1970 Stanley Cup Finals
| 1970 Stanley Cup Finals | |||||||||||||||||||
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.jpg) Bobby Orr of the Bruins airborne after scoring the Cup-winning goal in overtime of game four; behind him is Noel Picard of the Blues | |||||||||||||||||||
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| * indicates periods of overtime | |||||||||||||||||||
| Location(s) | St. Louis: St. Louis Arena (1, 2) Boston: Boston Garden (3, 4) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Coaches | St. Louis: Scotty Bowman Boston: Harry Sinden | ||||||||||||||||||
| Captains | St. Louis: Al Arbour Boston: Vacant | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dates | May 3–10, 1970 | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Bobby Orr (Bruins) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Series-winning goal | Bobby Orr (0:40, OT, G4) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hall of Famers | Blues: Al Arbour (1996, builder) Glenn Hall (1975) Jacques Plante (1978) Bruins: Johnny Bucyk (1981) Gerry Cheevers (1985) Phil Esposito (1984) Bobby Orr (1979) Coaches: Scotty Bowman (1991) Harry Sinden (1983) | ||||||||||||||||||
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The 1970 Stanley Cup Finals was the
1970 Stanley Cup playoffs
.
It was a contest between the Boston Bruins and the St. Louis Blues, who appeared in their third consecutive finals series. The Bruins were making their first appearance in the Stanley Cup Finals since 1958.
The Bruins won the series, four games to none. It was Boston's first
Chicago Black Hawks in 1961. The Blues, who had gone to the Finals their first three years in the league, would eventually lose each of the three series in four-game sweeps. St. Louis would not appear in a Stanley Cup Finals again until 2019, where they also faced (and defeated) the Bruins, ending the second-longest Finals drought
in league history.
Paths to the Finals
Boston defeated the
Chicago Black Hawks
4–0 to advance to the Finals.
St. Louis defeated the Minnesota North Stars 4–2 and the Pittsburgh Penguins 4–2.
Game summaries
The Boston Bruins tied for first in the East Division with the
Chicago Black Hawks
with 99 points. The Bruins lost the tiebreaker of wins with 40 to Chicago's 45. The St. Louis Blues finished first in the West Division with 86 points. This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams. In this year's regular-season series, there were three wins for Boston, one for St. Louis and two ties.
At 3:57 of the second period of game one, a hard shot from Fred Stanfield was deflected and struck Jacques Plante in the forehead of his face mask, splitting the mask in half and injuring Plante.[1] Plante was finished for the series. Doctors later said if he hadn't been wearing the mask, he surely would have been killed. Ernie Wakely took over in goal but only held off the Bruins for a few minutes before becoming a rather easy mark for Bruins sharpshooters.
| May 3 | Boston Bruins | 6–1 | St. Louis Blues | St. Louis Arena | Recap | |||
| Johnny Bucyk (6) - 19:45 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Johnny Bucyk (7) - 5:16 | Second period | 1:52 - Jimmy Roberts (2) | ||||||
| Wayne Carleton (2) - 4:59 Johnny Bucyk (8) - 5:31 Derek Sanderson (3) - sh - 17:20 Phil Esposito (12) - 18:58 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Gerry Cheevers | Goalie stats | Jacques Plante, Ernie Wakely | ||||||
| May 5 | Boston Bruins | 6–2 | St. Louis Blues | St. Louis Arena | Recap | |||
| Fred Stanfield (4) - pp - 8:10 Ed Westfall (2) - 13:38 Ed Westfall (3) - sh - 19:15 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Derek Sanderson (4) - pp - 9:37 | Second period | 17:26 - pp - Terry Gray (2) | ||||||
| Derek Sanderson (5) - 00:58 Johnny Bucyk (9) - 15:00 |
Third period | 4:15 - pp - Frank St. Marseille (5) | ||||||
| Gerry Cheevers | Goalie stats | Ernie Wakely | ||||||
| May 7 | St. Louis Blues | 1–4 | Boston Bruins | Boston Garden | Recap | |||
| Frank St. Marseille (6) - pp - 5:32 | First period | 13:23 - pp - Johnny Bucyk (10) 18:23 - John McKenzie (5) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 3:26 - Wayne Cashman (4) 14:26 - Wayne Cashman (5) | ||||||
| Glenn Hall | Goalie stats | Gerry Cheevers | ||||||
| May 10 | St. Louis Blues | 3–4 | OT | Boston Bruins | Boston Garden | Recap | ||
| Red Berenson (7) - 19:17 | First period | 5:28 - Rick Smith (1) | ||||||
| Gary Sabourin (5) - 3:22 | Second period | 14:22 - Phil Esposito (13) | ||||||
| Larry Keenan (7) - pp - 00:19 | Third period | 13:28 - Johnny Bucyk (11) | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 00:40 - Bobby Orr (9) | ||||||
| Glenn Hall | Goalie stats | Gerry Cheevers | ||||||
| Boston won series 4–0 | |
Quotes
Bobby Orr… behind the net to Sanderson to ORR! BOBBY ORR!… scores and the Boston Bruins have won the Stanley Cup!
