1973 Stanley Cup Finals

The 1973 Stanley Cup Finals was the championship series of the National Hockey League's (NHL) 1972–73 season, and the culmination of the 1973 Stanley Cup playoffs. It was contested between the Chicago Black Hawks and the Montreal Canadiens, a rematch of the 1971 Final. The Canadiens won the best-of-seven series, four games to two to win their 18th Stanley Cup championship.

1973 Stanley Cup Finals
1 2 3 4 5 6 Total Montreal Canadiens 8 4 4 4 7 6 4 Chicago Black Hawks 3 1 7 0 8 4 2
Location(s)	Montreal: Montreal Forum (1, 2, 5) Chicago: Chicago Stadium (3, 4, 6)
Coaches	Montreal: Scotty Bowman Chicago: Bill Reay
Captains	Montreal: Henri Richard Chicago: Vacant
Dates	April 29 – May 10, 1973
MVP	Yvan Cournoyer (Canadiens)
Series-winning goal	Yvan Cournoyer (8:13, third, G6)
Hall of Famers	Canadiens: Yvan Cournoyer (1982) Ken Dryden (1983) Guy Lafleur (1988) Jacques Laperriere (1987) Guy Lapointe (1993) Jacques Lemaire (1984) Frank Mahovlich (1981) Henri Richard (1979) Larry Robinson (1995) Serge Savard (1986) Steve Shutt (1993; did not play) Black Hawks: Tony Esposito (1988) Stan Mikita (1983) Coaches: Scotty Bowman (1991)
Networks	CBC (Canada) NBC (United States, Games 1, 4-6)
Announcers	(CBC) Danny Gallivan and Dick Irvin Jr. (NBC) Tim Ryan, Ted Lindsay, and Brian McFarlane
Stanley Cup Finals

Paths to the Finals

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.

Game summaries

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

April 29	Chicago Black Hawks		3–8		Montreal Canadiens	Montreal Forum	Recap
Pit Martin (6) - 00:35 Ralph Backstrom (5) - 1:02 Pit Martin (7) - 12:07		First period			2:28 - Jacques Laperriere (1) 8:07 - Marc Tardif (7)
No scoring		Second period			3:01 - Chuck Lefley (1) 16:23 - pp - Jacques Lemaire (5)
No scoring		Third period			8:38 - pp - Jacques Lemaire (6) 12:36 - sh - Peter Mahovlich (2) 13:34 - Frank Mahovlich (5) 14:35 - Chuck Lefley (2)
Tony Esposito 25 saves / 33 shots Gary Smith 5 saves / 5 shots		Goalie stats			Ken Dryden 27 saves / 30 shots

May 1	Chicago Black Hawks		1–4		Montreal Canadiens	Montreal Forum	Recap
No scoring		First period			5:36 - Pierre Bouchard (1)
Cliff Koroll (4) - 7:28		Second period			12:08 - Yvan Cournoyer (10)
No scoring		Third period			5:01 - pp Yvan Cournoyer (11) 19:26 - en - Frank Mahovlich (6)
Tony Esposito 26 saves / 29 shots		Goalie stats			Ken Dryden 18 saves / 19 shots

May 3	Montreal Canadiens		4–7		Chicago Black Hawks	Chicago Stadium	Recap
No scoring		First period			1:59 - pp - Dennis Hull (7) 11:44 - pp - J.P. Bordeleau (1) 13:20 - sh - Bill White (1) 14:20 - sh - Stan Mikita (5)
Frank Mahovlich (7) - 10:25		Second period			2:08 - pp - John Marks (1)
Yvan Cournoyer (12) - 1:20 Guy Lapointe (6) - 7:15 Jacques Lemaire (7) - 8:01		Third period			19:29 - en - Dennis Hull (8) 19:49 - en - Jim Pappin (6)
Ken Dryden 30 saves / 35 shots		Goalie stats			Tony Esposito 29 saves / 33 shots

May 6	Montreal Canadiens		4–0		Chicago Black Hawks	Chicago Stadium	Recap
Marc Tardif (5) - 1:08		First period			No scoring
Yvan Cournoyer (13) - 14:13 Chuck Lefley (3) - 15:43		Second period			No scoring
Claude Larose (1) - 3:45		Third period			No scoring
Ken Dryden 19 saves / 19 shots		Goalie stats			Tony Esposito 26 saves / 30 shots

May 8	Chicago Black Hawks		8–7		Montreal Canadiens	Montreal Forum	Recap
Dennis Hull (9) - 9:34 Stan Mikita (6) - 11:24		First period			2:47 - Frank Mahovlich (8) 14:52 - pp - Peter Mahovlich (3)
Dave Kryskow (1) - 3:10 Stan Mikita (7) - 6:21 Jim Pappin (7) - 11:24 Len Frig (1) - pp - 16:21 Jim Pappin (8) - 19:03		Second period			00:37 - Claude Larose (2) 4:23 - Claude Larose (3) 7:09 - Yvan Cournoyer (14)
Lou Angotti (3) - 4:06		Third period			1:15 - Serge Savard (3) 11:43 - Henri Richard (5)
Tony Esposito 24 saves / 31 shots		Goalie stats			Ken Dryden 21 saves / 29 shots

