1975 Stanley Cup Final

Paths to the Finals

Buffalo defeated the Chicago Black Hawks 4–1 and the Montreal Canadiens 4–2 to advance to the final.

Philadelphia defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 4–0 and the New York Islanders 4–3 to make it to the final.

Game summaries

Bernie Parent was the outgunned Flyers' best player, allowing only 12 goals in the six games, capped with a shutout. He became the first player to win the Conn Smythe Trophy for two consecutive years. Since Parent, only two players have also won consecutive Conn Smythe Trophies: the Pittsburgh Penguins' Mario Lemieux in the Penguins' Stanley Cup wins in and and Sidney Crosby in the Penguins' and Stanley Cup championships. In the deciding game six played in Buffalo, the Sabres' offensive big guns rained shot after shot on Parent in an all-out effort to turn the series around, but Parent remained perfect. He stopped French Connection linemates Gilbert Perreault and Rick Martin on a 2–1 late in period two that had Flyers broadcaster Gene Hart screaming into his microphone:

Out come the Sabres...two on one...Perreault and Martin with just Dupont back...Perrault to Martin...He's in...Shot!....save by Parent...and he hangs on!...Oh baby!

The dramatic stop by Parent took the offensive energy out of the Sabres and the Flyers scored two third-period goals to take the championship.

Fog and the bat

The third game of the series was the Fog Game. Due to unusual heat in Buffalo in May 1975, and the lack of an air conditioning system in the auditorium, portions of the game were played in heavy fog. During stoppages of play, rink employees skated around the arena ice carrying bed sheets in an attempt to dispel the fog. Players, officials, and the puck were invisible to many spectators. The fog began to form just minutes after another odd incident: A bat in the arena, which flew above and around the players for the majority of the game, until Sabres center Jim Lorentz killed it with his stick. Many superstitious Buffalo fans considered this to be an 'evil omen', pertaining to the result of the series. The game continued and the Sabres won thanks to Rene Robert's goal in overtime.

Series box score

|1-1-1 =No scoring |1-1-2 =No scoring |1-2-1 =No scoring |1-2-2 =No scoring |1-3-1 =Richard Martin (6) - pp - 11:07 |1-3-2 =3:42 - Bill Barber (5) 7:29 - pp - Ross Lonsberry (3) 11:41 - pp - Bobby Clarke (3) 19:02 - Bill Barber (6) |goalie1-1 =Gerry Desjardins |goalie1-2 =Bernie Parent

|2-1-1 =No scoring |2-1-2 =No scoring |2-2-1 =No scoring |2-2-2 =8:24 - Reggie Leach (6) |2-3-1 =Jerry Korab (2) - 2:18 |2-3-2 =6:43 - pp - Bobby Clarke (4) |goalie2-1 =Gerry Desjardins |goalie2-2 =Bernie Parent

|3-1-1 =11:46 - Danny Gare (6) 12:03 - Richard Martin (7) |3-1-2 =Gary Dornhoefer (4) - 00:39 Don Saleski (2) - 3:09 Rick MacLeish (11) - 14:13 |3-2-1 =00:29 - Don Luce (4) |3-2-2 =Reggie Leach (7) - 14:30 |3-3-1 =9:56 - Bill Hajt (1) |3-3-2 =No scoring |3-4-1 =18:29 - Rene Robert (5) |3-4-2 =No scoring |goalie3-1 =Gerry Desjardins, Roger Crozier |goalie3-2 =Bernie Parent

|4-1-1 =No scoring |4-1-2 =Andre Dupont (3) - 11:28 |4-2-1 =3:46 - pp - Jerry Korab (3) 10:07 - pp - Gilbert Perreault (6) 15:07 - Jim Lorentz (6) |4-2-2 =Ross Lonsberry (4) - 4:20 |4-3-1 =19:28 - Danny Gare (7) |4-3-2 =No scoring |goalie4-1 =Gerry Desjardins |goalie4-2 =Bernie Parent

|5-1-1 =No scoring |5-1-2 =3:12 - Dave Schultz (1) 12:31 - Gary Dornhoefer (5) 12:50 - Bob Kelly (2) |5-2-1 =No scoring |5-2-2 =1:55 - pp - Reggie Leach (8) 9:56 - Dave Schultz (2) |5-3-1 =Don Luce (5) - 14:02 |5-3-2 =No scoring |goalie5-1 =Gerry Desjardins |goalie5-2 =Bernie Parent

|6-1-1 =No scoring |6-1-2 =No scoring |6-2-1 =No scoring |6-2-2 =No scoring |6-3-1 =No scoring |6-3-2 =Bob Kelly (3) - 00:11 Bill Clement (1) - 17:13 |goalie6-1 =Roger Crozier |goalie6-2 =Bernie Parent

Team rosters

Philadelphia Flyers

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Buffalo Sabres

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Stanley Cup engraving

The 1975 Stanley Cup was presented to Flyers captain Bobby Clarke by NHL President Clarence Campbell following the Flyers 2–0 win over the Sabres in game six.

The following Flyers players and staff had their names engraved on the Stanley Cup

1974–75 Philadelphia Flyers

• 30 Bobby Taylor
• 35 Wayne Stephenson
• 3 Tom Bladon
• 5 Larry Goodenough
• 6 Andre Dupont
• 14 Joe Watson (A)
• 20 Jimmy Watson
• 25 Edward Ted Harris
• 7 Bill Barber
• 8 Dave Schultz
• 9 Bob Kelly
• 11 Don Saleski
• 12 Gary Dornhoefer (A)
• 18 Ross Lonsberry
• 27 Reggie Leach
• 10 Bill Clement
• 15 Terry Crisp (A)
• 16 Bobby Clarke (Captain)
• 19 Rick MacLeish
• 26 Orest Kindrachuk |non-players=*Ed Snider (Chairman/Owner), Joe Scott (President)
• F. Eugene Dixon Jr. (Vice Chairman), Fred Shero (Head Coach)
• Keith Allen (Vice President/General Manager)
• Lou Scheinfield (Vice President), Mike Nykoluk (Asst. Coach),
• Marcel Pelletier (Director of Player Development), Barry Ashbee (Asst. Coach)
• Frank Lewis (Trainer), Jim McKenzie (Asst. Trainer) |engraving-notes=* 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 Kadlec and John Brogan (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, because he was dressed for games 1 & 2 in Stanley Cup Semi-Finals.}}

References

References

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3. (May 19, 2017). "Sabres, Flyers played 'Fog Game' in Stanley Cup Final 42 years ago". NHL Enterprises, L.P..