2000 Stanley Cup Finals

2000 Stanley Cup Finals
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New Jersey Devils 712302**4
Dallas Stars  3 2 11 1*** 1 2

Location:East Rutherford, NJ (Continental Airlines Arena) (1,2,5)
Dallas, TX (Reunion Arena) (3,4,6)
Format:Best-of-seven
Coaches:New Jersey: Larry Robinson
Dallas: Ken Hitchcock
Captains:New Jersey: Scott Stevens
Dallas: Derian Hatcher
Referees:Don Koharski (1,3,6)
Bill McCreary (1,4,6)
Kerry Fraser (2,4)
Dan Marouelli (2,5)
Terry Gregson (3,5)
Dates:May 30 – June 10
MVP:Scott Stevens (New Jersey)
Series-winning
goal:
Jason Arnott (8:20, second OT, G6)
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The 2000 Stanley Cup Finals was contested by the Eastern Conference champion New Jersey Devils and the Western Conference champion Dallas Stars (who were the defending Stanley Cup champion). The Devils were led by captain Scott Stevens, Head Coach Larry Robinson and goaltender Martin Brodeur. The Stars were led by captain Derian Hatcher, Head Coach Ken Hitchcock and goaltender Ed Belfour.

Road to the Final

For more details on this topic, see 2000 Stanley Cup playoffs.

New Jersey defeated the Florida Panthers 4–0, the Toronto Maple Leafs 4–2 and the Philadelphia Flyers 4–3 to advance to the Finals.

Dallas defeated the Edmonton Oilers 4–1, the San Jose Sharks 4–1 and the Colorado Avalanche 4–3 to advance to the Finals.

The series

Despite New Jersey being a lower seed in conference play (4) than Dallas (2), New Jersey's 103 points were one more than Dallas, giving them home-ice advantage in the series. The Devils won the Cup in game six on a one-timer goal by Jason Arnott in double overtime. It was their second Stanley Cup overall and first since 1995.

For the Stars, this was the first time since the New York Islanders lost to the Edmonton Oilers in the 1984 Final that a defending Stanley Cup champion lost in the Final. This happened to the Devils themselves the following year when they lost to the Colorado Avalanche.

This is the first-ever Final that featured two relocated teams competing for the Stanley Cup, as well as being the first Final in which both teams had won the Stanley Cup previously after relocation.

New Jersey wins series 4–2 and the Stanley Cup
Scott Stevens (New Jersey) wins Conn Smythe Trophy

Quotes

Daneyko scores! Oh my, let the celebration begin in the Daneyko household! IT MUST BE A LEAP YEAR!
Gary Thorne on ESPN, calling Ken Daneyko's first playoff goal in five years in game one
Elias centered, shot, SCORE! THE NEW JERSEY DEVILS HAVE WON THE STANLEY CUP! Jason Arnott with the game winning overtime goal!
Gary Thorne on ABC, calling the overtime goal by Jason Arnott
Jason Arnott has scored.....and the Devils have won the Cup! Jason Arnott scores...the Devils win it 2–1! And the Stanley Cup....has fallen from the Stars! The new millennium has its first Stanley Cup Champion....and it's the New Jersey Devils!
Radio call by former New Jersey Devils radio announcer Mike Miller on WABCAM

New Jersey Devils - 2000 Stanley Cup champions

Roster

  Centres
  Wingers
  Defencemen
  Goaltenders


  Coaching and administrative staff
  • John J. McMullen (Owner/Chairman/Governor), Peter McMullen (Vice President), Lou Lamoriello (President/General Manager)
  • Larry Robinson (Head Coach), Viacheslav Fetisov (Asst. Coach), Bobby Carpenter Jr. (Asst. Coaches), Jacques Caron (Goaltending Coach), John Cunniff (AHL Coach)
  • David Conte (Director of Scouting), Claude Carrier (Scout), Milt Fisher (Scout), Dan Labraatan (Scout), Marcel Pronovost (Scout)
  • Bob Hoffmeyer (Scout), Barry Fisher (Head Team Physician), Dennis Gendron (AHL Asst. Coach), Robbie Ftorek (Coach/Scout), Vladimir Bure (Consultant)
  • Taran Singelton (Video Coordinator), Marie Carnevale (Hockey Operations-Ass’t to President-General Manager), Callie Smith (Scouting Staff Asst.), Bill Murray (Medical Trainer), Michael Vasalani (Strength-Conditioning Coordinator)
  • Dana McGuane (Equipment Manager), Juergen Merz (Message Therapist), Harry Bricker (Asst. Equipment Manager), Lou Centanni (Asst. Equipment Manager)

Stanley Cup engraving

Three players who did not automatically qualify for their names to be engraved on the Stanley Cup were engraved at the Devils' request:

Left off the Stanley Cup

See also

References

Notes

Preceded by
Dallas Stars
1999
New Jersey Devils
Stanley Cup Champions

2000
Succeeded by
Colorado Avalanche
2001
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