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Chicago Blackhawks vs. Philadelphia Flyers – Game 6 – Review
By admin | June 10, 2010
Without any doubts, the Chicago Blackhawks are the Stanley Cup champions and the winning Stanley Cup bet.
On Wednesday night, 4:06 into overtime, Patrick Kane sneaked the puck past Michael Leighton and stunned Philadelphia to lift the Blackhawks to 4-3 overtime win in Game 6. For a few frozen moments, No one but the Blackhawks appeared to know what was going. The goal light never went on. Kane and his linemates seemed the only players on the ice who knew the puck found the side of the net. In team history, Kane will go down as scoring one of the biggest goals.
Knowing the goal was good; Kane raised his arms right away and skated behind the net. The Blackhawks began to celebrate in their own end around goaltender Antti Niemi, while the Flyers sat on the bench in stunned silence with confused looks.
“I knew it went in right away, what a feeling. I can’t believe it. We just won the Stanley Cup. I can’t believe this just happened. … It’s something you dream about, scoring the final goal in the Stanley Cup finals “, said Kane.
On the strength of rising stars Kane and Toews, the Blackhawks completed their revival from the bottom of the NHL to holding the silver trophy. Since Bobby Hull and Stan Mikita, they won their first Stanley Cup, 49 years ago. In the NHL, it ends the longest active championship drought. Since Jason Arnott did it for New Jersey at Dallas in 2000, Kane is the first player to score the Stanley Cup clinching goal in overtime.
A few hundred Blackhawks fans went wild as the team took a picture with the Cup while a few thousand who stuck around booed as the Blackhawks took their turns hoisting the silver trophy.
The art of the comeback was mastered by the Flyers team. To win a series after losing the first three games when it eliminated Boston in the Eastern Conference semifinals, it became the third team in NHL history. At Chicago, it also evened the Stanley Cup at 2-all after losing the first two games.
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