1982 Stanley Cup Finals

The 1982 Stanley Cup Finals was the championship series of the National Hockey League's (NHL) 1981–82 season, and the culmination of the 1982 Stanley Cup playoffs.

1982 Stanley Cup Final
Teams1*234Games
New York Islanders 6*6334
Vancouver Canucks  5* 4 01 0
* overtime periods
Location:Uniondale: Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum (1, 2)
Vancouver: Pacific Coliseum (3, 4)
Format:Best-of-seven
Coaches:New York: Al Arbour
Vancouver: Roger Neilson
Captains:New York: Denis Potvin
Vancouver: Kevin McCarthy[1]
Dates:May 8 – May 16
MVP:Mike Bossy (Islanders)
Series-winning
goal:
Mike Bossy (5:00, second, G4)
Networks:CBC (Canada-English), SRC (Canada-French), USA Network (United States, except in New York area), SportsChannel New York (New York area, games 1 & 2), WOR (New York area, games 3 & 4)
Announcers:(CBC) Bob Cole, Mickey Redmond and Dick Irvin, Jr. (in Uniondale), Jim Robson, Howie Meeker, and Gary Dornhoefer (in Vancouver)
(USA) Dan Kelly, Gary Green
(SCNY, WOR) Jiggs McDonald, Ed Westfall
(New York Islanders Radio) Barry Landers, Jean Potvin
(Vancouver Canucks Radio) Jim Robson (games 1,2), Jim Hughson (games 3,4), Tom Larscheid
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Notes

  1. Due to injury, McCarthy didn't play in any playoff games. Stan Smyl served as acting captain.

References

  • Diamond, Dan (2000). Total Stanley Cup. Dan Diamond & Associates, Inc.
  • Diamond, Dan (2008). Total Stanley Cup (PDF). Dan Diamond & Associates, Inc. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-03-26. Retrieved 2009-03-23.
  • Podnieks, Andrew; Hockey Hall of Fame (2004). Lord Stanley's Cup. Triumph Books. ISBN 978-1-55168-261-7.
Preceded by
New York Islanders
1981
New York Islanders
Stanley Cup Champions

1982
Succeeded by
New York Islanders
1983