THIS DATE IN HISTORY: June 9
2010: The Chicago Blackhawks end their 49-year Stanley Cup drought.
Patrick Kane scores 4:06 into overtime to give the Blackhawks a 4-3 victory against the Philadelphia Flyers in Game 6 of the Final at Wachovia Center, wrapping up Chicago's first championship since 1961. For a few seconds, Kane is the only one in the building who knows that he's scored; the puck zips past goaltender Michael Leighton and goes into and out of the net so quickly that play continues until the next whistle, when a video review shows that Kane's shot is, in fact, the Cup-winning goal.
"I don't think any of us actually knew it went it," forward Troy Brouwer says. "We just followed the flow. [Kane] started celebrating, so we figured it must have gone in."
Chicago captain Jonathan Toews wins the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP.
MORE MOMENTS
1970: The Buffalo Sabres win a lottery with the Vancouver Canucks to see which of the incoming expansion franchises will pick first in the amateur, waiver and expansion drafts. The Sabres win the first pick and two days later in the amateur draft (now the NHL Draft) select center Gilbert Perreault, who remains their all-time leader in games played, goals, assists and points.
1971: Center Jean Beliveau of the Montreal Canadiens announces his retirement from the NHL. It comes less than a month after Beliveau becomes a 10-time Stanley Cup winner when the Canadiens rally to defeat the Chicago Blackhawks 3-2 in Game 7 of the Final. At age 39, Beliveau has six goals and 22 points (including a League-leading 16 assists) in 20 Stanley Cup Playoff games.
1994: The Canucks spoil the party at Madison Square Garden by defeating the New York Rangers 3-2 in Game 5 of the Final, preventing the home team from clinching its first Stanley Cup championship since 1940. The Canucks lead 1-0 entering the third period and stretch their advantage to 3-0 before the Rangers tie it with three goals in less than six minutes. But defenseman Dave Babych puts the Canucks ahead 4-3 just 29 seconds after Mark Messier's tying goal, and the Canucks score twice more to match a Final record with five goals in a period. Pavel Bure scores twice for Vancouver, which pushes the series to a sixth game.
2001: Ray Bourque goes out a winner when the Colorado Avalanche defeat the New Jersey Devils 3-1 in Game 7 of the Final at Pepsi Center. Alex Tanguay scores twice, and goaltender Patrick Roy makes 25 saves, allowing only a power-play goal by Petr Sykora midway through the second period. Captain Joe Sakic receives the Cup from NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman, then immediately hands it to Bourque, who finishes his 22-year NHL career by winning his first championship in his final game.
2003: The Devils turn a last helping of home cooking and a record-setting night by goaltender Martin Brodeur into their third Stanley Cup title in nine seasons. Brodeur sets a one-year playoff record with his seventh shutout and ties another mark with his third shutout in the Final, helping the Devils defeat the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim 3-0 in Game 7 at Continental Airlines Arena. It's New Jersey's 12th home win of the playoffs, setting another record. Rookie Mike Rupp is the unlikely offensive star. Rupp, playing in the fourth postseason game of his NHL career, scores the Cup-winning goal and assists on the other two, each by Jeff Friesen, against Anaheim goaltender Jean-Sebastien Giguere, who becomes the fifth player from the losing team in the Final to win the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP.
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