May 10	Montreal Canadiens		6–4		Chicago Black Hawks	Chicago Stadium	Recap
Henri Richard (6) - 19:48		First period			10:35 - Pit Martin (8) 11:31 - pp - Pit Martin (9)
Peter Mahovlich (4) - 5:05 Rejean Houle (3) - 6:37 Frank Mahovlich (9) - pp - 10:54		Second period			8:32 - Dave Kryskow (2) 17:05 - pp - Pit Martin (2)
Yvan Cournoyer (15) - 8:13 Marc Tardif (6) - pp - 12:42		Third period			No scoring
Ken Dryden 23 saves / 27 shots		Goalie stats			Tony Esposito 27 saves / 33 shots

Montreal won series 4–2

Team rosters

Montreal Canadiens

No.	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
1		Michel Plasse	G	L	24	1968	Montreal, Quebec
2		Jacques Laperrière	D	L	31	1962	Béarn, Quebec
5		Guy Lapointe	D	L	25	1969	Montreal, Quebec
6		Jimmy Roberts	RW	R	33	1971	Toronto, Ontario
10		Guy Lafleur	RW	R	21	1971	Thurso, Quebec
11		Marc Tardif	LW	L	23	1969	Granby, Quebec
12		Yvan Cournoyer (A)	RW	L	29	1963	Montreal, Quebec
14		Réjean Houle	RW	L	23	1969	Rouyn, Quebec
15		Claude Larose	RW	R	31	1962	Hearst, Ontario
16		Henri Richard (C)	C	R	37	1955	Montreal, Quebec
17		Murray Wilson	C	L	21	1971	Toronto, Canada
18		Serge Savard	D	L	27	1966	Landrienne, Quebec
19		Larry Robinson	D	L	21	1971	Winchester, Ontario
20		Peter Mahovlich	C	L	26	1969	Timmins, Ontario
22		Steve Shutt	LW	L	20	1972	North York, Ontario
23		Bob Murdoch	D	R	26	1973	Kirkland Lake, Ontario
24		Chuck Lefley	LW	L	23	1970	Winnipeg, Manitoba
25		Jacques Lemaire	C	L	27	1967	LaSalle, Quebec
26		Pierre Bouchard	D	L	25	1965	Longueuil, Quebec
27		Frank Mahovlich (A)	LW	L	26	1969	Timmins, Ontario
29		Ken Dryden	G	L	25	1964	Hamilton, Ontario

Chicago Black Hawks

No.	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
1		Gary Smith	G	L	29	1971	Ottawa, Ontario
2		Bill White (A)	D	R	33	1970	Toronto, Ontario
3		Keith Magnuson	D	R	26	1969	Wadena, Saskatchewan
4		Doug Jarrett (A)	D	L	29	1964	London, Ontario
5		Phil Russell	D	L	20	1972	Edmonton, Alberta
6		Lou Angotti	C	L	35	1969	Toronto, Ontario
7		Pit Martin	C	L	29	1967	Noranda, Quebec
8		Jim Pappin	RW	R	33	1968	Sudbury, Ontario
10		Dennis Hull	LW	L	28	1964	Point Anne, Ontario
11		John Marks	LW	L	25	1968	Hamiota, Manitoba
12		Pat Stapleton	D	L	32	1965	Sarnia, Ontario
14		Ralph Backstrom	C	L	35	1973	Kirkland Lake, Ontario
15		Dick Redmond	LW	L	23	1972	Kirkland Lake, Ontario
16		Chico Maki	RW	R	33	1961	Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
17		Dave Kryskow	LW	L	21	1971	Edmonton, Alberta
19		Len Frig	D	L	22	1970	Blairmore, Alberta
20		Cliff Koroll	RW	R	26	1969	Canora, Saskatchewan
21		Stan Mikita (A)	C	R	32	1958	Sokolče, Slovak Republic
22		Jerry Korab	D	L	24	1970	Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
23		J.P. Bordeleau	RW	R	23	1969	Noranda, Quebec
35		Tony Esposito	G	R	30	1969	Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario

Note: Stan Mikita served as the Black Hawks unofficial team captain during the 1973 Stanley Cup playoffs. Mikita was the alternate captain with the longest tenure in the league on the roster at the time of the playoffs.

Stanley Cup engraving

The 1973 Stanley Cup was presented to Canadiens captain Henri Richard by NHL President Clarence Campbell following the Canadiens 6–4 win over the Black Hawks in game six.

The following Canadiens players and staff had their names engraved on the Stanley Cup

1972–73 Montreal Canadiens

Players

  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
• 5 Guy Lapointe
• 18 Serge Savard
• 19 Larry Robinson
• 23 Bob Murdoch
• 26 Pierre Bouchard

  Goaltenders

• 29 Ken Dryden
• 1 Michel Plasse

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), 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.
• ^ Assistant Manager were not included on the Stanley Cup, but qualified to be on it.
• 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.
• #30 Wayne Thomas (G), #3 Dale Hodgson (D) – were included on the team picture, but did not play enough games to get their name on the Stanley Cup.

See also

• 1972–73 NHL season
• 1972–73 Chicago Black Hawks season
• 1972–73 Montreal Canadiens season

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.