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1980 Stanley Cup Final

The 1980 Stanley Cup Final was the championship series of the National Hockey League's (NHL) 1979–80 season, and the culmination of the 1980 Stanley Cup playoffs. It was contested by the New York Islanders in their first-ever Final appearance and the Philadelphia Flyers, in their fourth Final appearance, and first since 1976. The Islanders would win the best-of-seven series, four games to two, to win their first Stanley Cup championship and the third for a post-1967 expansion team after Philadelphia's Cup wins in 1974 and 1975. It would be the last time a Stanley Cup winning OT goal was scored by a home team, until 2014.

1980 Stanley Cup Final
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New York Islanders 4*36535*4
Philadelphia Flyers 3*82264*2
* – Denotes overtime period(s)
Location(s)Uniondale: Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum) (3, 4, 6)
Philadelphia: Spectrum (1, 2, 5)
CoachesNew York: Al Arbour
Philadelphia: Pat Quinn
CaptainsNew York: Denis Potvin
Philadelphia: Mel Bridgman
National anthemsNew York: Joe Duerr
Philadelphia: Kate Smith
RefereesAndy Van Hellemond (1, 4)
Wally Harris (2, 5)
Bob Myers (3, 6)
DatesMay 13–24, 1980
MVPBryan Trottier (Islanders)
Series-winning goalBob Nystrom (7:11, OT)
Hall of FamersIslanders:
Mike Bossy (1991)
Clark Gillies (2002)
Denis Potvin (1991)
Billy Smith (1993)
Bryan Trottier (1997)
Flyers:
Bill Barber (1990)
Bobby Clarke (1987)
Coaches:
Al Arbour (1996)
Pat Quinn (2016)
Officials:
Andy Van Hellemond (1999)
NetworksCanada:
(English): CBC
(French): SRC
United States:
(English): Hughes (1–5), CBS (6)
Announcers(CBC) Dan Kelly (1–5), Bob Cole (1–2), Jim Robson (3–6), Gary Dornhoefer and Dick Irvin Jr.
(SRC) Rene Lecavalier and Gilles Tremblay
(Hughes) Simulcast of CBC feed
(CBS) Dan Kelly, Tim Ryan, and Lou Nanne

Paths to the Final

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New York defeated the Los Angeles Kings 3–1, the Boston Bruins 4–1 and the Buffalo Sabres 4–2 to advance to the Final.

Philadelphia defeated the Edmonton Oilers 3–0, the New York Rangers 4–1 and the Minnesota North Stars 4–1 to make it to the Final. The Flyers were one of the four Philadelphia professional sports teams to play for their respective sports' championships in the 1980 season. The 76ers would lose to the Los Angeles Lakers in the 1980 NBA Finals, the Phillies would then beat the Kansas City Royals in the World Series, and the Eagles later lost Super Bowl XV to the Oakland Raiders in January 1981.[1][2]

Game summaries

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In game one, Denis Potvin scored the first power-play overtime goal in Stanley Cup Final history. In game six, Bob Nystrom scored the Cup winner in overtime, his fourth career overtime goal, at the time putting him alone behind Maurice Richard's six on the all-time overtime goal-scoring list. Ken Morrow joined the Islanders after winning the Olympic gold medal with the United States and added the Stanley Cup to cap a remarkable season.

The deciding game six was marred by one of the most infamous blown official calls in NHL playoff history. With the game tied 1–1, the Islanders Butch Goring picked up a drop pass from New York left wing Clark Gillies which had clearly gone back over the Flyers' defensive zone blue line into center ice. Linesman Leon Stickle waved the play as on-side, and Goring threaded a pass to right wing Duane Sutter who beat Philadelphia goalie Pete Peeters for a 2–1 New York lead.[3] The Flyers argued vehemently to no avail. Everyone on both sides except Goring and Sutter appeared to relax as if play had been blown dead once the puck went over the blue line. Flyers captain Mel Bridgman stated the play changed the momentum of the game at a critical time even though the Flyers scored shortly afterwards to tie the score 2–2. Stickle admitted after the game that he had blown the call. Ultimately, it was the Flyers lack of discipline and the resulting Islander power play goals that were the difference in the series.[4]

The series-winning overtime goal in game six was scored by Bobby Nystrom and assisted by fellow third liners John Tonelli and Lorne Henning. Nystrom's redirection of Tonelli's cross-ice pass from just above the Flyers left side face-off circle, floated up and over goalie Pete Peeters' blocker before the Philadelphia keeper could slide over to stop the puck. Henning's "thread the needle" pass was a key component of the goal.

