1973 Stanley Cup 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.

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.

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=Chicago Black Hawks

|team2=Montreal Canadiens

|stadium1=Montreal Forum

|stadium2=Chicago Stadium

|date1 =April 29

|home1 =1

|score1 =3–8

|won1 =2

|recap1 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/chi-vs-mtl/1973/04/29/1972030311#game=1972030311,game_state=final

|1-1-1 =Pit Martin (6) - 00:35
Ralph Backstrom (5) - 1:02
Pit Martin (7) - 12:07

|1-1-2 =2:28 - Jacques Laperriere (1)
8:07 - Marc Tardif (7)

|1-2-1 =No scoring

|1-2-2 =3:01 - Chuck Lefley (1)
16:23 - pp - Jacques Lemaire (5)

|1-3-1 =No scoring

|1-3-2 =8:38 - pp - Jacques Lemaire (6)
12:36 - sh - Peter Mahovlich (2)
13:34 - Frank Mahovlich (5)
14:35 - Chuck Lefley (2)

|goalie1-1 =Tony Esposito 25 saves / 33 shots
Gary Smith 5 saves / 5 shots

|goalie1-2 =Ken Dryden 27 saves / 30 shots

|date2 =May 1

|home2 =1

|score2 =1–4

|won2 =2

|recap2 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/chi-vs-mtl/1973/05/01/1972030312#game=1972030312,game_state=final

|2-1-1 =No scoring

|2-1-2 =5:36 - Pierre Bouchard (1)

|2-2-1 =Cliff Koroll (4) - 7:28

|2-2-2 =12:08 - Yvan Cournoyer (10)

|2-3-1 =No scoring

|2-3-2 =5:01 - pp Yvan Cournoyer (11)
19:26 - en - Frank Mahovlich (6)

|goalie2-1 =Tony Esposito 26 saves / 29 shots

|goalie2-2 =Ken Dryden 18 saves / 19 shots

|date3 =May 3

|home3 =2

|score3 =4–7

|won3 =1

|recap3 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/mtl-vs-chi/1973/05/03/1972030313#game=1972030313,game_state=final

|3-1-1 =1:59 - pp - Dennis Hull (7)
11:44 - pp - J.P. Bordeleau (1)
13:20 - sh - Bill White (1)
14:20 - sh - Stan Mikita (5)

|3-1-2 =No scoring

|3-2-1 =2:08 - pp - John Marks (1)

|3-2-2 =Frank Mahovlich (7) - 10:25

|3-3-1 =19:29 - en - Dennis Hull (8)
19:49 - en - Jim Pappin (6)

|3-3-2 =Yvan Cournoyer (12) - 1:20
Guy Lapointe (6) - 7:15
Jacques Lemaire (7) - 8:01

|goalie3-1 =Tony Esposito 29 saves / 33 shots

|goalie3-2 =Ken Dryden 30 saves / 35 shots

|date4 =May 6

|home4 =2

|score4 =4–0

|won4 =2

|recap4 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/mtl-vs-chi/1973/05/06/1972030314#game=1972030314,game_state=final

|4-1-1 =No scoring

|4-1-2 =Marc Tardif (5) - 1:08

|4-2-1 =No scoring

|4-2-2 =Yvan Cournoyer (13) - 14:13
Chuck Lefley (3) - 15:43

|4-3-1 =No scoring

|4-3-2 =Claude Larose (1) - 3:45

|goalie4-1 =Tony Esposito 26 saves / 30 shots

|goalie4-2 =Ken Dryden 19 saves / 19 shots

|date5 =May 8

|home5 =1

|score5 =8–7

|won5 =1

|recap5 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/chi-vs-mtl/1973/05/08/1972030315#game=1972030315,game_state=final

|5-1-1 =Dennis Hull (9) - 9:34
Stan Mikita (6) - 11:24

|5-1-2 =2:47 - Frank Mahovlich (8)
14:52 - pp - Peter Mahovlich (3)

|5-2-1 =Dave Kryskow (1) - 3:10
Stan Mikita (7) - 6:21
Jim Pappin (7) - 11:24
Len Frig (1) - pp - 16:21
Jim Pappin (8) - 19:03

|5-2-2 =00:37 - Claude Larose (2)
4:23 - Claude Larose (3)
7:09 - Yvan Cournoyer (14)

