1988 Stanley Cup Finals

1988 Stanley Cup Finals
1234 Total
Edmonton Oilers 2466 4
Boston Bruins 1233 0
Location(s)Edmonton: Northlands Coliseum (1, 2, 4[a])
Boston: Boston Garden) (3, 4[a])
CoachesEdmonton: Glen Sather
Boston: Terry O'Reilly
CaptainsEdmonton: Wayne Gretzky
Boston: Ray Bourque, Rick Middleton
RefereesDenis Morel (1, 4[b])
Andy Van Hellemond (3, 4[c])
Don Koharski (2)
DatesMay 18–26, 1988
MVPWayne Gretzky (Oilers)
Series-winning goalWayne Gretzky (9:44, second, G4)
Hall of FamersOilers:
Glenn Anderson (2008)
Grant Fuhr (2003)
Wayne Gretzky (1999)
Jari Kurri (2001)
Kevin Lowe (2020)
Mark Messier (2007)
Bruins:
Ray Bourque (2004)
Cam Neely (2005)
Coaches:
Glen Sather (2007)
NetworksCanada:
(English): Global/Canwest (1–2), CBC (3–4[d])
(French): SRC
United States:
(National): ESPN
(Boston area): WSBK (1–2, 4[e]), NESN (3–4[e])
Announcers(Global/Canwest) Dan Kelly and John Davidson
(CBC) Bob Cole and Harry Neale
(SRC) Richard Garneau and Gilles Tremblay
(ESPN) Mike Emrick, Bill Clement (1–4[f]), and Mickey Redmond
(WSBK/NESN) Fred Cusick, Derek Sanderson, and Dave Shea (NESN only)
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The 1988 Stanley Cup Finals was the championship series of the National Hockey League's (NHL) 1987–88 season, and the culmination of the 1988 Stanley Cup playoffs. It was contested between the Edmonton Oilers and Boston Bruins. The Oilers swept the Bruins to once again repeat as Stanley Cup champions. It was the Oilers’ fourth championship in franchise history.[a]

This was the seventh of nine consecutive Finals contested by a team from Western Canada, sixth of eight by a team from Alberta (the Oilers appeared in six of them, the Calgary Flames in two, and the Vancouver Canucks in one), and the last of five consecutive Finals to end with the Cup presentation on Alberta ice (the Oilers won four such Cups, the Montreal Canadiens the other). The series is remembered for the power failure that occurred during game four at Boston Garden, which caused that game to be suspended. The league decided to replay game four at Northlands Coliseum in Edmonton, at the site, date and time that was originally scheduled for game five. Game 5 is also the final time that Wayne Gretzky appeared in an Edmonton Oilers uniform as he was traded to Los Angeles just prior to the next season, and the last Stanley Cup he would win as a player.
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