Stanley Cup Playoffs 1973
Stanley Cup Playoffs 1973 | |
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Period | April 4, 1973 to May 10, 1973 |
Stanley Cup winner | Canadiens de Montréal (18th title) |
finalist | Chicago Black Hawks |
Playoff MVP | Yvan Cournoyer (Montréal) |
Top scorer | Yvan Cournoyer (Montréal) |
Gates | 241 (6.34 per game) |
Events | |
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The playoffs for the Stanley Cup the year 1973 began on April 4, 1973 and ended on 10 May 1973 with the 4: 2 victory of the Montreal Canadiens over the Chicago Blackhawks . Thus, the Canadiens won their 18th overall title of the franchise credit history and presented with Yvan Cournoyer both the top scorer and the with the Conn Smythe Trophy winning Most Valuable Player of this post-season . The Black Hawks, on the other hand, suffered their fourth consecutive defeat in the final, most recently they also lost to Montréal in 1971 (3: 4). Furthermore, these playoffs marked the first time since 1965 and thus the first time since the big league expansion of 1967 that no series was decided with a sweep . As a result, this would not happen again until 1991 .
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The four best teams from the Eastern and Western divisions qualified for the playoffs . In the quarter-finals, the first and fourth as well as the second and third on the seeding list faced each other within each division. The semi-finals were played between the divisions, so the higher-ranked team from the east met the lower-ranked team from the west and analogously the higher-ranked team from the west met the lower-ranked team from the east. This was followed by the Stanley Cup final.
All series were held in best-of-seven mode , which means that a team needed four wins to advance. The higher seeded team had home rights in the first two games, the next two the opposing team. If no winner has emerged from the round by then, the home law changed from game to game. The higher-ranked team had a home advantage in games 1, 2, 5 and 7, i.e. four of the maximum seven games.
Overtime followed for games that remained tied after 60 minutes of regular playing time . It ended with the first goal scored ( Sudden Death ) .
Qualified teams
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Playoff tree
Quarter finals | Semifinals | Stanley Cup Final | |||||||||||
E1 | Canadiens de Montréal | 4th | |||||||||||
E4 | Buffalo Sabers | 2 | |||||||||||
E1 | Canadiens de Montréal | 4th | |||||||||||
W2 | Philadelphia Flyers | 1 | |||||||||||
W2 | Philadelphia Flyers | 4th | |||||||||||
W3 | Minnesota North Stars | 2 | |||||||||||
E1 | Canadiens de Montréal | 4th | |||||||||||
W1 | Chicago Black Hawks | 2 | |||||||||||
W1 | Chicago Black Hawks | 4th | |||||||||||
W4 | St. Louis Blues | 1 | |||||||||||
W1 | Chicago Black Hawks | 4th | |||||||||||
E3 | New York Rangers | 1 | |||||||||||
E2 | Boston Bruins | 1 | |||||||||||