Game one

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May 13 New York Islanders 4–3 OT Philadelphia Flyers Spectrum Recap

In game one, Denis Potvin scored twice, including the game-winning goal in overtime, which was the first power-play overtime goal in Stanley Cup Final history.

Scoring summary
Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score
1st PHI Mel Bridgman (2) Unassisted 10:31 1–0 PHI
NYI Mike Bossy (7) – pp Bryan Trottier (14) 12:02 1–1
2nd NYI Denis Potvin (2) Clark Gillies (5) and Butch Goring (10) 02:20 2–1 NYI
PHI Bobby Clarke (5) – pp Bill Barber (6) and Reggie Leach (4) 17:08 2–2
3rd PHI Rick MacLeish (7) Paul Holmgren (7) 13:10 3–2 PHI
NYI Stefan Persson (3) – pp Mike Bossy (7) and Denis Potvin (10) 17:08 3–3
OT NYI Denis Potvin (3) – pp John Tonelli (7) and Bob Nystrom (9) 04:07 4–3 NYI
Penalty summary
Period Team Player Penalty Time PIM
1st NYI Duane Sutter Elbowing 09:36 2:00
PHI Behn Wilson High-sticking 09:36 2:00
PHI Bob Dailey Tripping 11:51 2:00
2nd NYI Duane Sutter Fighting – major 02:56 5:00
PHI Jimmy Watson Fighting – major 02:56 5:00
PHI Ken Linseman Hooking 12:00 2:00
NYI Bob Lorimer Hooking 16:08 2:00
3rd PHI Bobby Clarke Tripping 02:33 2:00
NYI Stefan Persson Holding 10:49 2:00
PHI Al Hill Hooking 14:35 2:00
OT PHI Jimmy Watson Holding 02:08 2:00
Shots by period
Team 1 2 3 OT Total
New York15911136
Philadelphia91211133

Game two

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May 15 New York Islanders 3–8 Philadelphia Flyers Spectrum Recap

After the Islanders drew first blood in game two, Paul Holmgren recorded a hat trick, Bobby Clarke and Bob Dailey each recorded three points for Philadelphia, and the Flyers cruised to an 8-3 victory to tie the series.

