1992 Stanley Cup Finals | |||||||||||||||||||
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Location(s) |
Pittsburgh, PA: (Pittsburgh Civic Arena) (1,2) Chicago, IL: (Chicago Stadium) (3,4) |
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Coaches | Pittsburgh: Scotty Bowman Chicago: Mike Keenan |
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Captains | Pittsburgh: Mario Lemieux Chicago: Dirk Graham |
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National anthems | Pittsburgh: Christina Aguilera Chicago: Wayne Messmer |
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Dates | May 26 – June 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
MVP | Mario Lemieux | ||||||||||||||||||
Series-winning goal | Ron Francis (7:59, third) | ||||||||||||||||||
Networks |
CBC (Canada-English) SRC (Canada-French) SportsChannel America (United States) KBL (Pittsburgh Area, Games 1 and 2) KDKA (Pittsburgh Area, Games 3 and 4) SportsChannel Chicago (Chicago Area) |
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Announcers |
Bob Cole, Harry Neale and Dick Irvin, Jr. (CBC) Claude Quenneville and Gilles Tremblay (SRC) Jiggs McDonald and Bill Clement (SC America) Mike Lange and Paul Steigerwald (KBL and KDKA) Pat Foley and Dale Tallon (SC Chicago) |
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The 1992 Stanley Cup Final NHL championship series was contested by the Prince of Wales Conference and defending Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins and the Clarence Campbell Conference champion Chicago Blackhawks. The Blackhawks were appearing in their first Finals since 1973. After the Blackhawks jumped to an early 4–1 lead in the first game of the series, Mario Lemieux and the Penguins came back to win the game, sweep the series in four games, and win their second consecutive and second overall Stanley Cup. It was the 99th year of the Stanley Cup, and the first to extend into the month of June. It was the last final for Chicago Stadium as it closed in 1994.
Pittsburgh defeated the Washington Capitals 4–3, the New York Rangers 4–2, and the Boston Bruins 4–0.
Chicago had to defeat their three biggest rivals, first the St. Louis Blues 4–2, then their long-time Original Six rival Detroit Red Wings 4–0, and then, the Edmonton Oilers 4–0.
With their co-tenants at Chicago Stadium, the Bulls, coached by Phil Jackson and led by Michael Jordan, playing in (and winning) the NBA Finals, it was an opportunity for both the Blackhawks and the Bulls to help the city of Chicago become the first city to have both NHL and NBA championships in the same year. (New York also had this opportunity in 1994, when the Knicks and Rangers made the finals in their respective sport; however, the result was the same, albeit a reversal of Chicago's ending, as the Rangers won their first Stanley Cup since 1940, and the Knicks lost, with both of those series going the full seven games.)