| 1975 Stanley Cup Finals | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location(s) | Philadelphia: Spectrum (1, 2, 5) Buffalo: Memorial Auditorium (3, 4, 6) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coaches | Philadelphia: Fred Shero Buffalo: Floyd Smith | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Captains | Philadelphia: Bobby Clarke Buffalo: Jim Schoenfeld | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National anthems | Philadelphia: Kate Smith Buffalo: Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Referees | Art Skov (1, 5) Bruce Hood (2, 6) Lloyd Gilmour (3) Wally Harris (4) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dates | May 15–27, 1975 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Bernie Parent (Flyers) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Series-winning goal | Bob Kelly (0:11, third, G6) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hall of Famers | Flyers: Bill Barber (1990) Bobby Clarke (1987) Bernie Parent (1984) Sabres: Gilbert Perreault (1990) Coaches: Fred Shero (2013) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Networks | Canada: (English): CBC (French): SRC United States: (National): NBC (2, 5) (Philadelphia area): WTAF (3–4, 6) (Buffalo area): WKBW (1, 3–4, 6) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | (CBC) Danny Gallivan (1–2, 6) Jim Robson (3–5), Dick Irvin Jr. (1–2, 4, 6), and Bill Good (Games 3, 5) (SRC) Rene Lecavalier and Gilles Tremblay (NBC) Tim Ryan and Ted Lindsay[1] (WTAF) Don Earle and Gene Hart (WKBW) Ted Darling and Pat Hannigan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1975 Stanley Cup Finals was the championship series of the National Hockey League's (NHL) 1974–75 season, and the culmination of the 1975 Stanley Cup playoffs. It was contested between the Buffalo Sabres and the defending champion Philadelphia Flyers. The Flyers defeated the Sabres in six games to repeat as Stanley Cup champions, becoming the first expansion team to accomplish such a feat. This was the first Final to have two non-"Original Six" teams since the 1967 expansion, and also the first contested by any team that had joined the league after 1967 (the Sabres were part of the 1970 expansion). The 1975 Flyers are the last Stanley Cup championship team to be composed solely of Canadian players.[2]
This was the only Final between 1965 and 1979 not to feature either the Boston Bruins or the Montreal Canadiens.