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2007

Following up on what had been a record-breaking season the year before, the Anaheim Ducks set new marks with 48 wins, 110 points and 258 goals scored in capturing their first Pacific Division title in 2006-07. Offensively, Teemu Selanne led the way with 48 goals as he became the oldest in NHL history to top 40 goals in back-to-back seasons. Dustin Penner scored 29 in his first full season, while Andy McDonald, Chris Kunitz and Ryan Getzlaf also topped 20. Scott Niedermayer, who had helped to defeat the Ducks in the 2003 Stanley Cup Final as a member of the New Jersey Devils, anchored the defense along with newly acquired Chris Pronger.

The Ducks opened the playoffs with a five-game victory over the Minnesota Wild, then defeated the Vancouver Canucks in five games (with overtime victories in the last two). After dropping a 2-1 decision to Detroit in the first game of the Western Conference Final, the Ducks evened the series on a Scott Niedermayer overtime goal in game two and went on to elminate the Red Wings in six games.

The Ottawa Senators faced the Ducks in the Stanley Cup Final. Led by a top line of Daniel Alfredsson, Dany Heatley and Jason Spezza (who finished 1-2-3 in playoff scoring), Ottawa had only lost three times throughout the playoffs, but dropped the first two games against Anaheim. The Senators won the third game in the series but lost the next two as the Ducks became the first West Coast team to win the Stanley Cup since the 1925 Victoria Cougars.

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Scott Niedermayer – Defenseman – Anaheim Ducks

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2006-07 – Anaheim Ducks – Scott Niedermayer (Captain), Rob Niedermayer, Chris Pronger, Teemu Selanne, Sean O’Donnell, Brad May, Todd Marchant, Jean-Sebastien Giguere, Andy McDonald, Samuel Pahlsson, Shawn Thornton, Ric Jackman, Joe DiPenta, Kent Huskins, Chris Kunitz, George Parros, Joe Motzko, Ilya Bryzgalov, Francois Beauchemin, Travis Moen, Ryan Carter, Drew Miller, Ryan Shannon, Dustin Penner, Ryan Getzlaf, Corey Perry, Henry Samueli, Susan Samueli (Owners), Michael Schulman (CEO), Brian Burke (Executive Vice President/General Manager), Tim Ryan (Executive Vice President/COO), Bob Wagner (Senior Vice President/Chief Marketing Officer), Bob Murray (Senior Vice President-Hockey Operations), David McNab (Assistant General Manager), Al Coates (Senior Advisor to GM), Randy Carlyle (Head Coach), Dave Farrish, Newell Brown (Assistant Coaches), Francois Allaire (Goaltending Consultant), Sean Skahan (Strength and Conditioning Coach), Joe Trotta (Video Coordinator), Tim Clark (Head Trainer), Mark O’Neill (Equipment Manager), John Allaway (Assistant Equipment Manager), James Partida (Massage Therapist), Rick Paterson (Director of Professional Scouting), Alain Chainey (Director of Amateur Scouting).

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2006

The Carolina Hurricanes were surprise contenders for top spot in the NHL throughout the 2005-06 season. By season’s end, they had finished atop the Southeast Division with 112 points, 20 ahead of the defending champion Tampa Bay Lightning and just one point behind the Ottawa Senators for the first seed in the Eastern Conference. Offensively, Carolina was led by 21-year-old Eric Staal, who had 100 points (45 goals, 55 assists). Goaltender Martin Gerber set a Hurricanes record with 38 wins, but the playoff hero was rookie netminder Cam Ward.

The Hurricanes opened the playoffs with two straight losses to the Montreal Canadiens before rallying behind Ward to win four in a row.

After three straight victories to open their second-round series against New Jersey, the Hurricanes eliminated the Devils in five games. The Eastern Conference Final pitted Carolina against the equally surprising Buffalo Sabres. The result was a tense, seven-game victory for the Hurricanes.