E3 | New York Rangers | 4th |
Quarter finals
(E1) Canadiens de Montréal - (E4) Buffalo Sabers
Apr 4, 1973 |
Canadiens de Montréal Jacques Lemaire (37:01) Yvan Cournoyer (44:27) |
2: 1 (0: 0, 1: 1, 1: 0) Match report as of: 1: 0 |
Buffalo Sabers Craig Ramsay (23:13) |
Forum de Montréal , Montréal , Québec Spectators: 16,386 |
Apr 5, 1973 |
Canadiens de Montréal Serge Savard (24:48) Yvan Cournoyer (26:07) Marc Tardif (30:39) Guy Lapointe (36:21) Jacques Lemaire (37:29) Yvan Cournoyer (43:10) Yvan Cournoyer (55: 31) |
7: 3 (0: 2, 5: 0, 2: 1) Match report as of: 2: 0 |
Buffalo Sabers Gilbert Perreault (1:06) Rick Martin (16:48) Jim Schoenfeld (57:45) |
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec Spectators: 16,558 |
Apr 7, 1973 | Buffalo Sabers Larry Mickey (21:13) René Robert (40:54) |
2: 5 (0: 1, 1: 2, 1: 2) Match report as of: 0: 3 |
Canadiens de Montréal Guy Lafleur (16:56) Pete Mahovlich (28:44) Murray Wilson (29:00) Frank Mahovlich (52:15) Henri Richard (59:12) |
Buffalo Memorial Auditorium , Buffalo , New York Spectators: 15,658 |
Apr 8, 1973 |
Buffalo Sabers Jim Schoenfeld (31:13) Gilbert Perreault (34:29) René Robert (41:28) Don Luce (59:19) Gilbert Perreault (59:41) |
5: 1 (0: 1, 2: 0, 3: 0) Match report as of: 1: 3 |
Canadiens de Montréal Yvan Cournoyer (18:37) |
Buffalo Memorial Auditorium, Buffalo, New York Spectators: 15,660 |
Apr 10, 1973 | Canadiens de Montréal Frank Mahovlich (16:22) Guy Lapointe (52:46) |
2: 3 n.V. (1: 0, 0: 2, 1: 0, 0: 1) Match report as of: 3: 2 |
Buffalo Sabers Rick Martin (32:03) René Robert (33:11) René Robert (69:18) |
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec Spectators: 16,436 |
Apr 12, 1973 | Buffalo Sabers René Robert (51:41) Rick Martin (59:48) |
2: 4 (0: 4, 0: 0, 2: 0) Match report as of: 2: 4 |
Canadiens de Montréal Serge Savard (1:32) Murray Wilson (7:33) Guy Lafleur (8:53) Guy Lapointe (16:03) |
Buffalo Memorial Auditorium, Buffalo, New York Spectators: 15,668 |
(E2) Boston Bruins - (E3) New York Rangers
Apr 4, 1973 | Boston Bruins Doug Roberts (14:21) Derek Sanderson (51:17) |
2: 6 (1: 1, 0: 4, 1: 1) Match report as of: 0: 1 |
New York Rangers Brad Park (15:59) Bruce MacGregor (27:25) Brad Park (28:53) Walt Tkaczuk (31:48) Walt Tkaczuk (35:55) Pete Stemkowski (43:11) |
Boston Garden , Boston , Massachusetts Spectators: 15,003 |
Apr 5, 1973 | Boston Bruins Wayne Cashman (7:55) Doug Roberts (36:34) |
2: 4 (1: 1, 1: 2, 0: 1) Match report as of: 0: 2 |
New York Rangers Steve Vickers (13:20) Ted Irvine (29:47) Pete Stemkowski (33:29) Walt Tkaczuk (45:37) |
Boston Garden, Boston, Massachusetts Spectators: 15,003 |
Apr 7, 1973 | New York Rangers Pete Stemkowski (18:35) Jean Ratelle (46:12) |
2: 4 (1: 1, 0: 1, 1: 2) Match report as of: 2: 1 |
Boston Bruins Gregg Sheppard (6:53) Fred Stanfield (23:13) Gregg Sheppard (50:39) Mike Walton (59:08) |
Madison Square Garden , New York City , New York Spectators: 17,500 |
Apr 8, 1973 |