Scoring summary
Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score
1st NYI Butch Goring (5) Clark Gillies (6) and Duane Sutter (5) 03:23 1–0 NYI
PHI Paul Holmgren (7) – pp Brian Propp (8) and Bob Dailey (11) 07:22 1–1
PHI Bob Kelly (1) Behn Wilson (6) and Bobby Clarke (10) 08:37 2–1 PHI
PHI Bobby Clarke (6) Jimmy Watson (14) and Bill Barber (7) 17:23 3–1 PHI
2nd PHI Bill Barber (12) Bobby Clarke (11) and Reggie Leach (5) 01:06 4–1 PHI
NYI Bryan Trottier (9) – pp Mike Bossy (8) 03:28 4–2 PHI
PHI Paul Holmgren (8) – pp Ken Linseman (12) and Bill Barber (8) 04:13 5–2 PHI
PHI Brian Propp (3) – pp Bob Dailey (12) and Bobby Clarke (12) 15:47 6–2 PHI
3rd PHI Tom Gorence (3) Bob Dailey (13) and Mel Bridgman (7) 01:40 7–2 PHI
PHI Paul Holmgren (9) Ken Linseman (13) and Behn Wilson (7) 04:19 8–2 PHI
NYI Butch Goring (6) – pp Bob Bourne (7) and Stefan Persson (7) 15:00 8–3 PHI
Penalty summary
Period Team Player Penalty Time PIM
1st PHI Tom Gorence Hooking 04:09 2:00
NYI Stefan Persson Tripping 05:37 2:00
PHI Ken Linseman Elbowing 09:31 2:00
PHI Behn Wilson Holding 12:10 2:00
2nd PHI Andre Dupont Hooking 03:03 2:00
NYI Ken Morrow Interference 04:02 2:00
PHI Behn Wilson Roughing 05:27 2:00
NYI Bob Lorimer High-sticking 12:54 2:00
PHI Brian Propp High-sticking 12:54 2:00
NYI Garry Howatt Tripping 13:58 2:00
NYI Gord Lane High-sticking – major 14:12 5:00
NYI Billy Smith Slashing 14:12 2:00
PHI Bill Barber Slashing 14:12 2:00
PHI Bill Barber High-sticking – major 14:12 5:00
3rd PHI Jack McIlhargey Tripping 01:55 2:00
NYI Duane Sutter Slashing 05:00 2:00
NYI Duane Sutter Fighting – major 07:01 5:00
NYI Duane Sutter Misconduct 07:01 10:00
PHI Mel Bridgman Fighting – major 07:01 5:00
PHI Mel Bridgman Misconduct 07:01 10:00
PHI Behn Wilson Cross-checking 14:13 5:00
PHI Behn Wilson Roughing 14:13 2:00
PHI Behn Wilson Game misconduct 14:13 10:00
NYI Gord Lane Slashing 19:10 2:00
Shots by period
Team 1 2 3 Total
New York105831
Philadelphia1016523

Game three

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May 17 Philadelphia Flyers 2–6 New York Islanders Nassau Coliseum Recap

In game three, the Islanders connected on all five of their power plays, with Denis Potvin recording 4 points, and giving the Islanders a 6–2 victory and a 2–1 lead in the series.

Scoring summary
Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score
1st NYI Lorne Henning (3) – sh Bob Bourne (8) 02:38 1–0 NYI
NYI Denis Potvin (4) – pp Unassisted 07:43 2–0 NYI
NYI Bryan Trottier (10) – pp Mike Bossy (9) and Denis Potvin (11) 13:04 3–0 NYI
NYI Mike Bossy (8) – pp Clark Gillies (7) and Denis Potvin (12) 14:29 4–0 NYI
2nd NYI Clark Gillies (5) – pp Stefan Persson (8) 15:41 5–0 NYI
NYI Denis Potvin (5) – pp Stefan Persson (9) and Mike Bossy (10) 17:25 6–0 NYI
3rd PHI Bobby Clarke (7) Reggie Leach (6) and Mike Busniuk (4) 09:48 6–1 NYI
PHI Mike Busniuk (1) Mel Bridgman (8) 11:32 6–2 NYI
Penalty summary
Period Team Player Penalty Time PIM
1st NYI Duane Sutter Hooking 01:01 2:00
NYI Dave Langevin Interference 04:11 2:00
PHI Bob Kelly Tripping 06:54 2:00
NYI Clark Gillies Tripping 09:32 2:00
PHI Rick MacLeish Slashing 12:24 2:00
PHI Bob Dailey Holding 12:56 2:00
NYI John Tonelli Hooking 16:46 2:00
2nd NYI Gord Lane Slashing 01:21 2:00
NYI Bobby Nystrom Fighting – major 10:45 5:00
NYI Stefan Persson Roughing 10:45 2:00
PHI Mike Busniuk Fighting – major 10:45 5:00
NYI Clark Gillies Roughing 13:32 2:00
PHI Behn Wilson High-sticking 13:32 2:00
PHI Ken Linseman Slashing 14:15 2:00
NYI Garry Howatt Roughing 16:43 2:00
NYI Garry Howatt Misconduct 16:43 10:00
NYI Gord Lane Fighting – major 16:43 5:00
NYI Gord Lane Misconduct 16:43 10:00
PHI Tom Gorence Roughing 16:43 2:00
PHI Tom Gorence Misconduct 16:43 10:00
PHI Jack McIlhargey Fighting – major 16:43 5:00
PHI Jack McIlhargey Misconduct 16:43 10:00
PHI Bill Barber High-sticking 17:18 2:00
NYI Bobby Nystrom High-sticking 19:23 2:00
NYI Bobby Nystrom Roughing 19:23 2:00
PHI Ken Linseman Roughing 19:23 2:00
3rd NYI Duane Sutter Roughing 19:31 2:00
PHI Behn Wilson Roughing 19:31 2:00
Shots by period
Team 1 2 3 Total
Philadelphia981532
New York1221740

