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1994 Stanley Cup Finals
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Paths to the Finals
{{See also|1994 Stanley Cup playoffs|1993â94 New York Rangers season|1993â94 Vancouver Canucks season}}The Canucks entered the playoffs seeded seventh in the Western Conference, and overcame a three-games-to-one deficit against the Calgary Flames, winning the final three games in overtime with game seven ending in double overtime as Pavel Bure scored the winning goal on a breakaway to upset the Flames.NEWS, Canucks conquer Falmes in OT, May 1, 1994, Canadian Press, Toronto Star, B5, NEWS, YEEEE-HAH!: Pavel buries Flames in double overtime, May 1, 1994, Jim, Jamieson, Vancouver Province, A72, They then upset the fourth-seeded Dallas Stars and the third-seeded Toronto Maple Leafs in five games each to capture the Western Conference title.NEWS, Final-ly: Canucks make Stanley Cup after thriller, Strachan, Alex, Vancouver Sun, May 25, 1994, A1, NEWS, Canucks advance to Cup final: Adams scores winner in double overtime to sink Maple Leafs, MacIntyre, Ian, Vancouver Sun, May 25, 1994, D1, The Rangers entered the playoffs with the league's best record, then swept their New York-area rival New York Islanders and then beat the Washington Capitals in five games,{{harvnb|Morrison|2008|p=106}} before falling behind three games to two in the Eastern Conference Finals against their Hudson River rivals, New Jersey Devils. They then won game six by a 4â2 score after team captain Mark Messier publicly guaranteed a victory and then scored a third-period hat trick.{{harvnb|Morrison|2008|pp=106, 137}}{{harvnb|McKinley|2012|pages=231-233}} The Rangers then won game seven 2â1 on Stéphane Matteau's goal in double overtime, prompting the call of "Matteau, Matteau, Matteau!" by Rangers radio announcer Howie Rose.WEB,weblink Howie Rose, MSG.com, Madison Square Garden, LP, March 28, 2011,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20110101173659weblink">weblink January 1, 2011, dead, It was Matteau's second double overtime goal of the series.NEWS, 2 Overtimes Later, It's a Final and It's the Rangers, LaPointe, Joe, New York Times, May 28, 1994, 27,weblink June 5, 2011,Game summaries
This series brought together two assistant coaches who were teammates on the other Canucks team to reach the Finals: Rangers assistant coach Colin Campbell and Canucks assistant coach Stan Smyl, who served as team captain then, as Kevin McCarthy was injured.It was the second straight Finals that featured a former Edmonton Oilers captain trying to become the first person to win a Stanley Cup as captain on two different teams. The previous year, Wayne Gretzky, who captained the Oilers to the first four of their five Stanley Cups in the 1980s, captained the Los Angeles Kings to the finals, which they lost to the Montreal Canadiens.{{harvnb|Morrison|2008|pp=131, 145}} Here, it was Mark Messier of the Rangers, who captained the Oilers to the last of their five, in {{scfy|1990}}.{{harvnb|Cole|2004|p=120, 134–137}}The Rangers players had a decided edge in Finals experience, with seven players from the 1990 Oilers, including Messier, Glenn Anderson, Jeff Beukeboom, Adam Graves, Kevin Lowe, Craig MacTavish, and Esa Tikkanen. One 1990 Oiler, Martin Gelinas, was playing for the Canucks. Overall, the Rangers had eleven players with previous Finals appearances, compared to the Canucks' five. In addition, three of the Rangers (Messier, Anderson, and Lowe) were each making their seventh appearance in the Stanley Cup Finals (each having made their first six with Edmonton).With the Rangers having 112 points in the regular-season standing and the Canucks 85, the 27-point difference was the largest point differential between two teams in the Stanley Cup Finals since 1982, when there was a 41-point difference between the New York Islanders (118) and the Canucks (77).NEWS, 1982 Canucks were unlikeliest of heroes, Olson, Arv, The Vancouver Sun, June 1, 1994, E3, NEWS, The 27-point differential is the greatest, ironically, between Stanley Cup finalists since the last time the Canucks made the trip to this mega-city 12 springs ago., Paper rout for Rangers, May 31, 1994, Jim, Jamieson, Vancouver Province, A54,Game one
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{edih}The Rangers scored early and led 2â1 late in the third period before Martin Gélinas tied the game with 1:00 to play in regulation time.NEWS, Canucks Take Stanley Cup Opener in OT, Sell, Dave, The Washington Post, June 1, 1994, F01, The Rangers lost the first game of their Eastern Conference finals against New Jersey in much the same fashion. In both cases, they controlled play, took leads, then lost leadsâ¦Martin Gelinas scored for a 2â2 tie with 60 seconds left in regulation., It was the third time in eight games that the Rangers had surrendered a last-minute tying goal. The Rangers were all over the Canucks in overtime, but goaltender Kirk McLean made 52 saves on the night. In the last minute of the first overtime, Brian Leetch hit the crossbar at one end, and the Canucks went down to score the winner at the other on an odd-man rush by Greg Adams, as the Rangers, once again, lost a series opener at home in overtime.|team2 = New York Rangers
