Mario Tremblay – 2:04 (Serge Savard, Doug Risebrough) Yvon Lambert – 13:58		Third period			No scoring

May 10	Montreal Canadiens		3–0		Boston Bruins	Montreal Forum
(Larry Robinson, Steve Shutt) Peter Mahovlich – 7:43		First period			No scoring
(Steve Shutt, Guy Lafleur) Doug Risebrough – 12:07		Second period			No scoring
(Pierre Bouchard, Guy Lafleur) Steve Shutt – 5:40		Third period			No scoring

May 12	Boston Bruins		2–4		Montreal Canadiens	Boston Garden
No scoring		First period			4:08 – Guy Lafleur (Guy Lapointe, Peter Mahovlich) 7:58 – Steve Shutt (Jacques Lemaire, Guy Lafleur) 18:29 – Jacques Lemaire (Guy Lapointe, Guy Lafleur)
(Wayne Cashman, Rick Middleton) Gregg Sheppard – 6:32		Second period			No scoring
(Brad Park, Rick Middleton) Peter McNab – 18:34		Third period			12:52 – Guy Lafleur (Steve Shutt, Jacques Lemaire)

May 14	Boston Bruins		1–2	OT	Montreal Canadiens	Boston Garden
(Brad Park) Bobby Schmautz – 11:38		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			1:34 – Jacques Lemaire (Guy Lafleur, Larry Robinson)
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
No scoring		First overtime period			4:32 – Jacques Lemaire (Guy Lafleur)

Montreal won series 4–0

Montreal Canadiens 1977 Stanley Cup champions

Roster

  Centres

• 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 Rejean Houle
• 17 Murray Wilson
• 22 Steve Shutt
• 23 Bob Gainey

  Defencemen

• 2 Bill Nyrop
• 5 Guy Lapointe
• 18 Serge Savard (acting Captain)†
• 19 Larry Robinson
• 26 Pierre Bouchard
• 27 Rick Chartraw

  Goaltenders

• 29 Ken Dryden
• 1 Michel Larocque

• † Serge Savard served as Captain, when Yvan Cournoyer missed the whole playoffs due to a back injury.

  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

• 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 2 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

• 1976–77 NHL season

References

Preceded by Montreal Canadiens 1976

Montreal Canadiens Stanley Cup champions 1977

Succeeded by Montreal Canadiens 1978