Stanley Cup Finals - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Stanley Cup Finals* indicates periods of overtime. Location: Raleigh, North Carolina (RBC Center) (1,2,5,7)Edmonton, Alberta (Rexall Place) (3,4,6)Format: Best- of- seven. Coaches: Carolina: Peter Laviolette. Edmonton: Craig Mac. Tavish. Captains: Carolina: Rod Brind'Amour. Edmonton: Jason Smith. The Carolina Hurricanes are a professional ice hockey team based in. 2005–06 Stanley Cup Champions Edit. 99 Wayne Gretzky Number retired league wide.National anthem: Carolina: Holly Wilver. It was Carolina's second appearance in the Final, the other being in 2.
IGN is the NHL: Carolina Hurricanes - Stanley Cup 2005-2006 Champions on DVD resource with reviews, trailers, interviews, previews, news, wikis and release dates. Detroit Red Wings. It was Edmonton's seventh appearance in the Final and their first since their fifth Cup win in 1. 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- 1. WHA team to win the Cup. Carolina's 2. 00. New England Whalers won the WHA Championship in 1. Road to the Final. The Oilers became the first team since the NBA's 1. New York Knicks and the first team in the history of the NHL to make it to the finals as a #8 seed. The series. As a result of the new scheduling formula that was implemented before the 2. Even more interestingly, it would also prove to be the first Finals contested by teams that would both go on to miss the following years' playoffs. Prior to these Finals, only the 1. Both the Hurricanes and Oilers have now accomplished this dubious feat. Hurricanes Head Coach Peter Laviolette joined Ron Wilson as the only people to have head coached in an Olympics and Stanley Cup Finals in the same year, having coached the American ice hockey team during the Torino Olympics. Both would coach in either one in 2. Teen Books: Buy 2, Get 1 Free; Pre-Order Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen; Personalized Books, Gifts & More; Celebrate Batman Day In Stores September 17; Membership Gift Cards Stores & Events Help. Rod Brind'Amour leads the Hurricanes to the Stanley Cup in the 2006 Playoffs. Rod Brind'Amour leads the Hurricanes to the Stanley Cup in the 2006 Playoffs. Amazon.com: NHL Stanley Cup 2005-2006 Champions - Carolina Hurricanes: Carolina Hurricanes, Rod Brind'Amour, Cam Ward, Peter Laviolette, Matt Cullen: Sports & Outdoors. Wilson coached the American ice hockey team to silver medal at the Vancouver Olympics, while Laviolette would coach in the Stanley Cup Finals with the Philadelphia Flyers. Game one. Edmonton scored first, 8: 1. Fernando Pisani. In the second period, Chris Pronger scored the first penalty shot goal in Finals history after defenseman Niclas Wallin illegally covered the puck inside his own goal crease, and Ethan Moreau's goal at 1. Oilers a 3. But at the 1. Rod Brind'Amour scored the Hurricanes' first goal of the game. Carolina then tied the game in the third period with two scores by Ray Whitney. The Hurricanes jumped ahead 4. Late in the final period, Oilers goaltender Dwayne Roloson suffered a series- ending knee injury in a collision and was replaced with Ty Conklin. With 3. 2 seconds remaining in regulation, Conklin misplayed the puck behind his own net, where it deflected off Jason Smith's stick to the front of the empty net, allowing Brind'Amour to score the winning goal. Hurricanes goaltender Cam Ward had to make the last of his 3. Shawn Horcoff for the second time in the third period with a glove save to preserve the victory. Game two. Although Markkanen had played 3. Ty Conklin and Mike Morrison, he and Conklin switched back and forth during the playoff as the backup (with the other sitting in the press box as a healthy scratch); he also had not played in a game since March 1, 2. The Hurricanes shut- out the Oilers, 5. It was the first time three goaltenders had been used in a Cup Finals since May 1. St. Louis Blues employed Jacques Plante, Glenn Hall and Ernie Wakely on their way to being swept by the Boston Bruins. Game three. Shawn Horcoff scored just over two minutes into the first period. During the second period, a short- handed goal was waved off by the referee, because he had lost sight of the puck and had blown the whistle, despite the fact that the puck had not yet been covered. The Hurricanes responded midway through the third period with their captain, Rod Brind'Amour, taking a rebound off a blocked shot past Markkanen. However, with 2: 1. Edmonton's Ryan Smyth scored the winning goal after crashing into Ward inside the crease as they both tried to get control of a rebound off of a shot by Ales Hemsky. Game four. However, the lead was short- lived as Cory Stillman replied just 2. Stillman also made a sound defensive play on Chris Pronger late in the second period, tipping the puck away in the Edmonton zone to the front of the net, where Eric Staal fed a pass to Mark Recchi, who scored the eventual game- winning goal with 4: 0. Once again Edmonton's power play was ineffective, failing to capitalize on five chances, including a two- man advantage in the first period. When the game ended, the Oilers were 1- for- 2. Game five. However, Edmonton scored first on Fernando Pisani's redirect of a Pronger slapshot 1. The Hurricanes then went ahead 2. Michael Peca then gave Edmonton a 3. In the second period, Staal poked a goal between Jussi Markkanen and the post to tie the game. Early in the third period, Hurricanes center Doug Weight got sandwiched by Chris Pronger and Raffi Torres, separating his shoulder and ending his night early. Weight would not return to play for the rest of the series, but would eventually raise the Cup. Carolina defenceman Aaron Ward also was injured in the third period, and with Carolina running out of healthy skaters, the Hurricanes were desperate to close out the game. With 7: 4. 