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Game two
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|team2 = New York Rangers
|stadium1 = Madison Square Garden
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{edih}The Rangers evened the series with a 3â1 victory before the series shifted west.NEWS, Cup final tied heading to Vancouver, Fisher, Red, The Montreal Gazette, June 3, 1994, D1, Red Fisher (journalist), |team2 = New York Rangers
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Game three
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{edih}The Canucks came storming out in front of their home fans and Pavel Bure scored on his first shift to give them the early lead. But late in the period, with the score tied 1â1, Bure hit Jay Wells in the face with his stick and cut him, leading to a major penalty and Bure's expulsion from the game. Alexei Kovalev scored a breakaway shorthanded goal, which was featured on the cover of NHL 95. Glenn Anderson scored on the ensuing power-play and the Rangers then cruised to a 5â1 victory.|team2 = Vancouver Canucks
|stadium1 = Pacific Coliseum
|date1 = June 4
|score1 = 5â1
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Game four
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|team2 = Vancouver Canucks
|stadium1 = Pacific Coliseum
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{edih}In the fourth game, the Canucks again jumped out to an early lead, this time 2â0, before Mike Richter and Brian Leetch took over the game. Richter made some key saves to keep the game within reach, including one on a penalty shot against Pavel Bure, and Leetch picked up a goal and three assists as the Rangers won 4â2 to take a commanding 3â1 series lead.|team2 = Vancouver Canucks
|stadium1 = Pacific Coliseum
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Game five
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|team2 = New York Rangers
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|date1 = June 9
|score1 = 6â3
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{edih}Most who entered Madison Square Garden for the fifth game thought they were going to see the Rangers win the Cup that night. New York had already set the date for a victory parade.{{harvnb|Cole|2004|p=128}} However, the celebration plans got ahead of the work at hand. The Canucks were leading 3â0 by the third minute of the third period. Even though the Rangers scrambled to pull even by the midway point, Vancouver took the lead 29 seconds later on a goal by Dave Babych and cruised to a 6â3 win.|team2 = New York Rangers
|stadium1 = Madison Square Garden
|date1 = June 9
|score1 = 6â3
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Game six
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{edih}The Canucks fired 14 shots at Mike Richter in the first period and led 1â0 on a Jeff Brown bullet from the point. The score was 2â1 after two periods before another Brown goal gave the Canucks a 3â1 third-period lead. Late in the third, Geoff Courtnall appeared to score for the Canucks, but the play continued and the Rangers scored to temporarily make the score 3â2. But, in the ensuing video review, it was confirmed that Courtnall had indeed scored his second goal of the game to clinch the game for the Canucks and force a seventh game, the first in the finals since 1987.|team2 = Vancouver Canucks
|stadium1 = Pacific Coliseum
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Game seven
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|date1 = June 14
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{edih}For the second time since {{scfy|1971}} and the tenth time overall, the Finals went to seven games. Rangers coach Mike Keenan became the first person to be a head coach in game sevens of the Stanley Cup Finals for two different teams. Keenan had coached the Philadelphia Flyers in {{scfy|1987}} when they lost to the Edmonton Oilers.