1984 Stanley Cup Finals

The 1984 Stanley Cup Finals were played from May 10 to May 19, 1984 between the Edmonton Oilers in their second Finals appearance and the defending champion New York Islanders, in their fifth straight Finals appearance. The Oilers would win the best-of-seven series four games to one, to win their first Stanley Cup, and first for a former WHA team. It was also the fifth straight Finals of post 1967 expansion teams. This is also the most recent time that the 2 teams from the previous Stanley Cup Finals would face off in the Finals for the second year in a row.

Paths to the Final

Edmonton defeated the Winnipeg Jets 3–0, the Calgary Flames 4–1 and the Chicago Black Hawks 4–0 to advance to the finals. New York defeated the Washington Capitals 3–1, the New York Rangers 3-2, and the Boston Bruins 4–2 to make it to the finals.

The series

NOTE: The 1984 Stanley Cup Finals were played in a 2-3-2 format, which the NBA Finals and World Series uses, instead of the usual 2-2-1-1-1; however, the NHL would only use the format again the following season before going back to the 2-2-1-1-1 format for the 1986 Stanley Cup Finals.

Grant Fuhr, in his first Finals game, shut out the Islanders in game one on Long Island, but the Islanders came back with a big 6-1 victory in game two. The series then shifted west for three games.

New York Islanders vs. Edmonton Oilers

"Edmonton wins the series 4–1."

"Mark Messier won the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP."

tanley Cup Champions Edmonton Oilers 1984

Stanley Cup champion|team=Edmonton Oilers |year=1984
centers=*99 Wayne Gretzky (Captain)
*24 Kevin McClelland
*13 Ken Linseman
*11 Mark Messier(played Leftwing during the regular season)
wingers=* 9 Glenn Anderson
*10 Jaroslav Pouzar
*12 Dave Hunter
*16 Pat Hughes
*17 Jari Kurri
*19 Willy Lindstrom
*20 Dave Lumley
*27 Dave Semenko
*15 Pat Conacher(played Centre during the regular season)
*25 Raimo Summanen† (played 5 playoff games)
defence=
*2 Lee Fogolin Jr.
*4 Kevin Lowe
*7 Paul Coffey
*21 Randy Gregg
*22 Charlie Huddy
*29 Don Jackson
*6 Rick Chartraw† (played 1 playoff game)
*28 Larry Melnyk† (played 6 playoff games)
goaltenders=
*31 Grant Fuhr
*35 Andy Moog
*33 Mike Zanier† (dressed 2 games Finals, but did not play)
player-notes=† Name was not engraved on the Stanley Cup, but included on the team picture.
non-players=
*Peter Pocklington (Owner)
*Glen Sather (President/Manager/Head Coach)
*Bruce MacGregor (Ass't Manager)
*John Muckler, Ted Green (Ass't Coaches)
*Barry Fraser (Director of Player Personnel/Chief Scout)
*Peter Millar (Athletic Therapist), Barrie Stafford (Trainer)
*Lyle Kulchisky (Ass't Trainer)
engraving-notes=Each team was required to play 20 players out of a 24 man roster. Edmonton Oilers only engraved 21 players on the Stanley Cup. They left off 4 players who were dressed in the playoffs.

Basil Pocklington was engraved on the Stanley Cup in 1984. He was Peter Pocklington's father not a member of the Edmonton Oilers. The NHL XXX'd his name out. NHL created a new ring in 1993, with winners from 1979 to 1991, without Basil Pockington's name on it. When the cup returned to Hockey Hall of Fame the abandoned ring had been damaged and could not be put back on the Stanley Cup. So the Hockey Hall Fame had Basil Pocklington's name put on the newly created Stanley Cup ring, then XXX'd out his name again. The Hockey Hall of Fame did not have Basil Pocklington name added to the replica Stanley Cup also created in 1993.

On the new ring EDMONTON was misspelled DDMONTON. An "E" was stamped over the first "D" to correct the mistake.

ee also

* List of Stanley Cup champions
* 1983–84 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.