The Edmonton Oilers faced Carolina for the Stanley Cup. The Oilers had squeaked into the playoffs in eighth place before upsetting the top-ranked Detroit Red Wings. They then knocked off San Jose and Anaheim. In the Stanley Cup Final, the Oilers rallied from a three-games-to-one deficit to force a seventh game, but their Cinderella run ended there when Carolina won game seven 3-1. Eric Staal set up Justin Williams for the clinching goal with 1:01 remaining to give the Hurricanes the first Stanley Cup victory in franchise history.

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Cam Ward – Goaltender – Carolina Hurricanes

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2005-06 – Carolina Hurricanes – Rod Brind’Amour (Captain), Glen Wesley, Cory Stillman, Kevyn Adams, Craig Adams, Anton Babchuk, Erik Cole, Mike Commodore, Matt Cullen, Martin Gerber, Bret Hedican, Andrew Hutchinson, Frantisek Kaberle, Andrew Ladd, Chad LaRose, Mark Recchi, Eric Staal, Oleg Tverdovsky, Josef Vasicek, Niclas Wallin, Aaron Ward, Cam Ward, Doug Weight, Ray Whitney, Justin Williams, Peter Karmanos Jr., Thomas Thewes (Owners), Jim Rutherford (President/General Manager), Jason Karmanos (Vice President/Assistant General Manager), Mike Amendola (Chief Financial Officer), Peter Laviolette (Head Coach), Kevin McCarthy, Jeff Daniels (Assistant Coaches), Greg Stefan (Goaltending Coach), Chris Huffine (Video Coordinator), Skip Cunningham, Wally Tatomir, Bob Gorman (Equipment Managers), Peter Friesen (Head Athletic Therapist/Strength and Conditioning Coach), Chris Stewart (Associate Athletic Trainer), Brian Tatum (Team Services Manager), Kelly Kirwin (Event Coordinator-Hockey Operations), Mike Sundheim (Director of Media Relations), Kyle Hanlin (Manager of Media Relations), Sheldon Ferguson (Director of Amateur Scouting), Marshall Johnston (Director of Professional Scouting), Claude Larose, Ron Smith (Professional Scouts), Bert Marshall, Tony MacDonald, Martin Madden (Amateur Scouts), Tom Rowe (Lowell (AHL) - Coach).

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2004

Tampa Bay’s surprising success the season before raised expectations in 2003–04. Those expectations were not just met, but exceeded. The Lightning not only won the Southeast Division for the second year in a row, they topped the entire Eastern Conference with 106 points and finished second overall behind the Detroit Red Wings. In the playoffs, they reached the Stanley Cup Final, where they met the upstart Calgary Flames and defeated them in a tense, seven-game series.

The Lightning opened the playoffs with a five-game victory over the New York Islanders. Martin St. Louis, who had led the NHL in scoring and would collect the Hart Trophy as MVP in addition to the Art Ross Trophy (most points), scored the series winner in overtime. Round two featured a four-game sweep of the Montreal Canadiens. A seven game victory over the Philadelphia Flyers followed in the Eastern Conference Final.

Out west, fans in Calgary were painting the town red after victories over the Vancouver Canucks, the Red Wings and the San Jose Sharks. Against Tampa Bay, the Flames built up a 3–2 lead in the series through five, but the Lightning evened matters with a Martin St. Louis goal just 33 seconds into the second overtime period in game six. Calgary goaltender Miikka Kiprusoff had emerged as a star throughout the regular season and playoffs, but it was Tampa Bay’s Nikolai Khabibulin who slammed the door in game seven for a 2–1 Lightning victory.

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Brad Richards – Center – Tampa Bay Lightning

