The Montreal Canadiens and Philadelphia Flyers have a historical tendency of their series, leading to a trip to the Stanley Cup Finals.
It’s interesting that the Montreal Canadiens are going to get both sides of the Philadelphia Flyers in these Stanley Cup Playoffs. Even though the Habs are the historical leader for Stanley Cups in an organization, the Flyers have been able to dip their toe in the championship pool. Unfortunately, it’s been a while.
Philadelphia only has two cups to Montreal’s 24, and the first time they won was in 1974. Bobby Clarke, Rick MacLeish and goaltender Bernie Parent were big parts of that first Stanley Cup rISING, and the Flyers went on to win it again in 1975. But it’s been a barren shelf since then. The closest the franchise got to another victory was 2010; unfortunately, they ran into the Chicago Blackhawks and their Chelsea Dagger.
Again, the Montreal Canadiens are in no place to pass judgement despite having 22 more championships. The Habs haven’t won since 1993, and the closest they’ve gotten since was an Eastern Conference Finals series against the New York Rangers in 2014.
Even though both the Habs and Flyers are desperately looking for their next win, both organizations have an interesting link in history when it comes to the playoffs.
The two teams have met in the post-season tournament six times in the NHL’s history. And for the most part, whenever the Montreal Canadiens and Philadelphia Flyers face each other in the playoffs, one of them goes on to the Stanley Cup Final.
It’s a fascinating trend and one worth looking into, and perhaps it could spell for some success down the line for whoever comes out of this first-round series.