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[ CROWD CHEERS ]
>> THE SCENE -- CHICAGO STADIUM.
THE EVENT -- THE OPENING GAME OF
THE 1971 STANLEY CUP FINALS.
THE TEAMS -- MONTREAL CANADIENS,
THIRD-PLACE FINISHS IN THE
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE'S
EAST DIVISION, AND CHICAGO
BLACK HAWKS, FIRST IN THE WEST.
THE PRIZE -- THE CHAMPIONSHIP
OF THE NHL AND NORTH AMERICA'S
OLDEST AND MOST COVETED TROP
IN PROFESSIONAL TEAM SPORT,
THE STANLEY CUP.
BUT BEFORE GAME 1 GETS UNDER
WAY, LET'S SEE HOW THE
BLACK HAWKS AND THE CANADIENS
GOT TO THE FINALS.
NUMBER 9BOBBY HULL, PLAYED A
VITAL ROLE FOR CHICA.
IN THE QUARTERFINALS AGAINST THE
PHILADELPHIA FLYERS, HIS 6 GOALS
AND 2 ASSISTS LED THE
BLACK HAWKS TO VICTORY IN FOUR
STRAIG GAMES.
AND HULL, "THE GOLDEN JET," WAS
JUST AS IMPORTANT INHE
SEMIFINALS AGAINST NEW YORK
RANGERS.
SERIES THAT WENT THE FULL SEVEN
GAMES, THREE OF THEM GOING INTO
OVERTIME.
NEW YORK WON TWO OF THOSE
OVERTIME GAMES, BOTH ON GOALS BY
PETE STEMKOWSKI.
HULL SCORED THE OTR OVERTIME
WINNER, AS WELL AS THE WINNING
GOAL IN THE FINAL GAME.
IN THE MEANTIME, THE CANADNS
PULLED OFF ONE OF THE BIGGEST
UPSETS EVER THE NHL PLAYOFFS.
THEY SURPRISED EVERYBODY BY
OUSTING BOON IN THEIR OPENING
ROUND.
THE POWERFUL BRUINS WERE WINNERS
OF THE NHL's EAST DIVISION AND
BOASTED FOUR PLAYERS, EACH WITH
OVER 100 POINTS --
PHIL ESPOSITO, NUMBER 7, WITH A
RECORD-SMASHING 76 GOALS AND
76 ASSISTS...
BOBBY ORR WITH A RECORD-SETTIN
102 ASSISTS...
JOHNNY BYK -- 51 GOALS...
AND KENNY HODGE -- ANOTHER
100-POINT MAN.
BUT NTREAL CONQUERED THE
AWESOME BRUINS IN SEVEN GAMES.
AND ROOKIE KEN DRYDEN, WHO HAD
PLAYED IN ONLY 6 REGULAR-SEASON
NHL GAMES PRIOR TO THESE
PLAYOFFS, PROVED TO BE THE KEY
TOANADIENS' STUNNING UPSET.
MONTREAL MET THE MINNESOTA
NORTH STARS AND WAS FAVORED TO
TAKE THE STARS IN THE MINIMUM
FOUR GAMES.
BUT BEFORE THIS SEMIFINAL RIES
WAS OVER, MINNESOTA HAD DEFEATED
THE CANADIENS TWICE -- THE FIRST
WINS IN THE PLAYOFFS BY AN
ORIGINAL WEST DIVISION CLUB OVER
AN ESTABLISHED EAST DIVISION
TEAM.
THE NORTH STARS WERE PUT OUT IN
SIX, BUT THE CANADIENS HAD TO
STRUGGLE TO DO I
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THUS, THE STAGE WAS SET FOR THIS
DRAMATIC FINAL SERIES BETWEEN
THE EXPLOSIVE BLACK HAWKS AND
THE CINDERELLA CANADIENS, WHO'D
MISSED THE PLAYOFFS ONLY THE
CHICAGO STARTED FAST.
IN THE FIRST PERIOD, THEY
PEPPERED 18 SHOTS AT DRYDE BUT
THE 6'4" CORNELL GRADUATE WASN'T
PERFORMINGIKE A ROOKIE.
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TONY EOSITO, A MICHIGAN TECH
GRADUATE, MADE SOME EQUALLY
BRILLIANT SAVES, BUTOT NEARLY
58 SHOTS IN THIS BATTLE OF THE
GOALTENDERS.
GOING INTO THE THIRD PERIOD,
CANADIENS WERE AHEAD, 1-0, ON A
POWER-PLAY GOAL BY
JACQUES LEMAIRE, BUT CHICAGO
TIES THE SCORE ON THIS PLAY BY
BOBBY HULL.
