1973 Stanley Cup Final

1973 ice hockey championship series August 2023 1973 Montreal Canadiens Montreal Scotty Bowman Henri Richard Chicago Black Hawks Chicago Bill Reay Vacant 8 4 4 4 7 6 4 3 1 7 0 8 4 2 April 29 – May 10, 1973 Montreal: Montreal Forum (1, 2, 5) Chicago: Chicago Stadium (3, 4, 6) 1 Yvan Cournoyer (Canadiens) Yvan Cournoyer (8:13, third) 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)Officials:Neil Armstrong (1991)John D'Amico (1993)Matt Pavelich (1987) CBC (Canada)NBC (United States, games 1, 4–6) (CBC) Danny Gallivan and Dick Irvin Jr.(NBC) Tim Ryan, Ted Lindsay, and Brian McFarlane The 1973 Stanley Cup Final 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. 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. Game one Chicago Black Hawks Montreal Canadiens Montreal Forum April 29 1 3–8 2 www.nhl.com/gamecenter/chi-vs-mtl/1973/04/29/1972030311#game=1972030311,game_state=final Jacques Lemaire recorded 4 points in game one for Montreal in an 8–3 victory over Chicago to take a 1–0 series lead. Scoring summary Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score 1st CHI Pit Martin (6) Pat Stapleton (8) and Dennis Hull (12) 00:35 1–0 CHI CHI Ralph Backstrom (5) Pat Stapleton (9) 01:02 2–0 CHI MTL Jacques Laperriere (1) Unassisted 02:28 2–1 CHI MTL Marc Tardif (4) Guy Lafleur (4) and Rejean Houle (5) 08:07 2–2 CHI Pit Martin (7) Pat Stapleton (10) and Bill White (3) 12:07 3–2 CHI 2nd MTL Chuck Lefley (1) Yvan Cournoyer (5) and Jacques Lemaire (5) 03:01 3–3 MTL Jacques Lemaire (5) – pp Henri Richard (4) and Marc Tardif (4) 16:23 4–3 MTL 3rd MTL Jacques Lemaire (6) – pp Frank Mahovlich (9) and Pete Mahovlich (5) 08:38 5–3 MTL MTL Pete Mahovlich (2) – sh Unassisted 12:36 6–3 MTL MTL Frank Mahovlich (5) Guy Lafleur (5) and Rejean Houle (6) 13:34 7–3 MTL MTL Chuck Lefley (2) Jacques Lemaire (6) and Yvan Cournoyer (6) 14:35 8–3 MTL Penalty summary Period Team Player Penalty Time PIM 1st CHI John Marks Tripping 06:05 2:00 MTL Chuck Lefley Tripping 11:51 2:00 2nd CHI Phil Russell Slashing 03:31 2:00 CHI Cliff Koroll Slashing 14:36 2:00 3rd CHI Phil Russell High-sticking 02:11 2:00 MTL Marc Tardif Slashing 05:09 2:00 CHI Phil Russell Interference 07:29 2:00 MTL Guy Lapointe Interference 10:45 2:00 Shots by period Team 1 2 3 Total Chicago 9 14 7 30 Montreal 9 13 16 38 Game two Chicago Black Hawks Montreal Canadiens Montreal Forum May 1 1 1–4 2 https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/chi-vs-mtl/1973/05/01/1972030312 In game two, Yvan Cournoyer scored twice, the Ken Dryden and the Montreal defense stood tall, and the Canadiens won the game 4–1. Scoring summary Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score 1st MTL Pierre Bouchard (1) Claude Larose (1) and Pete Mahovlich (6) 05:36 1–0 MTL 2nd CHI Cliff Koroll (4) Dick Redmond (3) and Lou Angotti (4) 07:28 1–1 MTL Yvan Cournoyer (10) Frank Mahovlich (10) 12:08 2–1 MTL 3rd MTL Yvan Cournoyer (11) – pp Guy Lapointe (5) and Jacques Lemaire (7) 05:01 3–1 MTL MTL Frank Mahovlich (6) – en Unassisted 19:26 4–1 MTL Penalty summary Period Team Player Penalty Time PIM 1st CHI Phil Russell Tripping 11:55 2:00 CHI Phil Russell High-sticking 15:57 2:00 2nd MTL Guy Lapointe Tripping 17:01 2:00 3rd CHI Dennis Hull Tripping 04:47 2:00 CHI Phil Russell Holding 07:05 2:00 MTL Serge Savard Elbowing 13:10 2:00 MTL Larry Robinson Interference 13:55 2:00 CHI Pit Martin Hooking 14:21 2:00 Shots by period Team 1 2 3 Total Chicago 5 8 6 19 Montreal 9 11 10 30 Game three Montreal Canadiens Chicago Black Hawks Chicago Stadium May 3 4–7 2 