1973 Stanley Cup Finals | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location(s) |
Montreal, QC (Montreal Forum) (1,2,5) Chicago, IL (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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Series-winning goal | Yvan Cournoyer (8:13, third, G6) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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.
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.
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.
Montreal wins the series 4–2.