New York Rangers Rod Gilbert (2:35) Pete Stemkowski (16:30) Bobby Rousseau (31:22) Steve Vickers (39:15) |
4: 0 (2: 0, 2: 0, 0: 0) Match report as of: 3: 1 |
Boston Bruins |
Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York Spectators: 17,500 |
Apr 10, 1973 | Boston Bruins Bobby Orr (1:54) Ken Hodge (12:45) Don Marcotte (47:10) |
3: 6 (2: 3, 0: 1, 1: 2) Match report as of: 1: 4 |
New York Rangers Steve Vickers (0:38) Steve Vickers (14:34) Bruce MacGregor (16:33) Walt Tkaczuk (38:59) Rod Gilbert (44:10) Steve Vickers (57:51) |
Boston Garden, Boston, Massachusetts Spectators: 15,003 |
(W1) Chicago Black Hawks - (W4) St. Louis Blues
Apr 4, 1973 |
Chicago Black Hawks Dick Redmond (15:02) Dick Redmond (15:20) Dick Redmond (22:13) Jim Pappin (29:38) Pit Martin (30:32) Pit Martin (52:33) Pit Martin (56: 24) |
7: 1 (2: 0, 3: 0, 2: 1) Match report as of: 1: 0 |
St. Louis Blues Phil Roberto (59:07) |
Chicago Stadium , Chicago , Illinois Spectators: 16,666 |
Apr 5, 1973 |
Chicago Black Hawks Lou Angotti (14:06) |
1: 0 (1: 0, 0: 0, 0: 0) Match report as of: 2: 0 |
St. Louis Blues |
Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois Spectators: 16,666 |
Apr 7, 1973 | St. Louis Blues From DeMarco (5:52) Pierre Plante (10:26) |
2: 5 (2: 3, 0: 1, 0: 1) Match report as of: 0: 3 |
Chicago Black Hawks Dennis Hull (2:29) Ralph Backstrom (11:26) Jim Pappin (13:51) Ralph Backstrom (23:10) Jim Pappin (47:31) |
St. Louis Arena , St. Louis , Missouri Spectators: 19,237 |
Apr 8, 1973 |
St. Louis Blues Pierre Plante (16:48) Phil Roberto (34:03) Fran Huck (35:31) Gary Sabourin (38:29) Garry Unger (56:56) |
5: 3 (1: 2, 3: 0, 1: 1) Match report as of: 1: 3 |
Chicago Black Hawks Ralph Backstrom (6:33) Cliff Koroll (11:11) Chico Maki (54:21) |
St. Louis Arena, St. Louis, Missouri Spectators: 18,863 |
Apr 10, 1973 |
Chicago Black Hawks Jim Pappin (1:14) Stan Mikita (14:52) Cliff Koroll (20:30) Chico Maki (31:37) Ralph Backstrom (55:42) Lou Angotti (57:41) |
6: 1 (2: 0, 2: 1, 2: 0) Match report as of: 4: 1 |
St. Louis Blues Fran Huck (24:20) |
Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois Spectators: 16,666 |
(W2) Philadelphia Flyers - (W3) Minnesota North Stars
Apr 4, 1973 | Philadelphia Flyers |
0: 3 (0: 0, 0: 2, 0: 1) Match report as of: 0: 1 |
Minnesota North Stars Dennis Hextall (29:21) Dennis O'Brien (39:45) Jude Drouin (49:17) |
The Spectrum , Philadelphia , Pennsylvania Spectators: 16,000 |
Apr 5, 1973 |
Philadelphia Flyers Don Saleski (5:48) Bill Flett (21:08) Bill Barber (28:37) Terry Crisp (38:46) |
4: 1 (1: 0, 3: 0, 0: 1) Match report as of: 1: 1 |
Minnesota North Stars Dean Prentice (44:14) |
The Spectrum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Spectators: 16,600 |
Apr 7, 1973 |
Minnesota North Stars Dennis Hextall (9:35) Barry Gibbs (40:54) Lou Nanne (49:36) Danny Grant (49:54) Danny Grant (55:27) |
5: 0 (1: 0, 0: 0, 4: 0) Match report as of: 2: 1 |
Philadelphia Flyers |
Metropolitan Sports Center , Bloomington , Minnesota Spectators: 14,647 |
