You hated them all. "Normally out of those three, I'd score at least once," Robert said. The Flyers took a 2-0 lead against goalie Gerry Desjardins just 3:09 into the contest. It was crazy," Luce said. We mentioned earlier this week how Robert had developed a penchant for scoring overtime goals, which he had done the series prior against Montreal. When you have a hot goaltender in a situation like that, it's tough. It was a good shot. At that point, Desjardins requested to be replaced by Roger Crozier. "We thought we were better than anybody," said forward Craig Ramsay. 1974 opc #216 stanley cup champions philadelphia flyers psa 7 low pop rare $39.99. 1974-75: The Final, the fog, and a lasting legacy Alumni reflect on the 1975 Stanley Cup Final by Jourdon LaBarber @jourdonlabarber / Sabres.com
He earned the Vezina and led the league in wins once again, then he posted three shutouts in playoff series victories over Toronto and the New York Islanders. Gare and Rick Martin scored 17 seconds apart to tie the game, but MacLeish beat Desjardins from some 30 feet out to restore the Flyers' lead going into the first intermission. They knew each other's children. We thought we could beat anybody and wish we'd beaten them. Most remain friends today. MacLeish's response, according to Gare: "What's rabies? "Did he pass it to me? That's the way it was. ""He said, 'You know what Rene, the year we beat you guys in the playoffs, that was the best hockey I played in my whole career,'" Robert recalls. I turned and I looked at Gilbert and I go, 'This is going to be a long series. "But that's not luck the way he plays. "Still today, Robert chalks up the goal as a lucky break. The Flyers took Game 2 at the Spectrum, 2-1, sending the Sabres back to Buffalo with a 2-0 series deficit. "I said, 'Thanks a lot Bernie, you had to pick that year to play us. Pittsburgh's three-time Stanley Cup champion center has knocked the Flyers out of the playoffs three times.In the 46 years since, that sentiment has been proven true over and over again as the team remains one of the most beloved in Philadelphia sports history. Conn Smythe Trophy: Bernie Parent (12-5, 2.02 GAA) Assists Leaders: Bobby Orr (14) Points Leaders: Rick MacLeish (22) Goals Leaders: Rick MacLeish (13) More league info. He led the league in wins and save percentage and claimed his first Vezina Trophy, awarded then to the netminder who allowed the fewest goals.The Sabres went 0-3-1 against the Flyers in the regular season and historically had a tough time winning at the Spectrum. The 1974 Stanley Cup Finals was the championship series of the National Hockey League's 1973–74 season, and the culmination of the 1974 Stanley Cup playoffs. This season we saw Sanheim show why he could have a bright future in this league. "It was a great shot," Luce said.
"Kids were skating around with sheets to bring the fog down and then when you'd bring it down at one end, it'd go up at the other end. The two shook hands. Sabres coach Floyd Smith told reporters afterward that his team would be back in the final. "The game was kind of foggy and kind of embarrassing, to be honest with you," Robert said. It was so much fun to play on that team. Tweet. "They were very good up front.