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2011 Stanley Cup Final

2011 Stanley Cup Finals
2011 Stanley Cup Finals logo
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Total
Boston Bruins 0 2 8 4 0 5 4 4
Vancouver Canucks 1 3 1 0 1 2 0 3
* – Denotes overtime period(s)
Location(s) Vancouver: Rogers Arena (1,2,5,7)
Boston: TD Garden (3,4,6)
Coaches Boston: Claude Julien
Vancouver: Alain Vigneault
Captains Boston: Zdeno Chara
Vancouver: Henrik Sedin
National anthems Boston: Rene Rancourt
Vancouver: Mark Donnelly (Canadian)
Richard Loney (American)
Referees Dan O'Halloran (2,4,6,7)
Dan O'Rourke (1,3,5)
Kelly Sutherland (2,4,6)
Stephen Walkom (1,3,5,7)
Dates June 1 – June 15
MVP Tim Thomas, Bruins G
Series-winning goal Patrice Bergeron (14:37, first, G7)
Networks Canada (English): CBC
Canada (French): RDS
United States: NBC, Versus
Announcers (NBC/Versus) Mike Emrick, Eddie Olczyk, Pierre McGuire
(CBC) Jim Hughson, Craig Simpson, Glenn Healy
(RDS) Pierre Houde, Benoit Brunet
(NHL International) Dave Strader, Joe Micheletti

The 2011 Stanley Cup Final, commonly known as the 2011 Stanley Cup Finals, was the championship series of the National Hockey League (NHL) 2010–11 season, and the culmination of the 2011 Stanley Cup playoffs. The Eastern Conference champion Boston Bruins defeated the Western Conference champion Vancouver Canucks four games to three. The Bruins ended a 39-year Stanley Cup drought with the win. Bruins goaltender Tim Thomas was awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy as the Most Valuable Player of the playoffs.

The Canucks had home ice advantage in the Finals by virtue of winning the Presidents' Trophy as the team that finished with the best regular season record (117 points). They were also the first Canadian team to have home ice advantage in the Finals since the Montreal Canadiens had it for the 1993 Stanley Cup Finals. The Canadiens' victory in 1993 was also the last time a Canadian team won the Stanley Cup. As of the 2015–16 season, this was the last Stanley Cup Finals to feature a Canadian team and that the Finals went the full seven games.

On June 1, 2011, NHL commissioner Gary Bettman made an announcement that Colin Campbell would be stepping down as the league's head disciplinarian to be replaced by former player Brendan Shanahan, though Campbell would continue in his job as director of hockey operations. Mike Murphy, the NHL vice-president of hockey operations, had already been put in charge of disciplinary matters for the Finals, nonetheless there were concerns raised about Campbell's impartiality in handing out discipline since his son Gregory was an active player on the Boston Bruins roster.


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