https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/mtl-vs-chi/1973/05/03/1972030313/summary The Black Hawks took a commanding 5–0 lead in game three before Montreal scored 4 unanswered goals to cut the deficit, but Chicago sealed their victory with two empty net goals from Dennis Hull and Jim Pappin. Scoring summary Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score 1st CHI Dennis Hull (7) – pp Jim Pappin (6) and Pat Stapleton (11) 01:59 1–0 CHI CHI J.P. Bordeleau (1) – pp Stan Mikita (9) and Cliff Koroll (5) 11:44 2–0 CHI CHI Bill White (1) – sh Pat Stapleton (12) and Ralph Backstrom (4) 13:20 3–0 CHI CHI Stan Mikita (5) – sh Cliff Koroll (6) and Bill White (4) 14:20 4–0 CHI 2nd CHI John Marks (1) – pp Len Frig (1) and Stan Mikita (10) 02:08 5–0 CHI MTL Frank Mahovlich (7) Pete Mahovlich (7) and Larry Robinson (3) 10:25 5–1 CHI 3rd MTL Yvan Cournoyer (12) Jacques Lemaire (8) and Chuck Lefley (3) 01:20 5–2 CHI MTL Guy Lapointe (6) Frank Mahovlich (11) and Claude Larose (2) 07:15 5–3 CHI MTL Jacques Lemaire (7) Yvan Cournoyer (7) and Marc Tardif (5) 08:01 5–4 CHI CHI Dennis Hull (8) – en Unassisted 19:29 6–4 CHI CHI Jim Pappin (6) – en Dennis Hull (13) 19:49 7–4 CHI Penalty summary Period Team Player Penalty Time PIM 1st MTL Claude Larose High-sticking 00:45 2:00 CHI J.P. Bordeleau Tripping 09:37 2:00 MTL Pete Mahovlich Holding 10:31 2:00 MTL Pete Mahovlich Misconduct 10:31 10:00 CHI Dennis Hull Slashing 12:39 2:00 2nd MTL Serge Savard Hooking 01:08 2:00 CHI Jerry Korab Elbowing 02:50 2:00 MTL Serge Savard Hooking 06:12 2:00 CHI Pat Stapleton Holding 07:38 2:00 MTL Guy Lapointe Tripping 13:42 2:00 3rd None Shots by period Team 1 2 3 Total Montreal 8 14 11 33 Chicago 16 13 8 37 Game four Montreal Canadiens Chicago Black Hawks Chicago Stadium May 6 4–0 1 https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/mtl-vs-chi/1973/05/06/1972030314 In game four, Ken Dryden made 19 saves to record his first career playoff shutout, and the Canadiens won the game 4–0. Scoring summary Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score 1st MTL Marc Tardif (5) Yvan Cournoyer (8) and Jacques Lemaire (9) 01:08 1–0 MTL 2nd MTL Yvan Cournoyer (13) Marc Tardif (6) 14:13 2–0 MTL MTL Chuck Lefley (3) Pete Mahovlich (8) and Claude Larose (3) 15:43 3–0 MTL 3rd MTL Claude Larose (1) Jacques Lemaire (10) 03:45 4–0 MTL Penalty summary Period Team Player Penalty Time PIM 1st MTL Bob Murdoch Charging 02:05 2:00 CHI Pat Stapleton Holding 13:32 2:00 2nd MTL Marc Tardif Interference 02:27 2:00 MTL Guy Lapointe Tripping 11:08 2:00 3rd MTL Pierre Bouchard Interference 15:26 2:00 Shots by period Team 1 2 3 Total Montreal 10 14 6 30 Chicago 5 7 7 19 Game five Chicago Black Hawks Montreal Canadiens Montreal Forum May 8 8–7 1 https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/chi-vs-mtl/1973/05/08/1972030315/summary In game five, Claude Larose recorded three points for Montreal. For Chicago, Jim Pappin scored twice, Stan Mikita recorded 4 points, and the Black Hawks took down the Canadiens by a score of 8–7. With both teams combining for a total 15 goals, this was the highest scoring game in Stanley Cup Final history. Scoring summary Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score 1st MTL Frank Mahovlich (8) Unassisted 02:47 1–0 MTL CHI Dennis Hull (9) Doug Jarrett (3) and Phil Russell (3) 09:34 1–1 CHI Stan Mikita (6) Pat Stapleton (13) 11:24 2–1 CHI MTL Pete Mahovlich (3) – pp Frank Mahovlich (12) and Larry Robinson (4) 14:52 2–2 2nd MTL Claude Larose (2) Unassisted 00:37 3–2 MTL CHI Dave Kryskow (1) Ralph