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AND HULL SEEMS TO BE ON THE ICE
ALL THE TIME.
IT WAS STILL TIED, 1-1, AT THE
END OF REGULATION TIME.
CHICAGO CAME OUT SURPRISINGLY
STRONG IN THE FIRST OVERTIME
PERIOD, BUT IT WASN'T UNTIL 1:11
OF THE SECOND OVERTIME PERIOD
THAT JIM PAPPIN, NUMBER 8,
SCORED THE WINNING GOAL.
THE BLACK HAWKS WIN, 2-1, TO
TAKE A 1-GAME LEAD IN THE
FINALS.
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GAME 2 WAS LESS THAN 5 MINUTES
THIS BLINDING SLAPSHOT.EASHED
IT WAS OBVIOUS THAT, IF
CANADIENS WERE GOING TO STOP
CHICAGO, THEY'D HAVE TO STOP
HULL FIRST.
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[ INDISTINCT SHOUTING ]
HULL AND FRANK MAHOVLICH, WHO
SCORED THIS GOALATER IN THE
GAME, WERE BATTLING FOR THE
PLAYOFF SCORING LEADERSHIP.
AND THEIR NAMES, ALONG WITH
DRYDEN, WERE BEING MENTIONED AS
THE STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS' MOST
VALUABLE PLAYER.
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LESS THAN A MINUTE LATER,
BIG JEAN BELIVEAU, NUMBER 4,
TIES UP TWO DEFENSEMEN TO CREATE
A TRAFFIC JAM IN FRONT OF
ESPOSITO, AND E DIMINUTIVE
COURNOYER SLIDES A BACKHANDER
UNDER JAETT AND ESPOSITO TO
TIE THE SCORE.
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IN THE SECOND PERIOD,
PETE MAHOVLICH BEATS ESPOSITO
THIS SUPERB EFFORT TO GIVE
MONTREAL A 2-1 LEAD, TO THE
DELIGHT OF THE MONTREAL FANS.
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IT WAS TIED AGAIN, 2-2, ON THIS
QUICK WRIST SHOT BY
"CHICO" MAKI.
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68ECONDS LATER, THE HAWKS
SEEMED TO APPLY THE CRUSHER WHEN
PAPPIN SCORES ON ANOTHER
MAGNIFICENT EFFORT TO GIVE
CHICAGO A 3-2 LEAD.
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CHICAGO'S LLY REAY, THE DEAN
OF NHL COACHES, AND HIS PLAYERS
WE FLYING HIGH.
THEY HAD OUTPLAYED THE CANADIENS
FOR TWO PERIODS.
NOW IT'S THE THIRD PERIOD, AND
TELEVISION LIGHTS BEAMING DOWN
ON THE ICE, THINGS DID NOT LOOK
RY BRIGHT FOR MONTREAL.
THE HAWKS ZZ AROUND THE
CANADIENS, BUT THE STAR OF THIS
LOU ANGOTTI, WHO USUALLY GETS
OFF THE BENCH FOR ONLY
OCCASIONAL SHIFTS.
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ANGOTTI, NUMBER 6, WOUND UP TH
THE SUPER JOB, AS CHICAGO WAS...
DOWNED MONTREAL, 5-3.
NOW THE BLACK HAWKS WERE FIRMLY
IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT, ONLY TWO
WINS AWAFROM THE STANLEY CUP.
MONTREAL, THE CANADIENS WERE
FACED WITH THE SEEMINGLY
IMPOSSIBLE TASK OF WINNING FOUR
OUT OF FIVE GAMES.
BACK IN THEIR FAMILIAR
MONTREAL FORUM, WEARING THEIR
HOME-ICE WHITE UNIFORMS, THE
CANADIENS STAYED WITH ROOKIE
DRYDEN, WHO WASN'T FAULTED FOR
THE PREVIOUS TWO LSES.
DRYDEN WAS SENSATIONAL IN THE
FIRST PERIOD, YET, THE CANADIENS
CAME OUT TRAILING, 2-0.
AND IT WAS BEGINNING TO LOOK A
IF CHICAGO COULD WRAP THINGS UP
IN FOUR GAMES.
CLIFF KOROLL, NUMBER 20, AND
BOBBY HULL SCORED THE CHICAGO
AL.
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HOWEVER, MONTREAL WAS PLAYING A
MUCH MORE OFFENSIVE GAME HERE ON
HOME ICE.
