Calgary: Olympic Saddledome (1, 2, 5) Montreal: Forum (3, 4)
Coaches
Montreal: Jean Perron Calgary: Bob Johnson
Captains
Montreal: Bob Gainey Calgary: Lanny McDonald, Jim Peplinski, Doug Risebrough
Dates
May 16–24, 1986
MVP
Patrick Roy (Canadiens)
Series-winning goal
Bobby Smith (10:30, third, G5)
Hall of Famers
Canadiens: Guy Carbonneau (2019) Chris Chelios (2013) Bob Gainey (1992) Larry Robinson (1995) Patrick Roy (2006) Flames: Brett Hull (2009) Al MacInnis (2007) Lanny McDonald (1992) Joe Mullen (2000) Mike Vernon (2023) Coaches: Bob Johnson (1992)
(CTV) Dan Kelly, Ron Reusch, and Brad Park (CBC) Bob Cole (3–4), Don Wittman (5), Dick Irvin Jr., Mickey Redmond (3–4), and John Davidson (5) (SRC) Richard Garneau, Gilles Tremblay, and Mario Tremblay (ESPN) Sam Rosen (1–2), Ken Wilson (3–5), Mickey Redmond (1–2, 5), Bill Clement (3–4)
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The 1986 Stanley Cup Finals was the championship series of the National Hockey League's (NHL) 1985–86 season, and the culmination of the 1986 Stanley Cup playoffs. It was contested between the Campbell Conference champion Calgary Flames and the Wales Conference champion Montreal Canadiens. The Canadiens won the best-of-seven series, four games to one, to win their 23rd Stanley Cup, and their 17th in their last 18 Finals appearances dating back to 1956.
It was the first all-Canadian Finals since Montreal lost to the Toronto Maple Leafs in 1967, the last year of the Original Six era. This was the fifth of nine consecutive Finals contested by a team from Western Canada, the fourth of eight contested by a team from Alberta (the Edmonton Oilers appeared in six, the Flames in two, the Vancouver Canucks in one), and the third of five consecutive Finals to end with the Cup presentation on Alberta ice (the Oilers won four, the Canadiens one). This was the only time between 1980 and 1988 that neither the Oilers (four wins) nor the New York Islanders (four wins) won the Stanley Cup.
Although this was the first ever postseason meeting between the two teams, it was not the first Montreal-Calgary Finals. The first Finals between teams from Montreal and Calgary took place in 1924 when the Canadiens defeated the Western Canada Hockey League champion Calgary Tigers. The Canadiens and Flames met again in a rematch in 1989, with Calgary winning in six games.
The format reverted to the 2-2-1-1-1 format that had been in use since the re-alignment which followed the 1981 season. The previous four Finals had used a 2-3-2 format, although only the latter two of those Finals lasted five games.
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