Detroit: Joe Louis Arena (3, 4) Philadelphia: CoreStates Center (1, 2)
Coaches
Detroit: Scotty Bowman Philadelphia: Terry Murray
Captains
Detroit: Steve Yzerman Philadelphia: Eric Lindros
National anthems
Detroit: Karen Newman Philadelphia: Lauren Hart
Referees
Bill McCreary (1, 4) Terry Gregson (2) Kerry Fraser (3)
Dates
May 31 – June 7, 1997
MVP
Mike Vernon (Red Wings)
Series-winning goal
Darren McCarty (13:02, second, G4)
Hall of Famers
Red Wings: Sergei Fedorov (2015) Viacheslav Fetisov (2001) Igor Larionov (2008) Nicklas Lidstrom (2015) Larry Murphy (2004) Brendan Shanahan (2013) Mike Vernon (2023) Steve Yzerman (2009) Flyers: Paul Coffey (2004) Dale Hawerchuk (2001) Eric Lindros (2016) Coaches: Scotty Bowman (1991)
Networks
Canada: (English): CBC (French): SRC United States: (English): Fox (1), ESPN (2–4)
Announcers
(CBC) Bob Cole and Harry Neale (SRC) Claude Quenneville and Gilles Tremblay (Fox) Mike Emrick and John Davidson (ESPN) Gary Thorne and Bill Clement
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The 1997 Stanley Cup Finals was the championship series of the National Hockey League's (NHL) 1996–97 season, and the culmination of the 1997 Stanley Cup playoffs. It was contested by the Detroit Red Wings and the Philadelphia Flyers. Detroit was in the Finals for the second time in three years (the other coming in 1995, when they lost to the New Jersey Devils) while the Flyers were making their first appearance since losing in 1987 to the Edmonton Oilers. Detroit won the series in four games to win the Stanley Cup for the eighth time in franchise history and the first time since 1955; Philadelphia had not won since 1975. Detroit was the last team to win the Cup without having home ice advantage in the Finals and with fewer than 100 points earned during the regular season until 2009.
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