BRUINS WIN THE 2011 STANLEY CUP

GOAL SCORERS

BOS:   P. Bergeron (14:37 - 1st) , B. Marchand (12:13 - 2nd) , P. Bergeron (SHG, 17:35 - 2nd) , B. Marchand (EN, 17:16 - 3rd)

GOALIES

BOS: T. Thomas (W)

 VAN: R. Luongo (L)

           Last night in Vancouver, it was winner take all in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final. 7 minutes into the game, Henrik Sedins backhander from the slot was stopped by Thomas in between his legs. On the next play, Higgins took the puck to the net and was stopped by the right pad of Thomas. With 5 minutes to play in the first, Marchand centered the puck to Bergeron and he scored to make it 1-0 Boston. 12 minutes into the second, Marchand scored on the wrap around to make it 2-0 Bruins. 5 minutes later, Bergeron got a breakaway and was tripped by Ehroff and Bergeron ran into Luongo and while doing so thepuck went in the net to make it 3-0.

         In my opinion, I don't think that goal should have counted due to the fact that Luongo was knocked over which resulted in the goal. But they reviewed it and the people in Toronto called it a goal. Late in the third, Marchand would add an empty net goal as the Bruins win the Stanley Cup for the first time since 1972."We got the first goal, and we knew that would be important coming here," said 43-year-old Mark Recchi, who announced his retirement after winning his third Stanley Cup. "If they got any chances, Timmy was there, and it was just scary how good he was."

         The Cup wining goal (as seen in the video below) was scored by Patrice Bergeron (who had 2 goals in the win). In the win, Thomas made 37 saves for the Stanley Cup and  the Con Smythe Trophy."I think I went even further than I thought," Thomas said. "I was scared, I won't lie. I had nerves yesterday and today, and I faked it as best as I could, and I faked it all the way to the Stanley Cup." You have to give the Canucks credit for this long run, but you have to give the Bruins a little more credit since they won and were able to score goals. That was the Canucks main problem, they couldn't beat Thomas.

            The biggest reason why the Bruins won the Cup is Tim Thomas and the fact that they solved Luongo."Anybody in our situation right now would feel real disappointed, whether you're the favorite or not," Vigneault said. "We battled real hard. We gave it our best shot. This one game, they were the better team. It's that simple." So the Canucks were not the first Canadian team to win a Stanley Cup since Montreal back in 1993, but they were the first Canadian team to make it to the Finals since the Ottawa Senators in 2007."We're devastated as a team," Luongo said. "We worked all year to get to this point. To fall short like that is a tough one to take ... but we're a good team, and we'll be back."

         Lets take a look at how the Bruins made it to the final. In round 1 against the Montreal Canadiens, the Bruins went down 0-2 in the series. But Thomas and the Bruins didn't give up and won 3 straight to take a 3-2 series lead over the Habs. Montreal won Game 6 and forced a Game 7. The Habs went down 2-0 buty came back to tie it. Then with the Bruins leading 3-2 in the dying minutes Subban scored to tie the Game. Horton would win the Game for the Bruins in overtime. In round 2, the Flyers didn't even put up a fight as the Bruins swept them. In round 3, the Bruins went up 3-2 in the series. But the Lightning forced a Game 7.

       That Game 7 was a penalty free game and the Bruins won 1-0 with a goal by Horton. Then in the Finals, the Bruins went down 0-2 in the series and went back home and got a pair of wins to tie the series. They lost game 5 by the score of 1-0. But in Game 6 they chased Luongo and went onto win 5-2 and tied the series. Which lead us to this 4-0 win last night to win the Cup. So that's the Bruins road to the 2011 Stanley Cup. It took them 3 game 7 wins to get the Cup. It was by no means an easy Cup run.

Written By Andrew Di Pardo