AND IN THE SECOND PERIOD,
THE MAHOVLICH BROTHERS GOT THE
CANADIENS BACK IN CONTENON.
THAT BANK SHOT OFF ESPOSITO'S
PAD BY NUMBER 20, PETE, MADE IT
2-1.
AND WATCH AS FRANK, NUMBER 27,
TIES THE GAME WITH A DEVASTATING
SLAPSHOT.
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THIS RUSH BY DEFENSEMAN
TERRY HARPER EVENTUALLY RESULTS
IN THE WINNING GOAL.
WAH IN SUPER SLOW MOTION AS
YVAN COURNOYER TAKES HARPER'S
PASSND LINES UP HIS TARGET.
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FRANK MAHOVLICH ADD ANOTHER
GOAL BEFORE THE SIREN TO MAKE
THE FINAL SCORE 4-2.
AND NOW THE CANADIENS TRAIL
CHICAGO, TWO GAMES TO ONE.
CANADIENS STARTED FAST AGAIN IN
THIS FOURTH GAME.
THE MAHOVLICBROTHERS WERE
TAKING UP RIGHT WHERE THEY LEFT
OFF.
IN THE FIRST MINUTE OF THE GAM
PETE DEFLECTED HARPER'S LONG
SHOT TO GIVE MONTREAL A 1-0
LEAD.
NUMBER 21, STAN MIKITA, GOT THAT
ONE BACKOON AFTER.
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THEN, MONTREAL CAPTAIN
JEAN BELIVEAU SHOT H TEAM INTO
THE LEAD TO STAY.
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BEFORE THE PERIOD ENDED,
GUY LAPOINTE MADE IT 3-1, AND,
SUDDENLY, THE COMPLEXION OF TH
SERIES HAD CHANGED, AND THE
CANADIENS WERE DEFINITY BACK
IN CONTENTION.
NUMBER 12, YVAN COURNOYER, ADDED
TWO MORE GOA.
AND REJEAN HOULE, NUMBER 14,
COVERED BOBBHULL SO WELL THAT
THE GOLDEN JET GOT ONLY 2 SHOTS
ON GOAL.
THE FINAL SCORE WAS 5-2, AND NOW
IT'S BACK TO CHICAGO, WITH THE
SERIES TIED AT TWO GAMES EACH.
NEITHER CLUB HAS LOST IN ITSWN
ARENA SO FAR, AND THE CAPACITY
OWD OF CHICAGO FANS ARE
CONFIDENT THEIR HAWKS WILL
REGAIN THEIR WINNING WAYS HERE
ON HOME ICE.
CHICAGO GOES TO THE ATTACK, AS
DENNIS HULL HAS A OD, CLOSE-IN
CHANCE.
OBVIOUSLY, LAPOINTE WASN'T GOING
TO GIVE HIM A SECONDRY.
AND THE CANADIENS STORM BACK AT
ESPOSITO, WHO MAKES BIG STOPS ON
JOHN FERGUSON...
ON RICHARD...
AND THEN ON COURNOYER.
THE HAWKS HAD SOME GOOD CHANCES,
BUT DRYDEN CONTINUES TO PLAY
SENSATIONALLY.
NOBODY CAN RECALA STANLEY CUP
FINAL WHICH SAW SUCH SPECTACULAR
GOALKEEPING AT BOTH ENDS OF THE
RINK.
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BOBBY HULL PASSES TO KOROLL.
LET'S WATCH IN SUPER SLOW
MOTION, AS KOROLL HITS
DENNIS HULL IN FULL FLIGHT.
AND THE PUCK GOES HIGH, UP UNDER
THE CROSSBAR, AND THEN DOWN INTO
THE NET.
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THE FIRST PERIOD ENDS WITH
CHICAGO LEADING, 1-0.
[ INDISTINCT SHOUTING ]
"PIT" MARTIN, NUMBER 7, ATTEMPTS
TO MAKE IT 2-0.
DRYDEN GETS SOME HELP FROM THE
GOALPOST.
THEN, NUMBER 2, BILL WHITE,
DRIVES ONE FROM THE BLUE LINE.
MIKITA GETS THE PUCK BEHIND THE
GOAL.
OUT IN FRONT, IT COMES TO
KOROLL!
AND HE MAKES IT 2-0!
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IN SUPER SLOW MOTION, WE SEE
THAT MIKITA'S PASS-OFF WENT TO
DENNIS HULL, WHO BLASTED A SHOT,
WHICH REBOUNDED RIGHT TO KOROLL,
AND KOROLL PUTS IN A PERFECT
SHOT JUST INSIDE THE POST.