Apr 8, 1973 | Minnesota North Stars |
0: 3 (0: 1, 0: 0, 0: 2) Match report as of: 2: 2 |
Philadelphia Flyers Bobby Clarke (18:57) Bill Barber (54:16) Ross Lonsberry (56:00) |
Metropolitan Sports Center, Bloomington, Minnesota Spectators: 15,449 |
Apr 10, 1973 |
Philadelphia Flyers Rick MacLeish (11:24) Rick MacLeish (22:17) Gary Dornhoefer (68:35) |
3: 2 n.V. (1: 1, 1: 0, 0: 1, 1: 0) Match report as of: 3: 2 |
Minnesota North Stars Danny Grant (10:48) Bill Goldsworthy (53:00) |
The Spectrum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Spectators: 16,600 |
Apr 12, 1973 | Minnesota North Stars Bill Goldsworthy (13:40) |
1: 4 (1: 0, 0: 3, 0: 1) Match report as of: 2: 4 |
Philadelphia Flyers Terry Crisp (24:10) Ross Lonsberry (36:42) Dave Schultz (38:01) Ross Lonsberry (59:48) |
Metropolitan Sports Center, Bloomington, Minnesota Spectators: 15,664 |
Semifinals
(E1) Canadiens de Montréal - (W2) Philadelphia Flyers
Apr 14, 1973 | Canadiens de Montréal Yvan Cournoyer (4:48) Guy Lapointe (37:28) Guy Lapointe (48:58) Jacques Lemaire (55:25) |
4: 5 n.V. (1: 1, 1: 1, 2: 2, 0: 1) Match report as of: 0: 1 |
Philadelphia Flyers Bill Barber (14:20) Simon Nolet (23:16) Simon Nolet (50:18) Gary Dornhoefer (52:04) Rick MacLeish (62:56) |
Forum de Montréal , Montréal , Québec Spectators: 16,929 |
Apr 17, 1973 |
Canadiens de Montréal Guy Lafleur (19:13) Henri Richard (20:25) Yvan Cournoyer (51:50) Larry Robinson (66:45) |
4: 3 n.V. (1: 2, 1: 1, 1: 0, 1: 0) Match report as of 1: 1 |
Philadelphia Flyers André Dupont (5:50) Gary Dornhoefer (8:12) Bill Flett (20:36) |
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec Spectators: 17,010 |
Apr 19, 1973 | Philadelphia Flyers Terry Crisp (30:09) |
1: 2 (0: 2, 1: 0, 0: 0) Match report as of: 1: 2 |
Canadiens de Montréal Réjean Houle (6:34) Henri Richard (18:19) |
The Spectrum , Philadelphia , Pennsylvania Spectators: 16,666 |
Apr 22, 1973 | Philadelphia Flyers Bobby Clarke (4:08) |
1: 4 (1: 0, 0: 3, 0: 1) Match report as of: 1: 3 |
Canadiens de Montréal Réjean Houle (27:38) Marc Tardif (34:07) Yvan Cournoyer (36:01) Frank Mahovlich (59:27) |
The Spectrum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Spectators: 16,600 |
Apr 24, 1973 |
Canadiens de Montréal Marc Tardif (15:29) Jacques Lemaire (20:23) Frank Mahovlich (45:44) Henri Richard (52:07) Yvan Cournoyer (53:42) |
5: 3 (1: 1, 1: 1, 3: 1) Match report as of: 4: 1 |
Philadelphia Flyers Ross Lonsberry (8:57) Simon Nolet (26:18) Bill Flett (45:30) |
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec Spectators: 17,141 |
(W1) Chicago Black Hawks - (E3) New York Rangers
Apr 12, 1973 | Chicago Black Hawks Pit Martin (12:37) |
1: 4 (1: 1, 0: 0, 0: 3) Match report as of: 0: 1 |
New York Rangers Bobby Rousseau (14:09) Vic Hadfield (44:04) Walt Tkaczuk (57:45) Walt Tkaczuk (59:35) |
Chicago Stadium , Chicago , Illinois Spectators: 16,666 |
Apr 15, 1973 |
