Blackhawks Edge Flyers In OT To Win Stanley Cup
Posted June 9, 2010 11:27 pm.
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The Chicago Blackhawks are Stanley Cup champions for the first time in almost 50 years.
Patrick Kane scored in overtime to give the Chicago Blackhawks a 4-3 win over the Philadelphia Flyers in Game 6 of the Stanley Cup final.
The Blackhawks won their first Stanley Cup since 1961, ending the longest active championship drought in the N-H-L.
The Flyers were seeking their first Cup victory since the second of consecutive titles in 1975.
Dustin Byfuglien, Patrick Sharp and Andrew Ladd also scored for Chicago.
Scott Hartnell scored twice while Danny Briere had Philadelphia’s other goal.
Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews won the Conn Smythe trophy as the Stanley Cup M-V-P.