1977 Stanley Cup Final

1977 ice hockey championship series August 2023 1977 Montreal Canadiens Montreal Yvan CournoyerDue to injury, Cournoyer did not play in any playoff games. Serge Savard served as acting captain. Scotty Bowman Boston Bruins Boston Don Cherry Johnny Bucyk Jacques Lemaire (4:32, OT) Canadiens:Yvan Cournoyer (1982; did not play)Ken Dryden (1983)Bob Gainey (1992)Guy Lafleur (1988)Guy Lapointe (1993)Jacques Lemaire (1984)Larry Robinson (1995)Serge Savard (1986)Steve Shutt (1993)Bruins:Johnny Bucyk (1981)Gerry Cheevers (1985)Brad Park (1988)Jean Ratelle (1985)Coaches:Scotty Bowman (1991)Officials:Neil Armstrong (1991)John D'Amico (1993)Matt Pavelich (1987)Andy Van Hellemond (1999) May 7–14, 1977 Montreal: Montreal Forum (1, 2) Boston: Boston Garden (3, 4) Guy Lafleur (Canadiens) Canada:(English): CBC(French): SRCUnited States:(English): NHL Network (national), WSBK-TV (Boston) (CBC) Danny Gallivan, Dick Irvin Jr., Don Marshall (1), and Red Storey (2)(SRC) Rene Lecavalier and Gilles Tremblay(NHLN) Marv Albert, Tim Ryan, Stan Mikita (1), Garry Unger (2), Chico Resch (3), Don Awrey (4)(WSBK) Fred Cusick and Johnny Peirson 7 3 4 2* 4 3 0 2 1* 0 * – Denotes overtime period(s) The 1977 Stanley Cup Final was the championship series of the National Hockey League's (NHL) 1976–77 season, and the culmination of the 1977 Stanley Cup playoffs. It was contested between the Boston Bruins and the defending champion Montreal Canadiens. The Bruins were making their first appearance in the final series since their loss in the 1974 Final. The Canadiens would win the best-of-seven series four games to none, to win their second straight Stanley Cup championship, and 20th overall. Paths to the Finals Montreal defeated the St. Louis Blues 4–0 and the New York Islanders 4–2 to advance to the final. Boston defeated the Los Angeles Kings 4–2 and the Philadelphia Flyers 4–0 to make it to the final. Game summaries Jacques Lemaire scored three game-winning goals, including the Cup-winner in overtime. Guy Lafleur won the Conn Smythe Trophy for scoring nine goals and 17 assists during the playoffs. Game one Boston Bruins Montreal Canadiens Montreal Forum Boston Garden May 7 1 3–7 2 www.nhl.com/gamecenter/bos-vs-mtl/1977/05/07/1976030411#game=1976030411,game_state=final Scoring summary Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score 1st MTL Doug Risebrough (1) Yvon Lambert (2) and Guy Lapointe (6) 01:45 1–0 MTL MTL Yvon Lambert (2) – pp Larry Robinson (8) and Doug Jarvis (7) 09:06 2–0 MTL BOS Brad Park (2) Jean Ratelle (12) 05:23 2–1 MTL MTL Mario Tremblay (2) Serge Savard (6) and Guy Lapointe (7) 14:35 3–1 MTL 2nd MTL Jacques Lemaire (4) Guy Lafleur (11) 05:08 4–1 MTL BOS Terry O'Reilly (5) Brad Park (7) 11:54 4–2 MTL BOS Bobby Schmautz (10) – pp Brad Park (8) 16:35 4–3 MTL 3rd MTL Rick Chartraw (2) Pete Mahovlich (3) and Murray Wilson (6) 00:59 5–3 MTL MTL Mario Tremblay (3) Yvon Lambert (3) and Pete Mahovlich (4) 02:04 6–3 MTL MTL Yvon Lambert (3) Doug Risebrough (3) and Serge Savard (7) 13:58 7–3 MTL Penalty summary Period Team Player Penalty Time PIM 1st BOS Brad Park Tripping 03:41 2:00 MTL Pierre Bouchard High-sticking 10:48 2:00 BOS Wayne Cashman Elbowing 18:08 2:00 BOS Wayne Cashman Fighting – major 18:08 5:00 MTL Mario Tremblay Fighting – major 18:08 5:00 2nd BOS Terry O'Reilly Roughing 03:31 2:00 MTL Doug Risebrough Roughing 03:31 2:00 BOS