1974 Stanley Cup Finals

1974 Stanley Cup Finals
Teams 1 2* 3 4 5 6 Games Philadelphia Flyers  2 3 4 4 1 1 4 Boston Bruins  3 2 1 2 5 0 2 * overtime periods
Location: Philadelphia (Spectrum) (3,4,6) Boston (Boston Garden) (1,2,5) Format: Best-of-seven Coaches: Philadelphia: Fred Shero Boston: Bep Guidolin Captains: Philadelphia: Bobby Clarke Boston: John Bucyk Referees: Dave Newell (1,5) Art Skov (2,6) Lloyd Gilmour (3) Ron Wicks (4) Dates: May 7 – May 19 MVP: Bernie Parent (Philadelphia Flyers) Series-winning goal: Rick MacLeish (14:48, first,G6) Networks: CBC (Canada-English), SRC (Canada-French), NBC (United States, Games 3, 6), WTAF (Philadelphia area, Games 1, 2, 5), WSBK (Boston area, Games 1, 2, 4, 5)
< 1973 Stanley Cup Finals 1975 >

The 1974 Stanley Cup Final was contested by the Boston Bruins and the Philadelphia Flyers. The Flyers made their first Final appearance and the Bruins returned to the Finals after having won the 1972 Stanley Cup Finals. The Flyers won the best-of-seven series four games to two and became the first team from the 1967 Expansion to win the Stanley Cup.

Paths to the Final

Boston defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 4–0 and the Chicago Black Hawks 4–2 to advance to the final.

Philadelphia defeated the Atlanta Flames 4–0 and the New York Rangers 4–3 to make it to the final.

The series

In the previous 19 games against the Bruins in Boston, the Flyers had lost 17 and tied two. Boston had the best regular season record in the league finishing one point ahead of the Flyers. The Bruins also had home ice advantage in the Stanley Cup Finals, and were made heavy favorites to win the series. A key confidence-building win late in the regular season saw the Flyers defeating the Bruins 5-3 at the Spectrum in Philadelphia. The first two games at Boston Garden were full of late game dramatics. In game 1, the Flyers nearly scored late in the third period to break a 2-2 tie. Bobby Orr, having saved the Flyers' shot by blocking the open Boston net with his leg, then took the puck up the ice and scored on a slapshot past Bernie Parent with a little over a minute remaining in regulation to propel the Bruins to a 3-2 win. Game 2 saw the Bruins on the verge of a 2-0 series lead when Flyers defenseman Andre Dupont scored with Parent pulled with less than a minute remaining for an extra attacker to tie the score at 2-2, and Bobby Clarke scored the 3-2 game winner in overtime. The Flyers, led by Parent's play in goal, won the next two games on home ice to take a 3-1 series lead. Game 5 in Boston was a sloppy affair marred by many fights and penalties as Boston easily won to extend the series to a game 6 in Philadelphia. Before a national audience watching the game on NBC and a raucous Philadelphia crowd, Parent posted an epic 30-save shutout against the Bruins as the Flyers won the game 1-0, the series four games to two, and the Stanley Cup. Parent made a spectacular kick save to stop a tremendous slapshot from Ken Hodge with less than 3 minutes left to play. The blast was the Bruins' final shot of the series. Parent was named the winner of the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP. The Flyers were the first of the non-original 6 teams in the NHL to win the championship.

May 7	Boston Bruins		3–2		Philadelphia Flyers	Boston Garden
(Carol Vadnais, Bobby Orr) Wayne Cashman, 4 - 12:05 (Dallas Smith, Dave Forbes) Gregg Sheppard, 10 - 13:01		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			7:47 - Orest Kindrachuk (Joe Watson, Don Saleski)
(Wayne Cashman, Ken Hodge) Bobby Orr, 2 - 19:38		Third period			5:32 - Bobby Clarke, (Joe Watson, Simon Nolet)

May 9	Boston Bruins		2-3	OT	Philadelphia Flyers	Boston Garden
(Phil Esposito, Carol Vadnais) Wayne Cashman, 5 - 14:24 (Wayne Cashman, Ken Hodge) Phil Esposito, 8 - 17:22		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			1:08 - Bobby Clarke (Bill Flett, Dave Schultz)
No scoring		Third period			19:08 - Andre Dupont (Rick MacLeish, Bobby Clarke)
No scoring		First overtime period			12:01 - Bobby Clarke (Bill Flett, Dave Schultz)

May 12	Philadelphia Flyers		4-1		Boston Bruins	Philadelphia Spectrum
(Rick MacLeish, Bobby Clarke) Tom Bladon - 10:07 Terry Crisp - 15:43		First period			1:03 - John Bucyk, 8 (Gregg Sheppard, Bobby Orr)
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
(Bill Barber, Don Saleski) Orest Kindrachuk - 7:53 (Rick Macleish) Ross Lonsberry - 14:19		Third period			No scoring

