1997 Stanley Cup Finals

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NHL championship series Stanley Cup Finals

The 1997 Stanley Cup Finals was the NHL championship series in which the Detroit Red Wings swept the Philadelphia Flyers to win their first Stanley Cup in 42 years.

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	NHL championship series → Stanley Cup Finals →
captainOfChampionTeam	Steve Yzerman →
captainOfRunnerUpTeam	Eric Lindros →
champion	Detroit Red Wings →
cityGame1	Philadelphia →
cityGame2	Philadelphia →
cityGame3	Detroit →
cityGame4	Detroit →
conferenceChampionEastern	Philadelphia Flyers →
conferenceChampionWestern	Detroit Red Wings →
country	United States →
DetroitRedWingsPreviousStanleyCupWin	1955 Stanley Cup Finals →
DetroitRedWingsStanleyCupDroughtEnded	42 years →
DetroitRedWingsStanleyCupsWonTotalAfterSeries	8 →
endDate	1997-06-07 →
format	best-of-seven series →
game1Winner	Detroit Red Wings →
game2Winner	Detroit Red Wings →
game3Winner	Detroit Red Wings →
game4Winner	Detroit Red Wings →
gameCount	4 →
league	National Hockey League →
locationGame1	CoreStates Center →
locationGame2	CoreStates Center →
locationGame3	Joe Louis Arena →
locationGame4	Joe Louis Arena →
losingCoach	Terry Murray →
mostValuablePlayer	Mike Vernon →
MVPaward	Conn Smythe Trophy NERFINISHED →
nextEdition	1998 Stanley Cup Finals →
notablePlayerChampionTeam	Nicklas Lidström → Sergei Fedorov → Steve Yzerman →
notablePlayerRunnerUpTeam	Eric Lindros → John LeClair →
previousEdition	1996 Stanley Cup Finals →
radioNetworkUnitedStates	ESPN Radio →
runnerUp	Philadelphia Flyers →
season	1996–97 NHL season →
seasonYear	1997 →
seriesOutcomeDescription	sweep →
seriesResult	Detroit Red Wings 4–0 Philadelphia Flyers →
sport	ice hockey →
startDate	1997-05-31 →
televisionNetworkCanadaEnglish	CBC →
televisionNetworkCanadaFrench	RDS →
televisionNetworkUnitedStates	Fox →
winningCoach	Scotty Bowman →

Referenced by (1)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
1998 Stanley Cup Finals →	previousFinals