7 remaining in the third period, Whitney missed what might have been the Hurricanes' best chance to win the series with a shot that just hit the post. The game went to overtime, where Mark Recchi drew a penalty early in the period to put the Hurricanes on the power play. Fernando Pisani picked off a cross- ice pass from Cory Stillman and streaked in short- handed to beat Cam Ward top right corner (glove side) with a left- handed shot to score the first short- handed overtime goal in Finals history, giving the Oilers the upset win. Game six. Edmonton held Carolina to seven shots through 4. Fernando Pisani scored his post- season- high fifth game- winning goal (and 1. This game also marked Jussi Markkanen's first career playoff shutout. This would be the final playoff game at Rexall Place, as the Oilers would not make it into playoffs again before moving venues in 2. Game seven. Aaron Ward and Frantisek Kaberle gave Carolina a 2. A loose puck wound up on the stick of Bret Hedican, who passed to Eric Staal, who himself passed it down- ice to Justin Williams. Williams skated down the length of the ice and tapped the puck into the empty net, sealing the Stanley Cup for the Hurricanes. Cam Ward became the first NHL rookie goaltender to win a Stanley Cup Finals series since Patrick Roy lead the Montreal Canadiens in 1. Philadelphia Flyers' Ron Hextall in 1. Conn Smythe Trophy as Most Valuable Player in the playoffs. Cory Stillman earned a Stanley Cup title for the second- straight season, having won in 2. Tampa Bay Lightning, becoming the first player to win back- to- back titles with different teams since Claude Lemieux (1. New Jersey Devils, 1. Colorado Avalanche). The Hurricanes' victory ended Glen Wesley's 1. Cup. He had played close to 1,5. Cup, the longest such drought in the NHL. Wesley was the last player remaining from the franchise's days as the Hartford Whalers. Other notable veterans to win their first Cup were Rod Brind'Amour, Doug Weight, Ray Whitney and Bret Hedican. Hedican was on the losing end of another Final decided in a game seven, in 1. Vancouver Canucks. Mark Recchi won the second Cup of his career, having won it 1. Pittsburgh Penguins. He would later retire a Stanley Cup winner with the 2. Boston Bruins, where he teamed up with Frantisek Kaberle's brother Tomas. The Hurricanes became the third former World Hockey Association franchise to win the Stanley Cup, following the Oilers and Quebec Nordiques, who won as the Colorado Avalanche in 1. The 2. 00. 6 Stanley Cup playoffs marked the second time in a row that an Alberta- based team had made it to the Finals only to lose in seven games to the Southeast Division champions, as the Calgary Flames were defeated by the Tampa Bay Lightning in the 2. Stanley Cup Finals. The Oilers were not able to complete their Cinderella run, having entered the playoffs seeded eighth, denying General Manager Kevin Lowe and Head Coach Craig Mac. Tavish from joining Lester Patrick and Frank Boucher as the only duos to win the Stanley Cup together as players and then as a coach- managerial team, as the two were with the Oilers as players in 1. New York Rangers in 1. It is also, as of 2. North Carolina team in any of the four major league sports. Rosters. Jeff Daniels also played in 2. Assistant Coach in 2. Assistant Coach Kevin Mc. Carthy was the only remaining member of 2. Carolina Coaching Staff. General Manager), Mike Amendola (Chief Financial Officer), Peter Laviolette (Head Coach)Kevin Mc. Carthy (Asst. Coach) Jeff Daniels (Asst. Coach), Greg Stefan (Goaltending Coach/Pro Scout), Chris Huffine (Video Coordinator)Skip Cunningham (Asst. Equipment Manager, Wally Tatomir (Equipment Manager), Bob Gorman (Asst. Equipment Manager), Peter Freisen (Athletic Therapist/Strength- Conditioning Coach)Chris Stewart (Asst. Athletic Therapist), Brian Tatum (Director of Team Services), Kelly Kirwin (Event Coordinator- Hockey Operations), Mike Sundheim (Director of Media Relations), Kyle Hanlin (Manager of Media Relations)Sheldon Ferguson (Director Amateur Scouting), Marshall Johnston (Director Pro Scouting), Claude Larose (Scout), Ron Smith (Scout)Tony Mac. Donald (Scout), Martin Madden (Scout), Bert Marshall (Scout), Tom Rowe (Scout)Stanley Cup engraving. Babchuk played 3. NHL regular season games . Hutchinson played 3. Carolina, spending the whole season with the team. Frantisek Kaberle became the first player to win the Olympic bronze medal in ice hockey (with team Czech Republic) and the Stanley Cup (with Carolina) in the same year. Eric Staal's name was misspelled . Jacques was able to correct the mistake and removed the last . He grew up in Calgary, ABIncluded on team picture, but left off the Stanley Cup#3. Keith Aucoin (C) played six regular season NHL games and 7. David Gove (C) played in one NHL game and 6. Craig Kowalski (G) did not play in any NHL games that season. All three players have Stanley Cup rings.
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