- 1975 Stanley Cup Finals
Infobox Stanley Cup Final
year=1975
team1=Philadelphia Flyers
team1_short=Philadelphia
team1_captain=Bobby Clarke
team1_coach=Fred Shero
team2=Buffalo Sabres
team2_short=Buffalo
team2_coach=Floyd Smith
team2_captain=Jim Schoenfeld
referees=Art Skov ,Bruce Hood ,Lloyd Gilmour , Wally Harris
series_winner=Bob Kelly (0:11, 3rd,G6)
dates=May 15 –May 27
location1=Philadelphia (The Spectrum) (1,2,5)
location2=Buffalo (Buffalo Memorial Auditorium ) (3,4,6)
mvp=Bernie Parent (Philadelphia Flyers)
team1_1=4
team1_2=2
team1_3=4
team1_4=2
team1_5=5
team1_6=2
team1_tot=4
team2_1=1
team2_2=1
team2_3=5
team2_4=4
team2_5=1
team2_6=0
team2_tot=2
gm3_ot=*
table-note=* overtime periods
networks=CBC (Canada-English), SRC (Canada-French), NBC (United States, Games 2, 5), WTAF (Philadelphia area, Games 3, 4, 6), WKBW (Buffalo area, Games 1, 3, 4, 6)The 1975 Stanley Cup Finals were played fromMay 15 toMay 27 ,1975 between theBuffalo Sabres , making their first Finals appearance and the defending championPhiladelphia Flyers . The Flyers would win the best-of-seven series four games to two. The 1974–75 Flyers were the last Stanley Cup champion to be comprised entirely of Canadian born players. [citation |title=The Big Book of Hockey Trivia |publisher=Greystone Books |author=Weekes, Don |pages=558]Paths to the Final
Buffalo defeated the Chicago Black Hawks 4–1 and the
Montreal Canadiens 4–2 to advance to the finals. Philadelphia defeated theToronto Maple Leafs 4–0 and theNew York Islanders 4–3 to make it to the finals.The series
This was the first Finals to have two non-"Original Six" teams since the 1967 expansion.
Bernie Parent led the Flyers, allowing only 12 goals in the six games, capped with a shutout. He became the first player to win theConn Smythe Trophy for two consecutive years.Buffalo Sabres vs.Philadelphia Flyers "Philadelphia wins the series 4–2."
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Bernie Parent won theConn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP."Philadelphia Flyers 1975 Stanley Cup champions
Roster
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first = Bernie | last = Parent | dab = | num = 1 | pos = G | nat = Canada | s/g = L | birthyear = 1945 | birthmonth = 4 | birthday = 3 | acq = 1973 | birthplace = Montreal, Quebec | cyear = 1975 | month = 5 | day = 27player5
first = Ed | last = Van Impe | dab = | num = 2 | pos = D | nat = Canada | s/g = L | birthyear = 1940 | birthmonth = 5 | birthday = 27 | acq = 1967 | birthplace = Saskatoon, Saskatchewan | cyear = 1975 | month = 5 | day = 27player5
first = Tom | last = Bladon | dab = | num = 3 | pos = D | nat = Canada | s/g = R | birthyear = 1952 | birthmonth = 12 | birthday = 29 | acq = 1972 | birthplace = Edmonton, Alberta | cyear = 1975 | month = 5 | day = 27player5
first = Larry | last = Goodenough | dab = | num = 5 | pos = D | nat = Canada | s/g = R | birthyear = 1953 | birthmonth = 1 | birthday = 9 | acq = 1973 | birthplace = Toronto, Ontario | cyear = 1975 | month = 5 | day = 27player5
first = Andre | last = Dupont | dab = André Dupont | num = 6 | pos = D | nat = Canada | s/g = L | birthyear = 1949 | birthmonth = 7 | birthday = 27 | acq = 1972 | birthplace = Trois-Rivières, Quebec | cyear = 1975 | month = 5 | day = 27player5
first = Bill | last = Barber | dab = | num = 7 | pos = LW | nat = Canada | s/g = L | birthyear = 1952 | birthmonth = 7 | birthday = 11 | acq = 1972 | birthplace =Callander, Ontario | cyear = 1975 | month = 5 | day = 27player5
first = Dave | last = Schultz | dab = Dave Schultz (ice hockey) | num = 8 | pos = LW | nat = Canada | s/g = L | birthyear = 1949 | birthmonth = 10 | birthday = 14 | acq = 1969 | birthplace =Waldheim, Saskatchewan | cyear = 1975 | month = 5 | day = 27player5
first = Bob | last = Kelly | dab = Bob Kelly (ice hockey b. 1950) | num = 9 | pos = LW | nat = Canada | s/g = L | birthyear = 1950 | birthmonth = 12 | birthday = 25 | acq = 1970 | birthplace =Oakville, Ontario | cyear = 1975 | month = 5 | day = 27player5
first = Bill | last = Clement | dab = | num = 10 | pos = C | nat = Canada | s/g = L | birthyear = 1950 | birthmonth = 12 | birthday = 20 | acq = 1970 | birthplace =Buckingham, Quebec | cyear = 1975 | month = 5 | day = 27player5
