1985 Stanley Cup Finals
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| Location(s) |
Edmonton (Northlands Coliseum) (3,4,5) Philadelphia (Spectrum) (1,2) |
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| Coaches | Edmonton: Glen Sather Philadelphia: Mike Keenan |
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| Captains | Edmonton: Wayne Gretzky Philadelphia: Dave Poulin |
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| Referees |
Andy Van Hellemond (1) Kerry Fraser (2,4) Bryan Lewis (3,5) |
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| Dates | May 21 – May 30 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Wayne Gretzky (Edmonton Oilers) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Series-winning goal | Paul Coffey (17:57, first,G5) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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CBC (Canada-English, Games 1–2) CTV (Canada-English, Games 3, 4, 5) SRC (Canada-French) USA (United States) PRISM (Philadelphia area, Games 1, 2), WTAF (Philadelphia area, Games 3, 4, 5) |
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| Announcers |
Bob Cole, 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) |
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The 1985 Stanley Cup Finals was played 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. As of 2015[update], this is also the last time that a team, defending champion or runner-up, would appear in the Finals for the third 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).
Edmonton defeated the Los Angeles Kings 3–0, the Winnipeg Jets 4–0, and the Chicago Black Hawks 4–2 to advance to the finals.
Philadelphia defeated the New York Rangers 3–0, the New York Islanders 4–1, and the Quebec Nordiques 4–2 to make it to the finals.
The 1985 Finals continued to use the format of alternating locations after game two and game five, instead of the previous format of alternating after game two, game four and every game thereafter. The NHL would revert to the previous format for the 1986 Finals. Wayne Gretzky scored seven goals in the five games, tying the record set by Jean Béliveau of the Canadiens in 1956 and Mike Bossy of the Islanders in 1982. Grant Fuhr stopped two penalty shots. Jari Kurri scored 19 goals in the playoffs, tying the single-year record set by Reggie Leach of the Flyers in 1976.
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