1977 Stanley Cup Final

Paths to the Finals

Montreal defeated the St. Louis Blues 4–0 and the New York Islanders 4–2 to advance to the final.

Boston defeated the Los Angeles Kings 4–2 and the Philadelphia Flyers 4–0 to make it to the final.

Game summaries

Jacques Lemaire scored three game-winning goals, including the Cup-winner in overtime. Guy Lafleur won the Conn Smythe Trophy for scoring nine goals and 17 assists during the playoffs.

|1-1-1 =Brad Park (2) - 5:23 |1-1-2 =1:45 - Doug Risebrough (1) 4:23 - pp - Yvon Lambert (2) 14:35 - Mario Tremblay (2) |1-2-1 =Terry O'Reilly (5) - 11:54 Bobby Schmautz (10) - pp - 16:35 |1-2-2 =5:08 - Jacques Lemaire (4) |1-3-1 =No scoring |1-3-2 =00:59 - Rick Chartraw (2) 2:04 - Mario Tremblay (3) 13:58 - Yvon Lambert (3) |goalie1-1 =Gerry Cheevers |goalie1-2 =Ken Dryden

|2-1-1 =No scoring |2-1-2 =No scoring |2-2-1 =No scoring |2-2-2 =7:43 - pp - Peter Mahovlich (4) 12:07 - Doug Risebrough (2) |2-3-1 =No scoring |2-3-2 =5:40 - Steve Shutt (7) |goalie2-1 =Gerry Cheevers |goalie2-2 =Ken Dryden

|3-1-1 =No scoring |3-1-2 =Guy Lafleur (8) - pp - 4:08 Steve Shutt (8) - pp - 7:58 Jacques Lemaire (5) - pp - 18:29 |3-2-1 =6:32 - Gregg Sheppard (5) |3-2-2 =No scoring |3-3-1 =18:34 - pp - Peter McNab (5) |3-3-2 =Guy Lafleur (9) - 12:52 |goalie3-1 =Gerry Cheevers |goalie3-2 =Ken Dryden

|4-1-1 =11:38 - Bobby Schmautz (11) |4-1-2 =No scoring |4-2-1 =No scoring |4-2-2 =Jacques Lemaire (6) - 1:34 |4-3-1 =No scoring |4-3-2 =No scoring |4-4-1 =No scoring |4-4-2 =Jacques Lemaire (7) - 4:32 |goalie4-1 =Gerry Cheevers |goalie4-2 =Ken Dryden

Team rosters

Boston Bruins

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Montreal Canadiens

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Stanley Cup engraving

The 1977 Stanley Cup was presented to Canadiens captain Yvan Cournoyer by NHL President Clarence Campbell following the Canadiens 2–1 overtime win over the Bruins in game four. This was the last year for Clarence Campbell to present the Stanley Cup. He was succeeded by John Ziegler Jr. the following season.

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

1976–77 Montreal Canadiens

• 20 Peter Mahovlich
• 21 Doug Jarvis
• 24 Pierre Mondou
• 25 Jacques Lemaire
• 28 Mike Polich
• 5 Guy Lapointe
• 18 Serge Savard
• 19 Larry Robinson
• 26 Pierre Bouchard
• 27 Rick Chartraw
• 29 Ken Dryden
• 10 Guy Lafleur
• 11 Yvon Lambert
• 12 Yvan Cournoyer* (Captain)
• 14 Mario Tremblay
• 15 Rejean Houle
• 17 Murray Wilson †
• 22 Steve Shutt
• 23 Bob Gainey |player-notes=
• • Did not play or dress in the Final. |non-players=
• Jacques Courtois (President), Sam Pollock (Vice President/General Manager)
• Jean Beliveau (Vice President – Director of Cooperate Relations), William Scotty Bowman (Head Coach)
• Peter Bronfman (Chairman/Owner/Director), Edward Bronfman (Executive Director/Owner)
• Claude Ruel (Director of Player Development), Floyd Curry (Asst. General Manager), Ron Caron (Asst. General Manager)
• Pierre Meilleur (Asst. Trainer), Eddy Palchak (Trainer) |engraving-notes=
• #18 Serge Savard (D) served as interim captain when #12 Yvan Cournoyer (RW) missed the whole playoffs due to a back injury.
• Murray Wilson's name was misspelled in 1973, 1976, 1977 as MURRY WILSON missing an "A". Murray Wilson was spelled correctly on the Stanley Cup in 1978. Wilson's name was also spelled correctly all 4 times on the Replica Cup. Bob Gainey was misspelled on the Stanley Cup as ROBERT GAINY, missing an "E". When the Replica Cup was created in 1992–93, ROBERT GAINEY was spelled correctly with 1977 Montreal.
• #3 Brian Engblom (D) did not play in the regular season, but played in 2 playoff games (none in the Finals). His name was left off the Cup because he did not qualify. Engblom also won the Calder Cup with Mike Polich, and Pierre Mondou in 1977.}}

References

before = Montreal Canadiens 1976 | after = Montreal Canadiens 1978 | title = Montreal Canadiens Stanley Cup champions | years = 1977|

References

1. Due to injury, Cournoyer did not play in any playoff games. [[Serge Savard]] served as acting captain.