Team rosters

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New York Islanders

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No. Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
1 Canada Chico Resch G L 31 1974 Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
3 Canada Jean Potvin D R 31 1979 Ottawa, Ontario
4 Canada Bob Lorimer D L 26 1973 Toronto
5 Canada Denis Potvin (C) D L 26 1973 Vanier, Ontario
6 United States Ken Morrow D R 23 1976 Davison, Michigan
7 Sweden Stefan Persson D L 25 1974 Bjurholm, Sweden
8 Canada Garry Howatt LW L 27 1972 Grand Centre, Alberta
9 Canada Clark Gillies LW L 26 1974 Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
10 Canada Lorne Henning C L 28 1972 Melfort, Saskatchewan
11 Canada Wayne Merrick C L 28 1977 Sarnia, Ontario
12 Canada Duane Sutter RW R 20 1979 Viking, Alberta
14 Canada Bob Bourne LW L 25 1974 Kindersley, Saskatchewan
16 Canada Steve Tambellini C L 21 1978 Trail, British Columbia
17 Canada Alex McKendry RW L 23 1978 Midland, Ontario
19 Canada Bryan Trottier C L 23 1974 Val Marie, Saskatchewan
21 Canada Butch Goring C L 30 1980 St. Boniface, Manitoba
22 Canada Mike Bossy RW R 23 1977 Montreal
23 Sweden Bob Nystrom RW R 27 1972 Stockholm, Sweden
24 Canada Gord Lane D L 27 1979 Brandon, Manitoba
26 United States Dave Langevin D L 25 1974 Saint Paul, Minnesota
27 Canada John Tonelli LW L 23 1977 Hamilton, Ontario
28 Sweden Anders Kallur RW L 27 1979 Ludvika, Sweden
31 Canada Billy Smith G L 29 1972 Perth, Ontario

Philadelphia Flyers

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No. Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
2 Canada Bob Dailey D R 27 1977 Kingston, Ontario
3 Canada Behn Wilson D L 21 1978 Toronto
5 Canada Frank Bathe D L 25 1977 Oshawa, Ontario
6 Canada Andre Dupont D L 30 1972 Trois-Rivières, Quebec
7 Canada Bill Barber LW L 27 1972 Callander, Ontario
9 Canada Bob Kelly LW L 29 1970 Oakville, Ontario
10 Canada Mel Bridgman (C) C L 25 1975 Trenton, Ontario
11 Canada Dennis Ververgaert RW R 27 1978 Grimsby, Ontario
12 Canada John Paddock LW R 25 1976 Oak River, Manitoba
14 Canada Ken Linseman C L 21 1978 Kingston, Ontario
15 Canada Al Hill LW L 25 1976 Nanaimo, British Columbia
16 Canada Bobby Clarke C L 30 1969 Flin Flon, Manitoba
17 United States Paul Holmgren RW R 24 1975 Saint Paul, Minnesota
19 Canada Rick MacLeish C L 30 1970 Lindsay, Ontario
20 Canada Jimmy Watson D L 27 1972 Smithers, British Columbia
21 United States Gary Morrison RW R 24 1975 Farmington, Michigan
22 United States Tom Gorence RW R 23 1977 Saint Paul, Minnesota
25 Canada Norm Barnes D L 26 1973 Rexdale, Ontario
26 Canada Brian Propp LW L 21 1979 Lanigan, Saskatchewan
27 Canada Reggie Leach RW R 30 1974 Riverton, Manitoba
28 Canada Mike Busniuk D R 28 1979 Thunder Bay, Ontario
29 Canada Jack McIlhargey D L 28 1980 Edmonton, Alberta
31 Canada Phil Myre G L 31 1979 Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec
33 Canada Pete Peeters G L 22 1977 Edmonton, Alberta

