The 1972 Stanley Cup Playoffs featured 8 on the top teams during the NHL. The teams took part in a daily season of 78 games additionally, the top 4 teams of your East and West Divisions would play to determine what team was the most effective team during the league.
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The teams representing the East Division included the Montreal Canadiens, Boston Bruins, Texas Rangers and Buffalo Sabres. The Canadiens were along with the division with a聽 stellar record of 52-10-16 at the season. The Bruins were in second using a 51-22-5 record. The Rangers were in 3rd at 47-23-8 as well as Sabres rounded off of the group which includes a record of 37-27-14 about the year.
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The East Division was superior to free airline Division inside the regular season as 3 within the teams in the East Division finished the growing season with better records than anyone in the West. The teams that qualified in the West Division were the Chicago Blachawks, Philadelphia Flyers, Minnesota North Stars and St. Louis Blues.
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The Blackhawks led the road along with a 42-27-9 record in the regular season. The Flyers and North Stars finished the growing season with identical record of 37-30-11. The Flyers were awarded your second seed. The Blues were the final team to make it from your West Division and finished at 32-42-12.
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The Canadiens and Sabres squared off around the first round in what had been a decent series. The Sabres put forth so much on the list of and were retain two games from the Canadiens. The Canadiens ultimately advanced, winning the series 4 games to 2.
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The Flyers and also North Stars have a similar battle while in the first round of one's playoffs. The North Stars simply didn't plenty of and also the Flyers were able to put away the series in 6 games, winning the series 4 games to 2. This meant that the Canadiens and Flyers would square off during the 2nd round within the playoffs.
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The Black Hawks and St. Louis Blues took part in the initial round in the wife from the bracket. The Black Hawks were far superior together with the Blues only managed to sneak away with one win while in the series, giving the Black Hawks a 4-1 series victory.
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The Bruins and Rangers had an entertaining series when the Bruins were upset through the Rangers. Boston could not get anything opt for the higher part of the series and then the Rangers been able to assemble the series away in 5 games. The Rangers would advance to perform about the Black Hawks on the 2nd round.
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The Canadiens were built with a solid first round and continued to play well in the 2nd round. The Flyers were really no match to the Canadiens and Montreal was able to end the series just using 5 games and advanced to use inside the Stanley Cup Finals.
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Lots of individuals felt that the Rangers would come in and win this series when the West Division was so inferior towards East Division. The Blackhawks stumbled on the series equipped to play and dominated the Rangers, winning the series 4-1.
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The Blackhawks and Canadiens experienced a decent series, nevertheless it was clear from the beginning the Canadiens would be the favorites to win. The Black Hawks gave a quality effort, but fell in 6 games in to the Stanley Cup Champion Montreal Canadiens.