|5-3-1 =Lou Angotti (3) - 4:06

|5-3-2 =1:15 - Serge Savard (3)
11:43 - Henri Richard (5)

|goalie5-1 =Tony Esposito 24 saves / 31 shots

|goalie5-2 =Ken Dryden 21 saves / 29 shots

|date6 =May 10

|home6 =2

|score6 =6–4

|won6 =2

|recap6 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/mtl-vs-chi/1973/05/10/1972030316#game=1972030316,game_state=final

|6-1-1 =10:35 - Pit Martin (8)
11:31 - pp - Pit Martin (9)

|6-1-2 =Henri Richard (6) - 19:48

|6-2-1 =8:32 - Dave Kryskow (2)
17:05 - pp - Pit Martin (2)

|6-2-2 =Peter Mahovlich (4) - 5:05
Rejean Houle (3) - 6:37
Frank Mahovlich (9) - pp - 10:54

|6-3-1 =No scoring

|6-3-2 =Yvan Cournoyer (15) - 8:13
Marc Tardif (6) - pp - 12:42

|goalie6-1 =Tony Esposito 27 saves / 33 shots

|goalie6-2 =Ken Dryden 23 saves / 27 shots

|series =Montreal won series 4–2

}}

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{{Ice hockey team player

| first = Michel | last = Plasse | dab = | num = 1 | pos = G | nat = Canada | s/g = L | birthyear = 1948 | birthmonth = 6 | birthday = 1 | acq = 1968 | birthplace = Montreal, Quebec | cap = | year = 1973 | month = 4 | day = 29}}

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| first = Jacques | last = Laperrière | dab = | num = 2 | pos = D | nat = Canada | s/g = L | birthyear = 1941 | birthmonth = 11 | birthday = 22 | acq = 1962 | birthplace = Béarn, Quebec | cap = | year = 1973 | month = 4 | day = 29}}

{{Ice hockey team player

| first = Guy | last = Lapointe | dab = | num = 5 | pos = D | nat = Canada | s/g = L | birthyear = 1948 | birthmonth = 3 | birthday = 18 | acq = 1969 | birthplace = Montreal, Quebec | cap = | year = 1973 | month = 4 | day = 29}}

{{Ice hockey team player

| first = Jimmy | last = Roberts | dab = Jim Roberts (ice hockey, born 1940) | num = 6 | pos = RW | nat = Canada | s/g = R | birthyear = 1940 | birthmonth = 4 | birthday = 9 | acq = 1971 | birthplace = Toronto, Ontario | cap = | year = 1973 | month = 4 | day = 29}}

{{Ice hockey team player

| first = Guy | last = Lafleur | dab = | num = 10 | pos = RW | nat = Canada | s/g = R | birthyear = 1951 | birthmonth = 9 | birthday = 20 | acq = 1971 | birthplace = Thurso, Quebec | cap = | year = 1973 | month = 4 | day = 29}}

{{Ice hockey team player

| first = Marc | last = Tardif | dab = | num = 11 | pos = LW | nat = Canada | s/g = L | birthyear = 1949 | birthmonth = 6 | birthday = 12 | acq = 1969 | birthplace = Granby, Quebec | cap = | year = 1973 | month = 4 | day = 29}}

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| first = Yvan | last = Cournoyer | dab = | num = 12 | pos = RW | nat = Canada | s/g = L | birthyear = 1943 | birthmonth = 11 | birthday = 22 | acq = 1963 | birthplace = Montreal, Quebec | cap = A | year = 1973 | month = 4 | day = 29}}

{{Ice hockey team player

| first = Réjean | last = Houle | dab = | num = 14 | pos = RW | nat = Canada | s/g = L | birthyear = 1949 | birthmonth = 10 | birthday = 25 | acq = 1969 | birthplace = Rouyn, Quebec | cap = | year = 1973 | month = 4 | day = 29}}

{{Ice hockey team player

| first = Claude | last = Larose | dab = Claude Larose (ice hockey, born 1942) | num = 15 | pos = RW | nat = Canada | s/g = R | birthyear = 1942 | birthmonth = 3 | birthday = 2 | acq = 1962 | birthplace = Hearst, Ontario | cap = | year = 1973 | month = 4 | day = 29}}

