1970 Stanley Cup Finals

The 1970 Stanley Cup Finals were played from May 3 to May 10, 1970 between the Boston Bruins and the St. Louis Blues, appearing in their third straight finals. The Bruins would win the series 4–0, their first Stanley Cup victory in 29 years. Bobby Orr scored the Cup-winning goal on Glenn Hall, with an assist from Derek Sanderson, at forty seconds of overtime, and the subsequent image of Orr flying through the air, his arms raised in victory — he had been tripped by Blues' defenceman Noel Picard at the moment of shooting — is arguably the most famous and recognized hockey image of all time.

Paths to the Final

Boston defeated the New York Rangers 4–2 and the Chicago Black Hawks 4–0 to advance to the finals. St. Louis defeated the Minnesota North Stars 4–2 and the Pittsburgh Penguins 4–2.

The series

At 3:57 of the first period, a hard shot from Fred Stanfield was deflected and struck Jacques Plante in the forehead of his face mask, splitting the mask in half and injuring Plante. Plante was finished for the series. Doctors later said if he hadn't been wearing the mask, he surely would have been killed. Ernie Wakely took over in goal but only held off the Bruins for a few minutes before becoming a rather easy mark for Bruins sharpshooters.

Boston Bruins vs. St. Louis Blues

"Boston wins the series 4–0."

"Bobby Orr won the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP."

Boston Bruins 1970 Stanley Cup champions

Stanley Cup champion
goaltenders=*1 Eddie Johnston
*30 Gerry Cheevers
*31 John Adams (Spare/did not play)
defence=4 Bobby Orr
*6 Ted Green(Injured/did not play)
*10 Rick Smith
*20 Dallas Smith
*24 Bill Speer
*25 Gary Doak
*26 Don Awrey
centers=*7 Phil Esposito (A. Capt.)
*17 Fred Stanfield
*22 Jim Lorentz
*22 Ivan Boldirev(Spare/did not play)
*27 Derek Sanderson
wingers=*88 Ken Hodge Sr.
*9 John Bucyk (A. Capt.)
*11 Wayne Carleton
*12 Wayne Cashman
*14 Garnet "Ace" Bailey
*18 Ed Westfall (A. Capt.)
*19 John McKenzie
*21 Don Marcotte
*23 Dan Schock
*24 Bill Lesuk
*28 Ron Murphy
non-players=
* Weston Adams Sr. (Chairman/Owner), Weston Adams Jr. (President/Owner)
* Charles Mulcahy Jr., Ed Powers, Shelby Davis (Vice Presidents)
* Harry Sinden (Head Coach), Milt Schmidt (General Manager)
* Tom Johnson (Ass’t General Manager), Dan Canney (Trainer)
* John Forristall (Ass't Trainers)|

Stanley Cup engravings

* Tom Johnson by mistake was engraved T. JOHNSON TR. Johnson was Assistant Manager not the a trainer. Mistake was not corrected on the Replica Cup created in 1992–93.
* Ted Green received a head injury in a pre-season game. He missed the whole season, but his name was still engraved on the Stanley Cup. John Adams (goal) and Ivan Boldirev (forward) had their names engraved on the Stanley Cup, before they played their first NHL. Boldirev played his first NHL game during 1970–71 season. John Adams played his first NHL for Boston during the 1972–73. Dan Schock played in the minors, but was called up to play 1 playoff game, and his name was put on the Stanley Cup.

ee also

* List of Stanley Cup champions
* 1969–70 NHL season

References

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* Podnieks, Andrew; Hockey Hall of Fame (2004). Lord Stanley's Cup. Triumph Books, 12, 50. ISBN 1–55168–261–3.