first = Don | last = Saleski | dab = | num = 11 | pos = RW | nat = Canada | s/g = R | birthyear = 1949 | birthmonth = 11 | birthday = 10 | acq = 1972 | birthplace = Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan | cyear = 1975 | month = 5 | day = 27player5
first = Gary | last = Dornhoefer | dab = | num = 12 | pos = RW | nat = Canada | s/g = R | birthyear = 1943 | birthmonth = 2 | birthday = 2 | acq = 1967 | birthplace =Kitchener, Ontario | cyear = 1975 | month = 5 | day = 27player5
first = Joe | last = Watson | dab = Joe Watson (ice hockey) | num = 14 | pos = D | nat = Canada | s/g = L | birthyear = 1943 | birthmonth = 7 | birthday = 6 | acq = 1967 | birthplace =Smithers, British Columbia | cyear = 1975 | month = 5 | day = 27player5
first = Terry | last = Crisp | dab = | num = 15 | pos = C | nat = Canada | s/g = L | birthyear = 1943 | birthmonth = 5 | birthday = 28 | acq = 1973 | birthplace =Parry Sound, Ontario | cyear = 1975 | month = 5 | day = 27player5
first = Bobby | last = Clarke | dab = | num = 16 | pos = C | nat = Canada | s/g = L | birthyear = 1949 | birthmonth = 8 | birthday = 13 | acq = 1969 | birthplace = Flin Flon, Manitoba | cyear = 1975 | month = 5 | day = 27player5
first = Ross | last = Lonsberry | dab = | num = 18 | pos = LW | nat = Canada | s/g = L | birthyear = 1947 | birthmonth = 2 | birthday = 7 | acq = 1972 | birthplace =Watson, Saskatchewan | cyear = 1975 | month = 5 | day = 27player5
first = Rick | last = MacLeish | dab = | num = 19 | pos = C | nat = Canada | s/g = L | birthyear = 1950 | birthmonth = 1 | birthday = 3 | acq = 1971 | birthplace =Cannington, Ontario | cyear = 1975 | month = 5 | day = 27player5
first = Jim | last = Watson | dab = Jimmy Watson | num = 20 | pos = D | nat = Canada | s/g = L | birthyear = 1952 | birthmonth = 8 | birthday = 19 | acq = 1972 | birthplace =Smithers, British Columbia | cyear = 1975 | month = 5 | day = 27player5
first = Ted | last = Harris | dab = Ted Harris (ice hockey) | num = 25 | pos = D | nat = Canada | s/g = L | birthyear = 1936 | birthmonth = 7 | birthday = 18 | acq = 1974 | birthplace = Winnipeg, Manitoba | cyear = 1975 | month = 5 | day = 27player5
first = Orest | last = Kindrachuk | dab = | num = 26 | pos = C | nat = Canada | s/g = L | birthyear = 1950 | birthmonth = 9 | birthday = 14 | acq = 1972 | birthplace =Nanton, Alberta | cyear = 1975 | month = 5 | day = 27player5
first = Reggie | last = Leach | dab = | num = 27 | pos = RW | nat = Canada | s/g = R | birthyear = 1950 | birthmonth = 4 | birthday = 23 | acq = 1974 | birthplace =Riverton, Manitoba | cyear = 1975 | month = 5 | day = 27player5
first = Bobby | last = Taylor | dab = Bobby Taylor (ice hockey) | num = 30 | pos = G | nat = Canada | s/g = R | birthyear = 1945 | birthmonth = 1 | birthday = 24 | acq = 1968 | birthplace = Calgary, Alberta | cyear = 1975 | month = 5 | day = 27player5
first = Wayne | last = Stephenson | dab = | num = 35 | pos = G | nat = Canada | s/g = L | birthyear = 1945 | birthmonth = 1 | birthday = 29 | acq = 1974 | birthplace =Fort William, Ontario | cyear = 1975 | month = 5 | day = 27
Non-players
*Chairman/Owner:
Ed Snider
*President: Joe Scott
*Vice Chairman: F. Eugene Dixon, Jr.
*Head Coach:Fred Shero
*Vice President/General Manager: Keith Allen
*Vice President: Lou Scheinfield
*Assistant Coach:Mike Nykoluk
*Director of Player Development: Marcel Pelletier
*Assistant Coach:Barry Ashbee ,
*Trainer: Frank Lewis
*Assistant Trainer: Jim McKenzie
*Director of Public Relations: Joe Kodel (left off Cup)
*Director of Public Relations John Blogan (left off Cup)tanley Cup engraving
* Edward "Ted" Harris won 5 Stanley Cups. He was engraved on the Stanley Cup with Montreal Canadiens as Edward Harris in 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969. Harris was engraved as Ted Harris with Philadelphia Flyers in 1975.
* Joe Kodel, John Blogan (Directors of Public Relations) were included on Philadelphia's Stanley Cup winning pictures in 1974, 1975, but their names do not appear on the Stanley Cup.
* Bobby Taylor only played 3 regular season games after coming out of retirement. His name was engraved on the Stanley Cup.ee also
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List of Stanley Cup champions
*1974–75 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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