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Blackhawks stun Bruins to win back Stanley Cup
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June 26, 2013, Wednesday
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A NATIONAL Hockey League season that nearly never was will be remembered as one of the greatest after the Chicago Blackhawks stunned the Boston Bruins on Monday for their second Stanley Cup in four years.
A labor dispute that delayed the start of the season by four months was all but forgotten when the best-of-seven Stanley Cup finals came to a close with a wild Game 6 that saw Chicago score 17 seconds apart in the final 76 seconds for a 3-2 win.
For Chicago, it was its third consecutive win and ended a season that began with the team setting an NHL record by going on a remarkable run in which it earned at least one point in its first 24 games.
"It was one of those seasons we were saying, we're almost charmed the way we started the season and the way we ended," Chicago coach Joel Quenneville said. "Nobody saw that one coming either way."
While it was a fairy tale finish for the Blackhawks, it was a nightmare end to the season for Boston.
Bruins fans had believed the series was headed back to the Madhouse on Madison in Chicago for a winner-take-all Game 7 after Milan Lucic scored late in the third period to put the Bruins ahead 2-1.
But with the TD Garden in full party mode, the Blackhawks staged an improbable rally. With Chicago goalie Corey Crawford pulled in favor of an extra attacker, Bryan Bickell tied the game with a tap in from the side of net moments before Dave Bolland crushed Boston's Cup dreams when he drove a loose puck into the Bruins goal.
A labor dispute that delayed the start of the season by four months was all but forgotten when the best-of-seven Stanley Cup finals came to a close with a wild Game 6 that saw Chicago score 17 seconds apart in the final 76 seconds for a 3-2 win.
For Chicago, it was its third consecutive win and ended a season that began with the team setting an NHL record by going on a remarkable run in which it earned at least one point in its first 24 games.
"It was one of those seasons we were saying, we're almost charmed the way we started the season and the way we ended," Chicago coach Joel Quenneville said. "Nobody saw that one coming either way."
While it was a fairy tale finish for the Blackhawks, it was a nightmare end to the season for Boston.
Bruins fans had believed the series was headed back to the Madhouse on Madison in Chicago for a winner-take-all Game 7 after Milan Lucic scored late in the third period to put the Bruins ahead 2-1.
But with the TD Garden in full party mode, the Blackhawks staged an improbable rally. With Chicago goalie Corey Crawford pulled in favor of an extra attacker, Bryan Bickell tied the game with a tap in from the side of net moments before Dave Bolland crushed Boston's Cup dreams when he drove a loose puck into the Bruins goal.
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