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2003-04 – Tampa Bay Lightning – Dave Andreychuk (Captain), Fredrik Modin, Vincent Lecavalier, Martin St. Louis, Brad Richards, Nikolai Khabibulin, Pavel Kubina, Dan Boyle, Ruslan Fedotenko, Darryl Sydor, Cory Sarich, Tim Taylor, Cory Stillman, Jassen Cullimore, John Grahame, Chris Dingman, Nolan Pratt, Brad Lukowich, Andre Roy, Dmitry Afanasenkov, Martin Cibak, Ben Clymer, Darren Rumble, Stan Neckar, Eric Perrin, William Davidson (Owner), Tom Wilson (Governor), Ron Campbell (President), Jay Feaster (General Manager), John Tortorella (Head Coach), Craig Ramsay (Associate Coach), Jeff Reese (Assistant Coach), Nigel Kirwan (Video Coach), Eric Lawson (Strength and Conditioning Coach), Tom Mulligan (Trainer), Adam Rambo (Assistant Trainer), Ray Thill (Equipment Manager), Dana Heinze, Jim Pickard (Assistant Equipment Managers), Mike Griebel (Massage Therapist), Bill Barber (Director of Player Personnel), Jake Goertzen (Head Scout), Phil Thibodeau (Director of Team Services), Ryan Belec (Assistant to the GM), Rick Paterson (Chief Pro Scout), Kari Kettunen, Glen Zacharias, Steve Baker, Dave Heitz, Yuri Yanchenkov, (Scouts), Bill Wickett (Senior Vice President - Communications), Sean Henry (Executive Vice President/COO).

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2003

The New Jersey Devils won their third Stanley Cup in the past nine seasons after defeating Anaheim in the seventh game of the Cup Final. The series marked the first time since 1965 that the home team won every game in the final.

After 4-1 series wins over Boston and Tampa Bay the Devils then eliminated the Ottawa Senators in a seven-game Conference Final.

Those series wins set up a Stanley Cup Final against the Western Conference champion Mighty Ducks of Anaheim. The Devils won the first two games of the Cup Final by identical 3-0 scores before losing to the Ducks in overtime of both game three and four. The Devils came home for game five and again won by three goals, this time by a 6-3 margin. Anaheim forced game seven after handily winning game six 5-2. New Jersey, backed by star goaltender Martin Brodeur, completed their trend of winning by three goals as they once again shutout the Ducks 3-0. Five players, Martin Brodeur, Sergei Brylin, Ken Daneyko, Scott Niedermayer and Scott Stevens, are members of the Devils’ three Stanley Cup-winning teams.

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J.S. Giguere – Goaltender – Mighty Ducks of Anaheim

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2002-03 – New Jersey Devils – Tommy Albelin, Jiri Bicek, Martin Brodeur, Sergei Brylin, Ken Daneyko, Patrik Elias, Jeff Friesen, Brian Gionta, Scott Gomez, Jamie Langenbrunner, John Madden, Grant Marshall, Jim McKenzie, Scott Niedermayer, Joe Nieuwendyk, Jay Pandolfo, Brian Rafalski, Pascal Rheaume, Mike Rupp, Corey Schwab, Richard Smehlik, Scott Stevens (Captain), Turner Stevenson, Oleg Tverdovsky, Colin White, Raymond Chambers (Owner), Lewis Catz (Owner), Peter Simon (Chairman), Lou Lamoriello (CEO/President/General Manager), Pat Burns (Head Coach), Bob Carpenter, John MacLean (Assistant Coaches), Jacques Caron (Goaltending Coach), Larry Robinson (Special Assignment Coach), David Conte (Director - Scouting), Claude Carrier (Assistant Director - Scouting), Chris Lamoriello (Scout/Albany (AHL) - General Manager), Milt Fisher, Dan Labraaten, Marcel Pronovost (Scouts), Bob Hoffmeyer, Jan Ludvig (Pro Scouts), Dr. Barry Fisher (Orthopedist), Chris Modrzynski (Executive Vice President), Terry Farmer (Vice President - Ticket Operations), Vladimir Bure (Fitness Consultant), Taran Singleton (Hockey Operations), Bill Murray (Medical Trainer), Michael Vasalani (Strength and Conditioning Coordinator), Rick Matthews (Equipment Manager), Juergen Merz (Massage Therapist), Alex Abasto (Assistant Equipment Manager).

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2002

The Detroit Red Wings became the first team in NHL history to win the Stanley Cup after starting the playoffs with two losses at home. After losing the first two games in their Conference Quarter-final to the Vancouver Canucks, the Red Wings then won 16 of their next 21 games en route to their third Cup win under coach Scotty Bowman. Bowman established a new coaching record with his ninth Cup victory, surpassing the mark he held with legendary Montreal coach Toe Blake.

