1997 Stanley Cup Finals
The 1997 Stanley Cup Finals was the championship series of the National Hockey League's (NHL) 1996–97 season, and the culmination of the 1997 Stanley Cup playoffs. It was contested by the Detroit Red Wings and the Philadelphia Flyers. Detroit was in the Finals for the second time in three years (the other coming in 1995, when they lost to the New Jersey Devils) while the Flyers were making their first appearance since losing in 1987 to the Edmonton Oilers. Detroit won the series in four games to win the Stanley Cup for the eighth time in franchise history and the first time since 1955; Philadelphia had not won since 1975. Detroit was the last team to win the Cup without having home ice advantage in the Finals and with fewer than 100 points earned during the regular season until 2009.
| 1997 Stanley Cup Finals | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Location(s) | Detroit: Joe Louis Arena (3, 4) Philadelphia: CoreStates Center (1, 2) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Coaches | Detroit: Scotty Bowman Philadelphia: Terry Murray | ||||||||||||||||||
| Captains | Detroit: Steve Yzerman Philadelphia: Eric Lindros | ||||||||||||||||||
| National anthems | Detroit: Karen Newman Philadelphia: Lauren Hart | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referees | Bill McCreary (1, 4) Terry Gregson (2) Kerry Fraser (3) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dates | May 31 – June 7, 1997 | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Mike Vernon (Red Wings) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Series-winning goal | Darren McCarty (13:02, second, G4) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hall of Famers | Red Wings: Sergei Fedorov (2015) Viacheslav Fetisov (2001) Igor Larionov (2008) Nicklas Lidstrom (2015) Larry Murphy (2004) Brendan Shanahan (2013) Mike Vernon (2023) Steve Yzerman (2009) Flyers: Paul Coffey (2004) Dale Hawerchuk (2001) Eric Lindros (2016) Coaches: Scotty Bowman (1991) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Networks | Canada: (English): CBC (French): SRC United States: (English): Fox (1), ESPN (2–4) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | (CBC) Bob Cole and Harry Neale (SRC) Claude Quenneville and Gilles Tremblay (Fox) Mike Emrick and John Davidson (ESPN) Gary Thorne and Bill Clement | ||||||||||||||||||
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