1985 Stanley Cup Finals: Difference between revisions

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 {{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 fourth of nine consecutive Finales 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 was broken [[1987 Stanley Cup Finals|two years later]].