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2006 Stanley Cup Final

2006 Stanley Cup Finals
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Total
Carolina Hurricanes 5 5 1 2 3 0 3 4
Edmonton Oilers 4 0 2 1 4 4 1 3
* indicates periods of overtime
Location(s) Raleigh, North Carolina (RBC Center) (1,2,5,7)
Edmonton, Alberta (Rexall Place) (3,4,6)
Coaches Carolina: Peter Laviolette
Edmonton: Craig MacTavish
Captains Carolina: Rod Brind'Amour
Edmonton: Jason Smith
National anthems Carolina: Holly Wilver
Edmonton: Paul Lorieau
Referees Paul Devorski (1,3,5)
Mick McGeough (1,3,5)
Bill McCreary (2,4,6,7)
Brad Watson (2,4,6,7)
Dates June 5 – June 19
MVP Cam Ward
Series-winning goal Frantisek Kaberle (second, 15:42, G7)
Networks NBC, CBC, OLN, RDS, NASN
Announcers (OLN/NBC) Mike Emrick, John Davidson
(CBC) Bob Cole, Harry Neale

The 2006 Stanley Cup Final was the NHL championship series of the 2006 Stanley Cup playoffs contested between the Eastern Conference champion Carolina Hurricanes and the Western Conference champion Edmonton Oilers. It was Carolina's second appearance in the Final, the other being in 2002, a loss to the Detroit Red Wings. It was Edmonton's seventh appearance in the Final and their first since their fifth Cup win in 1990. It was also the first (and to date only) Final matchup between two former WHA franchises. Carolina defeated Edmonton in seven games to win the franchise's first Stanley Cup becoming the tenth post-1967 expansion team and third former WHA team to win the Cup. Carolina's 2006 win was also the teams' second league championship (the club, then known as the New England Whalers won the WHA Championship in 1973).

Carolina defeated the Montreal Canadiens 4–2, in the first round of the 2006 Stanley Cup playoffs, the New Jersey Devils 4–1 in the second round and the Buffalo Sabres 4–3 in the Eastern Conference Final.

Edmonton defeated the Detroit Red Wings 4–2 in the first round, the San Jose Sharks 4–2 in the second round and the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim 4–1 in the Western Conference Final. The Oilers became the first team since the NBA's 1999 New York Knicks and the first team in the history of the NHL to make it to the finals as a #8 seed.


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