June 10: Devils win Cup for second time

THIS DATE IN HISTORY: June 10
2000: The New Jersey Devils win the Stanley Cup for the second time in their history when
Jason Arnott
scores
at 8:20 of the second overtime
to give them a 2-1 against the Dallas Stars in Game 6 of the Final at Reunion Arena.

The teams score goals 1:09 apart early in the second period, then play more than 60 minutes of scoreless hockey until Arnott finishes off a pass from
Patrik Elias
by beating Dallas goalie
Ed Belfour
to give the Devils their first championship since 1995.
Defenseman
Scott Stevens
, New Jersey's captain, wins the
Conn Smythe Trophy
as playoff MVP. Larry Robinson becomes the third coach in NHL history to guide his team to the Stanley Cup after taking over during the season; by replacing Robbie Ftorek with eight games remaining, he becomes the latest to take over a Cup-winner.
MORE MOMENTS
1971: The Montreal Canadiens use the No. 1 pick in the NHL Draft to select forward
Guy Lafleur
, who's coming off a season that sees him score 130 goals in 62 games for Quebec of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. The Canadiens hit another home run in the second round by selecting defenseman
Larry Robinson
. The two become key members of Montreal's dynasty in the late 1970s, and each earns induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame.

1973:The second-year New York Islanders name former NHL defenseman Al Arbour as their new coach, replacing Phil Goyette. Arbour has the Islanders in the Stanley Cup Semifinals two years later and coaches them to four consecutive championships from 1980-83. He retires in 1994 as the second-winningest coach in NHL history.
1996: The Colorado Avalanche cap their first season in Denver by doing something they couldn't do during their 16 seasons as the Quebec Nordiques: win the Stanley Cup.
Patrick Roy
makes 63 saves before defenseman
Uwe Krupp
scores
4:31 into the third overtime
to give the Avalanche a 1-0 victory against the Florida Panthers at Miami Arena and complete a four-game sweep of the Final. Krupp's slap shot from the right point beats Florida goalie
John Vanbiesbrouck
, ending a game that takes nearly five hours. Colorado captain
Joe Sakic
wins the
Conn Smythe Trophy
.

1999:
Craig Ludwig
scores his first playoff goal in 11 years to help the Stars defeat the Buffalo Sabres 4-2 in Game 2 of the Final at Reunion Arena. The low-scoring defenseman beats
Dominik Hasek
for his first postseason goal since 1988, and
Brett Hull
puts the Stars ahead 3-2 when he scores
with 2:50 remaining in the third period
. Dallas evens the best-of-7 series 1-1.
2002: Hasek makes 17 saves to become the first NHL goalie to have a shutout in each of the four rounds of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, and the visiting Detroit Red Wings defeat the Carolina Hurricanes
3-0 in Game 4 of the Final
. Hull becomes the fourth player to score 100 NHL playoff goals when he beats Carolina goalie
Arturs Irbe
early in the second period to give Detroit a 1-0 lead. Red Wings coach Scotty Bowman becomes the all-time leader with his 35th win in the Final.
2011:Roberto Luongo earns his second 1-0 shutout of the Final when the Vancouver Canucks defeat the Boston Bruins in Game 5 at Rogers Arena. Luongo becomes the second goalie in NHL history to have multiple 1-0 victories in one Final series, matching
Frank McCool
of the Toronto Maple Leafs in 1945. Vancouver's
Maxim Lapierre
beats Boston goalie
Tim Thomas
at 4:35 of the third
and Luongo makes 31 saves to give the Canucks a 3-2 lead in the best-of-7 series.
2016:The hockey world loses an icon when
Gordie Howe dies at age 88
. Howe joins the Red Wings in 1946 and spends the next 25 seasons in Hockeytown. He wins the
Hart Trophy
as League MVP six times, the
Art Ross Trophy
as the NHL's leading scorer six times and helps the Red Wings win the Stanley Cup four times. Howe finishes in the top five in the NHL in scoring for 20 consecutive seasons. He retires after the 1970-71 season, but returns to the ice two years later with the Houston Aeros of the World Hockey Association, playing alongside his sons
Mark
and
Marty
. Howe spends four seasons with Houston and two with the New England Whalers before returning to the NHL when the Whalers are one of four WHA teams that join the NHL. Though he turns 52 late in the season, Howe plays all 80 regular-season games for the renamed Hartford Whalers, finishing with 15 goals and 41 points, and has a goal and an assist in three playoff games. He retires as the NHL record-holder in games played (1,767), goals (801), assists (1,049) and points (1,850). In retirement, Howe becomes known as "Mr. Hockey," helping to promote the sport and forge ties with generations of fans who never saw him play. One of those kids who idolize him,
Wayne Gretzky
, goes on to break many of Howe's scoring records.