Stanley Cup engraving

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The 1980 Stanley Cup was presented to Islanders captain Denis Potvin by NHL President John Ziegler following the Islanders 5–4 win over the Flyers in game six.

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

1979–80 New York Islanders

Players

Coaching and administrative staff

Stanley Cup engraving

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  • ^[A] Two players had their names engraved on the Stanley Cup, even though they did not officially qualify.
    • #17 Alex McKendry (LW) – played 2 regular season and 6 playoff games (none in the playoffs)
    • #3 Jean Potvin (D) – played 32 regular season games, spending the whole season with the Islanders. He did not play in the playoffs.
  • Ken Morrow became the first player to win the Olympic Gold (with Team United States), and Stanley Cup (with New York Islanders) in the same year.
  • Al Arbour became the fourth person to win the Stanley Cup with four teams. Arbour won the Stanley Cup as a player with Detroit 1954, Chicago 1961, and Toronto 1962. 1964. The other three people to win cup with four teams are Jack Marshall, Harry (Happy) Holmes, and Tommy Gorman.
  • Bryan Trottier was first Metis player to win the Stanley Cup
  • Bob Nystrom, Anders Kallur and Stefan Persson were the first three Swedish born-trained players to win the Stanley Cup. Kallur and Persson were also the first European-trained players to win the Stanley Cup.

Broadcasting

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Bob Cole, Dan Kelly, and Jim Robson shared play-by-play duties for CBC's coverage. Cole did play-by-play for the first half of Games 1 and 2. Meanwhile, Kelly did play-by-play for the rest of Games 1–5 (Kelly also called the overtime period of Game 1). Finally, Robson did play-by-play for the first half of Games 3–4 and Game 6 entirely, he also would've called Game 7 had there been one. In essence, this meant that Cole or Robson did play-by-play for the first period and the first half of the second period (except for Game 5 in which the roles of Kelly and Robson were switched). Therefore, at the closest stoppage of play near the 10-minute mark of the second period, Cole or Robson handed off the call to Kelly for the rest of the game.

In the United States, the first five games were syndicated by the Hughes Television Network. Hughes used CBC's Hockey Night in Canada feeds for the American coverage. Game 6 was televised in the United States by the CBS network, as a special edition of its CBS Sports Spectacular anthology series. Dan Kelly did the play-by-play for CBS for the first and third periods as well as overtime. Meanwhile, Tim Ryan did play-by-play for the second period while Lou Nanne served as the color commentator throughout the game. Game 6 remains the last Stanley Cup Final game to be played in the afternoon (earlier than 5 p.m. local time). This would also be the last NHL game to air on U.S. network television until NBC televised the 1990 All-Star Game.

References

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

Notes

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  1. ↑ Fitzpatrick, Frank (May 26, 2010). "Uniquely Successful; In this decade, all 4 pro teams reached finals". Philadelphia Inquirer. p. C1. Among those cities with teams in the four major sports (not including metropolitan regions), only Philadelphia has reached championship rounds in all four in the new millennium.
  2. ↑ Feeney, Casey (March 14, 2020). "The five best years in Philadelphia sports history". NBC Sports Philadelphia. Archived from the original on November 6, 2024.
  3. ↑ Wilner, Barry (2014). Crazyball: Sports Scandals, Superstitions and Sick Plays. New York: Taylor Trade Publishing. p. 392. ISBN 9781589799134.
  4. ↑ Blumenstock, Kathy (June 2, 1980). "Putting the Hammer to the Old Bugaboo". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved November 8, 2014.
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