Mike Milbury Slashing 10:55 2:00 MTL Murray Wilson Slashing 10:55 2:00 MTL Yvon Lambert Tripping 15:03 2:00 BOS Don Marcotte Elbowing 16:55 2:00 3rd BOS Mike Milbury Elbowing 07:42 2:00 BOS Don Marcotte Tripping 07:57 2:00 BOS Gerry Cheevers High-sticking 09:48 2:00 MTL Yvon Lambert High-sticking 09:48 2:00 MTL Bob Gainey Interference 11:07 2:00 MTL Guy Lafleur Slashing 15:57 2:00 BOS John Wensink Elbowing 19:06 2:00 Shots by period Team 1 2 3 Total Boston 8 3 9 20 Montreal 7 9 8 24 Game two Boston Bruins Montreal Canadiens Montreal Forum May 10 1 0–3 2 https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/bos-vs-mtl/1977/05/10/1976030412/summary Scoring summary Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score 1st None 2nd MTL Pete Mahovlich (4) – pp Steve Shutt (8) and Larry Robinson (9) 07:43 1–0 MTL MTL Doug Risebrough (2) Guy Lafleur (12) and Steve Shutt (9) 12:07 2–0 MTL 3rd MTL Steve Shutt (7) Guy Lafleur (13) and Pierre Bouchard (1) 05:40 3–0 MTL Penalty summary Period Team Player Penalty Time PIM 1st BOS Gregg Sheppard Tripping 02:00 2:00 MTL Larry Robinson Boarding 04:02 2:00 BOS Gary Doak Hooking 06:04 2:00 MTL Pierre Bouchard Holding 12:46 2:00 BOS Peter McNab Tripping 14:55 2:00 2nd BOS Rick Smith High-sticking 06:24 2:00 BOS Mike Milbury Slashing 06:44 2:00 MTL Guy Lafleur Holding 06:44 2:00 MTL Bob Gainey Kneeing 08:34 2:00 BOS Gregg Sheppard Hooking 16:15 2:00 MTL Yvon Lambert Hooking 16:34 2:00 3rd BOS Terry O'Reilly Roughing 01:50 2:00 MTL Pete Mahovlich Roughing 01:50 2:00 BOS Mike Milbury Hooking 08:09 2:00 BOS Stan Jonathan Roughing 11:56 2:00 MTL Rick Chartraw Roughing 11:56 2:00 MTL Rick Chartraw Tripping 19:13 2:00 BOS Mike Milbury Roughing 19:47 2:00 BOS Mike Milbury Game misconduct 19:47 10:00 BOS Terry O'Reilly Charging 19:47 2:00 MTL Pierre Bouchard Charging 19:47 2:00 Shots by period Team 1 2 3 Total Boston 7 9 6 22 Montreal 3 8 8 19 Game three Montreal Canadiens Boston Bruins Boston Garden May 12 1 4–2 1 https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/mtl-vs-bos/1977/05/12/1976030413 Scoring summary Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score 1st MTL Guy Lafleur (8) – pp Guy Lapointe (8) and Pete Mahovlich (5) 04:08 1–0 MTL MTL Steve Shutt (8) – pp Jacques Lemaire (11) and Guy Lafleur (14) 07:58 2–0 MTL MTL Jacques Lemaire (5) – pp Guy Lapointe (9) and Guy Lafleur (15) 18:29 3–0 MTL 2nd BOS Gregg Sheppard (5) Rick Middleton (3) and Wayne Cashman (8) 06:32 3–1 MTL 1st MTL Guy Lafleur (9) Steve Shutt (10) and Jacques Lemaire (12) 12:52 4–1 MTL BOS Peter McNab (5) – pp Rick Middleton (4) and Brad Park (9) 18:34 4–2 MTL Penalty summary Period Team Player Penalty Time PIM 1st BOS Rick Smith High-sticking 01:34 2:00 BOS Bench (served by John Wensink) Too many men on the ice 03:04 2:00 MTL Murray Wilson Hooking 05:24 2:00 BOS Wayne Cashman Holding 07:02 2:00 MTL Bob Gainey Slashing 09:18 2:00 BOS Wayne Cashman Elbowing 09:27 2:00 MTL Larry Robinson High-sticking 09:27 2:00 MTL Bob Gainey Interference 11:30 2:00 BOS Wayne Cashman High-sticking 11:50 2:00 MTL Murray Wilson Tripping 12:56 2:00 MTL Bob Gainey Leaving the penalty box 13:37 2:00 BOS Stan Jonathan Boarding 16:57 2:00 2nd BOS Rick Smith Boarding 09:19 2:00 MTL Jim Roberts High-sticking 09:19 2:00 MTL Bob Gainey Hooking 10:31 2:00 BOS Gary Doak Interference 15:26 2:00 3rd MTL Jim Roberts Hooking 16:53 2:00 Shots by period