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The 2011 Stanley Cup Finals was the championship series of the National Hockey League's (NHL) 2010–11 season, and the culmination of the 2011 Stanley Cup playoffs.The Eastern Conference champion Boston Bruins defeated the Western Conference champion Vancouver Canucks in seven games to win the Stanley Cup for the first time since 1972.
In a back-and-forth series, the Bruins triumphed in seven games to win their first Stanley Cup since 1972. The Canucks and Bruins each won their first three home games. All three Vancouver wins were close affairs at Rogers Arena: two 1–0 wins in games one and five, and a 3–2 overtime victory in game two.
The Vancouver Canucks and the Boston Bruins participated in the 2011 Stanley Cup Finals, which was the culmination of the 2011 Stanley Cup playoffs. The series was played over seven matches, with the winner being the team that won four games. After the conclusion of the sixth game on June 13, 2011, the series was tied 3–3.
The series returned to Vancouver for Game 5 with the Canucks having a 3–1 series lead, where the Predators staved off elimination by beating the Canucks 4–3 and Predators' forward Joel Ward scored two goals, including the game winner to force a game six. The Canucks won the series 4–2 after a 2–1 victory in Game 6.
The 2010–11 NHL season was the 94th season of operation (93rd season of play) of the National Hockey League (NHL). The Boston Bruins defeated the Vancouver Canucks in the Stanley Cup Finals four games to three, being the sixth Cup win in Bruins' franchise history.
The peak of the Canucks' season came on January 7, 2012, in the 42nd game of the season which came against the Boston Bruins, a rematch of the 2011 Stanley Cup Finals. The Canucks prevailed 4–3 in a hard-fought playoff atmosphere, and they seemed to state to the hockey world that they would be heard from again come playoff time if they were ...
The 2011 Stanley Cup champion Bruins meet U.S. President Barack Obama.. The 2010–11 Boston Bruins season was the 87th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on November 1, 1924. [1]
An estimated 155,000 people were in downtown Vancouver to watch Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals. [6] A massive riot broke out almost immediately after the conclusion of the Boston Bruins win over the Vancouver Canucks. 122 cars were damaged or destroyed, police cars were burned, building windows were shattered and stores were looted as waves of young people were caught in mob mentality ...