MORE MOMENTS
1961:
Doug Harvey
, a six-time
Norris Trophy winner
with the Montreal Canadiens, signs a contract with the New York Rangers to serve as player-coach, replacing Alf Pike. The Canadiens receive forward
Lou Fontinato
from the Rangers as compensation. Harvey goes on to win the Norris Trophy for the seventh time in 1961-62 and help the Rangers qualify for the playoffs for the first time since 1958.
1987: The Edmonton Oilers win the Stanley Cup for the third time in four seasons by defeating the Philadelphia Flyers
3-1 in Game 7
of the Final at Northlands Coliseum.
Jari Kurri
scores at 14:59 of the second period to put the Oilers ahead 2-1, and
Glenn Anderson
makes it 3-1 with 2:24 remaining in the third. Edmonton outshoots Philadelphia 43-20, but rookie goalie
Ron Hextall
makes 40 saves to keep the Flyers in the game. Hextall also becomes the fourth player from the losing team to win the
Conn Smythe Trophy
as playoff MVP. "I'm proud of winning the Conn] Smythe," he says years later, "but I'd take the other Cup ahead of that one."
**1994:**The Vancouver Canucks win a Cup Final game for the first time in their history when
[Greg Adams
scores at
19:26 of overtime
for a 3-2 victory against the New York Rangers in Game 1 at Madison Square Garden.
Martin Gelinas
ties the game 2-2 with 60 seconds remaining in the third period, and the Canucks survive a 17-shot barrage in overtime before Adams beats Rangers goalie
Mike Richter
. The other hero is Vancouver goalie
Kirk McLean
, who finishes with 52 saves. The Canucks are in the Final for the second time in their history, having been swept by the New York Islanders in 1982.
2002:
Dominik Hasek
sets a single-year playoff record with his fifth shutout, and the Detroit Red Wings advance to the Cup Final with a
7-0 victory
against the Avalanche in Game 7 of the Western Conference Final at Joe Louis Arena. Detroit scores four times in less than 11 minutes of the first period against
Patrick Roy
and the Avalanche muster just 19 shots against Hasek.