Team 1 2 3 Total Montreal 6 8 5 19 Boston 10 7 8 25 Game four Montreal Canadiens Boston Bruins Boston Garden May 14 1 2–1 1 1 https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/mtl-vs-bos/1977/05/14/1976030414 Scoring summary Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score 1st BOS Bobby Schmautz (11) Brad Park (10) 11:38 1–0 BOS 2nd MTL Jacques Lemaire (6) Guy Lafleur (16) and Larry Robinson (10) 01:34 1–1 3rd None OT MTL Jacques Lemaire (7) Guy Lafleur (17) 04:32 2–1 MTL Penalty summary Period Team Player Penalty Time PIM 1st BOS John Wensink Charging 04:25 2:00 MTL Jacques Lemaire Interference 09:32 2:00 MTL Pete Mahovlich Holding 18:17 2:00 2nd MTL Larry Robinson Tripping 07:55 2:00 BOS Gregg Sheppard Hooking 08:19 2:00 MTL Bench (served by Pete Mahovlich) Too many men on the ice 10:25 2:00 BOS Terry O'Reilly Hooking 13:07 2:00 3rd None OT None Shots by period Team 1 2 3 OT Total Montreal 4 12 8 4 28 Boston 8 8 10 0 26 Team rosters Boston Bruins Gilles Gilbert 1 G Canada L 1949 3 31 1973 Saint-Esprit, Quebec 1977 5 7 Darryl Edestrand 6 D Canada L 1945 11 6 1973 Strathroy, Ontario 1977 5 7 Peter McNab 8 C United States L 1952 5 8 1976 Vancouver, British Columbia 1977 5 7 Johnny Bucyk 9 LW Canada L 1935 5 12 1957 Edmonton, Alberta C 1977 5 7 Jean Ratelle 10 C Canada L 1940 10 3 1975 Lac Saint-Jean, Quebec 1977 5 7 Bobby Schmautz 11 RW Canada R 1945 3 28 1973 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan 1977 5 7 Wayne Cashman 12 LW Canada R 1945 6 24 1965 Kingston, Ontario 1977 5 7 Dave Forbes 14 LW Canada L 1956 9 28 1973 Montreal, Quebec 1977 5 7 Rick Middleton 16 RW Canada R 1953 12 4 1976 Toronto, Ontario 1977 5 7 Stan Jonathan 17 LW Canada L 1955 9 5 1975 Ohsweken, Ontario 1977 5 7 John Wensink 18 LW Netherlands L 1953 4 1 1976 Cornwall, Ontario 1977 5 7 Gregg Sheppard 19 C Canada L 1949 4 23 1972 North Battleford, Saskatchewan 1977 5 7 Al Sims 20 D Canada L 1953 4 18 1973 Toronto, Ontario 1977 5 7 Don Marcotte 21 LW Canada L 1947 4 15 1967 Arthabaska, Quebec 1977 5 7 Brad Park 22 D Canada L 1948 7 6 1975 Toronto, Ontario 1977 5 7 Rick Smith Rick Smith (ice hockey) 23 D Canada L 1948 6 29 1972 Kingston, Ontario 1977 5 7 Terry O'Reilly 24 RW Canada R 1951 6 7 1971 Niagara Falls, Ontario 1977 5 7 Gary Doak 25 D Canada R 1946 2 25 1972 Goderich, Ontario 1977 5 7 Mike Milbury 26 D United States L 1952 6 17 1975 Brighton, Massachusetts 1977 5 7 Earl Anderson Earl Anderson (ice hockey) 27 RW United States R 1951 2 24 1974 Roseau, Minnesota 1977 5 7 Matti Hagman 28 C Finland L 1955 9 21 1978 Helsinki, Finland 1977 5 7 Doug Halward 29 D Canada L 1955 11 1 1975 Toronto, Ontario 1977 5 7 Gerry Cheevers 30 G Canada L 1940 12 7 1976 St. Catharines, Ontario 1977 5 7 |} Montreal Canadiens Michel Larocque 1 G Canada L 1952 4 6 1972 Hull, Quebec 1977 5 7 Bill Nyrop 2 D United States L 1952 7 23 1972 Washington, D.C. 1977 5 7 Guy Lapointe 5 D Canada L 1948 3 18 1969 Montreal, Quebec 1977 5 7 Jimmy Roberts Jim Roberts (ice hockey, born 1940) 6 RW Canada R 1940 4 9 1971 Toronto, Ontario 1977 5 7 Doug Risebrough 8 C Canada L 1954 1 29 1974 Guelph, Ontario 1977 5 7 Guy Lafleur 10 RW Canada R 1951 9 20 1971 Montreal, Quebec 1977 5 7 Yvon Lambert 11 LW Canada L 1950 5 20 1971 Drummondville, Quebec 1977 5 7 Yvan Cournoyer 12 RW Canada L 1943 11 22 1963 Montreal, Quebec C 1977 5 7 Mario Tremblay 14 RW Canada R 1956 09 02 1974 Alma, Quebec 