Ducks 6, Senators 2
The Anaheim Ducks won their first Stanley Cup as a franchise. Actually, Scott Niedermayer is the only player (or coach) on the team to actually win the Cup before tonight. This is his fourth victory. Obviously, the Ducks deserved to win this series as they really outplayed Ottawa for most of this series.
I was surprised that S.Niedermayer actually won the Conn Smythe. I’m not saying he doesn’t deserve it as he is a great defender and team leader, but I thought a couple other players would’ve been better selections.
I always enjoy watching the Stanley Cup celebrations. Aside from seeing Pronger raise the Cup, seeing all these happy hockey players is definitely fun to watch for me. Did anyone else see how emotional Teemu Selanne was after the victory? My favorite part of the celebration was seeing Selanne deservingly raise that Cup over his head.
It’s now the offseason and no more hockey games until October. That seems so far away from now. The NHL Awards ceremony is in 8 days and the NHL Draft is in 15 days so the offseason has just started.
Update:
Earl Sleek @ The Battle of California has his postgame reactions and to say he’s happy would be an understatement. I really enjoyed reading Earl’s writings over this postseason (and the regular season) between his great wit and his way with stats. Even though I have taken Stats 350 at UM, I try to stay away from too many numbers. Anyways, congrats to the Ducks and all the hockey crazy fans like Earl who are enjoying the Ducks’ first Stanley Cup.
James Mirtle has a post with a collection of newspaper covers from around the US and Canada. It was enjoyable to see how different cities chose which pictures. The Edmonton Journal has Chris Pronger raising the Stanley Cup on their cover. Ouch.
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