the last time philly won the stanley cup was 1975.
the last time philly won the stanley cup was 1975.
when was the last time philly won the stanley cup?
1975
the 1999 stanley cup finals was the championship series of the national hockey league's (nhl) 1998–99 season, and the culmination of the 1999 stanley cup playoffs. it was contested by the eastern conference champion buffalo sabres and the western conference champion dallas stars. it was the 106th year of the stanley cup being contested. the sabres were led by captain michael peca, head coach lindy ruff and goaltender dominik hasek. the stars were led by captain derian hatcher, head coach ken hitchcock and goaltender ed belfour. it was the sabres' second stanley cup final appearance, the first being a loss to philadelphia in 1975. it was the third appearance for the stars' franchise, and their first since moving to dallas from minnesota in 1993. minnesota (known at the time as the north stars) lost in the final to the new york islanders in 1981 and to pittsburgh in 1991. the stars defeated the sabres four games to two to win their first stanley cup, becoming the eighth post-1967 expansion team to earn a championship, and the first southern team to win the cup. this was the first time since 1994 that the stanley cup finals did not end in a sweep.
1999 stanley cup finals
the 1998 stanley cup finals was the championship series of the national hockey league's (nhl) 1997–98 season, and the culmination of the 1998 stanley cup playoffs. it was contested by the western conference champion and defending stanley cup champion detroit red wings and the eastern conference champion washington capitals. it was the 105th year of the stanley cup being contested. the series was the capitals' first appearance in a stanley cup final since the franchise's inception in 1974. the red wings won the series for the second year in a row, four games to none. it was the wings' ninth stanley cup, and the most recent time when a finals concluded with a sweep (as of 2019). this was also the last time until that a stanley cup finals ended after an nba finals in the same season had concluded. detroit coach scotty bowman won his eighth stanley cup in that capacity (having previously done so with the montreal canadiens in , , , , and , the pittsburgh penguins in , and the wings the previous year), tying him with former canadiens coach toe blake for the record of most cups won by a coach (which he would break when he helped the red wings win the 2002 cup).
1998 stanley cup finals