{{harvnb|Morrison|2008|p=109}} Mike Babcock would join him in this feat in {{scfy|2009}} while with the Detroit Red Wings, having been with the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim when they lost to the New Jersey Devils in {{scfy|2003}} (the home team won all seven games of the series).NEWS, The Penguinsâ¦beat the defending champion Detroit Red Wings 2-1â¦in Game 7 and win the Stanley Cup for the third timeâ¦In 2003â¦the last series in which the home team won all seven gamesâ¦the Mighty Ducks team that lost then was coached by current Red Wings bench boss Mike Babcock., Penguin power: Pittsburgh motors away from Detroit with the silver Cup, Ira, Podell, Associated Press, Salt Lake Deseret News, June 13, 2009, D1, The game at Madison Square Garden was an "electric affair" with the Rangers jumping to an early 2â0 lead at the 15-minute mark after scoring twice within four minutes on goals by Brian Leetch and Adam Graves. However, Canucks captain Trevor Linden silenced the home crowd with a short-handed goal early in the second period to make it 2-1. Mark Messier restored order for the home crowd with a power play goal, only to have Linden make it close again. After that, it was "hectic, jittery hockey," Nathan LaFayette "frightened all Manhattan wobbling a loose puck" off the post behind Mike Richter with six minutes left. There were three face-offs in the Rangers' zone in the final 37 seconds, the last coming with 1.6 seconds on the clock.{{harvnb|McKinley|2012|page=234}}Mark Messier provided two of the most memorable images of that Stanley Cup Finals that would become iconic images to the Rangers and their fans: first, jumping up and down excitedly as ticker tape fell, then, showing incredible emotion as he accepted the Stanley Cup from NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman, as he became the first (and {{as of|2023|alt=as of 2023}}, the only) player to captain two different teams to the Stanley Cup.{{harvnb|McKinley|2012|pages=234-235}} At the time Messier was credited for the game-winning goal earning him the tongue-in-cheek nickname of "Mr. June",NEWS, Barron, James, New Yorkers Bury the Rangers' Curse in a Sea of Confetti, The New York Times, June 18, 1994, 28, James Barron (journalist),weblink however, Messier admitted in 2017 that the game-winning goal was likely scored by Brian Noonan.{| width="90%" class="wikitable"|team2 = New York Rangers
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Television
In Canada, the series was televised in English on the CBC and in French on SRC. In the United States, the series was broadcast on ESPN outside of the New York City market. The local rightsholder, MSG Network broadcast games one, two, three, six, and seven on its main channel, and games four and five on its secondary MSG 2 channel, due to conflicts with the Yankees schedule.NEWS, No Champagne Thoughts Yet Rangers looking to stay focused on one period at a time in their possible clincher against Canucks, Jim, Smith, Zipay, Steve, Newsday, June 9, 1994, A90, Game (5)...will be on MSGII...Yankees-Blue Jays game...airs...on MSG., NEWS, Today's Radio/TV, The New York Times, June 7, 1994, B8, NEWS, Today's Radio/TV, The New York Times, June 9, 1994, B18, This was the last Cup Finals in which the regional rights holders of the participating U.S. teams produced local telecasts of their respective games. This was also the last Cup Finals to air exclusively on a cable network until {{scfy|2023}}, when TNT aired the Finals for the first time ever. Under the American TV contracts that would take effect beginning next season, there would be exclusive national coverage of the Cup Finals, split between Fox Sports and ESPN.ESPN also sent its broadcasts to a record 120 countries, for a potential audience of 285 million.NEWS, Rangers Bask on Highest Plateau, June 15, 1994, James, Christie, The Globe and Mail, C8, MSG Network broadcaster Al Trautwig said that the Rangers themselves contributed to those numbers in putting the first Russian names on the Stanley Cup: Alexander Karpovtsev, Alexei Kovalev, Sergei Nemchinov, and Sergei Zubov, giving a huge European audience, including those watching on the brand-new television screens across the former Soviet Union, a Stanley Cup story to remember.BOOK, 171, Garden of Dreams, George, Kalinsky, 2004, Stewart, Tabori, & Chang, New York, 1-58479-343-0, George Kalinsky,weblinkRatings
In the United States, game seven was the highest-rated hockey game on cable. ESPN's broadcast drew a 5.2 rating. However, in New York, the ESPN blackout meant MSG Network's broadcast drew 16.2 rating, a record for the network. The two networks combined yielded a 6.9 rating.NEWS,weblink Game 7 a Cable-Ratings High, June 16, 1994, New York Times, B12, With an average Canadian audience of 4.957 million viewers, game seven was the most watched CBC Sports program until the 10.6 million viewers for the men's ice hockey gold medal game between Canada and the United States at the 2002 Winter Olympics, when Canada won its first Olympic ice hockey gold medal since the 1952 Winter Olympics.NEWS, Lucky Loonie Stunt Pays Off, February 26, 2002, Shawn, Ohler, The Calgary Herald, A1, A record-busting average of 8.7 million Canadians watched on television as the men's hockey team snatched gold from the United States in Salt Lake Cityâ¦The audience actually peaked at 10.6 million, the CBC said Mondayâ¦CBC