The 1973 Stanley Cup Finals was the championship series of the National Hockey League's (NHL) 1972–73 season, and the culmination of the 1973 Stanley Cup playoffs. It was contested between the Chicago Black Hawks and the Montreal Canadiens, a rematch of the 1971 Final. The Canadiens won the best-of-seven series, four games to two to win their 18th Stanley Cup championship.

Paths to the Finals

Chicago defeated the St. Louis Blues 4–1 and the New York Rangers 4–1 to advance to the final.

Montreal defeated the Buffalo Sabres 4–2 and the Philadelphia Flyers 4–1 to set up an "Original Six" final.

Game summaries

Yvan Cournoyer and Jacques Lemaire both had 12 points in the finals for the Canadiens. The Conn Smythe Trophy went to Cournoyer, who had six goals. It was Henri Richard's eleventh and last win of the Stanley Cup and Scotty Bowman's first.

Team rosters

Montreal Canadiens

No.	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
1		Michel Plasse	G	L	24	1968	Montreal, Quebec
2		Jacques Laperrière	D	L	31	1962	Béarn, Quebec
5		Guy Lapointe	D	L	25	1969	Montreal, Quebec
6		Jimmy Roberts	RW	R	33	1971	Toronto, Ontario
10		Guy Lafleur	RW	R	21	1971	Thurso, Quebec
11		Marc Tardif	LW	L	23	1969	Granby, Quebec
12		Yvan Cournoyer (A)	RW	L	29	1963	Montreal, Quebec
14		Réjean Houle	RW	L	23	1969	Rouyn, Quebec
15		Claude Larose	RW	R	31	1962	Hearst, Ontario
16		Henri Richard (C)	C	R	37	1955	Montreal, Quebec
17		Murray Wilson	C	L	21	1971	Toronto, Canada
18		Serge Savard	D	L	27	1966	Landrienne, Quebec
19		Larry Robinson	D	L	21	1971	Winchester, Ontario
20		Peter Mahovlich	C	L	26	1969	Timmins, Ontario
22		Steve Shutt	LW	L	20	1972	North York, Ontario
23		Bob Murdoch	D	R	26	1973	Kirkland Lake, Ontario
24		Chuck Lefley	LW	L	23	1970	Winnipeg, Manitoba
25		Jacques Lemaire	C	L	27	1967	LaSalle, Quebec
26		Pierre Bouchard	D	L	25	1965	Longueuil, Quebec
27		Frank Mahovlich (A)	LW	L	26	1969	Timmins, Ontario
29		Ken Dryden	G	L	25	1964	Hamilton, Ontario

Chicago Black Hawks

No.	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
1		Gary Smith	G	L	29	1971	Ottawa, Ontario
2		Bill White (A)	D	R	33	1970	Toronto, Ontario
3		Keith Magnuson	D	R	26	1969	Wadena, Saskatchewan
4		Doug Jarrett (A)	D	L	29	1964	London, Ontario
5		Phil Russell	D	L	20	1972	Edmonton, Alberta
6		Lou Angotti	C	L	35	1969	Toronto, Ontario
7		Pit Martin	C	L	29	1967	Noranda, Quebec
8		Jim Pappin	RW	R	33	1968	Sudbury, Ontario
10		Dennis Hull	LW	L	28	1964	Point Anne, Ontario
11		John Marks	LW	L	25	1968	Hamiota, Manitoba
12		Pat Stapleton	D	L	32	1965	Sarnia, Ontario
14		Ralph Backstrom	C	L	35	1973	Kirkland Lake, Ontario
15		Dick Redmond	LW	L	23	1972	Kirkland Lake, Ontario
16		Chico Maki	RW	R	33	1961	Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
17		Dave Kryskow	LW	L	21	1971	Edmonton, Alberta
19		Len Frig	D	L	22	1970	Blairmore, Alberta
20		Cliff Koroll	RW	R	26	1969	Canora, Saskatchewan
21		Stan Mikita (A)	C	R	32	1958	Sokolče, Slovak Republic
22		Jerry Korab	D	L	24	1970	Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
23		J.P. Bordeleau	RW	R	23	1969	Noranda, Quebec
35		Tony Esposito	G	R	30	1969	Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario

Note: Stan Mikita served as the Black Hawks unofficial team captain during the 1973 Stanley Cup playoffs. Mikita was the alternate captain with the longest tenure in the league on the roster at the time of the playoffs.

Stanley Cup engraving

The 1973 Stanley Cup was presented to Canadiens captain Henri Richard by NHL President Clarence Campbell following the Canadiens 6–4 win over the Black Hawks in game six.

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

1972–73 Montreal Canadiens

See also

• 1972–73 NHL season
• 1972–73 Chicago Black Hawks season
• 1972–73 Montreal Canadiens season

Notes

References

• Diamond, Dan, ed. (2000). Total Stanley Cup. NHL.
• Podnieks, Andrew; Hockey Hall of Fame (2004). Lord Stanley's Cup. Triumph Books. ISBN 978-1-55168-261-7.