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1974 Stanley Cup Final

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* – Denotes overtime period(s)Location(s)Philadelphia: Spectrum (3, 4, 6)
Boston: Boston Garden (1, 2, 5)CoachesPhiladelphia: Fred Shero
Boston: Bep GuidolinCaptainsPhiladelphia: Bobby Clarke
Boston: John BucykNational anthemsPhiladelphia: Kate Smith
Boston: UnknownRefereesDave Newell (1, 5)
Art Skov (2, 6)
Lloyd Gilmour (3)
Ron Wicks (4)DatesMay 7–19, 1974MVPBernie Parent (Flyers)Series-winning goalRick MacLeish (14:48, first)Hall of FamersFlyers:
Bill Barber (1990)
Bobby Clarke (1987)
Bernie Parent (1984)
Bruins:
Johnny Bucyk (1981)
Phil Esposito (1984)
Bobby Orr (1979)
Coaches:
Fred Shero (2013)
Officials:
Neil Armstrong (1991)
John D'Amico (1993)
Matt Pavelich (1987)NetworksCanada:
(English): CBC
(French): SRC
United States:
(National): NBC (3, 6)
(Philadelphia area): WTAF (1–2, 5)
(Boston area): WSBK (1–2, 4–5)Announcers(CBC) Danny Gallivan and Brian McFarlane (1–2, 5); and Bill Hewitt and Dick Irvin, Jr. (3–4, 6)
(SRC) Rene Lecavalier and Gilles Tremblay
(NBC) Tim Ryan and Ted Lindsay
(WTAF) Don Earle and Gene Hart
(WSBK) Fred Cusick and Johnny Peirson

The 1974 Stanley Cup Final was the championship series of the National Hockey League's (NHL) 1973–74 season, and the culmination of the 1974 Stanley Cup playoffs. It was contested between the Boston Bruins and the Philadelphia Flyers. The Flyers made their first Finals appearance and the Bruins returned to the Finals for the third time in five years, having won the Stanley Cup in 1970 and 1972. The Flyers won the best-of-seven series, four games to two, becoming the first team from the 1967 Expansion to win the Stanley Cup, as well as the first non-Original Six Cup champion since the Montreal Maroons in 1935, and the first non-Original Six team to appear in the Final since they stopped being guaranteed a spot after Chicago switched divisions in 1970.