May 14	Philadelphia Flyers		4-2		Boston Bruins	Philadelphia Spectrum
(Tom Bladon) Rick MacLeish - 4:40 (Ed Van Impe, Don Saleski) Dave Schultz - 5:30		First period			7:12 - Phil Esposito, 9 (John Bucyk, Ken Hodge) 11:24 - Andre Savard, 3 (Bobby Orr, Carol Vadnais)
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
(Jim Watson, Ross Lonsberry) Bill Barber - 14:25 (Terry Crisp, Bobby Clarke) Andre Dupont - 16:40		Third period			No scoring

May 16	Boston Bruins		5-1		Philadelphia Flyers	Boston Garden
(Bobby Orr) Gregg Sheppard, 11 - 8:14		First period			No scoring
(John Bucyk, Gregg Sheppard) Bobby Orr, 3 - 12:06 (Dallas Smith, Ken Hodge) Bobby Orr, 4 - 16:55		Second period			6:04 - Bill Clement (Bill Flett, Ed Van Impe)
(John Bucyk, Gregg Sheppard) Ken Hodge, 6 - 0:39 (Terry O'Reilly, Andre Savard) Don Marcotte, 4 - 18:59		Third period			No scoring

May 19	Philadelphia Flyers		1-0		Boston Bruins	Philadelphia Spectrum
(Andre Dupont) Rick MacLeish - 14:48		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring

Philadelphia won series 4–2

Aftermath

The Flyers Stanley Cup win triggered the largest celebration in Philadelphia sports history.^[1][2] The day after the Flyers won the Cup, more than two million lined Broad Street for a ticker-tape parade,^[3] making it the largest championship parade in the history of Philadelphia sports.^[2][4] One of the fans who attended the parade was future New York Rangers goaltender Mike Richter.^[5] Richter grew up in Flourtown, Pa. near Philadelphia idolizing Flyers goalie Bernie Parent.^[6]

Rosters

Philadelphia Flyers

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
1		Parent, BernieBernie Parent	G	L	29	1973	Montreal, Quebec
2		Van Impe, EdEd Van Impe	D	L	33	1967	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
3		Bladon, TomTom Bladon	D	R	21	1972	Edmonton, Alberta
4		Ashbee, BarryBarry Ashbee	D	R	34	1970	Weston, Ontario
6		Dupont, AndreAndre Dupont	D	L	24	1972	Trois-Rivières, Quebec
7		Barber, BillBill Barber	LW	L	21	1972	Callander, Ontario
8		Schultz, DaveDave Schultz	LW	L	24	1969	Waldheim, Saskatchewan
9		Kelly, BobBob Kelly	LW	L	23	1970	Oakville, Ontario
10		Clement, BillBill Clement	C	L	23	1970	Buckingham, Quebec
11		Saleski, DonDon Saleski	RW	R	24	1972	Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
12		Dornhoefer, GaryGary Dornhoefer (A)	RW	R	31	1967	Kitchener, Ontario
14		Watson, JoeJoe Watson (A)	D	L	30	1967	Smithers, British Columbia
15		Crisp, TerryTerry Crisp (A)	C	L	30	1973	Parry Sound, Ontario
16		Clarke, BobbyBobby Clarke (C)	C	L	24	1969	Flin Flon, Manitoba
17		Nolet, SimonSimon Nolet	RW	R	32	1967	St. Odilon, Quebec
18		Lonsberry, RossRoss Lonsberry	LW	L	27	1972	Watson, Saskatchewan
19		MacLeish, RickRick MacLeish	C	L	24	1971	Cannington, Ontario
20		Watson, JimJim Watson	D	L	21	1972	Smithers, British Columbia
21		Flett, BillBill Flett	RW	R	30	1972	Vermilion, Alberta
26		Kindrachuk, OrestOrest Kindrachuk	C	L	23	1972	Nanton, Alberta
27		Cowick, BruceBruce Cowick	LW	L	22	1973	Victoria, British Columbia
30		Taylor, BobbyBobby Taylor	G	R	29	1968	Calgary, Alberta

