1976 Stanley Cup Final

1976 ice hockey championship series August 2023 1976 Montreal Canadiens Montreal Yvan Cournoyer Roger Doucet Scotty Bowman Philadelphia Flyers Philadelphia Fred Shero Bobby Clarke Kate Smith Ron Wicks (1)Dave Newell (2)Wally Harris (3)Lloyd Gilmour (4) Guy Lafleur (14:18, third) May 9–16, 1976 Montreal: Montreal Forum (1, 2) Philadelphia: Spectrum (3, 4) Reggie Leach (Flyers) 4 2 3 5 4 3 1 2 3 0 Canada:(English): CBC(French): SRCUnited States:(English): NHL Network (national), WTXF-TV (Philadelphia) (CBC) Danny Gallivan and Dick Irvin Jr.(SRC) Rene Lecavalier and Gilles Tremblay(NHLN) Marv Albert (1, 3–4), Ted Darling (2), Stan Mikita (1), Garry Unger (2), Chico Resch (3), and Curt Bennett (4)(WTXF-TV) Don Earle and Gene Hart Canadiens:Yvan Cournoyer (1982)Ken Dryden (1983)Bob Gainey (1992)Guy Lafleur (1988)Guy Lapointe (1993)Jacques Lemaire (1984)Larry Robinson (1995)Serge Savard (1986)Steve Shutt (1993)Flyers:Bill Barber (1990)Bobby Clarke (1987)Bernie Parent (1984; did not play)Coaches:Scotty Bowman (1991)Fred Shero (2013)Officials:Neil Armstrong (1991)John D'Amico (1993)Matt Pavelich (1987) The 1976 Stanley Cup Final was the championship series of the National Hockey League's (NHL) 1975–76 season, and the culmination of the 1976 Stanley Cup playoffs. It was contested by the two-time defending Stanley Cup champion Philadelphia Flyers, making their third consecutive finals appearance, and the Montreal Canadiens. This was the Canadiens first appearance in the Final since their Cup win in 1973. The Canadiens swept the series to win their 19th Stanley Cup in franchise history, denying the Flyers a three-peat. This marked the first of what is currently six consecutive losses in the Cup Final for the Flyers, as they would lose in the Final again in 1980, 1985, 1987, 1997, and 2010. Paths to the Finals Montreal defeated the Chicago Black Hawks 4–0 and the New York Islanders 4–1 to advance to the final. Philadelphia defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 4–3 and the Boston Bruins 4–1 to make it to the final. Game summaries Guy Lafleur scored the first two finals goals in his career, both game-winners. Reggie Leach scored four goals in the Finals, and nineteen times in total in the playoffs to win the Conn Smythe Trophy even though the Flyers lost the Cup to the Canadiens. He is one of the only two non-goaltenders in NHL history to be named MVP of the playoffs in an unsuccessful cause, and the third of only six as of today. His accomplishment followed Roger Crozier (Detroit Red Wings, in 1966) and Glenn Hall (St. Louis Blues, 1968) and preceded Ron Hextall (Philadelphia, 1987), Jean-Sebastien Giguere (Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, 2003) and Connor McDavid (Edmonton Oilers, 2024). Game one Philadelphia Flyers Montreal Canadiens Montreal Forum The Spectrum May 9 1 3–4 2 www.nhl.com/gamecenter/phi-vs-mtl/1976/05/09/1975030411#game=1975030411,game_state=final Scoring summary Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score 1st PHI Reggie Leach (16) Bobby Clarke (12) and Jack McIlhargey (3) 00:21 1–0 PHI PHI Ross Lonsberry (4) Mel Bridgman (7) and Tom Bladon (4) 13:22 2–0 PHI 2nd MTL Jim Roberts (3) Bob Gainey (3) and Doug Risebrough (2) 04:04 2–1 PHI MTL Larry Robinson (3) Pete Mahovlich (5) and Guy Lafleur (6) 06:30 2–2 3rd PHI Larry Goodenough (3) – pp Gary Dornhoefer (4) 05:17 3–2 PHI MTL Jacques Lemaire (2) Bill Nyrop (3) 10:02 3–3 MTL Guy Lapointe (3) Steve Shutt (6) 18:38 4–3 MTL Penalty summary Period Team Player Penalty Time PIM 1st PHI Tom Bladon Elbowing 02:32 2:00 MTL Pete Mahovlich Roughing 09:28 2:00 PHI Gary Dornhoefer Tripping 11:05 2:00 MTL Mario Tremblay Roughing 14:34 2:00 PHI Dave Schultz Roughing – double minor 14:34 4:00 MTL Pete Mahovlich Roughing 17:09 2:00 PHI Bobby Clarke Roughing 17:09 2:00 2nd MTL Yvon Lambert Roughing – double minor 05:59 4:00 PHI Don Saleski Roughing 05:59 2:00 MTL Bob Gainey High-sticking 11:50 2:00 PHI Jimmy Watson Slashing 11:50 2:00 PHI Joe Watson Holding 13:44 2:00 MTL Bob Gainey Elbowing 16:26 2:00 PHI Mel Bridgman Roughing 16:26 2:00 3rd MTL Pierre Bouchard Holding 04:09 2:00 PHI Dave Schultz Hooking 06:29 2:00 Shots by period Team 1 2 3 Total Philadelphia 4 8 8 20 Montreal 11 16 9 36 Game two Philadelphia Flyers Montreal Canadiens Montreal Forum The Spectrum May 11 1 1–2 2 https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/phi-vs-mtl/1976/05/11/1975030412 Scoring summary Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score 1st None 2nd MTL Jacques Lemaire (3) – sh Unassisted 15:19 1–0 MTL 3rd MTL Guy Lafleur (6) Unassisted 02:41 2–0 MTL PHI Dave Schultz (2) Tom Bladon (5) 17:35 2–1 MTL Penalty summary Period Team Player Penalty Time PIM 1st MTL Guy Lafleur Tripping 08:44 2:00 PHI Jimmy Watson Hooking 11:44 2:00 MTL Guy Lapointe High-sticking 16:54 2:00 2nd PHI Bill Barber Charging 07:46 2:00 PHI Andre Dupont Hooking 11:29 2:00 MTL Guy Lapointe Holding 14:17 2:00 MTL Mario Tremblay Fighting – major 14:17 5:00 PHI Andre Dupont Fighting – major 14:17 5:00 3rd MTL Larry Robinson Boarding 11:20 2:00 Shots by period Team 1 2 3 Total Philadelphia 9 8 9 26 Montreal 6 8 5 19 Game three Montreal Canadiens Philadelphia Flyers The Spectrum May 13 3–2 1 https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/mtl-vs-phi/1976/05/13/1975030413 Scoring summary Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score 1st MTL Steve Shutt (5) – pp Guy Lafleur (7) 03:17 1–0 MTL PHI Reggie Leach (17) – pp Bobby Clarke (13) and Larry Goodenough (11) 08:40 1–1 PHI Reggie Leach (18) Unassited 18:14 2–1 PHI 2nd MTL Steve Shutt (6) – pp Guy Lafleur (8) and Pete Mahovlich (6) 01:09 2–2 3rd MTL Pierre Bouchard (1) Murray Wilson (1) 09:16 3–2 MTL Penalty summary Period Team Player Penalty Time PIM 1st PHI Bill Barber Elbowing 01:52 2:00 MTL Doug Risebrough High-sticking 08:02 2:00 MTL Bob Gainey Elbowing 09:18 2:00 PHI Mel Bridgman Hooking 15:45 2:00 PHI Gary Dornhoefer Elbowing 19:59 2:00 2nd MTL Bill Nyrop Interference 02:38 2:00 PHI Jack McIlhargey Tripping 05:47 2:00 MTL Larry Robinson Roughing 09:57 2:00 MTL Bob Gainey Roughing 09:57 2:00 PHI Bob Kelly Roughing 09:57 2:00 PHI Jack McIlhargey Roughing 09:57 2:00 3rd None Shots by period Team 1 2 3 Total Montreal 5 13 7 25 Philadelphia 9 6 7 22 Game four Montreal Canadiens Philadelphia Flyers The Spectrum May 16 5–3 1 https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/mtl-vs-phi/1976/05/16/1975030414/summary Scoring summary Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score 1st PHI Reggie Leach (19) Mel Bridgman (8) 00:40 1–0 PHI MTL Steve Shutt (7) – pp Yvan Cournoyer (6) and Pete Mahovlich (7) 05:35 1–1 MTL Pierre Bouchard (2) – pp Doug Risebrough (3) 11:48 2–1 MTL PHI Bill Barber (6) – pp Tom Bladon (6) and Andre Dupont (2) 18:20 2–2 2nd PHI Andre Dupont (2) – pp Bill Barber (7) and Bobby Clarke (14) 13:59 3–2 PHI MTL Yvan Cournoyer (3) – pp Larry