After the slow start in their showdown against the Canucks, Detroit proceeded to win the series in six games. They then defeated the St. Louis Blues in five games before eliminating the Colorado Avalanche in a seven-game Conference Final.

Those series wins set up a Stanley Cup Final against the Eastern Conference champion Carolina Hurricanes. The Hurricanes stunned the Red Wings in game one of the finals on the strength of Ron Francis’ overtime goal. That would be Carolina’s only win in the series as the Red Wings won four straight including a triple overtime win in game three that proved to be the turning point in the series. The Cup win would be the first for many veterans on the team including goaltender Dominik Hasek, forward Luc Robitaille, as well as defensemen Steve Duchesne and Fredrik Olausson. It also marked the second Cup win for Chris Chelios, 16 years after he first won the Cup as a member of the Montreal Canadiens in 1986.

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Nicklas Lidstrom – Defense – Detroit Red Wings

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2001-02 – Detroit Red Wings – Steve Yzerman (Captain), Dominik Hasek, Manny Legace, Chris Chelios, Mathieu Dandenault, Steve Duchesne, Jiri Fischer, Nicklas Lidstrom, Fredrik Olausson, Jiri Slegr, Pavel Datsyuk, Boyd Devereaux, Kris Draper, Sergei Fedorov, Tomas Holmstrom, Brett Hull, Igor Larionov, Kirk Maltby, Darren McCarty, Luc Robitaille, Brendan Shanahan, Jason Williams, Michael Ilitch (Owner/Governor), Marian Ilitch (Owner/Secretary Treasurer), Christoper Ilitch (Vice President), Denise Ilitch (Alternate Governor), Ronald Ilitch, Michael Ilitch Jr., Lisa Ilitch Murray, Atanas Ilitch, Carole Ilitch, Jim Devellano (Senior Vice President), Ken Holland (General Manager), Jim Nill (Assistant General Manager), Scotty Bowman (Head Coach), Dave Lewis, Barry Smith (Associate Coaches), Jim Berard (Goaltending Consultant), Joe Kocur (Video Coordinator), John Wharton (Athletic Trainer), Piet Van Zant (Assistant Athletic Trainer), Paul Boyer (Equipment Manager), Paul MacDonald (Senior Director of Finance), Nancy Beard (Executive Assistant), Dan Belisle, Mark Howe, Bob McCammon (Pro Scouts), Hakan Andersson (Director of European Scouting), Bruce Haralson, Mark Leach, Joe McDonnell, Glenn Merkosky (Scouts).

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2001

The Colorado Avalanche capped a remarkable season with a seven-game Stanley Cup Final victory over the defending champion New Jersey Devils. Raymond Bourque had dubbed the Stanley Cup quest “Mission 16W” for the 16 wins it would take to send him into retirement as a champion for the first time in his 22-year career.

Unlike their first Stanley Cup victory in 1996, when the Avalanche never needed more than six games to win a series and swept past the Florida Panthers in four, Colorado was pushed to the brink twice in 2001. The Avalanche needed seven games to dispose of the Los Angeles Kings in the Western Conference Semifinal and lost Peter Forsberg to a serious injury in the process. After a five-game victory over the St. Louis Blues in the Conference Final, Colorado scored a decisive 5-0 victory to open the Stanley Cup Final. However, when the Devils took three of the next four games, the Avalanche found themselves facing elimination in the sixth game at New Jersey. The Avalanche were outshot 24 to 18, but emerged with a 4-0 victory thanks to the brillance of Patrick Roy and a goal and two assists from Adam Foote. Roy made 25 saves back home in Denver two nights later, and Joe Sakic had a goal and an assist to give the Avalanche a 3-1 victory and their second Stanley Cup win in six seasons.

