| 1973 Stanley Cup Final | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location(s) | Montreal:Montreal Forum (1, 2, 5) Chicago:Chicago Stadium (3, 4, 6) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coaches | Montreal:Scotty Bowman Chicago:Bill Reay | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Captains | Montreal:Henri Richard Chicago: Vacant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dates | April 29 – May 10, 1973 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Yvan Cournoyer (Canadiens) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Series-winning goal | Yvan Cournoyer(8:13, third, G6) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hall of Famers | 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) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Networks | CBC (Canada) NBC (United States, Games 1, 4-6) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | (CBC)Danny Gallivan andDick Irvin Jr. (NBC)Tim Ryan,Ted Lindsay, andBrian McFarlane | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The1973 Stanley Cup Final was thechampionship series of theNational Hockey League's (NHL)1972–73 season, and the culmination of the1973 Stanley Cup playoffs. It was contested between theChicago Black Hawks and theMontreal Canadiens, a rematch of the1971 Final. The Canadiens won the best-of-seven series, four games to two to win their 18th Stanley Cup championship.
Chicago defeated theSt. Louis Blues 4–1 and theNew York Rangers 4–1 to advance to the final.
Montreal defeated theBuffalo Sabres 4–2 and thePhiladelphia Flyers 4–1 to set up an "Original Six" final.
Yvan Cournoyer andJacques Lemaire both had 12 points in the finals for the Canadiens. The Conn Smythe Trophy went to Cournoyer, who had six goals. It wasHenri Richard's eleventh and last win of theStanley Cup andScotty Bowman's first.
| April 29 | Chicago Black Hawks | 3–8 | Montreal Canadiens | Montreal Forum | Recap | |||
| Pit Martin (6) - 00:35 Ralph Backstrom (5) - 1:02 Pit Martin (7) - 12:07 | First period | 2:28 -Jacques Laperriere (1) 8:07 -Marc Tardif (7) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 3:01 -Chuck Lefley (1) 16:23 -pp -Jacques Lemaire (5) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 8:38 -pp - Jacques Lemaire (6) 12:36 -sh -Peter Mahovlich (2) 13:34 -Frank Mahovlich (5) 14:35 - Chuck Lefley (2) | ||||||
| Tony Esposito 25 saves / 33 shots Gary Smith 5 saves / 5 shots | Goalie stats | Ken Dryden 27 saves / 30 shots | ||||||
| May 1 | Chicago Black Hawks | 1–4 | Montreal Canadiens | Montreal Forum | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 5:36 -Pierre Bouchard (1) | ||||||
| Cliff Koroll (4) - 7:28 | Second period | 12:08 -Yvan Cournoyer (10) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 5:01 -pp Yvan Cournoyer (11) 19:26 -en -Frank Mahovlich (6) | ||||||
| Tony Esposito 26 saves / 29 shots | Goalie stats | Ken Dryden 18 saves / 19 shots | ||||||
| May 3 | Montreal Canadiens | 4–7 | Chicago Black Hawks | Chicago Stadium | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 1:59 -pp -Dennis Hull (7) 11:44 -pp -J.P. Bordeleau (1) 13:20 -sh -Bill White (1) 14:20 -sh -Stan Mikita (5) | ||||||
| Frank Mahovlich (7) - 10:25 | Second period | 2:08 -pp -John Marks (1) | ||||||
| Yvan Cournoyer (12) - 1:20 Guy Lapointe (6) - 7:15 Jacques Lemaire (7) - 8:01 | Third period | 19:29 -en - Dennis Hull (8) 19:49 -en -Jim Pappin (6) | ||||||
| Ken Dryden 30 saves / 35 shots | Goalie stats | Tony Esposito 29 saves / 33 shots | ||||||
| May 6 | Montreal Canadiens | 4–0 | Chicago Black Hawks | Chicago Stadium | Recap | |||
| Marc Tardif (5) - 1:08 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Yvan Cournoyer (13) - 14:13 Chuck Lefley (3) - 15:43 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Claude Larose (1) - 3:45 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Ken Dryden 19 saves / 19 shots | Goalie stats | Tony Esposito 26 saves / 30 shots | ||||||
| May 8 | Chicago Black Hawks | 8–7 | Montreal Canadiens | Montreal Forum | Recap | |||
| Dennis Hull (9) - 9:34 Stan Mikita (6) - 11:24 | First period | 2:47 -Frank Mahovlich (8) 14:52 -pp -Peter Mahovlich (3) | ||||||
| Dave Kryskow (1) - 3:10 Stan Mikita (7) - 6:21 Jim Pappin (7) - 11:24 Len Frig (1) -pp - 16:21 Jim Pappin (8) - 19:03 | Second period | 00:37 -Claude Larose (2) 4:23 - Claude Larose (3) 7:09 -Yvan Cournoyer (14) | ||||||
| Lou Angotti (3) - 4:06 | Third period | 1:15 -Serge Savard (3) 11:43 -Henri Richard (5) | ||||||
| Tony Esposito 24 saves / 31 shots | Goalie stats | Ken Dryden 21 saves / 29 shots | ||||||
| May 10 | Montreal Canadiens | 6–4 | Chicago Black Hawks | Chicago Stadium | Recap | |||
| Henri Richard (6) - 19:48 | First period | 10:35 -Pit Martin (8) 11:31 -pp - Pit Martin (9) | ||||||
| Peter Mahovlich (4) - 5:05 Rejean Houle (3) - 6:37 Frank Mahovlich (9) -pp - 10:54 | Second period | 8:32 -Dave Kryskow (2) 17:05 -pp - Pit Martin (2) | ||||||
| Yvan Cournoyer (15) - 8:13 Marc Tardif (6) -pp - 12:42 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Ken Dryden 23 saves / 27 shots | Goalie stats | Tony Esposito 27 saves / 33 shots | ||||||
| Montreal won series 4–2 | |
The 1973 Stanley Cup was presented to Canadiens captain Henri Richard byNHL PresidentClarence 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
| Preceded by | Montreal Canadiens Stanley Cup champions 1973 | Succeeded by |