Robinson (6) and Guy Lafleur (9) 19:49 3–3 3rd MTL Guy Lafleur (7) Pete Mahovlich (8) and Steve Shutt (7) 14:18 4–3 MTL MTL Pete Mahovlich (4) Guy Lafleur (10) and Steve Shutt (8) 15:16 5–3 MTL Penalty summary Period Team Player Penalty Time PIM 1st MTL Serge Savard Roughing 00:29 2:00 PHI Dave Schultz Roughing – double minor 00:29 4:00 PHI Don Saleski Interference 03:44 2:00 PHI Bill Barber High-sticking 09:54 2:00 PHI Guy Lapointe Holding 17:32 2:00 2nd MTL Bob Gainey Slashing 00:21 2:00 PHI Bobby Clarke Slashing 00:21 2:00 MTL Guy Lapointe Tripping 12:43 2:00 MTL Jacques Lemaire Tripping 17:20 2:00 PHI Gary Dornhoefer Hooking 17:53 2:00 3rd PHI Larry Goodenough Interference 09:03 2:00 MTL Bob Gainey Holding 11:26 2:00 Shots by period Team 1 2 3 Total Montreal 11 7 12 30 Philadelphia 7 9 8 24 Team rosters Montreal Canadiens Michel Larocque 1 G Canada L 1952 4 6 1972 Hull, Quebec 1976 5 9 Bill Nyrop 2 D United States L 1952 7 23 1972 Washington, D.C. 1976 5 9 John Van Boxmeer 3 D Canada R 1952 11 20 1972 Petrolia, Ontario 1976 5 9 Guy Lapointe 5 D Canada L 1948 3 18 1969 Montreal, Quebec 1976 5 9 Jimmy Roberts Jim Roberts (ice hockey, born 1940) 6 RW Canada R 1940 4 9 1971 Toronto, Ontario 1976 5 9 Doug Risebrough 8 C Canada L 1954 1 29 1974 Guelph, Ontario 1976 5 9 Guy Lafleur 10 RW Canada R 1951 9 20 1971 Thurso, Quebec 1976 5 9 Yvon Lambert 11 LW Canada L 1950 5 20 1971 Drummondville, Quebec 1976 5 9 Yvan Cournoyer 12 RW Canada L 1943 11 22 1963 Montreal, Quebec C 1976 5 9 Mario Tremblay 14 RW Canada R 1956 11 22 1974 Alma, Quebec 1976 5 9 Murray Wilson 17 LW Canada L 1951 11 7 1971 Toronto, Canada 1976 5 9 Serge Savard 18 D Canada L 1946 1 22 1966 Landrienne, Quebec 1976 5 9 Larry Robinson 19 D Canada L 1951 6 2 1971 Winchester, Ontario 1976 5 9 Peter Mahovlich 20 C Canada L 1946 10 10 1969 Timmins, Ontario 1976 5 9 Doug Jarvis 21 C Canada L 1955 3 24 1975 Brantford, Ontario 1976 5 9 Steve Shutt 22 LW Canada L 1952 7 1 1972 North York, Ontario 1976 5 9 Bob Gainey 23 LW Canada L 1955 1 27 1973 Peterborough, Ontario 1976 5 9 Don Awrey 24 D Canada L 1943 7 18 1975 Kitchener, Ontario 1976 5 9 Jacques Lemaire 25 C Canada L 1945 9 27 1967 LaSalle, Quebec 1976 5 9 Pierre Bouchard 26 D Canada L 1948 2 20 1965 Longueuil, Quebec 1976 5 9 Rick Chartraw 27 D United States R 1954 7 13 1974 Caracas, Venezuela 1976 5 9 Ken Dryden 29 G Canada L 1947 8 8 1964 Hamilton, Ontario 1976 5 9 |} Philadelphia Flyers Bernie Parent 1 G Canada L 1945 4 3 1973 Montreal, Quebec 1976 5 9 Tom Bladon 3 D Canada R 1952 12 29 1972 Edmonton, Alberta 1976 5 9 Larry Goodenough 5 D Canada R 1953 1 9 1973 Toronto, Ontario 1976 5 9 Andre Dupont André Dupont 6 D Canada L 1949 7 27 1972 Trois-Rivières, Quebec 1976 5 9 Bill Barber 7 LW Canada L 1952 7 11 1972 Callander, Ontario 1976 5 9 Dave Schultz Dave Schultz (ice hockey) 8 LW Canada L 1949 10 14 1969 Waldheim, Saskatchewan 1976 5 9 Bob Kelly Bob Kelly (ice hockey b. 1950) 9 LW Canada L 1950 12 25 1970 Oakville, Ontario 1976 5 9 Mel Bridgman 10 C Canada L 1955 4 28 1975 Trenton, Ontario 1976 5 9 Don Saleski 11 RW Canada R 1949 11 10 1972 Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan 1976 5 9 Gary Dornhoefer 12 RW Canada R 1943 2 2 1967 Kitchener, Ontario 1976 5 9 Joe Watson Joe Watson (ice hockey) 14 D Canada L 1943 7 6 1967 Smithers, British Columbia 1976 5 9 Terry Crisp 15 C Canada L 1943 5 28 1973 Parry Sound, Ontario 1976 5 9 Bobby Clarke 16 C Canada L 1949 8 13 1969 Flin Flon, Manitoba