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Patrick Roy – Goaltender – Colorado Avalanche

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2000-01 – Colorado Avalanche – David Aebischer, Rob Blake, Raymond Bourque, Greg de Vries, Chris Dingman, Chris Drury, Adam Foote, Peter Forsberg, Milan Hejduk, Dan Hinote, Jon Klemm, Eric Messier, Bryan Muir, Ville Nieminen, Scott Parker, Shjon Podein, Nolan Pratt, Dave Reid, Steve Reinprecht, Patrick Roy, Joe Sakic (Captain), Martin Skoula, Alex Tanguay, Stephane Yelle, E. Stanley Kroenke (Owner/Governor), Pierre Lacroix (President/ General Manager), Bob Hartley (Head Coach), Jacques Cloutier, Bryan Trottier (Assistant Coaches), Paul Fixter (Video Coach), Francois Giguere (Vice President - Hockey Operations), Brian MacDonald (Assistant General Manager), Michel Goulet (Vice President - Player Personnel), Jean Martineau (Vice President - Communications and Team Services), Pat Karns (Head Athletic Trainer), Matthew Sokolowski (Assistant Athletic Trainer), Wayne Flemming, Mark Miller (Equipment Managers), Dave Randolph (Assistant Equipment Manager), Paul Goldberg (Strength and Conditioning Coach), Gregorio Pradera (Massage Therapist), Brad Smith (Pro Scout), Jim Hammett (Chief Scout), Garth Joy, Steve Lyons, Joni Lehto, Orval Tessier (Scouts), Charlotte Grahame (Director of Hockey Administration).

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2000

On the strength of Jason Arnott’s Cup-winning goal in double overtime, the New Jersey Devils won their second Stanley Cup championship by defeating the Dallas Stars four games to two. Nine members of the Devils’ squad were also on their Cup-winning team in 1995. The series marked the first time since 1984 (NY Islanders) that the reigning Cup champion made it to the final but failed to defend their title. New Jersey was led by veteran defenseman Scott Stevens whose spirited play throughout the postseason earned him the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP.

Apart from the opening game, which New Jersey won 7-3, the series was closely matched. Four of the remaining five games were decided by one goal including the final two games which were decided in overtime. In fact, game five was not decided until the third overtime period while game six went to a second overtime period. The last time that two games in a final went to at least the second overtime period was back in 1934 (Chicago vs. Detroit). Before getting to the Final the Devils had series wins over Florida, Toronto and Philadelphia. In the series against the Flyers the Devils trailed three games to one before overtaking Philadelphia with three straight wins, including two on the road.

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Scott Stevens – Defense – New Jersey Devils

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1999-2000 – New Jersey Devils – Jason Arnott, Brad Bombardir, Martin Brodeur, Steve Brule, Sergei Brylin, Ken Daneyko, Patrik Elias, Scott Gomez, Bobby Holik, Steve Kelly, Claude Lemieux, John Madden, Vladimir Malakhov, Randy McKay, Alexander Mogilny, Sergei Nemchinov, Scott Niedermayer, Krzysztof Oliwa, Jay Pandolfo, Brian Rafalski, Ken Sutton, Scott Stevens (Captain), Petr Sykora, Chris Terreri, Colin White, Dr. John J. McMullen (Owner/Chairman), Peter S. McMullen (Owner), Lou Lamoriello (President/General Manager), Larry Robinson (Head Coach), Viacheslav Fetisov (Assistant Coach), Jacques Caron (Goaltending Coach), Bob Carpenter (Assistant Coach), John Cuniff (Albany (AHL) - Coach), David Conte (Director of Scouting), Claude Carrier (Assistant Director of Scouting), Milt Fisher, Dan Labraaten, Marcel Pronovost (Scouts), Bob Hoffmeyer (Pro Scout), Dr. Barry Fisher (Orthopedist), Dennis Gendron (Albany (AHL) - Assistant Coach), Robbie Ftorek (Coach), Vladimir Bure (Consultant), Taran Singleton, Marie Carnevale, Callie Smith (Hockey Operations), Bill Murray (Medical Trainer), Michael Vasalani (Strength and Conditioning Coordinator), Dana McGuane (Equipment Manager), Juergen Merz (Massage Therapist), Harry Bricker, Lou Centanni Jr. (Assistant Equipment Managers).

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