Chicago Black Hawks Pat Stapleton (5:32) Pat Stapleton (7:55) Dennis Hull (11:20) Dennis Hull (32:02) Dick Redmond (34:40) |
5: 4 (3: 1, 2: 3, 0: 0) Match report as of: 1: 1 |
New York Rangers Rod Gilbert (18:54) Jean Ratelle (25:31) Bill Fairbairn (28:22) Rod Gilbert (37:26) |
Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois Spectators: 19,000 |
Apr 17, 1973 | New York Rangers Walt Tkaczuk (34:51) |
1: 2 (0: 1, 1: 0, 0: 1) Match report as of: 1: 2 |
Chicago Black Hawks Jim Pappin (8:20) Stan Mikita (46:16) |
Madison Square Garden , New York City , New York Spectators: 17,500 |
Apr 19, 1973 | New York Rangers Vic Hadfield (42:16) |
1: 3 (0: 0, 0: 1, 1: 2) Match report as of: 1: 3 |
Chicago Black Hawks Dennis Hull (31:20) Pit Martin (54:11) Dennis Hull (56:56) |
Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York Spectators: 17,500 |
Apr 24, 1973 |
Chicago Black Hawks Stan Mikita (19:20) Dennis Hull (34:07) Stan Mikita (44:47) Cliff Koroll (48:15) |
4: 1 (1: 0, 1: 1, 2: 0) Match report as of: 4: 1 |
New York Rangers Rod Gilbert (39:19) |
Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois Spectators: 16,666 |
Stanley Cup Final
(E1) Canadiens de Montréal - (W1) Chicago Black Hawks
Apr 29, 1973 |
Canadiens de Montréal Jacques Laperrière (2:28) Marc Tardif (8:07) Chuck Lefley (23:01) Jacques Lemaire (36:23) Jacques Lemaire (48:38) Pete Mahovlich (52:36) Frank Mahovlich (53: 34) Chuck Lefley (54:35) |
8: 3 (2: 3, 2: 0, 4: 0) Match report as of: 1: 0 |
Chicago Black Hawks Pit Martin (0:35) Ralph Backstrom (1:02) Pit Martin (12:07) |
Forum de Montréal , Montréal , Québec Spectators: 17,249 |
May 1st 1973 |
Canadiens de Montréal Pierre Bouchard (5:36) Yvan Cournoyer (32:08) Yvan Cournoyer (45:01) Frank Mahovlich (59:26) |
4: 1 (1: 0, 1: 1, 2: 0) Match report as of: 2: 0 |
Chicago Black Hawks Cliff Coroll (27:28) |
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec Spectators: 17,354 |
May 3rd 1973 |
Chicago Black Hawks Dennis Hull (1:59) JP Bordeleau (11:44) Bill White (13:20) Stan Mikita (14:20) John Marks (22:08) Dennis Hull (59:29) Jim Pappin (59: 49) |
7: 4 (4: 0, 1: 1, 2: 3) Match report as of: 1: 2 |
Canadiens de Montréal Frank Mahovlich (30:25) Yvan Cournoyer (41:20) Guy Lapointe (47:15) Jacques Lemaire (48:01) |
Chicago Stadium , Chicago , Illinois Spectators: 16,666 |
May 6, 1973 | Chicago Black Hawks |
0: 4 (0: 1, 0: 2, 0: 1) Match report as of: 1: 3 |
Canadiens de Montréal Marc Tardif (1:08) Yvan Cournoyer (34:13) Chuck Lefley (35:43) Claude Larose (43:45) |
Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois Spectators: 17,600 |
May 8, 1973 | Canadiens de Montréal Frank Mahovlich (2:47) Pete Mahovlich (14:52) Claude Larose (20:37) Claude Larose (24:23) Yvan Cournoyer (27:09) Serge Savard (41:15) Henri Richard (51: 43) |
7: 8 (2: 2, 3: 5, 2: 1) Match report as of: 3: 2 |
Chicago Black Hawks Dennis Hull (9:34) Stan Mikita (11:24) Dave Kryskow (23:10) Stan Mikita (26:21) Jim Pappin (31:24) Len Frig (36:21) Jim Pappin (39: 03) Lou Angotti (44:06) |
