2013 Stanley Cup Finals
The 2013 Stanley Cup Finals was the championship series of the National Hockey League's (NHL) 2012–13 season, and the conclusion of the 2013 Stanley Cup playoffs. The Western Conference playoff champion Chicago Blackhawks defeated the Eastern Conference playoff champion Boston Bruins in six games to win their fifth Stanley Cup in team history. The Blackhawks also became just the eighth team to win both the Cup and the Presidents' Trophy (as the team with the best regular season record) in the same season. Chicago's Patrick Kane was awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy as the Most Valuable Player of the playoffs.
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| Location(s) | Boston: TD Garden (3, 4, 6) Chicago: United Center (1, 2, 5) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coaches | Boston: Claude Julien Chicago: Joel Quenneville | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Captains | Boston: Zdeno Chara Chicago: Jonathan Toews | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National anthems | Boston: Rene Rancourt Chicago: Jim Cornelison | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Referees | Brad Watson (1, 3, 5) Chris Rooney (1, 3, 5) Dan O'Halloran (2, 4, 6) Wes McCauley (2, 4, 6) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dates | June 12 – June 24, 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Patrick Kane (Blackhawks) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Series-winning goal | Dave Bolland (19:01, third, G6) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hall of Famers | Blackhawks: Marian Hossa (2020) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Networks | Canada: (English): CBC (French): RDS United States: (English): NBC (1, 4–6), NBCSN (2–3) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | (CBC) Jim Hughson, Craig Simpson, and Glenn Healy (RDS) Pierre Houde and Marc Denis (NBC/NBCSN) Mike Emrick, Eddie Olczyk, and Pierre McGuire (NHL International) Dave Strader and Joe Micheletti | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Due to a lockout that both shortened and delayed the start of the regular season, the 2013 Cup Finals began on June 12, and lasted until June 24–tying the lockout impacted 1995 for the latest in June that the Stanley Cup was awarded. This was the first Stanley Cup Finals series between two Original Six teams since 1979, and the seventh since its first expansion in 1967. It also marked the first time these two teams have met in the Stanley Cup Finals.
In game six of the finals, trailing the Boston Bruins 2–1 with 76 seconds left in the third period, the Blackhawks scored two goals in 17 seconds to win the series 4–2. The win was the Blackhawks' second in four years, after also claiming the title in 2010. It was the first Finals series since 2004 to be tied after two games. It was also the first Stanley Cup Finals since 1993 to feature three overtime games, including the fifth longest game in Finals history. This series is the last time to date that a Presidents' Trophy winner has won the Stanley Cup.