Boston Bruins

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
1		Gilbert, GillesGilles Gilbert	G	L	25	1973	Saint-Esprit, Quebec
4		Orr, BobbyBobby Orr	D	L	26	1966	Parry Sound, Ontario
6		Edestrand, DarrylDarryl Edestrand	D	L	28	1973	Strathroy, Ontario
7		Esposito, PhilPhil Esposito	C	L	32	1967	Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
8		Hodge, KenKen Hodge	RW	R	29	1967	Birmingham, England
9		Bucyk, JohnnyJohnny Bucyk (C)	LW	L	39	1957	Edmonton, Alberta
10		Vadnais, CarolCarol Vadnais	D	L	28	1972	Montreal, Quebec
11		Savard, AndreAndre Savard	C	L	20	1973	Temiscamingue, Quebec
12		Cashman, WayneWayne Cashman	RW	R	28	1964	Kingston, Ontario
14		Forbes, DaveDave Forbes	LW	L	25	1973	Montreal, Quebec
17		Schmautz, BobbyBobby Schmautz	RW	R	29	1974	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
18		Leduc, RichRich Leduc	C	L	22	1971	Ile Perot, Quebec
19		Sheppard, GreggGregg Sheppard	LW	L	25	1972	North Battleford, Saskatchewan
20		Smith, DallasDallas Smith	D	L	32	1959	Hamiota, Manitoba
21		Marcotte, DonDon Marcotte	LW	L	27	1965	Arthabaska, Quebec
22		Gibson, DougDoug Gibson	C	L	20	1973	Peterborough, Ontario
23		Sims, AlAl Sims	D	L	21	1973	Toronto, Ontario
24		O'Reilly, TerryTerry O'Reilly	RW	R	22	1971	Niagara Falls, Ontario
29		Simmons, AlAl Simmons	D	L	23	1974	Winnipeg, Manitoba
30		Brooks, RossRoss Brooks	G	L	36	1971	Toronto, Ontario

Philadelphia Flyers - 1974 Stanley Cup champions

Celebration in the Flyers' locker room, May 19, 1974

Roster

  Centres

• 10 – Bill Clement 
• 15 – Terry Crisp (A)
• 16 – Bobby Clarke (Captain)
• 19 – Rick MacLeish 
• 26 – Orest Kindrachuk 

  Wingers

• 7 – Bill Barber 
• 8 – Dave Schultz 
• 9 – Bob Kelly 
• 11 – Don Saleski 
• 12 – Gary Dornhoefer (A)
• 17 – Simon Nolet 
• 18 – Ross Lonsberry 
• 21 – Bill Flett 
• 27 – Bruce Cowick 

  Defencemen

• 2 – Ed Van Impe 
• 3 – Tom Bladon 
• 4 – Barry Ashbee 
• 6 – Andre Dupont 
• 14 – Joe Watson (A)
• 20 – Jimmy Watson 

  Goaltenders

• 1 – Bernie Parent 
• 30 – Bobby Taylor 

  Coaching and administrative staff

• Ed Snider (Chairman/Owner), Joe Scott (President)
• F. Eugene Dixon Jr. (Vice Chairman), Fred Shero (Head Coach)
• Keith Allen (Vice President/General Manager)
• Lou Scheinfield (Vice President), Mike Nykoluk (Asst. Coach),
• Frank Lewis (Trainer), Jim McKenzie (Asst. Trainer)

Stanley Cup engraving

• #25 Al MacAdam played five regular season games and one playoff game. Although he did receive a Stanley Cup ring, his name was not engraved on the Stanley Cup.^[7]
• Joe Kadlec^, John Brogan^ (Directors of Public Relations) were included on Philadelphia's Stanley Cup winning pictures in 1974, 1975, but their names do not appear on the Stanley Cup.

See also

• 1973–74 NHL season
• 1973–74 Boston Bruins season
• 1973–74 Philadelphia Flyers season

Notes

1. Keese, Parton (May 20, 1974). "Flyers Capture Stanley Cup by Beating Bruins, 1-0". New York Times. p. 41.
2. 1974 stanley cup on YouTube
3. Keese, Parton (May 21, 1974). "Philadelphia Flies High As Its Flyers". New York Times. p. 35.
4. Lin, Jennifer; Steele, Allison; Dwight Ott (October 31, 2008). "Parade for the Champs; Noon High: Million-plus expected at celebration". Philadelphia Inquirer. p. A1. In the annals of Philadelphia sports parades, the biggest crowd turned out for the 1974 celebration of the Flyers' Stanley Cup. More than two million fans flocked to Broad Street.
5. Price, Laura (June 18, 1994). "Rangers' Parade Of Glory". Newsday. p. A41. The All-Star goaltender (Richter) remembers watching a victory parade in Philadelphia as a youngster when the Flyers won the Cup in 1974.
6. Alven, Al (November 15, 2007). "Prospect Profile: James van Riemsdyk". philadelphiaflyers.com. Flyers.NHL.com. Retrieved March 1, 2011.
7. "Legends of Hockey -- NHL Player Search -- Player -- Al MacAdam". Retrieved 6 December 2013.

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.