1978 Stanley Cup Finals

1978 Stanley Cup Finals
	* indicates periods of overtime
Location(s)	Montreal: Montreal Forum (1, 2, 5); Boston: Boston Garden (3, 4, 6)
Coaches	Montreal: Scotty Bowman; Boston: Don Cherry
Captains	Montreal: Yvan Cournoyer; Boston: Wayne Cashman
Dates	May 13 – May 25
MVP	Larry Robinson (Canadiens)
Series-winning goal	Mario Tremblay (9:20, first, G6)
Networks	CBC (Canada-English), SRC (Canada-French), NHL Network (United States)
Announcers	Dan Kelly (Boston), Danny Gallivan (Montreal), Dick Irvin, and Chico Resch

The 1978 Stanley Cup Finals was the championship series of the National Hockey League's (NHL) 1977–78 season, and the culmination of the 1978 Stanley Cup playoffs. It was contested between the Boston Bruins and the defending champion Montreal Canadiens, making their third straight appearance in the Finals. The series was a rematch of the 1977 Stanley Cup Finals. The Canadiens won the best-of-seven series, four games to two, to win their third consecutive Stanley Cup championship.^[1]

Paths to the Finals

Montreal defeated the Detroit Red Wings 4–1 and the Toronto Maple Leafs 4–0 to advance to the final.

Boston defeated the Chicago Black Hawks 4–0 and the Philadelphia Flyers 4–1 to make it to the final.

Defenceman Larry Robinson of Montreal led all players with 17 assists, and finished tied with teammate Guy Lafleur with 21 points, to win the Conn Smythe Trophy.

May 13	Montreal Canadiens		4–1	Boston Bruins	Montreal Forum
(Guy Lapointe) Guy Lafleur - 4:31 (Steve Shutt, Guy Lafleur) Yvon Lambert - 9:53		First period		2:31 - Brad Park (Bobby Schmautz, Jean Ratelle)
(Jacques Lemaire, Guy Lafleur) Steve Shutt - 13:54		Second period		No scoring
(Yvon Lambert, Doug Jarvis) Yvan Cournoyer - 3:55		Third period		No scoring

May 16	Montreal Canadiens		3–2	OT	Boston Bruins	Montreal Forum
No scoring		First period			No scoring
(Larry Robinson, Yvan Cournoyer) Steve Shutt - 7:00		Second period			3:57 - Brad Park (Terry O'Reilly, Peter McNab)
(Rejean Houle, Doug Jarvis) Bob Gainey - 12:12		Third period			15:48 - Rick Smith (Wayne Cashman, Peter McNab)
(Larry Robinson) Guy Lafleur - 13:09		First overtime period			No scoring

May 18	Boston Bruins		4–0	Montreal Canadiens	Boston Garden
(Jean Ratelle) Gary Doak - 0:59 (Jean Ratelle) Rick Middleton - 5:11		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
(Mike Milbury) Peter McNab - 2:54 (Mike Milbury, Peter McNab) Terry O'Reilly - 15:39		Third period		No scoring

May 21	Boston Bruins		4–3	OT	Montreal Canadiens	Boston Garden
(Don Marcotte) Gregg Sheppard - 0:25		First period			3:26 - Doug Risebrough (Mario Tremblay, Bob Gainey)
No scoring		Second period			7:00 - Larry Robinson (Pierre Mondou)
(Terry O'Reilly, Wayne Cashman) Peter McNab - 9:19 (Gregg Sheppard, Mike Milbury) Brad Park - 13:20		Third period			19:27 - Guy Lafleur (Guy Lapointe, Jacques Lemaire)
(Brad Park, Gregg Sheppard) Bobby Schmautz - 6:22		First overtime period			No scoring

May 23	Montreal Canadiens		4–1	Boston Bruins	Montreal Forum
(Serge Savard) Larry Robinson - 7:46 (Serge Savard) Pierre Mondou - 11:10		First period		No scoring
(Serge Savard, Yvan Cournoyer) Pierre Larouche - 13:04 (Bill Nyrop) Jacques Lemaire - 18:42		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		11:22 - Don Marcotte (Bobby Schmautz, Bob Miller)

May 25	Boston Bruins		1–4	Montreal Canadiens	Boston Garden
(Gregg Sheppard, Don Marcotte) Brad Park - 4:05		First period		7:01 - Steve Shutt (Pierre Mondou, Larry Robinson) 9:20 - Mario Tremblay (Pierre Mondou, Larry Robinson)
No scoring		Second period		13:37 - Mario Tremblay (Yvon Lambert, Bill Nyrop) 17:46 - Rejean Houle (Doug Jarvis)
No scoring		Third period		No scoring

Montreal won series 4–2

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)
Al MacNeil (Director of Player Personnel), Eddy Palchak (Trainer), Pierre Meilleur (Asst. Trainer)
Claude Ruel (Director of Player Development), Floyd Curry (Asst. General Manager), Ron Caron (Asst. General Manager)

†Murray Wilson only played 12 games due to spinal fusion surgery. His name was engraved on the Cup in 1978, even though he did not qualify.

↑ "Canadiens capture third straight cup after 4-1 win". St Petersburg Times (Page 32). May 26, 1978. Retrieved June 12, 2013.

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.

Preceded by Montreal Canadiens 1977	Montreal Canadiens Stanley Cup Champions 1978	Succeeded by Montreal Canadiens 1979

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