- 1986 Stanley Cup Finals
The 1986 Stanley Cup Finals were played from May 16 to May 24, 1986, between the
Calgary Flames in their first finals appearance and theMontreal Canadiens in their 32nd. The Canadiens would win the best-of-seven series four games to one, to win their 23rdStanley Cup . It was the first all-Canadian finals since 1967.Paths to the final
Calgary defeated the
Winnipeg Jets 3–0, the defending championEdmonton Oilers 4–3 and the St. Louis Blues 4–3 to advance to the finals. Montreal defeated theBoston Bruins 3–0, theHartford Whalers 4–3, and theNew York Rangers 4–1 to make it to the finals.The series
Brian Skrudland 's game-winning goal in game two ended the shortest overtime in NHL playoff history, at a mere nine seconds. Montreal rookie goaltenderPatrick Roy was awarded theConn Smythe Trophy as the playoff MVP.Calgary Flames vs.Montreal Canadiens "Montreal wins the series 4–1."
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Patrick Roy won theConn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP."Quotes
Montreal Canadiens 1986 Stanley Cup champions
Stanley Cup champion
centers=*15 Bobby Smith
*21Guy Carbonneau
*22Randy Bucyk †*
*27Lucien DeBlois
*35Mike Lalor *
*35Mike McPhee
*39Brian Skrudland *
wingers=*23Bob Gainey (LW-Captain)
*8David Maley
*11Ryan Walter
*12Serge Boisvert *
*14Mario Tremblay (A. Capt.)
*17Craig Ludwig
*20Kjell Dahlin
*26 Mats Naslund (A. Capt.)
*28Steve Rooney
*30Chris Nilan
*32Claude Lemieux
*36Sergio Momesso †
*44Stephane Richer *
defence=*5 Rick Green
*18Tom Kurvers
*19Larry Robinson (A. Capt.)
*24Chris Chelios
*25Petr Svoboda
*29Gaston Gingras *
*31John Kordic *
goaltenders=
*1Doug Soetaert
*33Patrick Roy *
*37 Steve Penney†
player-notes=
non-players=
*Ronald Corey (president),Serge Savard * (vice president/general manager)
*Jean Perron (head coach),Jacques Laperriere (ass’t coach)
*Jean Beliveau (Sr. Vice President), Francois-Xavier Seingeur (vice president)
*Fred Steer (vice president),Jacques Lemaire (ass't general manager/director of player personnel)
*Andre Boudrias (ass’t general manager/director of scouting),Claude Ruel (director of player development)
*Yvon Belanger (athletic therapist), Gaetan Lefbvre (ass’t athletic therapist)
*Eddie Palckak (trainer), Sylvain Toupin (ass’t trainer)
*Morgan McCammon (chairman)†.|* won the Calder Cup as American Hockey League(AHL) Championship in 1985 withSherbrooke Canadiens .Player notes
Starting in 1985-86 season, each NHL team was required to list two ass't captains (along with the team captain) for each game. Some teams may have more then two ass't captains, but only two can be marked with an 'A' each game.
tanley Cup engravings
* 4 names were not engraved on the Stanley Cup, but included on the team picture. †Steve Penney was dressed for 30 games, played 18. †
Sergio Momesso played 24 regular season games. Both players missed the rest of season injuried. They qualified to be on the cup, because of injury exemptions, but Montreal still left them off.
* †Randy Bucyk played 17 regular season games, and 2 playoff games, and did not play in the finals. He did not qualify be on the Stanley Cup.
* †Morgan McCammon was included on the cup with Montreal in 1979 as a Director. It is tradition that Chairman of the Board name is engraved on the Stanley Cup, but Montreal left McCammon's name off on the Cup in 1986.The Montreal Canadiens played 11 rookies on their squad: Mike McPhee, Stephane Richer, Brian Skrudland, Mike Lalor, Patrick Roy, Steve Rooney, John Kordic, Claude Lemieux, David Maley, Sergio Momesso and Randy Bucyk. In addition the Canadiens in 1986 were the last team to win the Stanley Cup without making at least one trade during the regular season. The only changes in the teams lineup were through their minor league team AHL
Sherbrooke Canadiens .ee also
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List of Stanley Cup champions
*1985–86 NHL season References
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* Podnieks, Andrew; Hockey Hall of Fame (2004). Lord Stanley's Cup. Triumph Books, 12, 50. ISBN 1–55168–261–3.
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