June 19 has seen the crowning of two Stanley Cup champions over time and a 3rd memorable Stanley Cup Last sport that ended with some time beyond regulation magic. Off the ice, there have been a handful of teaching strikes, and a brand new class was added to the Hockey Corridor of Fame. The THW time machine is warmed up and able to take again by the years to relive all the most effective moments this date has needed to supply.
Stars Lastly Win It All
It took three almost three overtimes, and a skate might or might not have been within the crease, however the Dallas Stars received its first and solely Stanley Cup on June 19, 1999. Brett Hull scored at 14:51 of the third time beyond regulation to present the Stars a 2-1 victory over the Buffalo Sabres in Sport 6 of the Stanley Cup Last.
Jere Lehtinen gave the Stars a 1-0 lead, eight minutes into the primary interval, together with his 10th objective of the playoffs. Stu Barnes evened up the rating late within the second interval, and it remained tied for the subsequent 56:30 of play. Hull’s skate was clearly within the crease when he put the puck in behind Dominik Hasek, however the objective stood as a result of he was dominated to be in possession of the puck.
The Conn Smythe Trophy, given out to probably the most priceless participant of the whole postseason, was received by Joe Nieuwendyk. The veteran middle led the workforce with 11 objectives and was second behind Mike Modano in general workforce scoring with 21 factors.
Canes Increase the Cup
On June 19, 2006, the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Edmonton Oilers 3-1 in Sport 7 of the Stanley Cup Last to win the primary NHL championship in franchise historical past. The workforce, referred to as the New England Whalers on the time, received the World Hockey Affiliation (WHA) championship in 1973.
Aaron Ward opened the scoring with a objective for the Hurricanes simply 1:26 into the sport. Frantisek Kaberle’s second-period power-play objective proved the be the game-winner. Fernando Pisani made issues fascinating by slicing the lead in half simply 63 seconds into the ultimate interval. “Mr. Sport 7,” Justin Williams, iced the sport and the sequence with an empty-net objective within the last seconds.
Hurricanes’ captain and present head coach, Rod Brind’Amour, acquired the Stanley Cup from commissioner Gary Bettman after enjoying in 1,187 regular-season video games and not using a championship. The Conn Smythe Trophy went to first-year goaltender Cam Ward, who went 15-8 with a 2.14 goals-against common (GAA) and a .920 save share (SV%) in the course of the playoffs. He was simply the fourth rookie ever to take residence the award.
Blackhawks Even the Sequence
The Chicago Blackhawks beat the Boston Bruins 6-5 in time beyond regulation on June 19, 2013, in Sport 4 of the Stanley Cup Last. The victory evened the sequence a 2-2 because it shifted again to the Windy Metropolis for Sport 5.
Michal Handzus’ shorthanded objective opened the scoring within the first interval, and Wealthy Peverley evened issues up for the Bruins about eight minutes later.
Issues acquired loopy within the center body as the 2 groups mixed for 5 objectives. Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane scored about two minutes aside to present the Blackhawks a 3-1 lead.
Milan Lucic acquired a type of objectives again, however Marcus Kruger answered 49 seconds later. Patrice Bergeron’s power-play objective minimize the deficit all the way down to 4-3 earlier than the second intermission.
Bergeron’s second objective of the night time tied the sport simply two minutes into the third interval. Patrick Sharp put the Blackhawks again on prime with a power-play tally, however Johnny Boychuk answered lower than a minute later to drive time beyond regulation. Blackhawks defenseman Brent Seabrook scored his second time beyond regulation objective of the 2013 postseason, at 9:51 of the additional time, to guide his workforce to victory.
After a complete of 12 objectives have been scored in the course of the first three video games of the sequence, the fourth sport noticed the offenses explode for 11 mixed objectives. All 5 of the Bruins’ objectives have been scored on Blackhawks’ goaltender Corey Crawford’s glove aspect, making the pundits consider the workforce had uncovered a weak point. He allowed simply three objectives within the last two video games of the sequence.
Odds & Ends
New York Rangers common supervisor Craig Patrick stepped down as head coach on June 19, 1985, and named Ted Sator as his successor. Sator took the Rangers to the Wales Convention Last in his first season behind the bench, however he was fired 23 video games into the 1986-87 season by new common supervisor Phil Esposito.
On June 19, 1990, the Minnesota North Stars named Bob Gainey as their new head coach, changing Pierre Web page. Gainey led the North Stars to the Stanley Cup Last in his first season, the place they misplaced to the Pittsburgh Penguins. He stayed with the franchise once they relocated to Dallas. He was let go halfway by the 1995-96 season and changed by Ken Hitchcock, who coached the workforce that received the Stanley Cup on this date in 1999.
Darryl Sutter stepped down as coach of the Blackhawks on June 19, 1995, after three seasons behind the bench. He had a document of 110-86-26 in Chicago and was ultimately changed by Craig Hartsburg. Sutter acquired his second NHL head teaching job when he was employed by the San Jose Sharks previous to the 1997-98 season.
The Minnesota Wild named Jacques Lemaire as their first head coach in franchise historical past on June 19, 2000. The announcement got here 4 months earlier than the beginning of the workforce’s first NHL season. Lemaire coached the Wild for his or her first eight seasons, going 293-255-108 with three Stanley Cup playoff berths.
On June 19, 2002, the Hockey Corridor of Fame introduced its latest members. St, Louis Blues’ all-time main scorer Bernie Federko, four-time Stanley Cup winner with the New York Islanders Clark Gillies, Montreal Canadiens’ defenseman Rod Langway and head coach Roger Neilson have been all voted into the Corridor.
After extending his goal-scoring streak to seven video games in Sport 4 of the Jap Convention Last on June 19, 2021, Brayden Level tied the second-longest objective streak in a single postseason. Essentially the most continues to be Reggie Leach, who scored in 10 straight with the Flyers in 1976.
Completely satisfied Birthday to You
A complete of 17 present and former NHL gamers have been born on June 19. Essentially the most notable names of the group embody Walt McKechnie (77), Jim Corsi (70), Sergei Makarov (66), Dan Ellis (44), Alex Frolov (42), Jonny Brodzinski (31), and Joey Anderson (26).
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