The 1977 Stanley Cup Final championship series was contested by 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.
Paths to the Final[]
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.
The series[]
Jacques Lemaire scored three game-winning goals, including the Cup winner in overtime. Guy Lafleur won the Conn Smythe Trophy for scoring 9 goals and 17 assists during the playoffs.
Date | Visitors | Score | Home | Score | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
May 7 | Boston | 3 | Montreal | 7 | |
May 10 | Boston | 0 | Montreal | 3 | |
May 12 | Montreal | 4 | Boston | 2 | |
May 14 | Montreal | 2 | Boston | 1 | OT |
Montreal wins the series 4–0.
Montreal Canadiens 1977 Stanley Cup champions[]
Roster
- Centers
- 8 Doug Risebrough
- 20 Peter Mahovlich
- 21 Doug Jarvis
- 24 Pierre Mondou
- 25 Jacques Lemaire
- 28 Mike Polich
- Wingers
- 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
- Defensemen
- 2 Bill Nyrop
- 2 Brian Engblom††
- 5 Guy Lapointe
- 18 Serge Savard (acting captain)†
- 19 Larry Robinson
- 26 Pierre Bouchard
- 27 Rick Chartraw
- Goaltenders
- 1 Michel Bunny Larocque
- 29 Ken Dryden
- † Serge Savard served as Captain, when Yvan Cournoyer missed the whole playoffs due to a back injury.
- Non-players
- Jacques Courtois (president), Sam Pollock (vice president/general manager)
- Jean Beliveau (vice president), William Scotty Bowman (head coach)
- Peter Bronfman (chairman/owner), Edward Bronfman (executive director/owner)
- Claude Ruel (director of player development), Floyd Curry, Ron Caron, (ass't general managers)
- Pierre Meilluer (ass't trainer), Eddy Palchak (trainer)
Stanley Cup Engraving
- 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.
- †† not on Cup. Engblom played 2 playoff games, no regular-season games and no games in the finals.
Preceded by Montreal Canadiens 1976 |
Montreal Canadiens Stanley Cup Champions 1977 |
Succeeded by Montreal Canadiens 1978 |
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