{{Ice hockey team player

| first = Henri | last = Richard | dab = | num = 16 | pos = C | nat = Canada | s/g = R | birthyear = 1936 | birthmonth = 2 | birthday = 29 | acq = 1955 | birthplace = Montreal, Quebec | cap = C | year = 1973 | month = 4 | day = 29}}

{{Ice hockey team player

| first = Murray | last = Wilson | dab = | num = 17 | pos = C | nat = Canada | s/g = L | birthyear = 1951 | birthmonth = 11 | birthday = 7 | acq = 1971 | birthplace = Toronto, Canada | cap = | year = 1973 | month = 4 | day = 29}}

{{Ice hockey team player

| first = Serge | last = Savard | dab = | num = 18 | pos = D | nat = Canada | s/g = L | birthyear = 1946 | birthmonth = 1 | birthday = 22 | acq = 1966 | birthplace = Landrienne, Quebec | cap = | year = 1973 | month = 4 | day = 29}}

{{Ice hockey team player

| first = Larry | last = Robinson | dab = | num = 19 | pos = D | nat = Canada | s/g = L | birthyear = 1951 | birthmonth = 6 | birthday = 2 | acq = 1971 | birthplace = Winchester, Ontario | cap = | year = 1973 | month = 4 | day = 29}}

{{Ice hockey team player

| first = Peter | last = Mahovlich | dab = | num = 20 | pos = C | nat = Canada | s/g = L | birthyear = 1946 | birthmonth = 10 | birthday = 10 | acq = 1969 | birthplace = Timmins, Ontario | cap = | year = 1973 | month = 4 | day = 29}}

{{Ice hockey team player

| first = Steve | last = Shutt | dab = | num = 22 | pos = LW | nat = Canada | s/g = L | birthyear = 1952 | birthmonth = 7 | birthday = 1 | acq = 1972 | birthplace = North York, Ontario | cap = | year = 1973 | month = 4 | day = 29}}

{{Ice hockey team player

| first = Bob | last = Murdoch | dab = Bob Murdoch (ice hockey, born 1946) | num = 23 | pos = D | nat = Canada | s/g = R | birthyear = 1946 | birthmonth = 11 | birthday = 20 | acq = 1973 | birthplace = Kirkland Lake, Ontario | cap = | year = 1973 | month = 4 | day = 29}}

{{Ice hockey team player

| first = Chuck | last = Lefley | dab = | num = 24 | pos = LW | nat = Canada | s/g = L | birthyear = 1950 | birthmonth = 1 | birthday = 20 | acq = 1970 | birthplace = Winnipeg, Manitoba | cap = | year = 1973 | month = 4 | day = 29}}

{{Ice hockey team player

| first = Jacques | last = Lemaire | dab = | num = 25 | pos = C | nat = Canada | s/g = L | birthyear = 1945 | birthmonth = 9 | birthday = 27 | acq = 1967 | birthplace = LaSalle, Quebec | cap = | year = 1973 | month = 4 | day = 29}}

{{Ice hockey team player

| first = Pierre | last = Bouchard | dab = | num = 26 | pos = D | nat = Canada | s/g = L | birthyear = 1948 | birthmonth = 2 | birthday = 20 | acq = 1965 | birthplace = Longueuil, Quebec | cap = | year = 1973 | month = 4 | day = 29}}

{{Ice hockey team player

| first = Frank | last = Mahovlich | dab = | num = 27 | pos = LW | nat = Canada | s/g = L | birthyear = 1946 | birthmonth = 10 | birthday = 10 | acq = 1969 | birthplace = Timmins, Ontario | cap = A | year = 1973 | month = 4 | day = 29}}

{{Ice hockey team player

| first = Ken | last = Dryden | dab = | num = 29 | pos = G | nat = Canada | s/g = L | birthyear = 1947 | birthmonth = 8 | birthday = 8 | acq = 1964 | birthplace = Hamilton, Ontario | cap = | year = 1973 | month = 4 | day = 29}}

|}

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{{Ice hockey team player

| first = Gary | last = Smith | dab = Gary Smith (ice hockey) | num = 1 | pos = G | nat = Canada | s/g = L | birthyear = 1944 | birthmonth = 2 | birthday = 4 | acq = 1971 | birthplace = Ottawa, Ontario | cap = | year = 1973 | month = 4 | day = 29}}

