1994 Stanley Cup Finals
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| * game decided in overtime | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location(s) | New York (Madison Square Garden) (1,2,5,7) Vancouver (Pacific Coliseum) (3,4,6) |
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| Coaches | New York: Mike Keenan Vancouver: Pat Quinn |
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| Captains | New York: Mark Messier Vancouver: Trevor Linden |
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| National anthems | New York: John Amirante Vancouver: Richard Loney (3) John Reynolds (4,6) |
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| Referees |
Terry Gregson (1,4,7) Bill McCreary (2,6) Andy Van Hellemond (3,5) |
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| Dates | May 31 – June 14 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Brian Leetch (New York Rangers) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Series-winning goal | Mark Messier (13:29, second, G7) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Networks | CBC (Canada-English), SRC (Canada-French), ESPN (United States), MSG Network (New York City market) (1,2,3,6,7), MSG II (New York City market) (4,5) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | (CBC) Bob Cole, Harry Neale, Dick Irvin, Jr. (ESPN) Gary Thorne, Bill Clement (MSG Network) Sam Rosen, John Davidson |
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The 1994 Stanley Cup Finals was a best-of-seven playoff series contested between the Eastern Conference champion New York Rangers and Western Conference champion Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League. The Canucks were making the club's second Final appearance, their first coming during their Cinderella run of 1982, and the Rangers were making their tenth appearance, their first since 1979. The Rangers ended their record 54-year championship drought with a victory in game seven to claim the long-awaited Stanley Cup. It was the fourth championship in franchise history. The CBC broadcast of the deciding game seven attracted an average Canadian audience of 4.957 million viewers, making it the most watched CBC Sports program in history to that time.
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. 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.
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