HERE COMES THE DEFENSIVE PLAY OF
THE GAME.
ON THIS BREAKAWAY, WATCH AS
BOBBY HULL KNOCKTHE PUCK AWAY
FROM FRANK MAHOVLICH.
BOTH GOALIES MADE SOME
UNBELIEVABLE SAVES FOR THE REST
OF THIS PERIOD, BUT NEITHER
ESPOTO, NOR DRYDEN WAS GIVING
AN INCH, AS THE PERIOD ENDED
WITH CHICAGO AHEAD, 2-0.
IN THE THIRD PERIOD,
ROOKIE COACH AL MacNEIL
CONTINUED TO SWITCH AROUND HIS
LINES.
IN FACT, HE USED 22 DIFFERENT
FORWARD COINATIONS IN THIS
GAME.
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HOWEVER, THIS NIGHT, IT DIDN'T
MATTER, BECAUSE THE CANADIENS
JUST COULDN'T GET THE PUCK PAST
TONY ESPOSITO, IN S SECOND
SHUTOUT OF THE PLAYOFFS.
ONCE AGAIN, THE BLACK HAWKS HELD
THE UPPER HAND, AS THEY TOOK THE
LEAD, THREE GAMES TO TWO.
>> GAME 6 IN MONTREAL, A IT
WAS DO-OR-DIE FOR THE CANADIENS.
BUT TRITION WAS ON THEIR SIDE,
BECAUSE, IN THEIR ILLUSTRIOUS
HISTORY, MONTREAL NADIENS HAVE
NEVER LOST THE STANLEY CUP ON
THEIR OWN ICE.
EARLY IN THE GAME,
FRANK MAHOVLICH RACES
TONY ESPOSITO FOR A LOOSPUCK.
REFEREE ART SKOV SIGNALS A
PENALTY SHOT, CALLING ESPOSITO
FOR THROWING HIS STICK.
NOW LET'S WATCH THE INFRACTION
AGAIN IN SLOW MOTION.
ESPOSITO THROWS HIS STICK, AND
THE CANADIENS ARE AWARDED A
PENALTY SHOT, THE FIRST IN THE
STANLEY CUP FINALS IN 27 YEARS.
NOW THE PENALTY SHOT.
MAHOVLICH CIRCLES.
ESPOSITO READIES HIMSELF FOR A
HEAD-ON CONFRONTATION WITH ONE
OF THE GAME'S GREATEST
GOAL-SCORERS.
THE BIG "M" SHOOTS.
ESPOSITO MAKES THE PLAY!
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[ INDISTINCT SHOUTING ]
ONE N'T HELP BUT WONDER HOW
DEMORALIZING AN EFFECT THAT
CRUCIAL SAVE WOULDAVE ON THE
CANADIENS.
THE SAVE, ON THE OTHER HAND,
GAVE CHICAGO A BIG LIFT, AND
THE HAWKS STORMED MONTREAL'S
GOAL.
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MOMENTS LATER, JIM PAPPIN RACES
OUT OF HIS OWN END AND IS ABOUT
TO SCORE ON ONE OF THE MOST
ARTISTIC GOALS OF THE PLAYOFFS
TO GIVE CHICAGO A 1-0 LEAD.
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YOU WON'T SEE MANY LIKE THAT, SO
LET'S SEE IT AGAIN
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GOAL -- BUT DRYDEN HAS LOTS OF
LIFE LEFIN HIM YET.
HE MAY BE DOWN, BUT HE'S NOT
OUT, ANDORE IMPORTANT, THE
PUCK'S NOT IN.
THAT SHOT OFF THE POST BY
THE GOLDEN JET WOULD HAVE MADE
FRANK MAHOVLICH GIVES THE
CANADIENS NEW LIFE WITH THIS
TYG GOAL, HIS 14th OF THE
PLAYOFFS FOR A NEW...
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THE SLOW-MOTION CAMERA SHOWS
THATSPOSITO MADE THE ORIGINAL
SAVE, BUT BIG FRANK DROPPED HIS
REBOUND INDE THE POST JUST
BEFORE STAPLETON COULD GET THERE
TO CLEAR.
>> OH! OH!
>> NOW IT WAS MONTREAL'S TURN TO
FLY.
3 MINUTES LATER, WHILE KILLING A
PENALTY, PETE MAHOVLICH BROKE IN
ON ESPOSITO, AND THAWAS IT!
MONTREAL WON, 4-3, FORCING A
SEVENTH AND DECIDING GAME BACK
IN CHICAGO.