Backstrom (5) and Chico Maki (7) 03:10 3–3 MTL Claude Larose (3) Murray Wilson (3) 04:23 4–3 MTL CHI Stan Mikita (7) Pat Stapleton (14) and John Marks (2) 06:21 4–4 MTL Yvan Cournoyer (14) Jacques Lemaire (11) and Guy Lapointe (6) 07:09 5–4 MTL CHI Jim Pappin (7) Unassisted 11:24 5–5 CHI Len Frig (1) – pp Stan Mikita (11) 16:21 6–5 CHI CHI Jim Pappin (8) Stan Mikita (12) and Dennis Hull (14) 19:03 7–5 CHI 3rd MTL Serge Savard (3) Murray Wilson (4) and Claude Larose (4) 01:15 7–6 MTL CHI Lou Angotti (3) Bill White (5) 09:34 8–6 CHI MTL Henri Richard (5) Frank Mahovlich (13) 11:43 8–7 CHI Penalty summary Period Team Player Penalty Time PIM 1st CHI J.P. Bordeleau Tripping 12:52 2:00 CHI Jim Pappin Misconduct 15:57 10:00 2nd MTL Pierre Bouchard Interference 15:14 2:00 3rd None Shots by period Team 1 2 3 Total Chicago 11 11 7 29 Montreal 6 17 8 31 Game six Montreal Canadiens Chicago Black Hawks Chicago Stadium May 10 6–4 1 https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/mtl-vs-chi/1973/05/10/1972030316 Pit Martin recorded a hat trick in game six for Chicago. However, it would be the Canadiens that emerge victorious, winning their second Stanley Cup in two years. Yvan Cournoyer, who scored the game-winning goal in the third period, would be awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoffs MVP. Scoring summary Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score 1st CHI Pit Martin (8) Stan Mikita (13) and Pat Stapleton (15) 10:35 1–0 CHI CHI Pit Martin (9) – pp Jim Pappin (7) 11:31 2–0 CHI MTL Henri Richard (6) Frank Mahovlich (14) 19:48 2–1 CHI 2nd MTL Pete Mahovlich (4) Jacques Laperriere (3) and Chuck Lefley (4) 05:05 2–2 MTL Rejean Houle (3) Pete Mahovlich (9) and Chuck Lefley (5) 06:37 3–2 MTL CHI Dave Kryskow (2) Chico Maki (8) and Ralph Backstrom (6) 08:32 3–3 MTL Frank Mahovlich (9) – pp Guy Lapointe (7) and Yvan Cournoyer (9) 10:54 4–3 MTL CHI Pit Martin (10) – pp Dennis Hull (15) 17:05 4–4 3rd MTL Yvan Cournoyer (15) Jacques Lemaire (12) 08:13 5–4 MTL MTL Marc Tardif (6) – pp Yvan Cournoyer (10) and Jacques Lemaire (13) 12:42 6–4 MTL Penalty summary Period Team Player Penalty Time PIM 1st CHI Jerry Korab Roughing 03:40 2:00 MTL Jim Roberts Roughing 03:40 2:00 CHI Pit Martin Holding 08:21 2:00 MTL Jim Roberts Hooking 10:35 2:00 MTL Murray Wilson Elbowing 12:29 2:00 2nd CHI Bill White Interference 02:25 2:00 CHI Phil Russell Holding 10:20 2:00 CHI Jerry Korab Hooking 12:26 2:00 MTL Jim Roberts Tripping 16:58 2:00 3rd CHI Phil Russell Hooking 11:29 2:00 Shots by period Team 1 2 3 Total Montreal 7 15 11 33 Chicago 9 14 4 27 Team rosters Montreal Canadiens Michel Plasse 1 G Canada L 1948 6 1 1968 Montreal, Quebec 1973 4 29 Jacques Laperriere 2 D Canada L 1941 11 22 1962 Béarn, Quebec 1973 4 29 Guy Lapointe 5 D Canada L 1948 3 18 1969 Montreal, Quebec 1973 4 29 Jimmy Roberts Jim Roberts (ice hockey, born 1940) 6 RW Canada R 1940 4 9 1971 Toronto, Ontario 1973 4 29 Guy Lafleur 10 RW Canada R 1951 9 20 1971 Thurso, Quebec 1973 4 29 Marc Tardif 11 LW Canada L 1949 6 12 1969 Granby, Quebec 1973 4 29 Yvan Cournoyer 12 RW Canada L 1943 11 22 1963 Montreal, Quebec A 1973 4 29 Rejean Houle 14 RW Canada L 1949 10 25 1969 Rouyn, Quebec 1973 4 29 Claude Larose Claude Larose (ice hockey, born 1942) 15 RW Canada R 1942 3 2 1962 Hearst, Ontario 1973 4 29 Henri Richard 16 C Canada R 1936 2 29 1955 Montreal, Quebec C 1973 4 29 Murray Wilson 17 LW Canada L 1951 11 7 1971 Toronto, Canada 1973 4 29 Serge Savard 18 D Canada L 1946 1 22 1966 Landrienne, Quebec 1973 4 29 Larry Robinson 19 D Canada L 1951 6 2 