— Dan Kelly calling Orr's Stanley Cup winning goal
"The Flight"
The most commonly seen video clip of
master tape of the game (along with others) was thrown away in order to clear shelf space at the network.[citation needed
]
The
New England Sports Network has played the CBS video of the goal but has used the original WBZ-FM radio call with Fred Cusick and Johnny Peirson.[citation needed
]
Stanley Cup engraving
The 1970 Stanley Cup was presented to Bruins alternate captain Johnny Bucyk by
NHL President Clarence Campbell
following the Bruins 4–3 overtime win over the Blues in game four.
The following Bruins players and staff had their names engraved on the Stanley Cup
1969–70 Boston Bruins
Players
- 7 Phil Esposito (A)
- 16 Derek Sanderson
- 17 Fred Stanfield
- 22 Jim Lorentz
- 22 Ivan Boldirev (spare/did not play)
- 8 Ken Hodge Sr.
- 9 John Bucyk(A)
- 11 Wayne Carleton
- 12 Wayne Cashman
- 14 Garnet "Ace" Bailey
- 18 Ed Westfall (A)
- 19 John McKenzie
- 21 Don Marcotte
- 23 Dan Schock
- 24 Bill Lesuk
- 28 Ron Murphy
- 4 Bobby Orr
- 6 Edward Ted Green (injured/did not play)
- 10 Rick Smith
- 20 Dallas Smith
- 24 Bill Speer
- 25 Gary Doak
- 26 Don Awrey
- 30 Gerry Cheevers
- 1 Eddie Johnston
- 31 John Adams (spare/did not play)
Coaching and administrative staff
- Weston Adams, Jr.(President/owner)
- Charles Mulcahy Jr. (Vice President – General Council), Ed Powers (Vice President – Treasurer), Shelby Davis (Vice President)
- Harry Sinden (Head Coach), Milt Schmidt (General Manager)
- Tom Johnson (Asst. General Manager), Dan Canney (Trainer)
- John Forristall (Asst. Trainer)
Stanley Cup engravings
- Tom Johnson's name was engraved T. Johnson TR by mistake. Johnson was actually the assistant manager, not the trainer. The mistake was not corrected on the Replica Stanley Cup created in 1992–93.
- Ted Green received a head injury in a pre-season game. He missed the entire season, but his name was still engraved on the Stanley Cup. John Adams (goal) and Ivan Boldirev (forward) had their names engraved on the Cup before they played their first NHL game. Boldirev played his first NHL game for Boston during 1970–71 season, Adams played his first NHL game for Boston during the 1972–73 season. Dan Schock played in the minors but was called up to play one playoff game, earning a spot on the Stanley Cup. Ron Murphy played only 20 regular-season games and had officially retired in March, but his name was engraved on the Cup.
- Boston Bruins did not have an official Captain – John Bucyk, Phil Esposito, Ed Westfall were Alternate Captains. Bucyk was presented with the Cup because he was the most senior letter-wearer (a scenario that would repeat in 1972).
- After Boston included 3 players who did not play for the team that season, the NHL only allowed players who dressed in the playoffs to be included on the Stanley Cup.
- The NHL feared that the Original Stanley Cup bowl was becoming too brittle. So a new Presentation Stanley Cup was made and first awarded in 1970. It was identical to the original bowl. The Original bowl was retired and put on permanent display at the Hockey Hall Fame.
See also
References
- Diamond, Dan, ed. (2000). Total Stanley Cup. NHL.
- Podnieks, Andrew; Hockey Hall of Fame (2004). Lord Stanley's Cup. Triumph Books. ISBN 978-1-55168-261-7.
- ^ Gretz, Adam (May 26, 2019). "PHT Time Machine: Top 1970 Cup Final moments beyond the Orr goal". NBCSports.com. NBC Sports. Retrieved June 3, 2019.
Further reading
- Dupont, Kevin Paul (May 25, 2019). "'It was just an explosion of emotion': NBC announcers recall where they were for Bobby Orr's goal". The Boston Globe. Retrieved May 26, 2019.