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec Spectators: 18,950 |
May 10, 1973 | Chicago Black Hawks Pit Martin (10:35) Pit Martin (11:31) Dave Kryskow (28:32) Pit Martin (37:05) |
4: 6 (2: 1, 2: 3, 0: 2) Match report as of: 2: 4 |
Canadiens de Montréal Henri Richard (19:48) Pete Mahovlich (25:05) Réjean Houle (26:37) Frank Mahovlich (30:54) Yvan Cournoyer (48:13) Marc Tardif (42:42) |
Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois Spectators: 17,600 |
Stanley Cup winner
Stanley Cup winner Canadiens de Montréal |
Goalkeepers: Ken Dryden , Michel Plasse Defenders: Pierre Bouchard , Jacques Laperrière , Guy Lapointe , Bob Murdoch , Larry Robinson , Serge Savard Attackers: Yvan Cournoyer , Réjean Houle , Guy Lafleur , Claude Larose , Chuck Lefley , Jacques Lemaire , Frank Mahovlich , Pete Mahovlich , Henri Richard ( C ), Jim Roberts , Steve Shutt , Marc Tardif , Murray Wilson Head Coach: Scotty Bowman General Manager: Sam Pollock |
Best scorer
Abbreviations: GP = games, G = goals, A = assists , Pts = points, +/− = plus / minus , PIM = penalty minutes; Fat: best value
player | team | GP | G | A. | Pts | +/- | PIM |
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Yvan Cournoyer | Montréal | 17th | 15th | 10 | 25th | +6 | 2 |
Dennis Hull | Chicago | 16 | 9 | 15th | 24 | +7 | 4th |
Frank Mahovlich | Montréal | 17th | 9 | 14th | 23 | ± 0 | 6th |
Stan Mikita | Chicago | 15th | 7th | 13 | 20th | -3 | 8th |
Jacques Lemaire | Montréal | 17th | 7th | 13 | 20th | +10 | 2 |
Pat Stapleton | Chicago | 16 | 2 | 15th | 17th | +3 | 10 |
Pit Martin | Chicago | 15th | 10 | 6th | 16 | +7 | 6th |
Jim Pappin | Chicago | 16 | 8th | 7th | 15th | +6 | 24 |
Guy Lapointe | Montréal | 17th | 6th | 7th | 13 | +14 | 20th |
Peter Mahovlich | Montréal | 17th | 4th | 9 | 13 | +4 | 22nd |
Pierre Bouchard from the Canadiens de Montréal also achieved a plus / minus statistic of +14.
Best goalkeeper
The combined table shows the three best goalkeepers in the categories conceded goals and catch quota as well as the leaders in the categories shutouts and wins.
Abbreviations: GP = games, Min = ice age (in minutes), W = wins, L = defeats, GA = goals conceded, SO = shutouts , Sv% = saved shots (in%), GAA = goals against goals against; Fat: best value; Sorted by goal conceded.
Only goalkeepers who have played 180 minutes of play are recorded.
player | team | GP | Min | W. | L. | GA | SO | Sv% | ATM |
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Cesare Maniago | Minnesota | 5 | 306: 10 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 93.9 | 1.76 |
Eddie Giacomin | NY Rangers | 10 | 537: 10 | 5 | 4th | 23 | 1 | 90.3 | 2.57 |
Doug Favell | Philadelphia | 11 | 665: 47 | 5 | 6th | 29 | 1 | 91.9 | 2.61 |
Ken Dryden | Montréal | 17th | 1035: 46 | 12 | 5 | 50 | 1 | 90.7 | 2.90 |
Web links
- Stanley Cup Playoffs 1973 on hockey-reference.com
- All box scores of the playoffs on bigmouthsports.com (PDF document, 1027 kB)