{{Ice hockey team player

| first = Bill | last = White | dab = Bill White (ice hockey) | num = 2 | pos = D | nat = Canada | s/g = R | birthyear = 1939 | birthmonth = 8 | birthday = 26 | acq = 1970 | birthplace = Toronto, Ontario | cap = A | year = 1973 | month = 4 | day = 29}}

{{Ice hockey team player

| first = Keith | last = Magnuson | dab = | num = 3 | pos = D | nat = Canada | s/g = R | birthyear = 1947 | birthmonth = 4 | birthday = 27 | acq = 1969 | birthplace = Wadena, Saskatchewan | cap = | year = 1973 | month = 4 | day = 29}}

{{Ice hockey team player

| first = Doug | last = Jarrett | dab = | num = 4 | pos = D | nat = Canada | s/g = L | birthyear = 1944 | birthmonth = 4 | birthday = 22 | acq = 1964 | birthplace = London, Ontario | cap = A | year = 1973 | month = 4 | day = 29}}

{{Ice hockey team player

| first = Phil | last = Russell | dab = Phil Russell (ice hockey) | num = 5 | pos = D | nat = Canada | s/g = L | birthyear = 1952 | birthmonth = 7 | birthday = 21 | acq = 1972 | birthplace = Edmonton, Alberta | cap = | year = 1973 | month = 4 | day = 29}}

{{Ice hockey team player

| first = Lou | last = Angotti | dab = | num = 6 | pos = C | nat = Canada | s/g = L | birthyear = 1938 | birthmonth = 1 | birthday = 16 | acq = 1969 | birthplace = Toronto, Ontario | cap = | year = 1973 | month = 4 | day = 29}}

{{Ice hockey team player

| first = Pit | last = Martin | dab = | num = 7 | pos = C | nat = Canada | s/g = L | birthyear = 1943 | birthmonth = 12 | birthday = 9 | acq = 1967 | birthplace = Noranda, Quebec | cap = | year = 1973 | month = 4 | day = 29}}

{{Ice hockey team player

| first = Jim | last = Pappin | dab = | num = 8 | pos = RW | nat = Canada | s/g = R | birthyear = 1939 | birthmonth = 9 | birthday = 10 | acq = 1968 | birthplace = Sudbury, Ontario | cap = | year = 1973 | month = 4 | day = 29}}

{{Ice hockey team player

| first = Dennis | last = Hull | dab = | num = 10 | pos = LW | nat = Canada | s/g = L | birthyear = 1944 | birthmonth = 11 | birthday = 14 | acq = 1964 | birthplace = Point Anne, Ontario | cap = | year = 1973 | month = 4 | day = 29}}

{{Ice hockey team player

| first = John | last = Marks | dab = John Marks (ice hockey) | num = 11 | pos = LW | nat = Canada | s/g = L | birthyear = 1948 | birthmonth = 3 | birthday = 22 | acq = 1968 | birthplace = Hamiota, Manitoba | cap = | year = 1973 | month = 4 | day = 29}}

{{Ice hockey team player

| first = Pat | last = Stapleton | dab = Pat Stapleton (ice hockey) | num = 12 | pos = D | nat = Canada | s/g = L | birthyear = 1940 | birthmonth = 7 | birthday = 4 | acq = 1965 | birthplace = Sarnia, Ontario | cap = | year = 1973 | month = 4 | day = 29}}

{{Ice hockey team player

| first = Ralph | last = Backstrom | dab = | num = 14 | pos = C | nat = Canada | s/g = L | birthyear = 1937 | birthmonth = 9 | birthday = 18 | acq = 1973 | birthplace = Kirkland Lake, Ontario | cap = | year = 1973 | month = 4 | day = 29}}

{{Ice hockey team player

| first = Dick | last = Redmond | dab = | num = 15 | pos = LW | nat = Canada | s/g = L | birthyear = 1949 | birthmonth = 8 | birthday = 14 | acq = 1972 | birthplace = Kirkland Lake, Ontario | cap = | year = 1973 | month = 4 | day = 29}}

{{Ice hockey team player

| first = Chico | last = Maki | dab = | num = 16 | pos = RW | nat = Canada | s/g = R | birthyear = 1939 | birthmonth = 8 | birthday = 17 | acq = 1961 | birthplace = Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario | cap = | year = 1973 | month = 4 | day = 29}}

