1985 Stanley Cup Finals: Difference between revisions

|dates=May 2121–30, – May 301985

|net_announcers=(CBC) [[Bob Cole (sportscaster)|Bob Cole]] and [[Gary Dornhoefer]]<br/>(CTV) [[Dan Kelly (sportscaster)|Dan Kelly]], [[Ron Reusch]], and [[Brad Park]]<br/>(SRC) [[RenéRene Lecavalier]] and [[Gilles Tremblay (ice hockey)|Gilles Tremblay]]<br/>(USA Network) Dan Kelly (1–2), [[Al Albert (sportscaster)|Al Albert]] (3–5), and [[Gary Green (ice hockey)|Gary Green]]<br/>(PRISM/WTAF) [[Gene Hart]] and [[Bobby Taylor (ice hockey)|Bobby Taylor]]

The '''1985 Stanley Cup Finals''' was the [[Stanley Cup Finals|championship series]] of the [[National Hockey League]]'s (NHL) [[1984–85 NHL season|1984–85 season]], and the culmination of the [[1985 Stanley Cup playoffs]]. It was contested between the [[1984 Stanley Cup Finals|defending champion]] [[1984–85 Edmonton Oilers season|Edmonton Oilers]] (in their third straight Finals appearance) and the [[1984–85 Philadelphia Flyers season|Philadelphia Flyers]]. The Oilers wondefeated the best-of-sevenFlyers series,in fourfive games to one,repeat to win their secondas [[Stanley Cup]] champions. It was also the sixth straight Finals contested between teams that joined the NHL in [[1967 NHL expansion|1967]] or later.

Until [[2022 Stanley Cup Finals{{scfy|2022]]}}, this was also the last time that a team, defending champion, or runner-up appeared in the Finals for the third straight season. This was the thirdfourth of eightnine consecutive FinalsFinales contested by a team from [[Western Canada]], third of eight contested by a team from [[Alberta]] (the Oilers appeared in six, the [[Calgary Flames]] in {{scfy|1986}} and {{scfy|1989}}, and the [[Vancouver Canucks]] in {{scfy|1982}}), and the second of five consecutive Finals to end with the Cup presentation on Alberta ice (the Oilers won four of those times, the [[Montreal Canadiens]] once). Game five of this series was played on May 30, which at the time was the latest finishing date for an NHL season. The record would bewas broken [[1987 Stanley Cup Finals|two years later]].

{{detailsfurther|1984–85 NHL season}}

Gretzky almost single-handedly won Edmonton the game. He scored twice within the first 90 seconds of the game, and finished off a hat trick by the end of the first period. Although the Oilers put only six shots on net over the final 40 minutes, it was enough to escape with a 4–3 win and 2–1 series lead.

In Canada, this was the first of two consecutive years that the English-language rights of the Cup Finals waswere shared between [[Hockey Night in Canada|CBC]] and [[NHL on CTV|CTV]]. CBC televised games one and two nationally while games 3–5 were televised in Edmonton only. CTV televised games 3–5 nationally while games were blacked out in Edmonton. Had the series gone to a Game 7, then both CBC and CTV would have simultaneously televised it while using their own production facilities and crews. [[Dan Kelly (sportscaster)|Dan Kelly]] and, [[Ron Reusch]], and [[Brad Park]] called the games on CTV.

In the United States, this was the fifth and final season that the Cup Finals aired nationally on the [[NHL on USA|USA Network]]. Under the U.S. TV contracts that would take effect beginning next season, [[ESPN National Hockey Night|ESPN]] would take over as the NHL's American television partner. The USA Network would not air NHL games again until 2015, when it became an occasional overflow channel for [[NHL on NBC|NBC Sports]]' national coverage of the first two rounds of the Stanley Cup playoffs.

| first = Steve | last = Smith | dab = Steve Smith (ice hockey, born inApril Canada4, 1963) | num = 5 | pos = D | nat = Canada | s/g = L | birthyear = 1963 | birthmonth = 4 | birthday = 4 | acq = [[1981 NHL Entry Draft|1981]] | birthplace = [[Trenton, Ontario]] | cap = | year = 1985 | month = 5 | day = 21}}

[[Category:SportsIce hockey competitions in Philadelphia]]

[[Category:SportsIce hockey competitions in Edmonton]]

[[Category:1985 in sports in Alberta]]