1971 Winchester, Ontario 1973 4 29 Peter Mahovlich 20 C Canada L 1946 10 10 1969 Timmins, Ontario 1973 4 29 Steve Shutt 22 LW Canada L 1952 7 1 1972 North York, Ontario 1973 4 29 Bob Murdoch Bob Murdoch (ice hockey, born 1946) 23 D Canada R 1946 11 20 1973 Kirkland Lake, Ontario 1973 4 29 Chuck Lefley 24 LW Canada L 1950 1 20 1970 Winnipeg, Manitoba 1973 4 29 Jacques Lemaire 25 C Canada L 1945 9 27 1967 LaSalle, Quebec 1973 4 29 Pierre Bouchard 26 D Canada L 1948 2 20 1965 Longueuil, Quebec 1973 4 29 Frank Mahovlich 27 LW Canada L 1946 10 10 1969 Timmins, Ontario A 1973 4 29 Ken Dryden 29 G Canada L 1947 8 8 1964 Hamilton, Ontario 1973 4 29 |} Chicago Black Hawks Gary Smith Gary Smith (ice hockey) 1 G Canada L 1944 2 4 1971 Ottawa, Ontario 1973 4 29 Bill White Bill White (ice hockey) 2 D Canada R 1939 8 26 1970 Toronto, Ontario A 1973 4 29 Keith Magnuson 3 D Canada R 1947 4 27 1969 Wadena, Saskatchewan 1973 4 29 Doug Jarrett 4 D Canada L 1944 4 22 1964 London, Ontario A 1973 4 29 Phil Russell Phil Russell (ice hockey) 5 D Canada L 1952 7 21 1972 Edmonton, Alberta 1973 4 29 Lou Angotti 6 C Canada L 1938 1 16 1969 Toronto, Ontario 1973 4 29 Pit Martin 7 C Canada L 1943 12 9 1967 Noranda, Quebec 1973 4 29 Jim Pappin 8 RW Canada R 1939 9 10 1968 Sudbury, Ontario 1973 4 29 Dennis Hull 10 LW Canada L 1944 11 14 1964 Point Anne, Ontario 1973 4 29 John Marks John Marks (ice hockey) 11 LW Canada L 1948 3 22 1968 Hamiota, Manitoba 1973 4 29 Pat Stapleton Pat Stapleton (ice hockey) 12 D Canada L 1940 7 4 1965 Sarnia, Ontario 1973 4 29 Ralph Backstrom 14 C Canada L 1937 9 18 1973 Kirkland Lake, Ontario 1973 4 29 Dick Redmond 15 LW Canada L 1949 8 14 1972 Kirkland Lake, Ontario 1973 4 29 Chico Maki 16 RW Canada R 1939 8 17 1961 Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario 1973 4 29 Dave Kryskow 17 LW Canada L 1951 12 25 1971 Edmonton, Alberta 1973 4 29 Len Frig 19 D Canada L 1950 10 30 1970 Blairmore, Alberta 1973 4 29 Cliff Koroll 20 RW Canada R 1946 10 1 1969 Canora, Saskatchewan 1973 4 29 Stan Mikita 21 C Canada R 1940 5 20 1958 Sokolče, Slovak Republic A 1973 4 29 Jerry Korab 22 D Canada L 1948 9 15 1970 Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario 1973 4 29 J.P. Bordeleau 23 RW Canada R 1949 6 13 1969 Noranda, Quebec 1973 4 29 Tony Esposito 35 G Canada R 1943 4 23 1969 Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario 1973 4 29 Ice hockey team roster 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 *14 Rejean Houle 16 Henri Richard (Captain) 20 Peter Mahovlich 25 Jacques Lemaire *2 Jacques Laperriere 5 Guy Lapointe 18 Serge Savard 19 Larry Robinson 23 Bob Murdoch 26 Pierre Bouchard *1 Michel Plasse 29 Ken Dryden *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) 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) 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 General Managers Ron Caron and Floyd Curry 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) and #3 Dale Hodgson (D) were included in 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 Notes References 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 Boston Bruins1972 Philadelphia Flyers1974 Montreal CanadiensStanley Cup champions 1973 Stanley Cup Category:Stanley Cup Finals Category:Chicago Blackhawks games Category:Montreal Canadiens games Stanley Cup Final Stanley Cup Final Category:Ice hockey competitions in Montreal Category:Ice hockey competitions in Chicago Category:1973 in Montreal Category:1973 in sports in Quebec Stanley Cup Final Category:1973 in Chicago Category:Events at Chicago Stadium