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1975 Stanley Cup Final

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* – Denotes overtime period(s)Location(s)Philadelphia: Spectrum (1, 2, 5)
Buffalo: Memorial Auditorium (3, 4, 6)CoachesPhiladelphia: Fred Shero
Buffalo: Floyd SmithCaptainsPhiladelphia: Bobby Clarke
Buffalo: Jim SchoenfeldNational anthemsPhiladelphia: Kate Smith
Buffalo: UnknownRefereesArt Skov (1, 5)
Bruce Hood (2, 6)
Lloyd Gilmour (3)
Wally Harris (4)DatesMay 15–27, 1975MVPBernie Parent (Flyers)Series-winning goalBob Kelly (0:11, third)Hall of FamersFlyers:
Bill Barber (1990)
Bobby Clarke (1987)
Bernie Parent (1984)
Sabres:
Gilbert Perreault (1990)
Coaches:
Fred Shero (2013)NetworksCanada:
(English): CBC
(French): SRC
United States:
(National): NBC (2, 5)
(Philadelphia area): WTAF (3–4, 6)
(Buffalo area): WKBW (1, 3–4, 6)Announcers(CBC) Danny Gallivan (1–2, 6) Jim Robson (3–5), Dick Irvin Jr. (1–2, 4, 6), and Bill Good (Games 3, 5)
(SRC) Rene Lecavalier and Gilles Tremblay
(NBC) Tim Ryan and Ted Lindsay
(WTAF) Don Earle and Gene Hart
(WKBW) Ted Darling and Pat Hannigan

The 1975 Stanley Cup Final was the championship series of the National Hockey League's (NHL) 1974–75 season, and the culmination of the 1975 Stanley Cup playoffs. It was contested between the Buffalo Sabres and the defending champion Philadelphia Flyers. The Flyers defeated the Sabres in six games to repeat as Stanley Cup champions, becoming the first expansion team to accomplish such a feat. This was the first Final to have two non-"Original Six" teams since the 1967 expansion, and also the first contested by any team that had joined the league after 1967 (the Sabres were part of the 1970 expansion). The 1975 Flyers are the last Stanley Cup championship team to be composed solely of Canadian players.

This was the only Final between 1965 and 1979 not to feature either the Boston Bruins or the Montreal Canadiens.