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CHAMPIONSHIP RING

THE STORY OF 2011 STANLEY CUP

BOSTON BRUINS

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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. It was the 118th year of the Stanley Cup's

presentation. 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.

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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 2014-15

season, this was the last Stanley Cup Finals to feature a Canadian team.


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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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The first game of the series was held on June 1, while the seventh game was played on

June 15. The games varied widely between those played in Vancouver and those in

Boston. Prior to game seven, the Bruins had managed to score only two goals in three

games played in Vancouver, against 17 scored in three games at Boston. On the other

hand, while posting two shutouts in Vancouver, Canucks goaltender Roberto Luongo

was replaced with the backup Cory Schneider twice in three games in Boston. It was

the fourth consecutive Stanley Cup Final in which the deciding game was won by the

road team.


2011 STANLEY CUP

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The Bruins scored almost three times the number of total goals as the Canucks, (23 to

8 in the series), and yet the Canucks won three games. The eight goals scored by

Vancouver is the lowest number of goals scored by any team in a seven-game Stanley

Cup Final, and would've also been the lowest in a six-game series. The Canucks

averaged 1.25 goals per game at home in Vancouver and one goal per game on the

road, while the Bruins averaged almost six goals per game at home in Boston and 1.5

goals per game on the road. In the seven games, the Bruins averaged roughly 3.3 goals

per game, while the Canucks averaged 1.14 goals per game.


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