1977 5 7 Rejean Houle 15 RW Canada L 1949 10 25 1969 Rouyn, Quebec 1977 5 7 Murray Wilson 17 LW Canada L 1951 11 7 1971 Toronto, Canada 1977 5 7 Serge Savard 18 D Canada L 1946 1 22 1966 Landrienne, Quebec 1977 5 7 Larry Robinson 19 D Canada L 1951 6 2 1971 Winchester, Ontario 1977 5 7 Peter Mahovlich 20 C Canada L 1946 10 10 1969 Timmins, Ontario 1977 5 7 Doug Jarvis 21 C Canada L 1955 3 24 1975 Brantford, Ontario 1977 5 7 Steve Shutt 22 LW Canada L 1952 7 1 1972 North York, Ontario 1977 5 7 Bob Gainey 23 LW Canada L 1955 1 27 1973 Peterborough, Ontario 1977 5 7 Pierre Mondou 24 C Canada R 1955 11 27 1975 Sorel, Quebec 1977 5 7 Jacques Lemaire 25 C Canada L 1945 9 27 1967 LaSalle, Quebec 1977 5 7 Pierre Bouchard 26 D Canada L 1948 2 20 1965 Longueuil, Quebec 1977 5 7 Rick Chartraw 27 D United States R 1954 7 13 1974 Caracas, Venezuela 1977 5 7 Mike Polich 28 C United States L 1952 12 19 1977 Hibbing, Minnesota 1977 5 7 Ken Dryden 29 G Canada L 1947 8 8 1964 Hamilton, Ontario 1977 5 7 |} Stanley Cup engraving The 1977 Stanley Cup was presented to Canadiens captain Yvan Cournoyer by NHL President Clarence Campbell following the Canadiens 2–1 overtime win over the Bruins in game four. This was the last year for Clarence Campbell to present the Stanley Cup. He was succeeded by John Ziegler Jr. the following season. The following Canadiens players and staff had their names engraved on the Stanley Cup 1976–77 Montreal Canadiens Montreal Canadiens 1973 *8 Doug Risebrough 20 Peter Mahovlich 21 Doug Jarvis 24 Pierre Mondou 25 Jacques Lemaire 28 Mike Polich *2 Bill Nyrop 5 Guy Lapointe 18 Serge Savard 19 Larry Robinson 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 15 Rejean Houle 17 Murray Wilson † 22 Steve Shutt 23 Bob Gainey * Did not play or dress in the Final.A [A] Jacques Courtois (President), Sam Pollock (Vice President/General Manager) Jean Beliveau (Vice President – Director of Corporate Relations), William Scotty Bowman (Head Coach) Peter Bronfman (Chairman/Owner/Director), Edward Bronfman (Executive Director/Owner) Claude Ruel (Director of Player Development), Floyd Curry (Asst. General Manager), Ron Caron (Asst. General Manager) Pierre Meilleur (Asst. Trainer), Eddy Palchak (Trainer) A A #18 Serge Savard (D) served as interim captain when #12 Yvan Cournoyer (RW) missed the whole playoffs due to a back injury. 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 on the Replica Cup all 4 times. Bob Gainey was misspelled on the Stanley Cup as ROBERT GAINY, missing an "E". When the Replica Cup was created in 1992–93, ROBERT GAINEY was spelled correctly with 1977 Montreal. #3 Brian Engblom (D) did not play in the regular season, but played in 2 playoff games (none in the Finals). His name was left off the Cup because he did not qualify. Engblom also won the Calder Cup with Mike Polich and Pierre Mondou in 1977 with the Nova Scotia Voyagers. See also 1976–77 NHL season 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 Montreal Canadiens1976 Montreal Canadiens1978 Montreal CanadiensStanley Cup champions 1977 Stanley Cup Category:Stanley Cup Finals Category:Boston Bruins games Category:Montreal Canadiens games Category:Ice hockey competitions in Montreal Category:Ice hockey competitions in Boston Stanley Cup Final Category:1977 in Montreal Stanley Cup Final Stanley Cup Final Stanley Cup Final Category:1977 in sports in Massachusetts