says that prior to Sunday, its highest-rated sports show was Game 7 of the 1994 Stanley Cup between the New York Rangers and the Vancouver Canucks, which attracted an average of 4.97 million viewers., {{harvnb|McKinley|2012|pages=230, 263-267}} Bob Cole, who called both games,BOOK, Hockey Night in Canada: Best of the Best, 6, Scott, Morrison, Toronto, Key Porter Books, 2010, 978-1-55470-316-6, said that game seven was one of his most memorable TV games.NEWS, Cole's Close Call, November 6, 1997, William, Houston, The Globe and Mail, Cole's three most memorable TV games: 1. Game 7 of the 1987 Stanley Cup Finals (Edmonton 3, Philadelphia 1). The Oilers at their peak. 2. Game 3 of 1996 World Cup of Hockey, 1996 World Cup of Hockey Final (United States 5, Canada 2). 'I was devastated.' 3. Game 7, 1994 Stanley Cup Finals (New York Rangers 3, Vancouver 2). 'A great series.', S4,Team rosters
Bolded years under Finals appearance indicates a year the player won the Stanley Cup.New York Rangers{| class"sortable wikitable plainrowheaders" style"text-align:center;"
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Stanley Cup engraving
The 1994 Stanley Cup was presented to Rangers captain Mark Messier by NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman following the Rangers 3â2 win over the Canucks in game sevenThe following Rangers players and staff had their names engraved on the Stanley Cup1993â94 New York Rangers{{Stanley Cup champion|centres=*11 Mark Messier (Captain)- 12 Eddie OlczykA(also played wing)
- 13 Sergei Nemchinov
- 14 Craig MacTavish
- 15 Mike Hudson
- 27 Alexei Kovalev|goaltenders=30 Glenn Healy
- 35 Mike Richter|defence=2 Brian Leetch (A)
- 4 Kevin Lowe (A)
- 6 Doug Lidster
- 21 Sergei Zubov
- 23 Jeff Beukeboom
- 24 Jay Wells
- 25 Alexander Karpovtsev|wingers=9 Adam Graves (A)
- 10 Esa Tikkanen
- 16 Brian Noonan
- 17 Greg Gilbert
- 18 Mike HartmanA
- 19 Nick Kypreos
- 26 Joe Kocur
- 28 Steve Larmer (A)
- 32 Stéphane Matteau
- 36 Glenn Anderson|player-notes=A â Did not play in Finals.|non-players=
- Neil Smith (President/General Manager/Governor). Robert Gutkowski (Alt. Governor)
- Stanley Jaffe (Alt. Governor), Kenneth Munoz (Alt. Governor)
- Larry Pleau (Asst. General Manager), Mike Keenan (Head Coach)
- Colin Campbell (Associate Coach), Dick Todd (Asst. Coach)
- Matthew Loughran (Manager of Team Operations), Barry Watkins (Director of Communications)
- Christer Rockstrom (Scout), Tony Feltrin (Scout)
- Martin Madden (Scout), Herb Hammond (Scout), Darwin Bennett (Scout)
- Dave Smith (Medical trainer), Joe Murphy (Equipment trainer)
- Mike Folga (Equipment Manager), Bruce Lifrieri (Massage Therapist)|engraving-notes=
- When the New York Rangers submitted the list of names for engraving, Eddie Olczyk and Mike Hartman were included, although they fell short of the official requirements of 41 regular season games, or participation in the Finals. When the Stanley Cup was engraved, Olczyk and Hartman's names were omitted. (Olczyk had played 37 regular-season games and one game in the Eastern Conference Finals. Hartman had played 35 regular-season games and none in the playoffs.) Both players had spent the entire season with New York, and missed extensive time due to injury. At the Rangers' protest, the NHL added Olczyk and Hartman to the Cup. The NHL no longer adds missing names after the Cup has been engraved, though since 1994, it allows teams to petition for the inclusion of players who do not officially qualify.
- Seven players who won the cup in 1994 were also with the Edmonton Oilers in 1990 when they won their fifth Cup: Mark Messier, Kevin Lowe, Glenn Anderson, Jeff Beukeboom, Adam Graves, Craig MacTavish and Esa Tikkanen.
- Greg Gilbert won the Stanley Cup with the New York Islanders in {{scfy|1982}} and {{scfy|1983}}, making him the only player in NHL history to earn Stanley Cup rings with both New York franchises.Introducing NLT Service Provider, Former NHL Player Greg Gilbert
- Alexander Karpovtsev, Alexei Kovalev, Sergei Nemchinov and Sergei Zubov became the first four Russian-trained players to have their names engraved on the Stanley Cup.{{YouTube|id=y5uhiCeQdZo|title=First Russians win Cup â Because It's The Cup}}
See also
References
- Inline citations
- Bibliography
- BOOK, Cole, Stephen, The Best of Hockey Night in Canada, 2004, McArthur & Company, Toronto, 1-55278-408-8,
- BOOK, Diamond, Dan, Total Stanley Cup, 2000, NHL, 1-892129-07-8,weblink
- BOOK, McKinley, Michael, Hockey Night in Canada 60 Seasons, 2012, Penguin Group, Toronto, 978-0670066988,
- BOOK, Morrison, Scott, Hockey Night in Canada: My Greatest Day, 2008, Key Porter Books, Toronto, 978-1-55470-086-8, Scott Morrison (journalist),weblink
- BOOK, Podnieks, Andrew, Hockey Hall of Fame, 2004, Lord Stanley's Cup, Triumph Books, 12, 50, 978-1-55168-261-7,
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