| 1974 Stanley Cup Finals | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Celebration in the Flyers' locker room, May 19, 1974 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location(s) | Philadelphia: Spectrum (3, 4, 6) Boston: Boston Garden (1, 2, 5) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coaches | Philadelphia: Fred Shero Boston: Bep Guidolin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Captains | Philadelphia: Bobby Clarke Boston: John Bucyk | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National anthems | Philadelphia: Kate Smith Boston: Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Referees | Dave Newell (1, 5) Art Skov (2, 6) Lloyd Gilmour (3) Ron Wicks (4) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dates | May 7–19, 1974 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Bernie Parent (Flyers) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Series-winning goal | Rick MacLeish (14:48, first, G6) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hall of Famers | Flyers: Bill Barber (1990) Bobby Clarke (1987) Bernie Parent (1984) Bruins: Johnny Bucyk (1981) Phil Esposito (1984) Bobby Orr (1979) Coaches: Fred Shero (2013) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Networks | Canada: (English): CBC (French): SRC United States: (National): NBC (3, 6) (Philadelphia area): WTAF (1–2, 5) (Boston area): WSBK (1–2, 4–5) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | (CBC) Danny Gallivan and Brian McFarlane (1–2, 5); and Bill Hewitt and Dick Irvin, Jr. (3–4, 6) (SRC) Rene Lecavalier and Gilles Tremblay (NBC) Tim Ryan and Ted Lindsay (WTAF) Don Earle and Gene Hart (WSBK) Fred Cusick and Johnny Peirson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1974 Stanley Cup Finals was the championship series of the National Hockey League's (NHL) 1973–74 season, and the culmination of the 1974 Stanley Cup playoffs. It was contested between the Boston Bruins and the Philadelphia Flyers. The Flyers made their first Finals appearance and the Bruins returned to the Finals for the third time in five years, having won the Stanley Cup in 1970 and 1972. The Flyers won the best-of-seven series, four games to two, becoming the first team from the 1967 Expansion to win the Stanley Cup, as well as the first non-Original Six Cup champion since the Montreal Maroons in 1935.