{{Ice hockey team player

| first = Dave | last = Kryskow | dab = | num = 17 | pos = LW | nat = Canada | s/g = L | birthyear = 1951 | birthmonth = 12 | birthday = 25 | acq = 1971 | birthplace = Edmonton, Alberta | cap = | year = 1973 | month = 4 | day = 29}}

{{Ice hockey team player

| first = Len | last = Frig | dab = | num = 19 | pos = D | nat = Canada | s/g = L | birthyear = 1950 | birthmonth = 10 | birthday = 30 | acq = 1970 | birthplace = Blairmore, Alberta | cap = | year = 1973 | month = 4 | day = 29}}

{{Ice hockey team player

| first = Cliff | last = Koroll | dab = | num = 20 | pos = RW | nat = Canada | s/g = R | birthyear = 1946 | birthmonth = 10 | birthday = 1 | acq = 1969 | birthplace = Canora, Saskatchewan | cap = | year = 1973 | month = 4 | day = 29}}

{{Ice hockey team player

| first = Stan | last = Mikita | dab = | num = 21 | pos = C | nat = Czechoslovakia | s/g = R | birthyear = 1940 | birthmonth = 5 | birthday = 20 | acq = 1958 | birthplace = Sokolče, Slovak Republic | cap = A | year = 1973 | month = 4 | day = 29}}

{{Ice hockey team player

| first = Jerry | last = Korab | dab = | num = 22 | pos = D | nat = Canada | s/g = L | birthyear = 1948 | birthmonth = 9 | birthday = 15 | acq = 1970 | birthplace = Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario | cap = | year = 1973 | month = 4 | day = 29}}

{{Ice hockey team player

| first = J.P. | last = Bordeleau | dab = | num = 23 | pos = RW | nat = Canada | s/g = R | birthyear = 1949 | birthmonth = 6 | birthday = 13 | acq = 1969 | birthplace = Noranda, Quebec | cap = | year = 1973 | month = 4 | day = 29}}

{{Ice hockey team player

| first = Tony | last = Esposito | dab = | num = 35 | pos = G | nat = Canada | s/g = R | birthyear = 1943 | birthmonth = 4 | birthday = 23 | acq = 1969 | birthplace = Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario | cap = | year = 1973 | month = 4 | day = 29}}

{{end|Ice hockey team roster}}

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.

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

{{Stanley Cup champion

|centres=*14 Rejean Houle

• 16 Henri Richard (Captain)
• 20 Peter Mahovlich
• 25 Jacques Lemaire

|defence=*2 Jacques Laperriere

• 5 Guy Lapointe
• 18 Serge Savard
• 19 Larry Robinson
• 23 Bob Murdoch
• 26 Pierre Bouchard

|goaltenders=*29 Ken Dryden

• 1 Michel Plasse

|wingers=*6 Jim Roberts

• 10 Guy Lafleur
• 11 Marc Tardif
• 12 Yvan Cournoyer (A)
• 15 Claude Larose
• 17 Murray Wilson
• 22 Steve Shutt
• 24 Chuck Lefley
• 27 Frank Mahovlich (A)

|non-players=

• Jacques Courtois (President), Jean Beliveau (Vice President – Director of Cooperate Relations)
• Peter Bronfman (Chairman/owner), Sam Pollock (Vice President/General Manager)
• Edward Bronfman (Executive Director/owner), Scotty Bowman (Head Coach)
• Bob Williams (Trainer), Eddy Palchak (Asst. Trainer)
• Floyd Curry (Asst. General Manager)^, Ron Caron, (Asst. General Managers)^

|engraving-notes=

• 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.
• ^ Assistant Manager were not included on the Stanley Cup, but qualified to be on it.
• On the Replica Stanley Cup created in 1992–93 Bob Murdoch's name was spelled BOB MURDOCK with a "K" instead of a "H". His name was correct on the original engraving in 1973.
• #30 Wayne Thomas (G), #3 Dale Hodgson (D) – were included on the team picture, but did not play enough games to get their name on the Stanley Cup.

}}

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

{{reflist}}

• {{cite book|editor=Diamond, Dan |title=Total Stanley Cup|year=2000|publisher=NHL}}
• {{cite book |author=Podnieks, Andrew |author2=Hockey Hall of Fame |year=2004 |title=Lord Stanley's Cup |publisher=Triumph Books |isbn=978-1-55168-261-7}}

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Stanley Cup champions |

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