C 1976 5 9 Ross Lonsberry 18 LW Canada L 1947 2 7 1972 Watson, Saskatchewan 1976 5 9 Jim Watson Jimmy Watson (ice hockey) 20 D Canada L 1952 8 19 1972 Smithers, British Columbia 1976 5 9 Terry Murray 25 D Canada L 1950 7 20 1975 Shawville, Quebec 1976 5 9 Orest Kindrachuk 26 C Canada L 1950 9 14 1972 Nanton, Alberta 1976 5 9 Reggie Leach 27 RW Canada R 1950 4 23 1974 Riverton, Manitoba 1976 5 9 Jack McIlhargey 29 D Canada L 1952 3 7 1975 Edmonton, Alberta 1976 5 9 Wayne Stephenson 35 G Canada L 1945 1 29 1974 Fort William, Ontario 1976 5 9 |} Stanley Cup engraving The 1976 Stanley Cup was presented to Canadiens captain Yvan Cournoyer by NHL President Clarence Campbell following the Canadiens 5–3 win over the Flyers in game four. The following Canadiens players and staff had their names engraved on the Stanley Cup 1975–76 Montreal Canadiens Montreal Canadiens 1973 *8 Doug Risebrough 20 Peter Mahovlich 21 Doug Jarvis 25 Jacques Lemaire *2 Bill Nyrop 3 John van Boxmeer^ 5 Guy Lapointe 18 Serge Savard 19 Larry Robinson 24 Don Awrey^ 26 Pierre Bouchard 27 Rick Chartraw *1 Michel Larocque 29 Ken Dryden *6 Jim Roberts 10 Guy Lafleur 11 Yvon Lambert 12 Yvan Cournoyer (Captain) 14 Mario Tremblay 17 Murray Wilson 22 Steve Shutt 23 Bob Gainey Jacques Courtois (President), Jean Beliveau (Vice President – Director of Cooperate Relations) Peter Bronfman (Chairman/Owner), Edward Bronfman (Executive Director/Owner) Sam Pollock (Vice President/General Manager), William Scotty Bowman (Head Coach) Eddy Palchak (Trainer), Pierre Meilleur (Asst Trainer) Claude Ruel (Director of Player Development) Floyd Curry (Asst. General Manager), Ron Caron* (Asst. General Manager) #24 Don Awrey^ (D) played in 72 regular-season games. #3 John van Boxmeer^ (D) played in 46 regular-season games. As neither player played in the playoffs, their names were not included on the Stanley Cup. The official rules say that players must play in the playoffs to be included on the Stanley Cup, but this rule was not followed very well. Players who played in the playoffs were often left off, and many players who did not play in the playoffs were still engraved on it. The NHL changed the rules to say that any player who played at least 40 games (half the regular-season game total) or more for the winning team, or one game in the Stanley Cup Final, must be included. However, Awrey and Van Boxmeer were not added to the cup for 1976. Awrey's name is on the Cup in 1970, 1972 with Boston. Van Boxmeer's name does not appear on the Stanley Cup. 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. Between 1976 and 1985, an "A" (alternate captain) was no longer marked on players' sweaters. Only the captain was marked with a "C." American Rick Chartraw was born in Venezuela and was the first South American-born player to win the Stanley Cup. See also 1975–76 NHL season Notes References 7n5F3di1Mu4 1976 Stanley Cup Final, Game 4 Diamond, Dan Total Stanley Cup 2000 NHL Podnieks, Andrew Hockey Hall of Fame 2004 Lord Stanley's Cup Triumph Books 978-1-55168-261-7 Philadelphia Flyers1975 Montreal Canadiens1977 Montreal CanadiensStanley Cup champions 1976 Stanley Cup Category:Stanley Cup Finals Category:Montreal Canadiens games Category:Philadelphia Flyers games Stanley Cup Final Stanley Cup Final Category:Ice hockey competitions in Montreal Category:Ice hockey competitions in Philadelphia Category:1976 in Montreal Category:1976 in Philadelphia Stanley Cup Final Stanley Cup Final