| 1980 Stanley Cup Finals | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location(s) | Uniondale: Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum) (3, 4, 6) Philadelphia: Spectrum (1, 2, 5) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coaches | New York: Al Arbour Philadelphia: Pat Quinn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Captains | New York: Denis Potvin Philadelphia: Mel Bridgman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National anthems | New York: Unknown Philadelphia: Kate Smith | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Referees | Andy Van Hellemond (1, 4) Wally Harris (2, 5) Bob Myers (3, 6) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dates | May 13–24, 1980 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Bryan Trottier (Islanders) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Series-winning goal | Bob Nystrom (7:11, OT,G6) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hall of Famers | Islanders: Mike Bossy (1991) Clark Gillies (2002) Denis Potvin (1991) Billy Smith (1993) Bryan Trottier (1997) Flyers: Bill Barber (1990) Bobby Clarke (1987) Coaches: Al Arbour (1996) Pat Quinn (2016) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Networks | Canada: (English): CBC (French): SRC United States: (English): Hughes (1–5), CBS (6) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | (CBC) Dan Kelly (1–5), Bob Cole (1–2), Jim Robson (3–6), Gary Dornhoefer and Dick Irvin Jr. (SRC) Rene Lecavalier and Gilles Tremblay (Hughes) Simulcast of CBC feed (CBS) Dan Kelly, Tim Ryan, and Lou Nanne | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1980 Stanley Cup Finals was the championship series of the National Hockey League's (NHL) 1979–80 season, and the culmination of the 1980 Stanley Cup playoffs. It was contested by the New York Islanders in their first-ever Finals appearance and the Philadelphia Flyers, in their fourth Finals appearance, and first since 1976. The Islanders would win the best-of-seven series, four games to two, to win their first Stanley Cup championship and the third for a post-1967 expansion team after Philadelphia's Cup wins in 1974 and 1975.